ashevillecabbie Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I really like their concept of an affordable good sounding three channel organ module. Their website is still up but I can't find any retailers currently carrying their stuff. Hey, Dave Amfels, potential customer here. Would you mind making just one more unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The v5 and v5+ show up on ebay fairly often in the $500 range. I bought and later sold one on there. It was OK but the chorus wasn't great. The chorus on the earlier microb11 is better. All through a vent of course. FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMan Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I still have a V3 with midi drawbars. And it still sounds pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OB Dave Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yeah, the chorus/vibrato and the percussion are what lead me to give up on my V5. The raw tonewheel tones are outstanding though. I guess I should bust mine out just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Other options include Ferrofish B4000 and Viscount DB3. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Graul Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Thinking about selling my MicroB II. I haven't used it in over 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I have a Voce V5+ and the Hammond XM2 (XK1 in a rack unit). I actually find the Voce's C/V to be more pleasing than the XM2. The XM2's V/C washes out the tone. The Voce's tone is still very good for a nearly 20 year old product. 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleomenesII Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I use a DB3 keyboard and the basic tone sounds great - however, the drive, c/v and Leslie are not good, so you need an external Leslie. I have used a Korg G4 and (separately) a Rotosphere and they solve all the problems with the Leslie and drive (I never use c/v). I bet it would sound superb with a Ventilator or Burn. The DB3 module presumably sounds identical, and is very portable and cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinny Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Regarding the Micro BII... I had one years ago, ran it through a Pro3tm, then a Boss RT-20. I liked the basic tonewheel sound and percussion. Thought the C/V was way too warbly, and it has noticeable harmonic beating. Stuff and things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMEGZ Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 wow I still have a DMI 64 sitting in the closet, the voce midi drawbars I purchased with it have been re-purposed to control my Kurzweil Artis KB modes I remember you could load your own samples into the DMI, and the db sounds were good for the time SpaceStation V3, MoxF6,PX5S,Hammond-SK2,Artis7,Stage2-73, KronosX-73,MS Pro145,Ventilator,OB DB1,Lester K Toys: RIP died in the flood of 8/16 1930 Hammond AV, 1970s Leslie 145, 1974 Rhodes Stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piktor Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I looking at my old DMI-64 right now. For a couple of years in the 1990s it was part of the rack that I ran from a single Roland A50. Running the Voce through a Leslie 147 (or Vent) helps, but this older unit had terrible limitations for people who like to tweak the midi drawbars. I never got rid of it, as I figured that I probably wouldn't get more than about 38 bucks for the thing. Ham&Egz, did you ever actually load your own samples into it? I forgot that it had any such capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Regarding the Micro BII... I had one years ago, ran it through a Pro3tm, then a Boss RT-20. I liked the basic tonewheel sound and percussion. Thought the C/V was way too warbly, and it has noticeable harmonic beating. I praise the microb11 only in the sense that it paired with a vent and any cheap midi capable board is a small light cheap back up or blues jam organ rig. If a bar fight comes near the stage grab the ventilator and bail. FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve campito Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Sweetwater sells them. Also they are owned by DR Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Sweetwater sells them. Also they are owned by DR Music. You sure about that? I was thinking Voce products had gone off the market a few years ago. What products do they sell? As for my Voce experiences, I've had multiple products and really appreciated them. I even had a direct line to Dave Amels for awhile and he sent me some spare parts a few times when I asked for them. I've owned the DMI64 way back when it first came out, then I have had the V3 and more than one set of MIDI Drawbars, at least 3 V5s....great gear. I still have a set of MIDI Drawbars that I was using with my Nords before I got the Ocean Beach Drawbars. I wish Voce had been able to keep innovating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 http://www.voceinc.com/ FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodonnell Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 update on Dave Amels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Amels Dave's new company, Diversi, sells clones direct http://www.diversi.us/tx5.html Duane Korg PA4x76 arranger, 1976 Yamaha CP-70 electric piano, MidiPlus X6 MIDI USB controller, Turbosound ip500 Tower Speaker System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 update on Dave Amels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Amels Dave's new company, Diversi, sells clones direct http://www.diversi.us/tx5.html Duane the article referenced above is 11 years old. Let's pray the Diversi saga doesn't rear it's ugly head again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Loved my V5, still own it. I paired it with the Voce Spin II stomp box, and used it for countless wedding gigs, along with my Kurzweil PC-88mx and Korg Trinity - Pro. I really got a lot of mileage out of that that rig. The V5 has a thick, ballsy tone, and I had a "hot rod" mod done to it to boost the percussion volume; I never bothered with the C/V. I could also get it to sound really schmaltzy when I wanted to for some of the old standards...reminded me of a Cordovox. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevillecabbie Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 update on Dave Amels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Amels Dave's new company, Diversi, sells clones direct http://www.diversi.us/tx5.html Duane Let's pray the Diversi saga doesn't rear it's ugly head again. Was there some sort of controversy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinny Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 You can hear my MicroBII/Pro3tm on this recording... [video:youtube] Stuff and things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_tour Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Sold my MIDI drawbars a few years back -- I actually got either 150 or 200 for them, actually. But I had a hassle selling my MicroB2 over ebay back like 15 years ago. The cat was all like "wtf the percussion is all fucked up gimme my money back." I was just a rock and roll cover band then, and honestly it might have been broken, but I never noticed and sent him the deets about the percussion mod and stuff. Wotta dick. I liked that box, it was simple, it did a bunch of great registrations, it was light weight, it was just great for a one-keyboard rig for rock and blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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