ballatman Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Coming back online soon After elaborate and very extensive development, starting from Carsten Meyer (KeyboardPartner UG), the series production of the new generation Uhl X4-1 and UHL X4-2 in HX3.5 technology can start. Many thanks to Carsten Meyer. Equipped with larger XILINX FPGA chip (triple capacity), additional DSP chip, and SD card slot, there are some new features, such as. Keyclick also when releasing the keys, new DSP reverb, master volume pot, verb. Rotary, parametric EQ, future updates without PC or MAC (via SD card). Contact: info@uhl-instruments.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX88 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 From the sound of this post I get the impression that there is a new generation of what has formerly been the HX3 module. I have been generally satisfied with the HX3 the more I get into it, but I can see that there was room for improvement which I am glad is happening. I don't know how wild I will be to throw a lump of money at this.A lot of the sound of an organ clone has to do with who is programming it and what they think a Hammond organ is supposed to sound like. I have gotten reasonable results from careful speaker/ headphone selection, some EQing etc.etc. etc. The controller I use with the HX3 is often the Hammond XK2, which controls the drawbars and upper/lower manual selection. Overall the XK2 has my all time favorite keybed feel for a Hammond clone. For practice the HX3 has been great and the leslie sim has worked out pretty well for the rock and roll overdrive stuff. The CV is working pretty well too if you dial it in . I am curious to see what the new model will bring but am reluctant to pay a big price to find out. The HX3 and Legend Live has me pretty well covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Promising to hear this. Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Coming back online soon That´s great ! verb. Rotary Any idea what that means ? A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 From the sound of this post I get the impression that there is a new generation of what has formerly been the HX3 module. HX3 Expander version 5 incorporates the HX3.5 mainboard and ... All HX3 expanders now come w/ the HX3.5 board and only the H100 and other, for me obsolete, organ models require purchase of additional licences. I don't know how wild I will be to throw a lump of money at this. Nonetheless,- there´s a Hardware-Upgrade for mk IV version owners. A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordlicht Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Coming back online soon That´s great ! verb. Rotary Any idea what that means ? A.C. "verb." is probably the abbreviation of the German word "verbessert" = "improved". Quote https://www.spektralfarben-music.com/alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX88 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 OK.... On one of the links it is saying that the HX3 can be upgraded to HX3.5 for the price of 238 euros. It requires installing a new mainboard. I am seeing nothing about this on the Diversi website, which seems odd. If they have REALLY nailed it this time, I might consider it. I have gotten good results with the CV on my HX3, but it came with a fair share of headaches tring to navigate all the CV parameters which I frankly did not understand. By listening closely to the CV on upper drawbar harmonics, I got relatively close to the CV on my Key B. I still think there is room for improvement and I hope this new mainboard nails it. The percussion is still affected by the leslie sim somewhat. I would really like to see percussion separated from the leslie sim. On the Crumar Mojo particularly the percussion seemed way too affected by the sim, as it is somewhat affected on the Key B and HX3. But yes I am curious about this since my HX3 experience seems to get better and better. The Hammond XK2 s a controller is a killer combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill bosco Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 not sure if the hx3.5 has much of a different organ engine in it , some improved reverb and key click , and an h-100 , what ever that's for . i think it's strong point is some additional keyboard sounds and lots more memory , i guess for future updates and sounds . i'd like to hear a good rhodes as interpreted by FPGA . anyway , wonder if UHL would sell me a 3.5 board for my x3-2 as i understand it has the same connections as the hx3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogholic Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I had the chance to "upgrade" before Aug 30th and get the Wersi and Böhm concert organs etc for free.... But since that's not my cup of tea, I decided to wait. Apparantly a big potential market for this expansion in Germany...so I understand his decision. I personally hope this doesn't divert his focus on the Improvement on the B3 emulation... We'll see.... Quote All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Coda Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 ... the Wersi and Böhm concert organs ... But since that's not my cup of tea, I decided to wait. Same here. Apparantly a big potential market for this expansion in Germany... I had the impression there were always some old fart organ enthusiasts and collectors in the "keyboardpartner" orbit. I´m pretty sure, most buying HX3 products want the perfect tonewheel and not "Wunderlich & Zehnpfennig will never die" - models. That´s why licences for H100 and the others are optional offers. I personally hope this doesn't divert his focus on the Improvement on the B3 emulation... I don´t think so. The hardware revision is all about triple DSP power FPGA on a new circuit board allowing development moving on instead remaining at it´s limits. That rules for tonewheel models incl. pre-/pwr-amp, rotary sim and FX as well as in other directions where they might think they´ll sell more items,- not only the expander units, just only boards too. Maybe they recognized there are some Böhm and Wersi models, owners want to make survive, just like the H/S XB2 owners buy the HX3 kit for XB2,- and then, they have the electromagnetic tonewheel emulation in their Wersi/ Böhm too. But all this has nothing to do w/ UHL. For the UHL, I imagine they concentrate on the tonewheel model(s) and I hope their pricing of a upcoming X4-2 will be competitive when being compared w/ Viscount Legend Live p.ex. A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I had the impression there were always some old fart organ enthusiasts... [video:youtube] Quote "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...
Al Coda Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I had the impression there were always some old fart organ enthusiasts... [video:youtube]https://m.youtub ... Hahaha ! Priceless !!! Didn´t know that Hammel before,- you should tell him he can have all in a small expander and use his Hammel-Organ just only as a controller now. A.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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