Viscount EXP organ module/ first impressions but....need owners manual !

[LX 88]

I lucked out ! I am a big fan of any and all Key B organ products. A friend of mine bid on a Viscount  EXP organ module and we wound up getting this for $ 325.

 

However there is no owners manual and they are damn hard to find online.

 

So here are some impressions. It defaults to the leslie sim business...I confess I hate that because my go to sound is chorus vibrato without any spin. But IMO...the leslie sim is great! Why...???because it doesn't try to impress using a bunch cabinet sim or mic placement or all kinds of editing crazy making. No Just a nice subtle spin that affects the organ tone less than any other sim I have used.

 

I was able to find percussion volume control. Huge plus for the Viscount here. Once again percussion volume access is crucial to me because different speakers and phones behave differently.

 

The overdrive isn't too bad... not a big issue for me and there seem to be more editing parameters than

 the Legend solo keyboard.

 

And this also has 3 band EQ. I like this because most leslies have a pretty substantial gap in the midrange and clonewheels sound warmer to me with mids backed off slightly. Another plus.

 

Without the manual I don't have a clue how to set up upper and lower split. There probably all kinds of other things I need to know that a manual would provide.

 

So where is this stupid thing online????We found one in SPANISH last night. Viscount is not making this sort of thing easy

 

I still have my Numa ! and still like it. To me Key B chorus vibrato and leslie sim are my favorite in the clonewheel world. But I find that each player likes something different. What I like is probably going to be different from what you like.

 

If anyone can post a link to the MANUAL for the Key B Viscount Legend expander...it would be greatly appreciated

[Mighty Motif Max]

Silly question, but have you reached out to Viscount directly?

[RedKey]

Googled: Legend Exp Manual and this was the first hit.

Viscount Legend Exp Web Page

The PDF manual is right there under support ready to be downloaded.

 

I've attached it here as well so you don't have to do that...

 

 

Legend-Exp-IT-EN-DE-FR-ed13.pdf

[RedKey]

5 minutes ago, Mighty Motif Max said:

Silly question, but have you reached out to Viscount directly?

Not a silly question. 

[LX 88]

Not on a Sunday no.

 

And of course Red Key would know about the manual. Seriously....we could not come up with it last night

 

 

[LX 88]

I tried the link Red Key sent and it leads me to a brief overview of the module only only.

 

Perhaps one of you has one of these and has set up the upper lower split on a single keyboard

 

Beyond that I am getting a great sound out of the upper manual. The overdrive seems different than my older Legend solo keyboard version. I have also heard that Viscount offers downloadable organs but once again its not tremendously obvious where this would be. Viscount has so many different models of church organs etc....the whole Key B thing seems like a sideline. And too bad that Joey D. is not around for promotion anymore,

 

But yes... I m

[AnotherScott]

5 minutes ago, LX 88 said:

I tried the link Red Key sent and it leads me to a brief overview of the module only only.

As he said, after you go to that link, "The PDF manual is right there under support ready to be downloaded."  He also attached the manual to his message, but definitely check out the Support section of that page anyway, because not only is that where the manual is, but that's also where you will find the editors, OS updates, and the downloadable alternate organ models.

[LX 88]

When I go to the right there under support ready to be downloaded stuff I just get a bunch of catalog and advertisement.

 

What should we do with the rest of us dumb and technically challenged.  Would a concentration camp be a good idea?

Where is Sven when you need him?

Will try again....

[AnotherScott]

17 minutes ago, LX 88 said:

When I go to the right there under support ready to be downloaded stuff I just get a bunch of catalog and advertisement.

Hmm. I don't know how it appears on mobile, if that's what you're using, but from a desktop browser, you should see something like this:

 

Here is the top of the page...

 

 

and then when you click that Support tab, it scrolls you further down to this...

 

[stoken6]

...and Scott is the winner of the "over and above award" this week. 

 

Cheers, Mike.

[LX 88]

OK.... this was under "support" but not downloads.

 

And yes...Scott's last post pointed out where it was so THANK YOU SCOTT

 

Anyway...regarding EXP expander. Very big WOW on this....I have the Mojo module and HX3. The guy who put this on ebay GAVE it away.

 

The overdrive and leslie sim have big improvements. CV on Key B has always been excellent. Great EQ section...lots of bass, which is not always the case with modules.

 

I like using different controllers too.  I am just saying ...if you are looking for clonewheel sounds....as far as what I have been looking for thi just bout nails it. Great for rock and jazz. BIg kudos to Joey D.'s input on  all Key B products.

[LX 88]

Just wondering what might be a good controller for this. I know there is probably a thread on that somewhere..... waterfall keys would be optional.

 

To me this leslie sim is far and away not most natural sounding. And there is no temptation to edit it... no muss no fuss.

 

From what I have seen there is too much emphasis on programming " character" into some other leslie sims in the other modules I have tried. The Key B affects the basic tone less .And they improved the overdrive....

 

There are 6 organ models on this and the neat thing is the 30's BC model. This one is different than my older keyboard version.... but the all the way down bass is just incredible.... haven't seen anyone else address this.

 

I have loved Key B since getting the Numa 1 in 2011. There was plenty of bitching about that...supposedly had latency....nonsense. 

 

It's obvious to me why Joey D. went with Key B/ Viscount. There couldn't have been that much money in it....

[Al Coda]

4 hours ago, LX 88 said:

what might be a good controller for this. I know there is probably a thread on that somewhere..... waterfall keys would be optional

 

clonk here

 

it´s possibly the one and only available today.

Advantage:

You can use it for many organ clones, hardware and software,- and for more !

 

B.t.w.,- I didn´t like it´s previous look and like much better now.

Unfortunately, it´s not available @Thomann a.t.m..

I hope it will come back for an acceptable price ...

 

 

A.C.

[BenWaB3]

Let me give this a try. I had the Legend Module a few years ago. Hope this helps

Legend Exp (IT-EN) v10.pdf