Trend price : 50-100€
Budget expanded focused on Hammond B3, Korg CX3 and Farfisa organs emulation.
Overview
1 unit. Main panel features an alphanumeric display, 10 buttons and a volume potentiometer.
Back panel terminal connectors:
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main stereo out
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Midi interface
- CV input for volume control (range 0>10 V)
- rate pedalswitch input changes rotary speed between high/low mode.
Voice
32 voices polyphony. A single patch is composed by a maximum of 4 PCM layers out of 64 availables. Each layer features individual parameter settings:
- percussive click flag
- percussion type modern/authentic mode
- low / high note assignment
- tuning
- delay time
- drawbar tuning
Wavetable
1MB ROM contains 64 samples from various organs including:
- 12 PCM Hammond B3
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8 PCM Vox
- 11 PCM Farfisa
- 5 PCM pipe organs
- 5 PCM Korg CX3
- 6 PCM various organs
- 14 PCM attack clicks
- 6 PCM sinewaves
Performance
Layers can be played on 4 different parts with Midi channel. Drawbars and other functions can be controlled by a preset template for dedicated optional Pc1600 controller.
Envelope
1 EG for amplitude 4 segments + 4 times.
Effect
reverb, vibrato, overdrive, rotary leslie and speaker simulator
Memory
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128 ROM patches
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: farfisa sounds
NOT : flat / edit
"A preset box: The Farfisa sounds are excellent, but hammond emulations are quite dull"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci