That sounds fantastic! I remember about 8 years ago, I got a chance to visit a store here in Houston that sells Hammond organs. They happen to have a new b3 MK2, so I sat down and tried it out. Comparing it to the vintage organ that I had just played, I noticed that the keyboards we're very springy, but I don't consider that a complaint as I'm sure that is what the original organs felt like when they were brand new. And, it was missing that old antique Hammond smell, something I am very keen to since I can't see. That Leslie simulation sounded amazing especially at the end of your demonstration.
thanks for your comment! yes, keys are the same of Hammond SKX, definitely different from my 1964 C3... but, maybe for the "magic" of real 9 analog contacts, the feeling is unbelievable, considering it's a digital clone! PS: I'm uploading new videos soon, using real leslie or other digital simulations... here with 3300W Leslie: th-cam.com/video/lFP5h1TuW-s/w-d-xo.html
Grazie a te! Diciamo che la simulazione leslie interna non gli rende giustizia (pur suonando comunque meglio di molti cloni di ultima generazione...) 😁
grazie come sempre per il tuo commento! di fatto questa è la configurazione "peggiore" perchè utilizza la simulazione leslie interna (non proprio all'altezza dello strumento :-)))) ). con altre simulazioni più performanti o con un leslie è tutta un'altra musica :-)))) (e si rende merito alla qualità sonora di questo strumento). buon weekend!!!! :-)
@@pasqualebernardo7604 qui nel video si vedono gli IK Multimedia ILoud MTM, che però ho nel frattempo venduto. per lo studio "serio" (con le virgolette) ho una coppia di Unity Audio The Rock MKII
@@pasqualebernardo7604 provati solo in negozio, ricordo un buon suono neutro. Abituato a monitor chiusi come gli Unity Audio (decisamente asettici, quasi in maniera "fastidiosa" 😁), quelli Yamaha col reflex posteriore li ricordo un po' più "colorati" nel suono e, come tutti i monitor con reflex posteriore, necessitano di un minimo di attenzione nel posizionamento in studio (una parete dietro potrebbe in qualche modo falsare l'ascolto, a seconda del tipo di ambiente, del trattamento della stanza, ecc).
Ciao! No particular maintenance for all digital clonewheels (I still have and use a 12 years old hamichord - and many live gigs over the years -, never needed maintenance). This NewB3 is a hybrid clonewheel, with full mechanical and analog parts. It just requires the busbars cleaning, but just if needed, and it's a really user friendly procedure (see the manual): no need to open the whole organ/keybed as on my vintage C3 👍
@@michaeldavis2021 who told it does not have a long life? 😁 Having full mechanical and analog parts, it should need (or not, depending on "heavy use", dust, etc.) some maintenance, no more nor less than my 1964 C3 (long life 😁, just a complete "checkup" every 10 years, if needed...). The high price is due to all that complex internal hybrid digital/analog circuit (the real analog contacts under each key need something really different from all other clonewheels, for example not only a single stereo digital/analog converter, but more than 40 of them, etc.)
ciao! come da titolo, questa è una delle simulazioni leslie interne (solo su MK2). nella playlist complessiva (link qui sopra nelle info) lo senti col Leslie 3300W, o col Tornado, o col Burn, o con altre simulazioni leslie. ogni volta il sound è sostanzialmente differente. inoltre sul MK2 c'è la sezione preamp audio out totalmente valvolare e volendo, già da lì, lavorando sulla regolazione del bias delle due valvole si può schiarire o scurire tutto a piacimento.
inoltre sul MK2 si possono scegliere generatori differenti, può darsi che quello usato qui abbia un sound di partenza diverso (ma poi si possono regolare tutte le ruote foniche virtuali a piacimento)
Ciao! This is totally different 😁. It's the New B3 mk2 (but, despite its name, it's not new 🤣😁 - it's a almost 15 years old project - ). Sound generation is mostly based on samples (Vase III), apparently the same of XK3, SK2, SKX, but the final overall result is really different. It has the real vintage 9 analog contacts system under each key (so the keyclick is real, 100% analog). It means that there is not the "symple" stereo DSP processor/converter (as the other clonewheels), but every single contact, under each key, triggers a "single" digital-to-analog audio path, ending in a tube analog preamp. It has a REAL vintage-style hammond cabinet (this is the "portable" version, 65 kg weight, but there are the B3 and C3 "complete" version, 90/100 kg). Feel free to see other videos with real leslie and other external rotary simulation: th-cam.com/play/PLUhtZPy6198JsezlETyG7eb--fJDOKqnb.html&feature=shares
What is the point of buying this? It costs $27,000, weights 300 pounds and yet is digital. Why not just get a vintage B3 to get the classic sound. Or the XK- 5 which is much cheaper and lighter if you want digital.
Thanks for comment! 👍 I own a vintage C3 (feel free to see my other videos). I tested ALL existing digital clonewheels (including the XK5 with the "fake" analog contacts - nothing comparable to the real mechanical contacts -). It's hard to consider this New B3 strictly as a "clone". Yes, it has samples. But with the real mechanical contacts and tube preamp the keyclick is REAL and the phisycal feeling is something definitely different from all other clonewheels. Don't know about price in USA. In Europe it costs about 1/3 of what you indicate (maybe you refer to the B3 version - not B3-P - including bench, full pedalboard and leslie?). Yes, it's still an important money amount... 😁
@@brianellis5164 As you can understand from my various videos, I make video tests of many keyboards, just to show them to all enthusiast music lovers. Many of these instruments are not mine... 😁
I checked the specs... $27.000 and 290 pounds are for the New B3 (digital) with vintage cabinet, bench and pedalboard (weight includes bench and pedalboard). The portable version, without pedalboard and bench, costs about 1/3 and weight about 120 pounds. (My original vintage C3 is about 350 pounds - just organ -)
Great, gritty sounds. Realistic leslie with nice seperation
yes, sounds great, considering it's a 15 years old project!
Awesome 😎
That sounds fantastic! I remember about 8 years ago, I got a chance to visit a store here in Houston that sells Hammond organs. They happen to have a new b3 MK2, so I sat down and tried it out. Comparing it to the vintage organ that I had just played, I noticed that the keyboards we're very springy, but I don't consider that a complaint as I'm sure that is what the original organs felt like when they were brand new. And, it was missing that old antique Hammond smell, something I am very keen to since I can't see. That Leslie simulation sounded amazing especially at the end of your demonstration.
thanks for your comment!
yes, keys are the same of Hammond SKX, definitely different from my 1964 C3...
but, maybe for the "magic" of real 9 analog contacts, the feeling is unbelievable, considering it's a digital clone!
PS: I'm uploading new videos soon, using real leslie or other digital simulations...
here with 3300W Leslie:
th-cam.com/video/lFP5h1TuW-s/w-d-xo.html
Grazie Marco, come sai è il mio Hammond preferito :D
Grazie a te!
Diciamo che la simulazione leslie interna non gli rende giustizia (pur suonando comunque meglio di molti cloni di ultima generazione...) 😁
Negli altri video di questa playlist lo senti col Burn e altri simulatori (video in arrivo) ma anche con tornado e leslie 3300.
se interessato rispondi io sto vendendo il mio B3P
good test
thanks!
new videos with real leslie and other leslie simulations are coming soon...
Sound grasso e corposo, in puro stile Hammond...Grande Marco. Buon WE,
grazie come sempre per il tuo commento!
di fatto questa è la configurazione "peggiore" perchè utilizza la simulazione leslie interna (non proprio all'altezza dello strumento :-)))) ).
con altre simulazioni più performanti o con un leslie è tutta un'altra musica :-))))
(e si rende merito alla qualità sonora di questo strumento).
buon weekend!!!! :-)
@@marcoballa grazie mille, Marco..una curiosità, che monitor da studio usi?. Grazie.
@@pasqualebernardo7604 qui nel video si vedono gli IK Multimedia ILoud MTM, che però ho nel frattempo venduto.
per lo studio "serio" (con le virgolette) ho una coppia di Unity Audio The Rock MKII
@@marcoballa ancora grazie Marco..P.S.: che ne pensi dei monitor Yamaha HS7?
@@pasqualebernardo7604 provati solo in negozio, ricordo un buon suono neutro. Abituato a monitor chiusi come gli Unity Audio (decisamente asettici, quasi in maniera "fastidiosa" 😁), quelli Yamaha col reflex posteriore li ricordo un po' più "colorati" nel suono e, come tutti i monitor con reflex posteriore, necessitano di un minimo di attenzione nel posizionamento in studio (una parete dietro potrebbe in qualche modo falsare l'ascolto, a seconda del tipo di ambiente, del trattamento della stanza, ecc).
Wow super Great, I Like this Sounds.
Year My Woman from Tokyo, super
Thanks!
What is the maintenance on these digital organ? I understand they can't be repaired after 6 or 7 yrs. Or it's very costly.
Ciao!
No particular maintenance for all digital clonewheels (I still have and use a 12 years old hamichord - and many live gigs over the years -, never needed maintenance).
This NewB3 is a hybrid clonewheel, with full mechanical and analog parts. It just requires the busbars cleaning, but just if needed, and it's a really user friendly procedure (see the manual): no need to open the whole organ/keybed as on my vintage C3 👍
@@marcoballa I didn't think so. Why would they charge that much if it didn't have a long life? Thank you.
@@michaeldavis2021 who told it does not have a long life? 😁
Having full mechanical and analog parts, it should need (or not, depending on "heavy use", dust, etc.) some maintenance, no more nor less than my 1964 C3 (long life 😁, just a complete "checkup" every 10 years, if needed...).
The high price is due to all that complex internal hybrid digital/analog circuit (the real analog contacts under each key need something really different from all other clonewheels, for example not only a single stereo digital/analog converter, but more than 40 of them, etc.)
Ho lo stesso Hammond, ma mi sembra un po più ovattato il tuo rispetto al mio?
Come hai registrato il suono?
ciao!
come da titolo, questa è una delle simulazioni leslie interne (solo su MK2).
nella playlist complessiva (link qui sopra nelle info) lo senti col Leslie 3300W, o col Tornado, o col Burn, o con altre simulazioni leslie. ogni volta il sound è sostanzialmente differente.
inoltre sul MK2 c'è la sezione preamp audio out totalmente valvolare e volendo, già da lì, lavorando sulla regolazione del bias delle due valvole si può schiarire o scurire tutto a piacimento.
inoltre sul MK2 si possono scegliere generatori differenti, può darsi che quello usato qui abbia un sound di partenza diverso (ma poi si possono regolare tutte le ruote foniche virtuali a piacimento)
How do the pedals connect to the main unit? Is it a midi cable of some sort?
ciao, it has a proprietary dedicated connector for the original hammond bass pedaboard.
also, there is a standard midi out for other midi pedalboards
@@marcoballa Ciao! And thank you!
Hey there. Is this more like the XK5 in a B3 case?
Ciao!
This is totally different 😁.
It's the New B3 mk2 (but, despite its name, it's not new 🤣😁 - it's a almost 15 years old project - ).
Sound generation is mostly based on samples (Vase III), apparently the same of XK3, SK2, SKX, but the final overall result is really different.
It has the real vintage 9 analog contacts system under each key (so the keyclick is real, 100% analog). It means that there is not the "symple" stereo DSP processor/converter (as the other clonewheels), but every single contact, under each key, triggers a "single" digital-to-analog audio path, ending in a tube analog preamp.
It has a REAL vintage-style hammond cabinet (this is the "portable" version, 65 kg weight, but there are the B3 and C3 "complete" version, 90/100 kg).
Feel free to see other videos with real leslie and other external rotary simulation:
th-cam.com/play/PLUhtZPy6198JsezlETyG7eb--fJDOKqnb.html&feature=shares
@@marcoballa I had a XK3 and SKX and did not really like the sound. Now with the SKX Pro and a 1958 emulation, it sounds much better.
@@JC-td4gg yes, agree.
I had the SKX too and now the SKX Pro 👍
What is the point of buying this? It costs $27,000, weights 300 pounds and yet is digital. Why not just get a vintage B3 to get the classic sound. Or the XK- 5 which is much cheaper and lighter if you want digital.
Thanks for comment! 👍
I own a vintage C3 (feel free to see my other videos).
I tested ALL existing digital clonewheels (including the XK5 with the "fake" analog contacts - nothing comparable to the real mechanical contacts -).
It's hard to consider this New B3 strictly as a "clone".
Yes, it has samples. But with the real mechanical contacts and tube preamp the keyclick is REAL and the phisycal feeling is something definitely different from all other clonewheels.
Don't know about price in USA. In Europe it costs about 1/3 of what you indicate (maybe you refer to the B3 version - not B3-P - including bench, full pedalboard and leslie?). Yes, it's still an important money amount... 😁
@@marcoballa Yea, if you have a C3 why do you need this? Prices must be different in Europe. A vintage B3 and Leslie costs 1/3 of this one in the US.
@@brianellis5164 As you can understand from my various videos, I make video tests of many keyboards, just to show them to all enthusiast music lovers.
Many of these instruments are not mine... 😁
I checked the specs...
$27.000 and 290 pounds are for the New B3 (digital) with vintage cabinet, bench and pedalboard (weight includes bench and pedalboard).
The portable version, without pedalboard and bench, costs about 1/3 and weight about 120 pounds.
(My original vintage C3 is about 350 pounds - just organ -)