All the Hammond Clones No talking
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2023
- / @nickfoleyuk What a year its been. I wanted to listen to as many Hammond clones as I could this year, its been a busy one but I have a lot crossed off my bucket list so far.
With huge thanks two @FairDealMusicVideos and @bonnersmusic and all at #HammondUK here is a compilation of all the Organ clones I have tested this year with little talking and more back to back comparing.
The audio and video quality has improved during the year but you will get the idea for it as I go through 6 or 7 different machines comparing and contrasting! - เพลง
the Mojo 61 has some really great electric piano sounds and (might have to download the update) a good acoustic piano. There's not a ton of features on the board but I replaced my Electro with it and had no complaints.
Hello, bombastic played!!! I play with the Hammond B3 vst plug in from USA Collab3 . I have the same Sound from the old Hammond B3 organs.
I love the warm Sound of Hammond B3 organ
I wish you Merry Christmes!!!
Best Regards,José Movilandia 😎💥👍👍👍
Hi there!! Merry Christmas
The Hammond clones win hands down! Thanks for doing this one, Nick!
Great video, Nick! Thx. for delivering valuable content to our community… if you were to buy a clone, no Hammond, which one would you choose?
Ooh …. No Hammond clone? Crumar was amazing but I hear they can be unreliable (?).
I’m not a great fan but if HZ was excluded it would be Nord. With an organ grinder pedal and a Leslie 145
Somehow ended up being the owner of the Crumar Mojo Classic and the Hammond SKX Pro. The latter has to make room for the non-organ sections, so lacks a few knobs up front like cross-talk, that the Mojo Classic has. By connecting a computer to the Crumar, it gets kinda endless which settings you'd like, such as different organs and Leslie settings. The SKX Pro is similar, except by digging into the depths of the on-board LED, like leakage per drawbar. So my view is all are valid in one way or another and/or can often be adjusted to sound more like a different one. The action is different per clone, like the Mojo Classic is pure organ and the SKX Pro is a hybrid stage keyboard having to bend a hair for piano, etc., and pulls off the hybrid great. Although I will dig in soon and permanently adjust its Y piano settings a notch. These two boards and my Hydrasynth Deluxe are run through a Radial mixer into the German designed LD Maui 28 G3, chosen by my Grammy winning chief engineer friend / boss at the big studio; this LD, besides build quality, for its specific lack of on-board mixer: less to impact the audio signal. I got a Neo Ventilator II along with the Mojo Classic, but think the Crumar's Leslie is really good and allocated the Neo to my eBass pedal rack, where it will stay. The SKX Pro might like to have it, but I've grown addicted to the unique option for the eBass. The Hammond is brand new, so as of Dec 2023, none of my orchestral funk features it yet. Why the Hammond addition? Because as multi-instrumentalist, I've gravitated to being on eBass and having a keyboard or two in front of me. Wanted a hybrid when the stage is small or the gig isn't about my songs which usually have 3 keyboardists, one of whom on the Crumar.
I put a halfmoon on the Mojo Classic, despite its lovely blinking soft yellow glow button and the side wings on the expression pedal. Only the half moon was crystal clear about which setting; the other two options sometimes confusing my ear during gigs or rehearsals during that brief moment the rotary is getting over to the other speed setting, making me wonder if the button or side switch was pressed well enough, yet for being under the gun playing, no time to focus that split second further to be sure about it. The SKX Pro buttons are obvious as they are, but I'm really liking the new halfmoon on the Crumar and might want to add one to the Hammond. Or down the road add the modern "Flat Leslie" itself to the LD column array set up, since the SKX Pro has provision to send the organ only out to a rotary and all else in its hybrid brain to a non-rotary. I'd rather have cash for groceries at some point. Sigh lol
Great post, thanks
@@ImprovUnedited thanks for the feedback on the swell pedal Leslie switching. Appreciated.
Well, the C3 breathes, lives, and has such a "character" - all clones have a hard time to imitate this, and they only succeed more or less. I'm missing the HX3 engine from Keyboartpartner here (resp. MagOrgan and Uhl) that might be at least as good as the Hammond clones. It would be awesome if you could organize one of them in order to compare it with your "wooden lady".
I'll investigate, thanks
Recently took the plunge and swapped my VR-09 for an XK4. The Roland is a cheap and cheerful gig ready board but the XK4 is so much better!
Agreed!
Hammond xk4 for me...and then nord
yup
yamaha YC have few organ engine plus leslie tweeks/ percussion tweeks. Can't say it was used here
Probably not Tomas, I only had a few hours with the unit myself
Yc73! Had a Nord that broke on me and they could not find parts.
ooh no!
It'd be nice if it said what you were playing on the screen.
Probably the best sounding of all the clones is the xk5 but if Hammond can’t get the sound of their old organs then who can. All of the clones need a Leslie speaker, all of the Leslie Fx boxes I’ve heard don’t cut the mustard. And what happens if your modern clone wheel goes wrong? I personally repaired a dead L100 15 mins before a concert for a local organ society.
Yup. Agreed mate
Hammond b3x software by IK multimedia. Impeccable! $200.
I find it strange that neither the Viscount Legend or the Viscount Legend Soul organs are included in the reviews as they are probably in the top three clones available today.
True. They are the hardest to get hold of is the answer. The good news is that I HAVE been able to speak to them and a review should be imminent.
Do you also test the Uhl Instruments X4?
Not so far mate
@@nickfoleyuk Oh Boy, its the best Hammond Clone so far! I‘ve teste Crumars, Nords, Viscounts and so on, but none of them comes close to the Uhl!
I have a KorgC3 what's your opinion, it still works
Recommend me one turorial or manual to play
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@@loonishI love what I hear on TH-cam of the hx3, but haven’t tried it in person. Seriously, none even comes close? I love my mojo
Hi! Can you please do time stamps or let us know maker and model name on each? That would be appreciated 🙂🙏
I can't do that retrospectively on the video but I can say that the makes and models are on the whole visible in the clips but just in case they are obscured:
0:00 Hammond C3 and XK-5
1:32 Hammond SKX Pro Dual Manual
1:55 SKpro v XK5
2:12 Cumar mojo
2:21 Yamaha YC61
2:36 Roland VR-09 v XK-5
3:23 - SKX Pro
3:51 Hammond XK4
4:21 Yamaha YC61
4:55 SKPro
5:12 Mojo
5:57 Yamaha CK61
6:15 XK4
6:30 SK Pro
6:55 SKX Pro
7:09 VR-09
8:15 XK4
8:45 Xk-5 V VR-09
10:09 YC61
10:24 Nord Electro 6D
12:19 Mojo
12:28 CK61
13:14 XK4
13:47 SKX Pro
14:22 YC61
14:44 Nord
15:39 Mojo
16:02 XK4
16:32 YC61
16:54 Mojo
17:21 CK61
17:35 XK4
You can call it "organic" or what have you, but i really think the real Hammond sounds like musty old wood, dust, and 96 greasy tonewheels spitting out the sounds of hell itself. That will never be emulated. Fook the rest of them....oh yeah, i got the Mojo 😂
Perfect reply!
Can't beat Hammond but all great for wooly bully watch it now 😮
nord is the best
I used to love my Nord, especialy for the Hammond sounds. But as soon as you play a real Hammond clone, its a different level. Nord sounds way more synthetic.
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What should a „real Hammond clone“ be? Whether you have a real tonewheel-driven Hammond, or you have a clone…?
You know I love your videos(very to the point) but where's the "Mag", it ain't "all" without it! They nail the key click, of course just my opinion!
It’s a great point. I did speak to them about getting one in to test but delivery cost was too high unfortunately.
I’m still chatting to the guys and hopefully I’ll have one to review in the new year.
Thank you, have a great holiday Sir!@@nickfoleyuk
Hammond C3 wins and rules.💯
Yeah...its not a clone but clones and clowns have a lot in common if you look at the lettering.🤡 😅
Always
All sound great but how about wooly bully watch it now 😮
Roland was the worst sounding. Of course, if you would of have Chester Thompson demo those it would have sounded entirely different.
Chester is my hero. Have probably watched that organ clinic video seventy times.
He's undoubtedly better than me
Useless. No idea what models he is playing. Cost?
Get his laryngitis fixes before he does any further videos 4:12