Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I've never played a real B3.  I have played a Hammond Spinnet on
occasion, which is a true tonewheel Hammond, but this particular one
doesn't have a leslie attached.  So I'm not highly qualified on this;
but...

I don't believe there's a difference between the VFX and VFX-SD as far
as the organ sounds are concerned.  (VFX-SD added sequencer and some
drum/percussion sounds, VFX-SD-II added the mega piano; they have the
same organ samples and rotary speaker effects.)  So any organ patch
(a.k.a. program) you come up with on a VFX-SD should work on a VFX.
(I have both.)

I get different, sometimes better organ sounds from my JV-1080 and the
Keyboards of the 60's and 70's expansion board, but I still use the
VFX sounds about half the time.  My favorite is a variation on TIMBRE
ORG (I think that's what it was called).  But I'm doing more
church/gospelly things, not rocking out...  If you want to rock out,
be sure to try switching the effects to the rotary + distortion
setting (with any given organ sound).

On the patch version I use, I disabled the sustain function of the
sustain pedal (there's no sustain on a real organ anyway), and instead
use the sustain pedal to change rotary speaker speeds.  That means I
can have both hands on the keybed.  I have the dual foot pedal, and
use the other pedal as a patch select to select a different "drawbar"
setting.

Oh, and the dual sustain pedal I do with my right foot.  Left foot is
on a CV pedal assigned to volume.  I'd almost go so far as to say the
volume pedal is NOT OPTIONAL when playing organ sounds!  If you don't
have one, you don't know what you're missing.

--> Steve

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 02:01:10PM -0700, James Pardonek wrote:

> Maybe the VFX-SD is better. I use the organizer sound and drawbars-1
> regularly. IMHO using the tonewheel to start and stop the leslie
> sound gives and old B3 player like me the same sorts of control that
> I used to get with my B instead of that wishywashy press a little
> harder on the key like a Korg does.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> The stock presets are lame, and the Leslie sim is terrible. Perhaps
> if you get good at programming you can come up with something
> better.

> Rich
> 
> Sep 9, 2008 03:46:09 PM, Ensoniq-VFX- SD@yahoogroups. com wrote:
> 
> Does this unit produce a good rock organ sound?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
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