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  1. Actually I was thinking of "Africa" not "Rosanna". I remember this info from a very old Keyboard Magazine issue. ETA: and the FM sounding "karimba" was from a Yamaha GS1--very expensive precursor to the DX7.
  2. FWIW the main riff was two Yamaha CS80s (Toto had 2 keys players and they both played the Yamaha) and the solo interlude was done with Polyfusion modular gear.
  3. Thank you brother. That is actually not a big deal to me as I could connect my XWP1, use it for my lower manual, and run it through the MZ's improved leslie sim. Thanks again for the response.
  4. Yes I have downloaded the MZ manual, and searched the internet, but I still can't find the answer. How many instances of the drawbar organ can you have on the MZ? I gather you can have up to four hex layers, which is a step forward from the XWP1 where you can only have one. Does it work the same way with the drawbar organ? Can you have more than one at a time? Thanks in advance.
  5. Interesting video there. Where did you get the footage? Was that accordian sound from the XW? I am interested in doing a YouTube channel someday. Just for my own amusement if nothing else...
  6. Last night I hooked up my xw to my zoom g5 which I already own; it has a rotary effect complete with overdrive and bottom rotor. I was pleased with my initial results but I feel a need for further tweaking. I did like the sound of it. Much better than the xw rotary and the zoom overdrive sounded authentic. I found myself playing the organ part from Joe Cocker's rendition of A Little Help From My Friends. Always a good sign when you start out auditioning a piece of gear and wind up just playing music.
  7. I was just noticing in the Kountry Cuz video, his keyboard makes more "clack" noise than mine does. I wonder did I just luck out? In his review on Harmony Central Craig Anderton specifically said he liked the synth feel of the keyboard rather than just tolerating it; it has a bit of resistance (he compared it to a sponge) that he found enjoyable to play. I feel the same way about mine, whatever other issues I may have raised from time to time, keyboard feel has never been one of them. Since I originally bought it as a cheap controller I have kept it, and as I have learned its ins and outs (so to speak) my affection for it has grown. It certainly is a quirky beast. But I wonder, have different generations of the XW had different keybeds?
  8. Nice. You say you "just held a chord" but I was hearing a pleasant bit of organ drone music with a subtle repeating melody. The different iterations did have subtle differences but honestly both pedals sound fantastic. Need I say much better than the xwp1 by itself?
  9. Thanks. I have, now, and it does seem sweet. Even better, for me, might be the Lester G because it has compression; a real b3 has a bit of compression in the sound the more drawbars you pull and the more keys you press. I also thought the Tech 21 Roto Choir looked pretty awesome. That one is unfortunately out of production. You gotta love Mike Mathews of EH: https://youtu.be/A-rlX104mJg
  10. Who uses them? Impressions? Preferences?
  11. Bump Mr. Martin mentioned elsewhere that even players with expensive nords and hammonds use ventilator or burn pedals. So this is perfect.
  12. And I sort of got the impression you took my criticism of the XW personally. Hence your rather heated defense of the unit.
  13. Yes, I avoided using it because I didn't like the sound, OK? The headphones are AKGs which sound terrific in all other applications so I really doubt if other phones would have made a difference--or proper monitors with flat response, for that matter. As for the manual--I'll just say I have seen better manuals and leave it at that.
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