[HAM] XK-3 Hammond Keyboard

[Cliff Spencer]

I had an XK-3 for around two years and could never bring myself to 
like it. I finally sold it around six months ago. I didn't like the 
action, actually didn't like the sound (something about the tone 
quality rarely approached the sound of my real Hammond - for instance 
838000000 never sounded right to me), didn't like the chorus, presets 
behaved differently than a real Hammond, etc etc etc. It would seem 
like I'm the only one who feels this way. I'm aware that the XK-3 has 
the same tone generation technology as the new B3, but it seemed like 
hard work to get an authentic sound. People on Yahoo have indicated 
that "you really need to take the time to dial it in". I have no 
patience for keyboards that you need to tweak ad nauseum to get the 
basic sound. One last gripe, the sound just had no balls.
-cliff

>From: "Harold" <harolds at elknet.net>
>Subject: Re: [HAM] XK-3 Hammond Keyboard
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>The XK-3 is an excellent unit!
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