Korg CX-3

This is a version 2 updated model of this instrument. Persets are very usable. Didn't need much editing. Plug in and play. Manuel is easy to understand.

Full Polyphony I guess. Great effects that are east to use.If you know Hammonds you won't have any problems figuring out this thing.

Sounds are awsome!! Don't belive the garbage you read about this board. It's a portable Hammond, That's it. It has the sound that you're looking for. Don't buy an old 400 lb. Hammond. Plug this baby in and jam!. No tubes and all that crap! Clone technology has arrived! I have heard quite a few REAL Hammonds that did'nt sound this good!

Seems to be very well made! Good looks too!

No problems so far!

I'm very pleased with this organ!!! I Jam it at home, Load it into the car for road trips, comes in handy when a Church does not have a Hammond! BUY IT!!!!! KORG CX3 BABY!!!!!

i don't really use the presets only for the diffrent amp types etc. Its very easy editing and saving changes. Does'nt have a patch editor that i am aware of. Well what can you say about manuals ????

Love the features although i would have left out the expression knob i think that thing is useless i play for a gospel church and we don't us overdrive...i just think its retarded...

sounds are great, like i said i don't use much presets i use the drawbars to set what i need at that moment. The lesile is killer, the best in the buisness. Although i play through a powered mixer i cant figure out a setting to get the organ to cut through all of the other music. Its very frustrating. From what i understand you must purchase some type of lesile sim to help with that.

i sent it to the shop once because of the voltage here in turkey but i can understand that

never really needed them...don't know what type of support i would receive in turkey

if it we taken i could'nt buy another cause it costed an arm an leg as far as i'm concerened. yes it was worth it, i love everything (mostly) hate the overdrive knob. wish it came with midi pedals

Well I do not really come from a Hammond background but know basically every model they came out with while the tonewheels were being made. The CX3 attempts to duplicate those sounds of the A, B,C,D,G and RT series. This is a big keyboard and pretty heavy duty. The manual is pretty basic but really you have to play the keyboard. The presets are ok but I prefer to click off the drawbar preset and play things on the fly with the drawbars. They are meaty and nice to use.

THe keyboard action is really nice on this board you are able to do glisses and palm smeers really well. If you are used to double manual board playing you may have to take a backseat because it is one manual. The CX3 is basically just for Organ sounds and nothing else so do not expect paino and Rhodes patches. The only thing that was comfusing is the drawbar presets keys to the left of the manual. They are supposed to represent the black and white reverse colored keys on a Hammond. Everything else is set up like the real thing with the percussion presets on the right of the keyboard. I feel the wood case was not neccessary.

The sounds are pretty realistic and in the Global menu you can edit pretty easily. As I said these are all Organ patches so it will depend on your taste. Every Hammond was different so you may want to modify your drawbar patches to your liking. You can modify the Leslie effect as well such as wheel brake, slow, fast rotor speed. It may depend on what style of music you are playing as well.

I hope I can depend on it because the wood chasis worries me. Usually Korg products are pretty well done so they can survive most giging situations.

Never had to deal with them.

I am really a piano player that loves old Hammond tonewheel organs. I really serached the internet before I bought this and I am happy I did because it sounds great. It is a little better than Voce V5 because it has a great reverb , chorus and vibrato. People may argue the point but this is the top unit out there as far as Organ simulation goes. It is a little expensive and I think the wood chasis is to make organs players feel at home.

Having owned an L100/147 and played many B3/C3/A100-s, everything I remembered was useful. The only part that got me stumped was the upper/lower drawbar reference versus drawbar 1/2. It also mystified me why the percussion/leslie/chorus selection changed between patches the first time I played it in the store and then remained the same the second time. Final answer: there's a global setting for this that changed.

The manual is terse but informative. I think there should be a very detailed patch chart detailing all parameters, especially drawbar settings in numbers. The graphics are cute and in fact, can be accurate (from 0-8) but you have to look very, very closely and count pixels. Grab your reading glasses!

This was designed to do one thing and it does it really well - be a standalone B3 replacement that requires no other equipments besides amplification and control pedals/switches.

Since it does not support bass pedals, this is not the perfect plug & play unit for jazz/church players who require pedals. However, I think a small compromise will get those players a LOT further for a LOT less than the other double manuals (VK77, XB3) - get a small module for the bass (pick one here - the emu B3 box) and the Roland pedals and have a "standalone" bass pedal system. Add another low cost controller - I think 48 keys is fine for the lower manual and will cost like $200 - for the bottom manual, a two tier stand that will allow a deep unit (16") like the CX3 on top - I like the Apex stand - and for another $1400-$2000 you've got a very portable dual manual WITH DUAL DRAWBARS system that will fool even you.

I think the features I want could occur with new versions of the firmware, but until they allow me to control JUST volume using the expression pedal and allow mass copying of certain parameters - or have global settings that override patches so your amp type, gain, leslie settings can be used easily without editing EVERY DAMNED PATCH!

The expression pedal is an interesting but annoying feature - it doesn't control volume only, it serves the same function as the "overdrive" knob. I don't always want to turn it up to "11" when I want it loud, I want those two separate PLEASE!

If you want something that barks and bites like a Hammond it can get just about every sound I've heard from a fairly stock Hammond.

There is an organic quality to this digital box that amazes me. I'm not sure how they do it, but I suspect there's some random logic involved because when I play this it never quite sounds the same. It is FUN to sweep, shove and slam this thing and it never sounds artificial or contrived. Now I'm not breaking out the Ginsu knives and going Keith Emerson on this board, but my point is that it does inspire something more THAN ANY KEYBOARD since my Rhodes/Clavinet days.

It could be a complete delusion on my part, the psuedo-wood, the fatter-lower black keys, the "spit" of the on/off click being so loud (after adjusting it, of course:), the best leslie emulation to date - but with headphones on, I'm back thirty years. Call it a cheap time machine for the money, alright? With no back pain. That's like going back to have free love without condoms! (Yes, I should get out more)

And it actually CAN transmit velocity over MIDI, very nicely as I've doubled a piano for that one man Procol Harum/Band/Gospel sound. Take a load off Mary!

I already use it without backup. The leslie emulation is so good that I'm going to stop using my Motion Sound Pro3T Leslie style speaker.

There are occasional pops and I've had it stop dead twice. I have an early serial number (1172) and I understand the newest firmware fixes these problems. Not at all unusual for a new product and the good news is you can upgrade the firmware via MIDI (albeit SLOWWWWLLYYY..)
Compare that ($0) to $170 for a PROM for the XB2!

Also, the expression pedal and switches can be garden variety. I'm using the Yamaha FC7, very easily available for $50 and $5 foot switches - you can reverse polarity easily from the global settings.

There are occasional pops and I've had it stop dead twice. I have an early serial number (1172) and I understand the newest firmware fixes these problems. Not at all unusual for a new product and the good news is you can upgrade the firmware via MIDI (albeit SLOWWWWLLYYY..)
Compare that ($0) to $170 for a PROM for the XB2!

I'm returning my Pro3T, so that's $550 saved. The expression pedal is included, so expect to pay $150 for the Hammond pedal and $100 for the Roland pedal. There are TWO sets of drawbars, allowing three different sounds at your fingertips FOR EACH MANUAL. ALL of the controls - vibrato, percussion, split, drawbars - send and respond to standard MIDI controllers. Play the demos and you'll see this in action - lights go on and off, leslie whirs up.

Everyone talks about this being expensive, but I don't think it is. You plug this straight into a great PA or keyboard amp and forget the bulk and setup of leslie emulators or real cabinets and miking headaches. Leslie settings are obvious by the lights on the switches so you can't really get lost when you're playing.

I got mine as a "B" stock unit, fair amount of cosmetic damage on one side of the wood end piece. It's not hard to get this for $1900 and when I think about the money I save on firmware upgrades, pedals, emulators, mikes - all more things that can AND WILL break or get lost - I think it's a great price. I don't care about pedals and I really don't want to plug into a leslie cabinet. At first I thought this was a disadvantage but one night after playing for eight straight hours, I grok'd this board - it's a B3 in one box, just add amplification or recording gear.

They say money can't buy you love but I say it can get you something so close you won't care. And I'll say the same about the CX3 - for about $2k with a case, you'll have something so close to the real thing you won't care. And you won't have to bribe your friends with beer to get it moved!

If you know what a Hammond organ is, then you should not have any trouble using this organ. Not sure of software version, but I know mine's is one of the newer ones with the bugs fixed (there were some problems with the first line of new CX-3's, check the serial number).

Laid out like a B-3, the drawbars are on top of the keybed (unlike the other clones, VK7, XK2, etc.) and the percussion controls are to the right, not the left. This can be uncomfortable to people who haven't used a B-3 (like me) or have gotten used to the other clones, but that's how a real B-3 is laid out, folks.

Presets are pretty accurate, half in normal mode, half in EX mode (where all 16 drawbars control one manual, pretty freaky). Some presets were designed by organ players, indicated with two initials like TC (Tom Coster) AK (Al Cooper) GP (Greg Phillanges) and so on. Some patches are designed for certain songs like "Turkish" (a cunning way of getting around saying "Tarkus"), "Whyter Shade" (duh?), "Gimme Some" (take a guess) and "Smoke in Japan" (please don't make me explain that one).

Patch editing is a breeze, you don't even need the rather flimsy and useless manual that comes with it. If you didn't know how an organ works, you wouldn't be buying it. The manual, if you bother to look at it, is pretty basic, no remarkable ground covered or any tips, but it does tell you how the presets are organized (letters representing genres; numbers giving different presets in each catgeory).

The only pain in the rear end is that the Chorus/Vibrato knob is very slippery, and it's very easy to miss the setting you want, which could be annoying during live performance (I don't use it too often, so it's not a big concern for me.)

Fully polyphonic, just like an organ. The action is the best I've felt on the clones, except that they kept the stupid piano lip. I cut my friggin' pinky the first time I tried a glissando on the organ, though now I've gotten used to it. Some have complained about the "hot action" on the keyboard (in a nutshell, you don't have to press the key all the way down to trigger the sound, supposedly to enhance the realism or some BS), but I don't really mind it too much.

Besides the chorus/vibrato switch (pretty accurate, I think), the Leslie sim is hands down the best I've heard on any of the clones. No Leslie sim is perfect (it's called a SIMULATION) but some of the ones on the clones really suck, and I don't want to add any more stuff like an external leslie sim (i.e. the Motion Sound Pro-3T). The Leslie sim generally makes or breaks an organ simulator, and the sim on the CX-3 sets it above the rest.

No expansion, because all it does is organ. I know that the Vk-7 came with a general Midi sound set of pianos, strings, etc. but I wanted an ORGAN, and the sounds on the Roland suck (I love Roland products, so it pains me to say that.

The keyboard is not velocity sensitive (because real organs are not) but the Cx-3 comes with an expression pedal which is really neat (I'll explain in expressiveness), the pedal feels good, and stays put when your foot is not on it.

It's also got two sets of drawbars, so you can split the keyboard too use both, or MIDI up a controller (preferably 61-key) and voila! A double manual organ at a fraction of the cost of a VK-77 or an OB-5, and a better sounding one at that.

This is the best sounding organ simulator on the market today (unfortunately, that also makes it the most expensive single-manual organ simulator out now). You could use the presets alone and still be quite happy with it, the fact that it lets you create and edit your own sounds ensures that some of your personality is input into the organ.

This organ works well for everything: rock, jazz, blues, gospel, soul, church, classical, ballet, whatever! If you need an organ, this will work. I love progressive rock, and finally I can do an ELP, Genesis or Yes song with accuracy, or even though I don't have Jimmy Smith's chops (yet!) I can definitely sound like him (check the "McJimmy" patch).

No effects besides the chorus/vibrato and leslie, but that's all you need. It's quite simple to turn off the leslie and, if you dare, hook up a phaser to duplicate the late 70s Tony Banks organ sound, and it will sound pretty damn accurate.

Completely forgot to mention percussion. The percussion is very accurate, and can be tailored very extensively (volume, attack, decay, etc.) If you use percussion alot (which I really don't), you'll be more than satisfied.

EX mode is amusing, you can get some pretty weird sounds out of the organ, but I generally don't use it.

Reverb is good, but not essential to the use of the organ, still nice to have though.

Onboard tone control makes tweaking that much easier. Distortion control is really neat. Instead of a dedicated distortion knob like on those OTHER simulators, the expression pedal controls volume and overdrive (like a real organ), therefore, when the volume is low there is no distortion, when you crank the volume, you crank the overdrive.

This is a minor thing, but I absolutely love this about the organ. There's a wheelbrake! With the touch of a button, or by assigning a footswitch to turning on/off the wheelbrake, you can essentially turn off the power and listen to the tonewheels slowing down, causing the pitch to lower until it is off. You can only use this effect sparingly without wearing it out, but this is the only simulator I know that can do this.

Very dependable, except that the bottom is made of particle board, which one feels one could break easily with one's hand. Would definitely use on a gig without backup (don't have anything to back it up really, unless I use the godawful organ sounds on my Casio WK-1200, which I still use as a controller and for its pianos and strings.) It's a relatively heavy keyboard compared to other 61-key keyboards, but it's about 1000% lighter than a real B-3, so I've got no complaints!

Haven't had to deal with them yet.

Would cry like a baby if it were stolen. It's a tad on the expensive side, but you get what you pay for. It is hands down the best simulator on the market.

I've had it for 7 weeks, and it works well in my setup, which is: CX-3, Roland JP-8000, and the aforementioned Casio WK-1200. It is definitely a great asset to music making and playing for me, and I love it to bits.

I hope this review has been helpful to you, as other reviews like it on this and other sites were helpful to me in choosing the CX-3.

Software Version without Bugs. ( Different to the Vk7 Software Bugs in the latest Version )
Editing of Patches is very easy , its an Organ not a Synthesizer.
Editing is so easy that you dont need no manual.

The CX 3 is fully polyphon ! I dont know exactily the meaning of an WATERFALL Keyboard. Every Organ has its own keyboard, so it's just another Organ, but she is rally a great Organ !
My FIRST impression playing the CX 3 was:
Oh impossible to play Piano Sounds using this keyboard.
( Should be the 1st impression on every organ )
The SECOND: Feals like an very old keyboard. Is everykey OK ?
The THIRD. Wow i didnt know, that i can play so fast.
I spend a lot of time, programming Organ Sounds using Synthies.
The old analog Synthies did it very well. But using an digital
Workstation you always get problems with the speed. Perhaps you
can create absolutely original Hammond sounds, but you cant play them, because the Hardware is too slow.
( The Reason B3 Software Clones for PC are toys )
This problem is concerning all Vintage Sounds, e.g. D6 too.
The new CX3 provides analog Raltimespeed. The Roland Vk 7 too.
But if you use an VK7 its more the fealing:
Wow great keyboard, I am shure, I can play piano sound on it too.
Thats baaaad !
- MIDI Featers
Looking for Pitch Bending or Modulation Wheel ? Thats Silly !
Ok Pitch Bending would be nice to emulate the function Power OFF !
No Problem, you can emulate the Pitch Bending Wheel with any Drawbar.
Its possible to assign any Controler Midi Message to one of the 18
Drawbars ! A really mighty possibility ! Using an additional Sound
Expander you can create a totally new music instrument !
I am beginner, actually just using drawbar 8 to control the Volume of my JV 880.

- PERFORMANCE
With the new CX 3 its possible to create and store up to 68 new Hammond Organs. Same as VK7. Do i really need 64 Hammond Systems ?
Me not. The VK7 can reduce Bank switching to 16 Sounds. You can
select Bank a/b and 8 different Sounds, providing great switches.
The Vk7 provides additional some non Organ Sounds. The additional
Sounds are not in high quality, except the choir sound, but fits together with convinient 2 Bank switching.
Performance Switches are one of the most Important Details:
Naturally it is impossible to use 64 different Hammond Systems:
Unfortunately the performance Switches of the CX3 are hidden.
Pehaps they dont fit the Vintage Design. They are black same as
the Console.
- Conclusion
Keyboard 10 Points
Speed 10 Points
Controller 10 Points
Sound Switches 0 Points
Bank Switches 0 Points
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Sorry only 6 Points








the keyboard too. ( You know waht i mean ? )

I played and owened alsmost every kind of organs.
I like my Phillicordi GM, of corse it does not sound like a C3 or any kind of stuff. But she was cheap 100 $ and sounds very pretty.
It is stupid to compare anything with this old Hammonds. I prefer any kind of organ if she has any kind of charakter.
My first organ was an phillicordia, my second a Yamaha BK3, 3000$ with lovely Transistor Sound and build in rotary speaker. You can still get this Kind of Orgen about 50 $
In the 80 i bought an Korg CX3 ( 200 $ ) I am still using her, because there are some advatages in spite of Hammond Models.
The Main Advantage is: Manferd Mann used her up to nowdays !
Additional the old CX3 has the widest Frequenzie Range of all
Organs.
So its not a bad choice !
Vk isnt bad too, she has an good keyboard, logical stable knobs:
Very good percussion:
Addiotinal an terribel Amp simulation and Leslie.
AUf deutsch: Sie ist einfach nur brav !
Very good and cheap insrument for Jazz Musik
If your music is Rock music, try to buy an old CX3
Best Organ for rock music better than any Hammond
If you make Jazz Music buy an Roland VK
If you want the whole Story buy the new Korg CX 3

She ist a little bit too heavy

You can even get Chips for the old CX 3 via Siemens
The worst support is Roland. Here you can get nothing
Even the latest VK / own their typicall SOftware Bugs
This Bugs are Terrible

If it were stolen:
I would use my old CX3. Perhaps i would miss the real Hammond Sound.
If you dont have 3000 - 5000 Dm its really just a little bit of difference . You can get an old CX3 about 500$
I play 30 years organ. I own all the important kind of keyboard up from ARP Odyseee to minimoog
The CX3 is close to the VK7. Both instruments are lovely !
Both Instruments have their own charakter.
With Exception the VX7 Amp simulation is terribele , every OP AMP with Diode does it better. And the Leslie is pure.
The CX3 is the better Instrument:
The old CX3 is another Instrument:
She sounds always good. The old CX 3 cant be compared like any Hammond:
For Rock Music she sounds better like any Hammond ever build.
Same as Vox International.
Try to play any door song on a Hammond. Sounds pure. Better Results
you get with an old Cx3 or an phillicorda. Best result with VOX
INTERNATIONAL.
With an Vk7 you get not result.
With the new CX3 you can even simulate an old phillicordia or VOX !

the manual is quite good. I'm a novice player, so I've had to read the manual several times and am still figuring things out.

Keyboard action is excellent. I''ve tried hooking up my old korg p-3 piano module to the cx-3 so that I can switch back and forth between piano sounds and organ sounds, without success as of yet. Any suggestions welcome.

Sounds great for rock and blues, and jazz contexts.

I am bringing it without backup to my first gig tonight.

There is no number for tech support in the manual! I can't find it at their website either. This is incredibly frustrating.

I've been playing keys for about 4 years; I 'd buy one again if lost or stolen. It should come with a PS-1 footswitch; guitar center tells me it will take a minimum of 2 weeks to special order one. I bought a Roland FS-1 switch but I have to click it twice to turn the leslie on or off, so I am going to take it back. Also, there is some distortion (sounds like a blown speaker cone) that goes away inconsistently with turning the expression knob. I may have to take it back for exchange.

As a Hammond Clone - it's exceptionally easy to use, assuming you know your'e way around Hammonds. If not, the unit is a great learning tool for the day when you do get to play the real thing.<P>
For comparison, I played the old CX-3 for about ten years before I got to play my first B3 w/ a band. I found the real B3 to be VERY different. Not that the old CX was a slouch by any means -- it was a great instrument on it's own.<P>
I listed a few more Ease of Use items:<P>
<li>Leslie Sim - good enuf you can leave the MotionSound at home. Oh, you'll miss it, but you'll get by without it</li>
<li>Comes with a Foot Pedal -- Definitely one of my requirements, and you don't have to shell out for it</li>
<li>Standard detachable power code</li>
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Cons<P>
<li>Odd Size - Rather Large, not as easy to fit in a case, and case must be larger</li>
<li>Particle Board Bottom - ick !</li>
<li>Expensive, but so was the original (approx $1200).</li>

Features are covered pretty well by the other reviews. Basically, you get a full-featured Organ/Leslie Combo with programmable MIDI and potential two manual operation.<P>
Here's the standouts for me:<P>

<LI>I CAN CARRY IT ! -- Seriously, I have a '57 B3 & Leslie that I play out with about twice a year, but it requires professional cartage to move it (about $150 a pop !).</li>

<LI>Layout/Design - I needed a piece I can reach up and play my organ parts on in a typical frenzied hurry. Cannot tell you how nice it is to look up and check the percussion by looking at the upper right...wow!<li>
<li>Effects - The built in Leslie sim is OK. Chorus is good, but a little much. Overall - very nice emulation. I would like to sit down and tweak the leslie parms so they match my Motion Sound.</li>

<LI>Drawbars can be MIDI controllers ! -- Potential uses include:
<li>Controlling Fiter/Resonance on my Midi Moog</li>
<li>Controlling the B4 I plan to buy for home/studio</li>

My first impressions are very good (and for the price it better be !).
I found the following things worked well/ were easily translated:
<P>
<li>Mid Range Comps/Stabs that cut. Hit a big chord in the middle of the keyboard with the bottom two drawbars out. This is where the Old CX-3 really excelled. The XB-2 totally flops at this. New CX-3 did just fine.</LI>
<li>Palm Sweeps - start at the bottom and "wax on/wax off" your way up to the top, Leslie on slow to start, switch to fast 1/2 way up. For the other clones, (XB-2/CX-3), you really need a Leslie/Motion Sound to pull this off. New CX just fine as is.</LI>
<li>Percussion is pretty Faithful. It's a lot like a Hammond in that
it's not really, really loud. For really loud passages, I usually forgo percussion. Using an XB-2 taught me to use it sparingly anyway.</li>
<li> Volume Pedal is better than I thought it would be. Trying out in store, I thought 'Man this thing is wimpy', at least compared to the XB-2 pedal (which costs $150!). But, it stayed put, and had a lot more travel room than the an Ernie Ball or the XB-2 pedal.</li>
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No idea yet. My last CX-3 lasted almost 18 years with about three trips to the tech. That's pretty darn good. Most of it can be attributed to an Anvil ATA Flight Case. <P>
For this new one, we found a nice soft case that's easily manageable.<P>

No idea

Is it worth what I paid ? ...Come to one of my shows and find out !<P>
Hey, at the end of the first gig, the cute female vocal sub came over and complemented me on my playing -- that's worth something !<P>

No really, I had an extremly tough time making the decision. Here's how the comparables laid out for me<P>
<li>Don't care for MIDI Modules -- I love the VOCE sound, just don't like the physical setup of the module for B3 sounds (and I owned a Micro B).</li>
<li>XB-2 Would work, don't like the action, but they can be had for cheap.</li>
<li>XK-2 Never really turned me on. Neat, but something missing in the sound</li>
<li>VK-7 Nice piece, really liked it. A tad expensive for those GM sounds</li>
<li>Real B3 - Got it, just don't wanna move it around !.</li>
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If your'e still worried about the high price, consider this:
To me next best clone is the Hammond XB-3 - which runs about $17,000!<P>

This instruments tries its best to recreate the vintage hammond B3. The design layout proves this. Drawbars, rotary control, and chorus vibrato easy to access for realtime control. -1 for the master vol. placement- not the easiest to reach in a live setting. Manual is well written. Presets are nice and varied although I was a bit surprised how much I had to modify the settings to get the basic B3 sound I wanted.

Total polyphony with a great action. The oversized hammond black keys do make a difference when playing the blues scale. Heard alot about the scanner technology creating a "hot action", but really didn't notice a huge difference. So one should not fear getting used to it. Adequate midi features for my purposes. I enjoy the detailed editing features of the leslie effect permitting a wide variety. The one big negative for me is that Korg left out transposition in the preset editing, and only has one octave global transposition (which affects all presets). So in a live application, this causes problems since I favor certain keys for high velocity playing.

Now the most important- does it sound real? answer-yes and no. Like other reviews, the percussion, leakage, chorus, and even the overdrive are very realistic. The tone generation does supply me with that gritty sound you hear on the old recordings. For this I'm happy. However, for that warm sound you hear on many recordings from a real B3 -this has seemed to elude me so far. I probably need to run the cx through a tube amp and it will get me the warmth I'm longing for(I may be too critical on this point). As for the leslie effect, it deserves high marks. One reviewer said he sold his motion sound pro 3T and xk-2 after hearing this model. This is one reason I bought the cx-3 because I didn't want a complex setup when playing live. As for detail, the horn effect sounds better than the rotor(rotor being too electronic,) but it does add to the realism. For some reason, the rotary effects sound more realistic in ex mode when both sets of drawbars are in use (with certain presets). So overall, this effect should save you from getting an expensive outboard leslie sim.

I bought this board used with no club hours. I hate to admit that I am having a couple of problems with it. Occasionally I get this random popping sound that comes and goes. Also I'm getting a low soft rumble originating from the overdrive effect when the overdrive knob is at 12 o'clock. Both are tolerable to me right now but may cause problems come recording time. Don't let this scare you since it probably is an isolated gliche.

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I too read all the reviews on this model and believe I made a good decision. I think its the best clone out there today. I thought about going the voce 5/motion sound route but am glad I didn't. I tested the roland vk-7, hammond suzuki xk-2, and even the Emu B3 sound module(which by the way only crossfades for a leslie effect)but decided the cx-3 was the best overall. Check out the review of the cx-3 on the Keyboard magazine site. Anyway,I just like the genuine look and feel of a real B3 which this has. I also considered buying the real thing but am glad I didn't. I'm just not THAT committed to transport a 400+ lb beast around town. For the club/church gigging player this is what you want. The overall sound with some careful tweaking will yield a general contentment. I would not recommend this model to larger studios for you guys have room for the real McCoy. I hope I helped with this life and death decision!

Extremely intuitive. I have been playing Hammond consoles for 30 years. This is the closest yet. Up and running in seconds. Great presets already programmed. Wish Al Kooper would have included his preset for "Season of the Witch". -1Pt for the slippery chorus/vib wheel.

At first I hated the action.. then got used to it and now love it! My fingers seem to fly across the keyboard... -1 point for the keyboard being so noisy! With a little tweaking, the Leslie simulation is OUTSTANDING! Midi control is good.. -1Pt for no pitch/mod wheels though....

I have a 63 B3 and Leslie in my living room and this baby is reeeeeaaaal close! Love the authenticity of the key click and leakage. The vibrato chorus is the best yet, although it is closer to an A100 sound than a B3.. But I love that too!

Only had it a few weeks.. No problems yet....

See above....

I sold my XK2 AND Motion Sound Pro3T to purchase this keyboard. Who needs the PRO3T when you have this terrific leslie simulation? The next best thing for an old Hammond console player who needs a transportable instrument...