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Published on 04/26/14 at 02:17Everything has been said in previous reviews. But basically, I would say that the Promega 3 is that the clavia Nordstage tried to reproduce without success ... (I know because I had one). Everything is there. Even the MIDI is great, assignable area by a wink (while on the North, it is not really ergonomic).
Funkiest really is just ergonomics. One button, one function, and everything is very clear. Live, what is happiness, you do what you want when you want, immediately.
And the icing on the cake are the motorized faders. Gadget? not at all! When we called her, all settings and faders automatically and instantly position: this allows to see each setting and respond directly without having to search.
Ined-ga-la-ble!
And look! A mix of Star Trek and Starsky and Hutch ... A bit Moog.
As for the 320 voices of polyphony, burying all the competition (even though today, at terabytes), it would be useless? Well I like being able to type a serious big deal, and arpeggios up right without ever agreement is cut ... and with sympathetic resonance, please! Or stack Pad to infinity, creating an impossible sound carpet with competition.
This instrument was worth 3500 euros at the time. This is the pro, it's heavy!
Double bank and independent effects attributable to each sound instantly, and dosed with motorized faders: awesome! The 8-band equalizer edited permanently with motorized faders and storage on the fly: great for the scene! Change MIDI channel: pif, boom, it's done. The audio mixer allowing an external source input: very good. The triple pedal if you want, etc ...
UTILIZATION
Keyboard! ... I personally do not know better. Certainly due to real hammers? To me (and I know it is still very subjective), it is an ideal compromise between flexibility and hardness. Very comfortable, very responsive. Much better than the Clavia, much better than Kurzweil, much better than all Japanese. Perhaps less "realistic" than Kawai, but much more comfortable and expressive.
My hands are tired of joy to find these sensations, and pianist friends who I actually tried last night were speechless!
The manual? totally unnecessary. Again ergonomics Promega is absolutely brilliant. My girlfriend, who hates everything that is computer and baroque acoustic musician enjoys using it, say it!
SOUNDS
Then the sounds ... I'll be as objective as possible.
The technique uses both the modeling and multi-sampling.
Pianos: While I found more realistic and accurate today sounds with certain banks Kontakt (I love the Galaxy Vintage D, or another kind Piano in Blue Cinesamples). While the Clavia is perhaps a little sharper (and again ... and then I'm sick to recognize all the sauces). BUT, what makes the big difference is the gameplay, expressiveness. And there, nothing happens to the height of the cuckoo, whatever the genre (classical, jazz, rock, pop, electro ...). It's a bit stronger than the same Kurzweil points without power limit Kurzweil. And if I want to compare Pianotech (since modeling), it is much, but then much more expressive. And small personal emotion with preset Köln Concert, which takes us straight to Keith.
Rhodes: NOTHING better. Yet I have tried everything I think. I do not know what it holds, but the power and precision of Rhodes sounds explode everyone (including my ex and North Korg SV1 I nevertheless appreciated). In fact I remember on stage, having been obliged to equalize not get on everyone (thank you permanent motorized equalizer panel).
The Wurli are falling. The dreaded clavinet (it almost feels the rope be pinched).
The rest: more anecdotal. A pretty good bass (without claiming a superrealism Roland or a Trillan), a very average electric bass. Very blah organs (there Clavia is well above without comparison). Groundwater exceeded strings. By groundwater against some analog not bad, especially thanks to sound interesting rug stacking 320 ways!
OVERALL OPINION
I sold my Promega there 10 years. Since I had gone through a Kurzweil, a Nordstage, Roland, Korg SV1, Yamaha ... And I always yearned for the Promega.
The have found (thank you Paul for having sent me!) Is a real treat.
It is not a "japoniaiserie" frozen nor complicated with lots informachin sub menus. It is an instrument in its own right, designed by and for musicians.
Defects, since it must be ...:
- Weight! over 25 Kg (it looks like he actually quite 40!). So whether it's starting a concert or repeated weekly drop ... Especially as:
- Fragility legendary Italian ... I've never had trouble with my ex, and I hope it will not be the case with this one, but I'm not going to leave my house. Especially since:
- More manufactured, and no spare parts. In case of failure, Oxygen Lyon monitors, but some components remain impossible to repair or remanufacture.
Against by 700 euros and in perfect condition, I do not regret a half-second.
Funkiest really is just ergonomics. One button, one function, and everything is very clear. Live, what is happiness, you do what you want when you want, immediately.
And the icing on the cake are the motorized faders. Gadget? not at all! When we called her, all settings and faders automatically and instantly position: this allows to see each setting and respond directly without having to search.
Ined-ga-la-ble!
And look! A mix of Star Trek and Starsky and Hutch ... A bit Moog.
As for the 320 voices of polyphony, burying all the competition (even though today, at terabytes), it would be useless? Well I like being able to type a serious big deal, and arpeggios up right without ever agreement is cut ... and with sympathetic resonance, please! Or stack Pad to infinity, creating an impossible sound carpet with competition.
This instrument was worth 3500 euros at the time. This is the pro, it's heavy!
Double bank and independent effects attributable to each sound instantly, and dosed with motorized faders: awesome! The 8-band equalizer edited permanently with motorized faders and storage on the fly: great for the scene! Change MIDI channel: pif, boom, it's done. The audio mixer allowing an external source input: very good. The triple pedal if you want, etc ...
UTILIZATION
Keyboard! ... I personally do not know better. Certainly due to real hammers? To me (and I know it is still very subjective), it is an ideal compromise between flexibility and hardness. Very comfortable, very responsive. Much better than the Clavia, much better than Kurzweil, much better than all Japanese. Perhaps less "realistic" than Kawai, but much more comfortable and expressive.
My hands are tired of joy to find these sensations, and pianist friends who I actually tried last night were speechless!
The manual? totally unnecessary. Again ergonomics Promega is absolutely brilliant. My girlfriend, who hates everything that is computer and baroque acoustic musician enjoys using it, say it!
SOUNDS
Then the sounds ... I'll be as objective as possible.
The technique uses both the modeling and multi-sampling.
Pianos: While I found more realistic and accurate today sounds with certain banks Kontakt (I love the Galaxy Vintage D, or another kind Piano in Blue Cinesamples). While the Clavia is perhaps a little sharper (and again ... and then I'm sick to recognize all the sauces). BUT, what makes the big difference is the gameplay, expressiveness. And there, nothing happens to the height of the cuckoo, whatever the genre (classical, jazz, rock, pop, electro ...). It's a bit stronger than the same Kurzweil points without power limit Kurzweil. And if I want to compare Pianotech (since modeling), it is much, but then much more expressive. And small personal emotion with preset Köln Concert, which takes us straight to Keith.
Rhodes: NOTHING better. Yet I have tried everything I think. I do not know what it holds, but the power and precision of Rhodes sounds explode everyone (including my ex and North Korg SV1 I nevertheless appreciated). In fact I remember on stage, having been obliged to equalize not get on everyone (thank you permanent motorized equalizer panel).
The Wurli are falling. The dreaded clavinet (it almost feels the rope be pinched).
The rest: more anecdotal. A pretty good bass (without claiming a superrealism Roland or a Trillan), a very average electric bass. Very blah organs (there Clavia is well above without comparison). Groundwater exceeded strings. By groundwater against some analog not bad, especially thanks to sound interesting rug stacking 320 ways!
OVERALL OPINION
I sold my Promega there 10 years. Since I had gone through a Kurzweil, a Nordstage, Roland, Korg SV1, Yamaha ... And I always yearned for the Promega.
The have found (thank you Paul for having sent me!) Is a real treat.
It is not a "japoniaiserie" frozen nor complicated with lots informachin sub menus. It is an instrument in its own right, designed by and for musicians.
Defects, since it must be ...:
- Weight! over 25 Kg (it looks like he actually quite 40!). So whether it's starting a concert or repeated weekly drop ... Especially as:
- Fragility legendary Italian ... I've never had trouble with my ex, and I hope it will not be the case with this one, but I'm not going to leave my house. Especially since:
- More manufactured, and no spare parts. In case of failure, Oxygen Lyon monitors, but some components remain impossible to repair or remanufacture.
Against by 700 euros and in perfect condition, I do not regret a half-second.