analogika wrote:Here is a direct comparison of Stage 3 and Stage 2 organs, no Leslie, no EQ, all FX off.
They are both set to "Vintage 1", 888000000.
There is a subtle difference in the higher notes, but they are basically the same thing.
Many clones will be very similar in this scenario. For example, here is a Stage 2 and a Numa Organ.
Watch on youtube.com
It is in the "enhancements" to the basic drawbar sounds where the clones most differentiate themselves... i.e. the rotary sims, overdrive, leakage, key click, percussion. You can also hear more difference as more drawbars are engaged (i.e. easier to hear a difference in 888888888 than in 888000000). Also, there can be differences in overall balance across the keyboard, which you can tell when playing things across the whole board at once, as opposed to comparing region-by-region. So, as similar as your test shows them to be (or as similar as the NS2 and Numa appear to be in much of that video), there can still be very noticeable differences which you would hear in more "challenging" comparisons.