Moving from an E3 to a Stage EX what differences in sound?

[michael_C1]

I recently got an Electro 3 and am enjoying the sounds and layout immensely, but not the keyboard action or key range. So, I've been using it with a Privia PX330 to provide 88 weighted keys.

I'm considering moving over to a Stage EX to consolidate things, but I've read that the organ is not as good. Does anyone know what the difference between the organs is, and if any other compromises in sound will need to be made if I switch? I know about the lack of samples/sampling on the EX, and the lack of sweepable mids in the EQ section, but that's it.

Any information would be appreciated.

I briefly considered the new Electro 73 HP, but it has too few keys for me up top. That's disappointing because it would have been an ideal solution.

[anotherscott]

I briefly considered the new Electro 73 HP, but it has too few keys for me up top. That's disappointing because it would have been an ideal solution.

Personally, I think your ideal solution may be to stick with what you have... the NE3+88-key controller. Going to an E3HP if it came in 88 keys would leave you without a real organ-suitable action, whereas with your current setup, you have it all, so in that respect, your theoretical ideal solution is a step backward from what you have!

[michael_C1]

Personally, I think your ideal solution may be to stick with what you have... the NE3+88-key controller. Going to an E3HP if it came in 88 keys would leave you without a real organ-suitable action, whereas with your current setup, you have it all, so in that respect, your theoretical ideal solution is a step backward from what you have!

Thanks for the reply anotherscott. An organ action isn't all that important to me right now, because I'm mostly playing piano these days. But if the E3 sounds are generally better than those of the Stage EX, it would be a big reason to stick with what I have.

[anotherscott]

An organ action isn't all that important to me right now, because I'm mostly playing piano these days. But if the E3 sounds are generally better than those of the Stage EX, it would be a big reason to stick with what I have.

The only E3 sound that is better is organ, which you don't care much about. The piano is actually a bit better in the Stage EX, since it has the more sophisticated string resonance implementation.

Other than that, the E3 has sample playback, the Stage EX doesn't; the Stage EX has synth functions, the E3 doesn't.

[rb4u1]

Can someone elaborate on the synth section of an E3. I only have
Sample playback as far as I know ?

[anotherscott]

Can someone elaborate on the synth section of an E3. I only have
Sample playback as far as I know ?

Sorry for my misleading post, which I have since corrected. There is no synth section on the E3, just the sample playback, as you said.

[michael_C1]

The only E3 sound that is better is organ, which you don't care much about.

Actually, I care quite a bit about the sound of the organ, even though I don't use it all that much. It's just that having an organ action isn't that important to me.

How is the organ sound different between the E3 and the Stage EX, is it an improved Leslie effect?

[anotherscott]

I haven't played the EX.

When I got an E3 having had an E2, I felt that the leslie, percussion, and key click had been improved, and that it was no longer wimpy in the bottom octave. As I understand it, the EX organ is between the E2 and the E3, but closer to the E2.

Hopefully you'll hear from someone here you has actually played an EX and an E3.

[michael_C1]

Well, I've decided to keep my Electro 3 to use it along with a weighted controller. In one respect, it seems clunky to bring two keyboards to access one sound at a time (except for organ split), but the flexibilty can't be denied, and for me that outweighs any inconvenience.

[jazzystu]

The synth is hugely powerful and the ability to split things is awesome.

The organ on the E3 is a nanometer better, but you can do so much more with the EX.

I'd ditch the E3 now. Ex are good money at the moment.