Nord User Forum

I should sell EricL my Vent II as I'm not using it

Seriously, they are fun to play with and sound great. For me, it became just another piece of gear to bring along, and I realized it wasn't worth the trouble. If I'm recording, there are many good software leslies to choose from, so I'm not shut out there.

Besides, the one I use (Stage 3) sounds good enough for what I'm getting paid

If you ever end up playing different gigs and/or move to the Stage, it's very nice to have everything invoked by a single "Song" including all the effects. A song may have up to 5 presets, invoked at different points in the song. That could result in a lot of pedal stomping if you use external effects.

Thank you dudes, finally I have brought Ventilator II and I will try it next week. I have listen lot of demos and... is a bi, but I can notice the difference boost/natural/drive sound.
Thank you.

I play a lowly E3. On jazz and blues gigs I play a LOT of organ stuff. It's always a big hit with the audience. Would it be a bigger hit if I had something like a vent? Maybe, maybe not....would I dig the sound more? Possibly, but in a live situation running in mono I'm not really sure it would be worth the extra hassle. I borrowed a friend's Vent II for some recording, and in THAT situation I really liked it. I guess it's just really down to personal preference, and maybe I'm just not that discerning.....

CountFosco wrote:And, my opinion, not one person on the entire planet (not even another keyboard player in the audience at your next gig), will hear the difference between your Nord sim and the Vent's sim.

I agree with this, ultimately, the player is the only person who will notice and care about the sound to such level of detail. But we do care don't we?

Also, it's funny to see how caricatured this phenomenon is when it concerns the world of Hammond and Leslies, so full of purists. Not only they claim to notice, they also claim to notice "with no doubt whatsoever" that any clone / leslie sim "can't even get close" to the real thing, as if it were a flute trying to sound like a sax or something. The fun part is how all of these "tests" and comparisons give such result under the little condition of being done while actually looking at the thing being played!

The only thing I think it's undeniably different and better is a real Leslie in the room. This is fair to say most people would instantly tell it apart from the best simulator available, even if for its physical moving nature. But when it's mic'ed and heard through the recording, things aren't so clear cut anymore...

With clonewheels themselves, on the other hand, things are very clear cut instead, in the sense that I don't think any person on the planet, giving the same amplification, would be able to tell any of the top end clones available now apart from a tonewheel. Again, not without looking of course.