How long to wait for a C2D successor?
Posted: 18 Aug 2018, 00:19
Hi all, I'm new here. I'm a semi-pro player from West London. I'm no pianist by any stretch and generally restrict myself to B3 and Wurlitzer sounds at gigs. Currently gigging a C2D thru' a Vent Mk 1; own an A100, a Lowrey Festival (think Garth Hudson) and a Wurly 200A.
My dilemma is this: my first foray into Nord wares was an Electro 4D. Loved every thing about it sonically - I already had the Ventilator, so continued to use it as they are hard to give up - but coming from an A100, the jump to just one set of real time drawbars was just too much. I eventually sold it to a pal and bought a C2D and another stage piano for my Wurly sounds. I'm just getting to the age where I now want all my sounds from one board, but it must be dual manual and have at least two sets of drawbars. But I'm not seeing anything at all from Nord on what the future is for the C2D or rather its succession. And with the rise of the Mojo/Legend, it can be argued that the C2D IS ripe for a rethink. That chorus vibrato is a little tired sounding now, and better internal Leslies can be found on newer clones. So, I look to the competition:
The Mojo "XT" recent update is infuriating: a hardware update, a proper power supply...yadda-yadda-yadda...but the EPs aren't Mojo 61 generation and STILL you can only play the Wurlitzer with a combo organ on the other manual! Ideal if you want to make Steely Dan's "Do It Again" last a whole gig, but...nah. I'm a staunch Wurly man and a top manual organ and bottom manual Rhodes is NOT want I want! Not even with tremolo, before you ask, no. And some of the video evidence of what a lovely racket is made when a Mojo is used in upper organ/lower Rhodes EP made is just all the more of a tease, knowing that there IS a usable Wurly in that beast, that you can't quite get to.
The Hammond SKx has at last improved the drawbar sets to manuals ratio, but...well, it's a Hammond SK. The EPs have been improved in their voicing to keybed, I'm informed...but the same old samples, and the Wurly isn't all that, to put it kindly.
Is there ANY insight on what we can expect to replace the C2D and when? I'm guessing that with Crumar (to an extent) and Key B (almost exact) now offering much more traditional solutions to the clonewheel console for just a little more bulk, and for less money, it might be that we will not see another fully-featured dual manual console organ from Nord. But a two-manual, two-drawbar set Electro-based solution to take on the SKx with all guns blazing would be music to my ears indeed.
Anybody know anything?
My dilemma is this: my first foray into Nord wares was an Electro 4D. Loved every thing about it sonically - I already had the Ventilator, so continued to use it as they are hard to give up - but coming from an A100, the jump to just one set of real time drawbars was just too much. I eventually sold it to a pal and bought a C2D and another stage piano for my Wurly sounds. I'm just getting to the age where I now want all my sounds from one board, but it must be dual manual and have at least two sets of drawbars. But I'm not seeing anything at all from Nord on what the future is for the C2D or rather its succession. And with the rise of the Mojo/Legend, it can be argued that the C2D IS ripe for a rethink. That chorus vibrato is a little tired sounding now, and better internal Leslies can be found on newer clones. So, I look to the competition:
The Mojo "XT" recent update is infuriating: a hardware update, a proper power supply...yadda-yadda-yadda...but the EPs aren't Mojo 61 generation and STILL you can only play the Wurlitzer with a combo organ on the other manual! Ideal if you want to make Steely Dan's "Do It Again" last a whole gig, but...nah. I'm a staunch Wurly man and a top manual organ and bottom manual Rhodes is NOT want I want! Not even with tremolo, before you ask, no. And some of the video evidence of what a lovely racket is made when a Mojo is used in upper organ/lower Rhodes EP made is just all the more of a tease, knowing that there IS a usable Wurly in that beast, that you can't quite get to.
The Hammond SKx has at last improved the drawbar sets to manuals ratio, but...well, it's a Hammond SK. The EPs have been improved in their voicing to keybed, I'm informed...but the same old samples, and the Wurly isn't all that, to put it kindly.
Is there ANY insight on what we can expect to replace the C2D and when? I'm guessing that with Crumar (to an extent) and Key B (almost exact) now offering much more traditional solutions to the clonewheel console for just a little more bulk, and for less money, it might be that we will not see another fully-featured dual manual console organ from Nord. But a two-manual, two-drawbar set Electro-based solution to take on the SKx with all guns blazing would be music to my ears indeed.
Anybody know anything?
