I am a long time Prog rocker in the style of say Emerson, Wakeman, & Lord. I was turned on to this axe by the Swanster himself! I have one with a Leslie 3300 and it kicks a$$! The real Leslie makes a big difference. I LOVE it! Gary is the man! This IS a Hammond in excelsis!
I hope people don't forget super great organist like Lenny Dee, Walter Wanderley and Ethel Smith. Lenny Dee smokes on the Hammond's he played and did things to the electronics in the organ to give him sounds that later used solid state components to duplicate.
I can't speak about the XK-5, but I am "lucky" enough to have the large Suzuki B3 (with pedals) and an original B3 in my studio and it's correct that they do not sound exactly the same. But they each have their edge. Every vintage Hammond sounds very slightly different, and mine is clunky and funky and I love it. But I also have many occasions to turn to the Suzuki B3 and when I'm in a hurry, appreciate its consistency, transpose, fine tuning, MIDI, effects loops, internal distortion effects, clean sounding tube free-standing Leslie etc. I am not Hammond player, but such players come through my studio sometimes, and they always find something to appreciate in my Suzuki Hammond, as well as the vintage B3 I try to keep running. If you are truly "lucky" enough to find a good old B3 that works well for under $3,000 then go ahead. But buy a truck and develop muscles. My Suzuki Hammond cost as much as a house. I also wish it was portable. The portable XK-5 - especially with a real Leslie, has to be a great idea for smaller studios, clubs, churches and the road. (I am not sponsored by Hammond or Suzuki). Price? You will pay double for the new Moog One. It all depends what you want.
@2:15 He talks about the old Hammonds being "vintage" and things will go wrong with them. But, as an organ repairman, I have found that you can expect about 15 years, maximum life from any digital instrument. Then, as things start to go wrong, the factory has discontinued the model, and no longer supplies parts for it. This is particularly problematic when a proprietary chip or part goes bad, then the unit cannot be repaired. However, The Hammond Tonewheel Generator organ was built to last a lifetime. Sure, they require annual maintenance. Yes, they will require repair. But, almost every part you could ever need for an old Hammond is available. Parts that are not available new, or aftermarket, are available used. And, since those parts rarely break, so there is plenty available. I own two Hammonds built in 1937 and 1938. Sure, they have seen repairs, but both run as good as the day they were built. Can you say that anything built today will have that kind of longevity?
@@Denvermorgan2000 You have an ESQ-1 that's still running? You are a lucky man! I wish I never sold the one I had; Great synth. But, my Mirage died over fifteen year ago. Ensoniq built some great equipment, it would be interesting to know how many are still going. It's too bad they made a horrible engineering mistake that bankrupt them. IMHO, the earlier digital stuff, like the ESQ-1 or a DX-7 probably had a much better build quality.
@@jazzplayer59 I have a BC (1938) that I play on a regular basis. Sure, it has seen repairs; and the preamp has been fully rebuilt, but, that organ sounds better than even a B-3. I have a 1937 model A, that runs perfectly, as well.
I'm a Drummer.... I've heard and love that B-3 sound. I realize the purists feel you can't duplicate the original Hammond B-3 sound. I gotta say this thing sounds bad ass. This is no clone. This thing sounds pretty close to the original. I wish I knew a Keyboard player that had one of these. Love it!. If your out there in Denver please come and Jam with me.
I have been a B3 player for five decades and I have never seen distortion as being a desirable thing. Just my personal taste, nothing against it, though. That being said, this instrument is amazing. Great demo.
Guys all over the music scene have used overdrive/distortions for their hammond, Jon Lord of Deep Purple, Rick Wakeman of Yes, Kieth Emerson, Ken Hensley, Per Wiberg, Joakim Svalberg, Tony Kaye, pretty much any rock band from the 70s.
I'm not into the rock sound, I play jazz. When I use the distortion on the XK5, I leave it all the way down most of the time and it sounds like a vintage speaker breaking up. Sounds really nice.
You should check out Vangelis's “Spring, Summer, Winter and fall” from his band days in Aprodites Child , especially his solo piece with the Hammond B3, amazing...
I kind of want one for the contact system, but then that means getting the lower manual with the same updated contact system as well (even though the old XLK lower man works with this). Yes btw, all Hammond clones (XK and SK lines, etc) will need to parameters tweaked to the players liking and different setups (example: one setup for when coming out direct, one setup for when connected to a real leslie 122/etc). Thankfully, like the XK3 and more, Hammond gives you lots of parameters to tweak. Big kudos to them on that. Problem is the price imho. My old XK3 at $600 combined with a 122/etc still gets it done well when not using my real Hammonds. I even made my own lower manual for it giving me a 3rd db set and presets. Also made midi pedals out of a real 25note Hammond pedal. Complete rig on the cheap. If it could compete or better the others in price you would see a lot more folks switching to the XK5 I want one for the contact system (and new sound and onboard leslie) which does make a difference, but even then I'm not feeling the pricing. Then again, the Mojo sounds decent but I'm still not interested in buying that even at their lower price (controls on top don't allow for added keys above it, not simple to connect to real leslies, I'm not crazy about the leslie sim or overall sound, etc). The new Legend looks like a contender though, and even has the rocker tabs like the orig hammonds. Not sure about easy (real/tube/vintage) Leslie connection however.
HAMMOND B3 sound is here and it's the best copy, don't think Roland, Yamaha, Nord, here is the best. Thanks Hammond Susuky greatest engineers. Sounds are very great from jazz to pop rock and with a Leslie the quality is incredible. Here is the best copy of the legendary B3.
Things GO wrong with these NEW DIGITALS TO. I goofed up and bought a VISCOUNT LEGEND PACKAGE and out of the box it had problems from the factory that should not have passed thru. I had VINTAGE 59 Blonde C3. 1960 A100 and they were kept in great awesome shape. They cannot be beat with any Digital Organ even Hammond. The LESLIE SIMS are not yet there. Even with Hammond.
And after a few years, (right about the time things start going wrong) parts become no longer available. I know a guy that has a few thousand dollars worth of clone organs that are useless because no one can get parts for them. Oddly enough, I can still get almost every part I could need for the old consoles, that were discontinued in 1975.
How can it simulate B-3 C-3 and A-100? Don't all those models share exactly the same internals? With the exception of A-100 having internal speakers but still with the same guts?
True, they are the same, even though some people will disagree, people come on, they are the same. That doesnt mean every hammond sounds identical though
wish i had my old ones but this is nice ill never afford one since breaking my neck and being on disability i still play out but i use a 40 year old dx7 module and a hundred dollar midi controller
Many of You wrote- sounds awful, digital...thats true- every hammonds-suzuki with digital tw sounds digital, its correct, normall, it should be like this. But there are many ways to make it closer to an old hammond organ. 1. turn off leslie simulator...use Old Leslie like 122, 145, 147, 251 and more..., not 3300 or small clones...they have no space enough! 2. replace tubes in xk5 to better which will response with old leslie 3. change many details in xk system, do it with a Leslie You will play... 4. here is one tip You can do- use an old ao28 from a hammond as a preamp.... XK5- ao28 preamp- tube Leslie speaker...its easy...than You will hear no difference... here is xk5 with leslie 770...its sounds so much better than that from demo... its everything easy, its very expensive? more expensive is make an old Hammond to perfect condition....of course its more beauty and realistic, but its more difficult, time spending and expensive
I hate the way he’s slyly saying “you can only get vibrato on a Hammond” and “this isn’t a clone wheel rotary effect” - fact Hammond CLONEWHEELS are made by Suzuki and for the increase in price are really no better than a lot of the clones out there for half the price. Read the keyboard Mag review of the Numa organ 2.
5:20-- why wouldn't you use the lower manual to play left hand bass!!!? Why split the upper manual? You don't have to. I don't get it.... unless you are midi'ing the entire lower manual to an e-piano voice *Rhodes or Wurli.
You can buy them extra... for an added price. Yeah I know... that sucks; but it can be done... the functionality to accept them is already in place, is what I mean.
Man I’m really sorry but I’m not convinced with that demo, I've been playing Hammonds (and clones) for years and I can get a more authentic sound from a £50 VST (albeit using decent preamps, speaker sims, overdrive etc. plus many years of experience). When you play a REAL Hammond it’s like coming home! You think; Ah that’s what it’s all about - dirty, dynamic, raw and warm - sends shivers down your spine! This isn’t even close. Sorry to sound negative, I’m sure the XK-5 might sound better with some tweaking and playing to its strengths etc.
Do you know any other organ parts other than really fast blues scales runs up and down the keyboard? I'd love to hear some actually tunes... I have no doubt you can play, but there is more to a Hammond than that..
I have played and owned Hammonds for years. For me personally I have to have the real thing no matter what. I always hear a fake sound in the new organs especially on the upper keyboad areas that I do not like.
I run mine through a 31 band eq to help with that. I bump the lows and low mids to help with the thin sounding upper keyboard area and bump the mids a bit to give it a bit more tonewheel grind. I also use a low wattage amp for my leslie speakers and that makes it more syrupy. It isn't perfectly tonewheel but it sounds about 80% than stock and pretty damn good on its own as its own instrument
These sounds are nowhere close to the tonal quality of a real tonewheel Hammond. You need to tweak the digital tonewheels in order to get rid of the screechings of the instrument. Also the percussion settings are not right. The Leslie simulation is horrible, far away from a Ventilator. Almost no improvement soundwise compared to the Hammond XK3c.
The sound produced here is, to my ears, not good. No grit, no warmth, really plasticky-sounding. I've heard some other demos where this board sounds awesome, but it always seems to be paired with a real Leslie in said demos - a bit of a cheat if you're talking about a "portable" clonewheel - I mean, let's be honest, if we're playing a clone, it means we'll fairly often be playing WITHOUT the Leslie. The Viscount Legend demos sound FAR better in my opinion...
Demos are very subjective. Room acoustics, external amplifier/speaker, the recording microphone type and placement, and of course the performer. I’ve watched Viscount demos that were awful and others that were great.
But then there are those that say that the sound should be totally clean and there should never be any distortion or overdrive at all with their style of music. Different strokes for different folks. Myself, sometimes I like clean but most times a little dirty. Depends on the song and my mood.
Go and hear one FIRST HAND! It is a must if you are going to make a serious comments... And I wish people would stop calling the Hammond a CLONE... You have your VINTAGE Hammond and your DIGITAL Hammond WITH the genuine company name on it. When you buy a new car of the same brand AND model you had in an earlier year, do you call that a clone? Didn't think so.. The president of Hammond USA stated that the digital Hammonds are a continuation .. OTHER brands making Hammond like organs are the REAL clones !
Except it's not the same company. The Hammond Organ Company went out of business in the mid-80s, then another company owned by a guy named Suzuki bought the name and started making clones. That's why the company is called Hammond-Suzuki now. Besides, when talking about organs the word clone is short for clonewheel, which just means the insturment clones the sound of a B3 using a digital recreation of the tonewheels and has nothing to do with cloning the form factor of the instrument. These new digital organs by Hammond-Suzuki do exactly that so they are, in fact, clones.
so, in your opinion, is this a good sounding 2017 clonewheel? (no joke, I'm serious.... listening to this demo I just jumped back in 2001 when I purchased the KORG CX3)
Yes, that's what i though ! every new generations, this is the same thing, "look how it emulates the B3" so does the xk1, the xk3 etc.. And all of it for 3800 + 1700 euros.. :/. i actually have a C3, and a KeyB duo. And i just can't see any difference. So I don't understand how can we spend this amount money on this new one ! By the way Marcoballa, i really like your videos on your channel, i used to watch them a lot 3 years ago when I first intereted myself in Hammond organ :) !
I'm still not convinced....sounds like digital expensive crap from the early 2000s. I'm not hating! Hammond, I want you to win! Honestly I do, for everyone sake. I'm no tech or an electronic engineer, but my I suggest a concept. Micro analog tone generator. Or going back to building real Hammond organs. If I have to pay that kinda money for the" Real Thing", weight is not the issue. Sound is.
Actually this sounds like//OK ,we have sold you the '''almost good'' suff ,but now you have behaved and ...here it is //''the really good stuff'''...so do whatever you think with the one bought several years ago with several thousands and give us the $$$$$ for this one:-))))))
How, folks, can you POSSIBLY make a judgement on a RUclips clip recorded necessarily at lo-res? If you were to have 2 examples side by side of a vintage B3 and an XK5 recorded under ideal circumstances by someone who knew what he/she was doing and you think you could tell the difference, you're delusional and egotistical.
No that's horrible. Tears are flowing.The B is the holy grail surely? After googling it seems the R is a true rarity now tho. Don't wanna make you feel any worse about it lol
if you can't tell the difference, you're tone deaf. I've played one of these at a music store. it sounds just as awful in person as it does in this youtube video.
First i love how they use a Non organ playin person to demo a product. 2nd No two Hammonds sound the same. you can have two Hammond B3's next to each other and there will be some differences between the two. I'm not a huge fan of the Hammond clone wheel organs put out by Hammond. They sound too synthetic. The key click does not very between each key. Out of the box it needs a lot of work and time to set it up to sound halfway decent.
By "going into the original B-3 blueprints" do they mean that the action is actually the same? The key length is so long on those old organs that nothing has done a great job at getting the same feel.
im always skeptical of digital remakes of legendary analog gear. Like don't get me wrong this sounds good asf. As with anything in the keyscape packs, the digital rompler mark 12 rhodes. I can't seem to find much of any analog keyboards other than synths that are manufactured in this decade and it's such a bummer. No clavinets, no more rhodes, no more organs. Just a whole buncha remakes and romplers built from these past giants. Wheres the tonewheels and just busload of pickups. One of the best experiences I've ever had was being able to play on a mark II rhodes and an original Hammond a few years ago and no digital keyboard has ever felt right or as organic as that. And the biggest upset to me is that these could very well kill innovation in keyboards altogether. Think of it though, all keyboards are romplers or digital engines of preexisting keyboards why not try and make a new one
It is OK, but the last time I played an XK Hammond, it was so light that when I did a glissando, the keyboard nearly slid off the stand. It is way too light. Much of the B-3 is not just about the sound, but it is about the way the instrument lets me play. No thanks, but I'll take my 400 pound B-3 any day. Besides, the fake key click sounds that they program into the new "Hammonds" (actually Suzuki) are horrible. There is no way to digitally reproduce the authentic sound of the B-3 key click.
Time 3:28. “programmed to sound like any of the cabinets of any leslie which is another Hammond product” 🤔 Wrong... leslie rotary speakers cabinets are not Hammond product. They are Donald Leslie products.
I can think of several reasons: 1. They're heavy as heck, we're all getting older, and eventually knees, backs, and shoulders give out. I can't physically lift more than 55 lbs... after my rotator cuff tear in 2015.. had to sell my B-3... it was going to waste. 2. They're expensive to repair, and yes.... they will break down. Not a question of IF, but a question of WHEN. And all the great repairmen are either already dead, or in high demand and booked months in advance. 3. They're expensive to own and not everyone has that kind of loot laying around. The clones are a nice less expensive alternative to the real deal-- that to this 53 year old's tired worn out ears.... good enough is good enough. 4. Some people have kids who want to learn... and I'd rather see my kid taking a 16 pound xk1-c clone to his gig or school function, than try to get a bunch of his friends together to move a 350 pound b-3. It's just not safe. Not everyone is 6'2" 275.
What bugs me is the tone is kind of hollow and synthetic sounding. On the tonewheel organs, even the mid and upper mid notes have bass and a rich midrange punch to them. The digital Hammonds kind of loses that. Only thing that bugs me. What are you gonna do? Spend 5 grand on a 500 pound tonewheel organ then move it into your apartment? Maybe later in life I'll own a nice real tonewheel A-100 or B-3.
@@clintjones9848 I agree with you! I live in France and have a Hammond B3000. It doesn't sound right and it's less valuable but I'm having fun with it anyway
What I actually did is got a nice Boss 10 band eq pedal to run it through. No joke. It pretty much solved the issue of the notes sounding hollow with just a click on top. I raised the upper lows and mids and it gave the notes some punch. Plus I raise the high to maintain the nice key click. And I lowered the very highest 12k slider to reduce the synthetic air sound. It was a huge improvement.
@@soundmanks MP3’s and/or .WAV files are killing CD’s. When you can put 1,000 songs on a thumb drive or loaded into your phone vs 12 on a CD, most people will take the thumb drive. Vinyl isn’t making a comeback because it’s made a great leap in audio quality. Vinyl is just a nostalgia sidetrip down memory lane.
And the Lowry had pitch bend capability, as did the Farfisa deluxe compact. And all those had sheet music stands. These new Hammonds do not bend pitch and have no sheet music stands. I’ll blow it out my arse.
i am sorry but i am gonna disagree with you sir when you said that the vintage hammond is a vintage hammond and things are gonna go wrong with them. the reality things is that clone wheel organs would not sound like a real vintage hammond and things will really go wrong on a clonewheel hammond before things go wrong with a vintage hammond. take for instance in a lightning storm...a clonewheel organ can easily get fried if a lightning hits the transformer that the power of your house is fed from. a real hammond will stand that with no problem the vintage model A was produced by hammond in the mid 1930's and many still around sounding like new... can your clonewheel hammond last that many years the B3, the C3, the RT3 and the A100's that were produced in the mid 50's are still around... can your clonewheel last for more than 50 years? i don't thing so
I want to get an organ, a professional one because thats the best quality, but i notice all of them have so many goddamn buttons and switches....how will I learn to use them all effectively???
@@Jerey231 Yes you can, but can you toss the c3 and leslie in a gig bag and jam down the street? This is my dilemma right now, I have a CV with a leslie 222 , it was a pain in the ass just getting it to my house. Love the nostalgia of owning a B3 and leslie but hard to gig with
Of course, we do not have much money. If you play music for a living, you are starving. If you are rich and play music for fun, it still is hard to justify, since there are plenty of other things to spend your money on. Or invest, or save.
"We do not have much money"...coming from a person who's on SSI and gets 700 dollars a month, if i saved up long enough it would be easy to get one of these!
WTH! I still want my money back from the XK3C! Yeah I still have buyers remorse after 10 years. And they want me to spit out almost 4k for this crap. The only way my XK3C sounds fairly decent is because I plucked the Chinese Tubes out of it and took the old vintage Tubes out of my vintage 60s B3 and stuck them in it. Then connect it to my vintage 145 leslie and had to tweak the tone wheels as well. Smh 👎👎
Let me judge from a RUclips video and act like an AH saying it sounds nothing like the real thing even though a video of a real Hammond will sound like crap on RUclips as well.
O órgão é fantástico. Mas esse homem não está fazendo nada que me interessa. Não coloca um timbre que presta e não está tocando NADA. !!!!!! Só faz barulho. É uma pena. Ele não conhece o Organista Lafayette.
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I am a long time Prog rocker in the style of say Emerson, Wakeman, & Lord. I was turned on to this axe by the Swanster himself! I have one with a Leslie 3300 and it kicks a$$! The real Leslie makes a big difference. I LOVE it! Gary is the man! This IS a Hammond in excelsis!
I can pretty much guarantee that if I pulled this out of a box and hit a preset, I would NOT sound like a pro B3 player!!! ;)
And folks, please ignore bots pushing this data-stealing site. FZ is NOT somewhere you need to be.
I hope people don't forget super great organist like Lenny Dee, Walter Wanderley and Ethel Smith. Lenny Dee smokes on the Hammond's he played and did things to the electronics in the organ to give him sounds that later used solid state components to duplicate.
I can't speak about the XK-5, but I am "lucky" enough to have the large Suzuki B3 (with pedals) and an original B3 in my studio and it's correct that they do not sound exactly the same. But they each have their edge. Every vintage Hammond sounds very slightly different, and mine is clunky and funky and I love it. But I also have many occasions to turn to the Suzuki B3 and when I'm in a hurry, appreciate its consistency, transpose, fine tuning, MIDI, effects loops, internal distortion effects, clean sounding tube free-standing Leslie etc. I am not Hammond player, but such players come through my studio sometimes, and they always find something to appreciate in my Suzuki Hammond, as well as the vintage B3 I try to keep running. If you are truly "lucky" enough to find a good old B3 that works well for under $3,000 then go ahead. But buy a truck and develop muscles. My Suzuki Hammond cost as much as a house. I also wish it was portable. The portable XK-5 - especially with a real Leslie, has to be a great idea for smaller studios, clubs, churches and the road. (I am not sponsored by Hammond or Suzuki). Price? You will pay double for the new Moog One. It all depends what you want.
@2:15
He talks about the old Hammonds being "vintage" and things will go wrong with them.
But, as an organ repairman, I have found that you can expect about 15 years, maximum life from any digital instrument. Then, as things start to go wrong, the factory has discontinued the model, and no longer supplies parts for it. This is particularly problematic when a proprietary chip or part goes bad, then the unit cannot be repaired.
However,
The Hammond Tonewheel Generator organ was built to last a lifetime. Sure, they require annual maintenance. Yes, they will require repair.
But, almost every part you could ever need for an old Hammond is available. Parts that are not available new, or aftermarket, are available used. And, since those parts rarely break, so there is plenty available.
I own two Hammonds built in 1937 and 1938. Sure, they have seen repairs, but both run as good as the day they were built.
Can you say that anything built today will have that kind of longevity?
What about my Ensoniq esq 1 still going strong over 30 years? later not to mention my DX7...
@@Denvermorgan2000 You have an ESQ-1 that's still running? You are a lucky man! I wish I never sold the one I had; Great synth.
But, my Mirage died over fifteen year ago.
Ensoniq built some great equipment, it would be interesting to know how many are still going. It's too bad they made a horrible engineering mistake that bankrupt them.
IMHO, the earlier digital stuff, like the ESQ-1 or a DX-7 probably had a much better build quality.
I played a b3 for 25 years...never had a problem...moved it very often...always sounded great.
@@jazzplayer59 I have a BC (1938) that I play on a regular basis. Sure, it has seen repairs; and the preamp has been fully rebuilt, but, that organ sounds better than even a B-3.
I have a 1937 model A, that runs perfectly, as well.
@@scottbc31h22 What did Ensoniq do that did them in?
I'm a Drummer.... I've heard and love that B-3 sound. I realize the purists feel you can't duplicate the original Hammond B-3 sound. I gotta say this thing sounds bad ass. This is no clone. This thing sounds pretty close to the original. I wish I knew a Keyboard player that had one of these. Love it!. If your out there in Denver please come and Jam with me.
Greg Hickey this is a clone, just with the Hammond label. The original Hammond was electromechanical. This is a simulation.
I have been a B3 player for five decades and I have never seen distortion as being a desirable thing. Just my personal taste, nothing against it, though. That being said, this instrument is amazing. Great demo.
Guys all over the music scene have used overdrive/distortions for their hammond, Jon Lord of Deep Purple, Rick Wakeman of Yes, Kieth Emerson, Ken Hensley, Per Wiberg, Joakim Svalberg, Tony Kaye, pretty much any rock band from the 70s.
@@BossDrSample Yep, as Lord said he had to do battle with the guitars, so he armed himself accordingly.
I'm not into the rock sound, I play jazz. When I use the distortion on the XK5, I leave it all the way down most of the time and it sounds like a vintage speaker breaking up. Sounds really nice.
You should check out Vangelis's “Spring, Summer, Winter and fall” from his band days in Aprodites Child , especially his solo piece with the Hammond B3, amazing...
Incredible organ, I love it very much, and I would like to play it, greetings from Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico 🇲🇽
I kind of want one for the contact system, but then that means getting the lower manual with the same updated contact system as well (even though the old XLK lower man works with this).
Yes btw, all Hammond clones (XK and SK lines, etc) will need to parameters tweaked to the players liking and different setups (example: one setup for when coming out direct, one setup for when connected to a real leslie 122/etc). Thankfully, like the XK3 and more, Hammond gives you lots of parameters to tweak. Big kudos to them on that.
Problem is the price imho. My old XK3 at $600 combined with a 122/etc still gets it done well when not using my real Hammonds. I even made my own lower manual for it giving me a 3rd db set and presets. Also made midi pedals out of a real 25note Hammond pedal. Complete rig on the cheap.
If it could compete or better the others in price you would see a lot more folks switching to the XK5 I want one for the contact system (and new sound and onboard leslie) which does make a difference, but even then I'm not feeling the pricing.
Then again, the Mojo sounds decent but I'm still not interested in buying that even at their lower price (controls on top don't allow for added keys above it, not simple to connect to real leslies, I'm not crazy about the leslie sim or overall sound, etc).
The new Legend looks like a contender though, and even has the rocker tabs like the orig hammonds. Not sure about easy (real/tube/vintage) Leslie connection however.
Hey man dig your playing!
Sweet, new from Hammond, the XK-5
Great Demo!
Not only better sound than XK3c but also the great "Hammond" logo in between lower and higher manual!
it needs the "Hammond" cachet as, sold on sound alone, it wouldn't do so well.
HAMMOND B3 sound is here and it's the best copy, don't think Roland, Yamaha, Nord, here is the best. Thanks Hammond Susuky greatest engineers. Sounds are very great from jazz to pop rock and with a Leslie the quality is incredible. Here is the best copy of the legendary B3.
What happened to his voice at 2:47
must have for all churches. í would go to church so quickly just to see and hear this organ work
Praise Jesus!
Even if it doesn't sound "exactly" the same side by side with a vintage B3, the listener won't care when it's played with a band.
Doesn't have the combo of grit and warmth of a tonewheel, but still sounds outstanding.
Sounds like the movie "Coming To America" with Eddie Murphy ;) love it!
XK5.... Best one on the market today... Looking forward to received it this year...
Do you like jazz?(in bee voice)
I like gladiator movies.
Things GO wrong with these NEW DIGITALS TO. I goofed up and bought a VISCOUNT LEGEND PACKAGE and out of the box it had problems from the factory that should not have passed thru. I had VINTAGE 59 Blonde C3. 1960 A100 and they were kept in great awesome shape. They cannot be beat with any Digital Organ even Hammond. The LESLIE SIMS are not yet there. Even with Hammond.
daniel kinney hey brother, we also had an old Hammond C3 in blond.
And after a few years, (right about the time things start going wrong) parts become no longer available. I know a guy that has a few thousand dollars worth of clone organs that are useless because no one can get parts for them. Oddly enough, I can still get almost every part I could need for the old consoles, that were discontinued in 1975.
Josh Swann nice bro.
How can it simulate B-3 C-3 and A-100? Don't all those models share exactly the same internals? With the exception of A-100 having internal speakers but still with the same guts?
True, they are the same, even though some people will disagree, people come on, they are the same. That doesnt mean every hammond sounds identical though
B-3 and c3 cabinets are the only difference
his hat rocks!
wish i had my old ones but this is nice ill never afford one since breaking my neck and being on disability i still play out but i use a 40 year old dx7 module and a hundred dollar midi controller
great balls of fire
Many of You wrote- sounds awful, digital...thats true- every hammonds-suzuki with digital tw sounds digital, its correct, normall, it should be like this. But there are many ways to make it closer to an old hammond organ.
1. turn off leslie simulator...use Old Leslie like 122, 145, 147, 251 and more..., not 3300 or small clones...they have no space enough!
2. replace tubes in xk5 to better which will response with old leslie
3. change many details in xk system, do it with a Leslie You will play...
4. here is one tip You can do- use an old ao28 from a hammond as a preamp.... XK5- ao28 preamp- tube Leslie speaker...its easy...than You will hear no difference...
here is xk5 with leslie 770...its sounds so much better than that from demo...
its everything easy, its very expensive? more expensive is make an old Hammond to perfect condition....of course its more beauty and realistic, but its more difficult, time spending and expensive
I hate the way he’s slyly saying “you can only get vibrato on a Hammond” and “this isn’t a clone wheel rotary effect” - fact Hammond CLONEWHEELS are made by Suzuki and for the increase in price are really no better than a lot of the clones out there for half the price. Read the keyboard Mag review of the Numa organ 2.
Omg I’m getting this Hammond asap wow. Question is there a Leslie switch?
5:20-- why wouldn't you use the lower manual to play left hand bass!!!? Why split the upper manual? You don't have to. I don't get it.... unless you are midi'ing the entire lower manual to an e-piano voice *Rhodes or Wurli.
no petals ?
You can buy them extra... for an added price. Yeah I know... that sucks; but it can be done... the functionality to accept them is already in place, is what I mean.
Man I’m really sorry but I’m not convinced with that demo, I've been playing Hammonds (and clones) for years and I can get a more authentic sound from a £50 VST (albeit using decent preamps, speaker sims, overdrive etc. plus many years of experience).
When you play a REAL Hammond it’s like coming home! You think; Ah that’s what it’s all about - dirty, dynamic, raw and warm - sends shivers down your spine! This isn’t even close.
Sorry to sound negative, I’m sure the XK-5 might sound better with some tweaking and playing to its strengths etc.
Harmmond a eterna maquina sonora
The Viscount Tone is way more meaty than the xk5 I’ve played both own the viscount legend myself and the viscount wins by a landslide
I totally agree, the Viscount wins by a landslide!!
it'd be great to hear and see an AB comparison with a B3 .?
ruclips.net/video/3_yc6tyL4M8/видео.html
O eterno órgão
Does that include a pedal board?
Do you know any other organ parts other than really fast blues scales runs up and down the keyboard? I'd love to hear some actually tunes... I have no doubt you can play, but there is more to a Hammond than that..
Yeah he never really played an actual part to a tune the entire time did he? lol. Jim Alfredson demos it musically with whole tunes or close to it.
Hol gyártyák a Hammond XK5 orgonáth????????
I have played and owned Hammonds for years. For me personally I have to have the real thing no matter what. I always hear a fake sound in the new organs especially on the upper keyboad areas that I do not like.
I run mine through a 31 band eq to help with that. I bump the lows and low mids to help with the thin sounding upper keyboard area and bump the mids a bit to give it a bit more tonewheel grind. I also use a low wattage amp for my leslie speakers and that makes it more syrupy. It isn't perfectly tonewheel but it sounds about 80% than stock and pretty damn good on its own as its own instrument
Imaginem o valor disto aqui no Brasil.
These sounds are nowhere close to the tonal quality of a real tonewheel Hammond. You need to tweak the digital tonewheels in order to get rid of the screechings of the instrument. Also the percussion settings are not right. The Leslie simulation is horrible, far away from a Ventilator. Almost no improvement soundwise compared to the Hammond XK3c.
Soooooooo, it imitates 3 of the same organ...? #Sold Are there any hidden synth voices like on the XK-3?
Is this a mechanichal organ?
I have a xk3c how can i trade it for this one
The sound produced here is, to my ears, not good. No grit, no warmth, really plasticky-sounding. I've heard some other demos where this board sounds awesome, but it always seems to be paired with a real Leslie in said demos - a bit of a cheat if you're talking about a "portable" clonewheel - I mean, let's be honest, if we're playing a clone, it means we'll fairly often be playing WITHOUT the Leslie. The Viscount Legend demos sound FAR better in my opinion...
Demos are very subjective. Room acoustics, external amplifier/speaker, the recording microphone type and placement, and of course the performer. I’ve watched Viscount demos that were awful and others that were great.
But then there are those that say that the sound should be totally clean and there should never be any distortion or overdrive at all with their style of music. Different strokes for different folks. Myself, sometimes I like clean but most times a little dirty. Depends on the song and my mood.
Go and hear one FIRST HAND! It is a must if you are going to make a serious comments...
And I wish people would stop calling the Hammond a CLONE... You have your VINTAGE Hammond and your DIGITAL Hammond WITH the genuine company name on it. When you buy a new car of the same brand AND model you had in an earlier year, do you call that a clone? Didn't think so.. The president of Hammond USA stated that the digital Hammonds are a continuation .. OTHER brands making Hammond like organs are the REAL clones !
Except it's not the same company. The Hammond Organ Company went out of business in the mid-80s, then another company owned by a guy named Suzuki bought the name and started making clones. That's why the company is called Hammond-Suzuki now. Besides, when talking about organs the word clone is short for clonewheel, which just means the insturment clones the sound of a B3 using a digital recreation of the tonewheels and has nothing to do with cloning the form factor of the instrument. These new digital organs by Hammond-Suzuki do exactly that so they are, in fact, clones.
At the guitar center!?!
Yes
I want to buy onr
so, in your opinion, is this a good sounding 2017 clonewheel?
(no joke, I'm serious.... listening to this demo I just jumped back in 2001 when I purchased the KORG CX3)
Sounds terrible. But I'm sure it can do better than that. At least I hope so! ;)
:-))))
Yes, that's what i though ! every new generations, this is the same thing, "look how it emulates the B3" so does the xk1, the xk3 etc.. And all of it for 3800 + 1700 euros.. :/. i actually have a C3, and a KeyB duo. And i just can't see any difference. So I don't understand how can we spend this amount money on this new one ! By the way Marcoballa, i really like your videos on your channel, i used to watch them a lot 3 years ago when I first intereted myself in Hammond organ :) !
wow, thanks, just suscribed to your channel!
Agree. I think the VK-7 I bought in 1999 sounded better than this XK-5.
I'm still not convinced....sounds like digital expensive crap from the early 2000s. I'm not hating! Hammond, I want you to win! Honestly I do, for everyone sake. I'm no tech or an electronic engineer, but my I suggest a concept. Micro analog tone generator. Or going back to building real Hammond organs. If I have to pay that kinda money for the" Real Thing", weight is not the issue. Sound is.
Um Guitar Center can you guys delivery a organ to churches
They Always go into the Vaults but never sounds like a vintage. sorry.
Actually this sounds like//OK ,we have sold you the '''almost good'' suff ,but now you have behaved and ...here it is //''the really good stuff'''...so do whatever you think with the one bought several years ago with several thousands and give us the $$$$$ for this one:-))))))
How, folks, can you POSSIBLY make a judgement on a RUclips clip recorded necessarily at lo-res? If you were to have 2 examples side by side of a vintage B3 and an XK5 recorded under ideal circumstances by someone who knew what he/she was doing and you think you could tell the difference, you're delusional and egotistical.
ONLY a T-112 and a B3. Poor you lol
No that's horrible. Tears are flowing.The B is the holy grail surely? After googling it seems the R is a true rarity now tho. Don't wanna make you feel any worse about it lol
if you can't tell the difference, you're tone deaf. I've played one of these at a music store. it sounds just as awful in person as it does in this youtube video.
price?
surprisingly expensive
Can you please do a tutorial on how to turn on the SK5 Oregon
First i love how they use a Non organ playin person to demo a product. 2nd No two Hammonds sound the same. you can have two Hammond B3's next to each other and there will be some differences between the two. I'm not a huge fan of the Hammond clone wheel organs put out by Hammond. They sound too synthetic. The key click does not very between each key. Out of the box it needs a lot of work and time to set it up to sound halfway decent.
By "going into the original B-3 blueprints" do they mean that the action is actually the same? The key length is so long on those old organs that nothing has done a great job at getting the same feel.
I'll show you my organ...
Why a 3300 if you get a „real leslie-sound“???
I just want Hammond to start making REAL organs again, not just a PCB some chips and a screen attached to 2 manuals.
When they start making cars again with carburetors, houses with iceboxes and coal furnaces, and a twenty-five cent hamburger.
I’d like to be an “Artist for Hammond Organ”.
"Or say you want gospel": Then proceeds to play a random selection chords that are in no way specific or unique to gospel music. lol
It ain't vinnage? Hmmm... Nice still. The new C3 even better. 8 or 9 contacts per key. Good.
im always skeptical of digital remakes of legendary analog gear. Like don't get me wrong this sounds good asf. As with anything in the keyscape packs, the digital rompler mark 12 rhodes. I can't seem to find much of any analog keyboards other than synths that are manufactured in this decade and it's such a bummer. No clavinets, no more rhodes, no more organs. Just a whole buncha remakes and romplers built from these past giants. Wheres the tonewheels and just busload of pickups. One of the best experiences I've ever had was being able to play on a mark II rhodes and an original Hammond a few years ago and no digital keyboard has ever felt right or as organic as that. And the biggest upset to me is that these could very well kill innovation in keyboards altogether. Think of it though, all keyboards are romplers or digital engines of preexisting keyboards why not try and make a new one
Notice: no music stand to place sheet music on. WTF?!
Because plenty of real, professional musicians actually play without music.
Most hammond players play by ear
B3 is much better jit dosent have an echo and even if something was to go wrong theres alot of experts
It is OK, but the last time I played an XK Hammond, it was so light that when I did a glissando, the keyboard nearly slid off the stand. It is way too light. Much of the B-3 is not just about the sound, but it is about the way the instrument lets me play. No thanks, but I'll take my 400 pound B-3 any day. Besides, the fake key click sounds that they program into the new "Hammonds" (actually Suzuki) are horrible. There is no way to digitally reproduce the authentic sound of the B-3 key click.
Sounds very digital
It sounds like complete shit compared to my Mojo Crumar.
Time 3:28. “programmed to sound like any of the cabinets of any leslie which is another Hammond product” 🤔 Wrong... leslie rotary speakers cabinets are not Hammond product. They are Donald Leslie products.
... they were, until he sold his company in 1965.
Not even close. Even I can always hear the difference between a real B and this electronically generated sound.
i dont know how he does it but he makes it sound like Casio. Maybe the line out directly to mix. i dont know. I tried it and its awesome
Ahhhh-Mazing
On a planet where we all ready have a Hammond why would you need a clone?
I can think of several reasons:
1. They're heavy as heck, we're all getting older, and eventually knees, backs, and shoulders give out. I can't physically lift more than 55 lbs... after my rotator cuff tear in 2015.. had to sell my B-3... it was going to waste.
2. They're expensive to repair, and yes.... they will break down. Not a question of IF, but a question of WHEN. And all the great repairmen are either already dead, or in high demand and booked months in advance.
3. They're expensive to own and not everyone has that kind of loot laying around. The clones are a nice less expensive alternative to the real deal-- that to this 53 year old's tired worn out ears.... good enough is good enough.
4. Some people have kids who want to learn... and I'd rather see my kid taking a 16 pound xk1-c clone to his gig or school function, than try to get a bunch of his friends together to move a 350 pound b-3. It's just not safe. Not everyone is 6'2" 275.
it s not the same sound like a B3
What bugs me is the tone is kind of hollow and synthetic sounding. On the tonewheel organs, even the mid and upper mid notes have bass and a rich midrange punch to them. The digital Hammonds kind of loses that. Only thing that bugs me. What are you gonna do? Spend 5 grand on a 500 pound tonewheel organ then move it into your apartment? Maybe later in life I'll own a nice real tonewheel A-100 or B-3.
@@clintjones9848 I agree with you! I live in France and have a Hammond B3000. It doesn't sound right and it's less valuable but I'm having fun with it anyway
What I actually did is got a nice Boss 10 band eq pedal to run it through. No joke. It pretty much solved the issue of the notes sounding hollow with just a click on top. I raised the upper lows and mids and it gave the notes some punch. Plus I raise the high to maintain the nice key click. And I lowered the very highest 12k slider to reduce the synthetic air sound. It was a huge improvement.
@@clintjones9848 Thanks for these informations the Leslie and the spring reverb also make the difference. Excuse my English, I am French.
Some of you sound like those dudes who went on and on about how CD’s would never replace vinyl.
Your profile picture is like a conceptual description of what's wrong with society.
And CDs are going away, while vinyl is making a comeback.
@@soundmanks MP3’s and/or .WAV files are killing CD’s. When you can put 1,000 songs on a thumb drive or loaded into your phone vs 12 on a CD, most people will take the thumb drive. Vinyl isn’t making a comeback because it’s made a great leap in audio quality. Vinyl is just a nostalgia sidetrip down memory lane.
That distorted sound sounds like Garth Hudson I know he played a Lowrey but still similar.
And the Lowry had pitch bend capability, as did the Farfisa deluxe compact. And all those had sheet music stands. These new Hammonds do not bend pitch and have no sheet music stands. I’ll blow it out my arse.
Never listen to a man who wears a hat indoors.
Why
I see
@puppiesinspace Because they fake af. You sound like one of the 15 year old degenerates that go to my school.
Be even more wary of old men who drive cars wearing hats; keep a safe distance from them, because they are utterly unpredictable.
Lol
i am sorry but i am gonna disagree with you sir when you said that the vintage hammond is a vintage hammond and things are gonna go wrong with them. the reality things is that clone wheel organs would not sound like a real vintage hammond and things will really go wrong on a clonewheel hammond before things go wrong with a vintage hammond.
take for instance in a lightning storm...a clonewheel organ can easily get fried if a lightning hits the transformer that the power of your house is fed from. a real hammond will stand that with no problem
the vintage model A was produced by hammond in the mid 1930's and many still around sounding like new... can your clonewheel hammond last that many years
the B3, the C3, the RT3 and the A100's that were produced in the mid 50's are still around... can your clonewheel last for more than 50 years? i don't thing so
I have an M3 from 1955 and it still sounds and works great. It will outlast me.
I want to get an organ, a professional one because thats the best quality, but i notice all of them have so many goddamn buttons and switches....how will I learn to use them all effectively???
(a) read the manual and (b) get some lessons.
Me gustaria escuchar, una traducción... en SPANYHS
thank god i bought an sk2 i didnt want to spend 6gs for just two manuals
You Can buy a real c3 and leslie for less price than this synth I did lol ...
Right! I rather stick to original and he said that you can get a sound out of a duplicate organ but he’s playing exactly just that😂
@@Jerey231 Yes you can, but can you toss the c3 and leslie in a gig bag and jam down the street? This is my dilemma right now, I have a CV with a leslie 222 , it was a pain in the ass just getting it to my house. Love the nostalgia of owning a B3 and leslie but hard to gig with
what a bunch of haters on the comments... bet they are on the cheap... lol
Of course, we do not have much money. If you play music for a living, you are starving. If you are rich and play music for fun, it still is hard to justify, since there are plenty of other things to spend your money on. Or invest, or save.
"We do not have much money"...coming from a person who's on SSI and gets 700 dollars a month, if i saved up long enough it would be easy to get one of these!
WTH! I still want my money back from the XK3C! Yeah I still have buyers remorse after 10 years. And they want me to spit out almost 4k for this crap. The only way my XK3C sounds fairly decent is because I plucked the Chinese Tubes out of it and took the old vintage Tubes out of my vintage 60s B3 and stuck them in it. Then connect it to my vintage 145 leslie and had to tweak the tone wheels as well. Smh 👎👎
He sound kind of salty, Nord made Hammond step up
Lemme smack my old ass lips with my badge and fedora and try to sound cool
right out of the box? must be talking bout wheaties
Timing is terrible .....only turbo.....running on keys
Crumar MOJO
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Let me judge from a RUclips video and act like an AH saying it sounds nothing like the real thing even though a video of a real Hammond will sound like crap on RUclips as well.
right out the box my ass! get a nord cd2 and you will be happier!!
I'm pretty sure this guy has fake fingernails
This is an absolutely terrible demo
O órgão é fantástico. Mas esse homem não está fazendo nada que me interessa. Não coloca um timbre que presta e não está tocando NADA. !!!!!! Só faz barulho. É uma pena. Ele não conhece o Organista Lafayette.
overpriced! my organ from sears sounds better than this
terrible demo
how do people come up with such creative ideas as the drawbar, unlike anything I've ever seen
they go to church ;)