I¨ll tell a little story that might be relevant.
I've been a sucker for Hammond since forever, and ran the NI B4 plugin and wanted more hands on.
Found Evolution UC-33a that have loads of knobs and faders and buttons.
- and what was special was that it had panel overlay fully prepared for B4 and a preset for it too
- no guesswork, all was there to use right out of the box
I tried using this and it just never made it nice enough to continue using it. Just some presets in plugin itself and had to make do with that. The real productivity was blocked.
Then 64 bit plugin became more and more standard and NI did not make a 64 bit version of it, so started looking at hardware.
- at first a Korg CX3 used was ok for a bit
- then a Hammond XK1 used
- and then and finally Hammond XK3c used, which is a keeper and still use that every day
And from then on I went hardware for everything, piano, drums and synths, but the obvious bass and guitars.
It's just something about hardware that appeals in not only hands on knobs per function
- just power up button and sit and play for joy
- or in the case of guitar just grab and play
The lower the threshold to play the more will be done and boost creativity.
Either wait and save up for the Summit or start a journey with something like Sequential Take 5.
- get a used one even and you have your money back later
- if you would like to replace it, I am not so sure you would
There is a lot of headroom with the modulations at hand and you have analog VCO's and filter, then amp section is digital. You will be creative for ever finding new stuff.
So
a) a tip for a controller to get like UC33
b) tip for hardware new or used, even Summit or a Peak(baby version)
c) or save up to a new one
Creativity is a journey anyway...not one mirage of an instrument will do everything....
I've been a sucker for Hammond since forever, and ran the NI B4 plugin and wanted more hands on.
Found Evolution UC-33a that have loads of knobs and faders and buttons.
- and what was special was that it had panel overlay fully prepared for B4 and a preset for it too
- no guesswork, all was there to use right out of the box
I tried using this and it just never made it nice enough to continue using it. Just some presets in plugin itself and had to make do with that. The real productivity was blocked.
Then 64 bit plugin became more and more standard and NI did not make a 64 bit version of it, so started looking at hardware.
- at first a Korg CX3 used was ok for a bit
- then a Hammond XK1 used
- and then and finally Hammond XK3c used, which is a keeper and still use that every day
And from then on I went hardware for everything, piano, drums and synths, but the obvious bass and guitars.
It's just something about hardware that appeals in not only hands on knobs per function
- just power up button and sit and play for joy
- or in the case of guitar just grab and play
The lower the threshold to play the more will be done and boost creativity.
Either wait and save up for the Summit or start a journey with something like Sequential Take 5.
- get a used one even and you have your money back later
- if you would like to replace it, I am not so sure you would
There is a lot of headroom with the modulations at hand and you have analog VCO's and filter, then amp section is digital. You will be creative for ever finding new stuff.
So
a) a tip for a controller to get like UC33
b) tip for hardware new or used, even Summit or a Peak(baby version)
c) or save up to a new one
Creativity is a journey anyway...not one mirage of an instrument will do everything....
Statistics: Posted by lfm — Mon Feb 17, 2025 4:46 am