CX-3 - Perfect Strangers Organ Sound

bsbsantos · Post by **bsbsantos** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:13 am

I was a little bit disapointed to the amount of CX-3 programs inside Kronos. They are just a few.

Did anyone was able to program a decent Perfect Strangers (studio version) organ from Deep Purple?

I cant get even close to it. First of all, is it possíble??

Thanks

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:00 am

easily. it's just drawbar settings (start with 888000003) and amp simulation and overdrive.

HwyStar · Post by **HwyStar** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:39 am

Post a recording of it when you get it tightened up bsbsantos.

I would like to hear what you have dialed in and listen to the intro of the song. I know it well.

ParadoxMachine · Post by **ParadoxMachine** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:25 am

Interesting one, I haven't tried recreating specific organ sounds yet. I must admit I had some trouble in the beginning creating a decent distorted organ, but I'm getting the hang of it and I think it's quite possible to create something Deep Purple like. I just might give it a shot myself, if it works out I'll upload a sample

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:14 pm

Start here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mW9b_KRedQ

HwyStar · Post by **HwyStar** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:51 pm

Great video McHale!

Thanks for the link.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:57 pm

Awesome! Thanks!

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:37 pm

As you can see in the video, Jon Lord's sound is pretty easy to get. I've had it nailed on my other synths, just haven't done it yet on the Kronos.

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:42 pm

I have a small Marshall combo standing in storage downstairs... I wonder... Of course, the neighbours (in my flat building) would kill me...

dg-keys · Post by **dg-keys** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:06 pm

Hi @all,

I have a Kronos 61 too and one reason why I love the machine is THE organ!
With all the possibilities of designing sounds you can turn the CX-3 into a crunchy overdriven Hammond B3 beast witch blows away your friendly guitarist in the neighbourhood:D

Hope you like it.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25967051/Kronos ... 0Test1.mp3

Best regards from germany

Dan

bsbsantos · Post by **bsbsantos** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:57 pm

dg-keys,

WOW!!! It´s pretty good. It’s exactly what I am trying to achieve.

Just knowing it is possible, give me some relief.

Would you share this program with others?

I would really appreciate that.

Thanks for you reply.

jick · Post by **jick** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:00 pm

Impressive, sounds quite nice!

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:48 pm

dg-keys wrote:Hi @all,

I have a Kronos 61 too and one reason why I love the machine is THE organ!
With all the possibilities of designing sounds you can turn the CX-3 into a crunchy overdriven Hammond B3 beast witch blows away your friendly guitarist in the neighbourhood:D

Hope you like it.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25967051/Kronos ... 0Test1.mp3

Best regards from germany

Dan

that kicks ass!

Most of my organ tweaks haven't delved much into the amp sim guts - I've mainly been playing with the realtime knobs and saved variations of the "Nice" organ (the really percussive Keith Emerson one - I forget exactly what it's called).

Vlad_77 · Post by **Vlad_77** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:59 pm

I have been using the XV-88 patch called Purple Spin for this song and other Deep Purple stuff. I have been thinking of doing a multi-sample of this Roland patch into Kronos. I really like the softer and jazzier organ patches on Kronos but that XV-88 has some SERIOUS stones! It is NASSSTY and I think Jon Lord himself would love it. And the funny thing is, the venerable XV-88 relies on just PCM samples as oppsed to Kronos CX-3 and Kurzweil's KB-3. (BTW, after much tweaking, the PC3 organ for Purple just sounds TOO harsh.)

If I can make this a nice multi-sample I will post it in the download section. I am guessing that since the XV-88 - and the rack version XV-3080 are no longer in production I can do this(?))

Ahimsa,
Vlad

burningbusch · Post by **burningbusch** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:06 pm

You guys might want to check out ksounds stuff. I really like it. You be the judge whether he nails the hard rock sound. He does bypass the internal distortion on the CX-3 and uses guitar amps and other Kronos distortion IFXs. He also often uses two Leslie sims at the same time, which is an interesting approach and I think quite effective. I also like that some of the presets are mono. If you have a good Leslie simulation, it should sound good in mono.

http://ksounds.com/html/organimation_kronos_oasys.html

The audio demos sound just like the programs so there shouldn't be any surprises.

Busch.