Members Daniele Spadavecchia Posted February 12, 2015 Members Share Posted February 12, 2015 I am curious about StudioLogic Numa Stage or Organ. Is there any user that could give me an opinion regarding their experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members koolkat Posted February 12, 2015 Members Share Posted February 12, 2015 I've been looking at them as well (Numa organ). There's some decent enough info over at Keyboard Corner from people who own them, as well as the obligatory cat fight or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted February 12, 2015 Members Share Posted February 12, 2015 The Numa organ 2 has my interest for sure. Not only for the sound and price, but also because the black preset keys can be used to make it a 73- note controller. But I'm waiting to see if the reliability problems of the original Numa organ have been corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnotherScott Posted February 13, 2015 Members Share Posted February 13, 2015 What reliability problems? IIRC, there was a QC issue with units having problems out of the box, but assuming you don't have an initial issue, they don't seem prone to failure, as far as I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daniele Spadavecchia Posted February 18, 2015 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2015 I understand that differently from its competitors like Hammond and Nord Electro, Numa doesn't offer any piano, EP, or Clavinet sounds. Is it true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daniele Spadavecchia Posted February 18, 2015 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2015 Then on Studiologic web page they show their Stage has also Classic organ sounds in addition to pianos. Any experience with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnotherScott Posted February 18, 2015 Members Share Posted February 18, 2015 Numa Organ has no piano/EP/clav sounds. However, since it has a button that turns off its organ sound and enables its MIDI transmission, you could MIDI it to even something like an iPhone or iPad for some basic piano/EP/clav sounds. You can feed the audio from that device back into the Numa Organ, so you can do this without having to add a mixer (or an amp that has multiple inputs). Numa Stage has a couple of uninspiring preset organ sounds. They can get you through some organ stuff in a pinch, but it's not at all like the Numa Organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daniele Spadavecchia Posted March 14, 2015 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2015 The button to enable midi transmission is pretty handy. It makes Numa Organ more versatile. Any experience with its keybed/action?Does it feel like the Hammond series like SK1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnotherScott Posted March 14, 2015 Members Share Posted March 14, 2015 I've played the original Numa Organ, and I'd say it feels just like the SK1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daniele Spadavecchia Posted March 30, 2015 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2015 So between the two which did you like best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daniele Spadavecchia Posted March 30, 2015 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2015 So between the two which did you like best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted April 30, 2015 Members Share Posted April 30, 2015 What reliability problems? IIRC' date=' there was a QC issue with units having problems out of the box, but assuming you don't have an initial issue, they don't seem prone to failure, as far as I've seen.[/quote'] I gathered the NUMA had reliability problems from lurking at the Keyboard Corner. Guess I didn't read closely enough. FWIW, my SK1 hasn't been faultless in that regard, with a key losing touch sensitivity. Maybe the key contact just got dirty from being set up at a .smoky club uncovered, but that is not a problem I have encountered often, even with a decade of playing a lot of gigs at the same club. The Numa Organ 2 is intriguing but I'm pretty happy with the SK1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Pro Posted May 5, 2015 Members Share Posted May 5, 2015 FWIW I own the Hammond SK2 and it's been gigged with many times and is totally reliable. The cool thing is that you can assign a piano/EP/clav etc. to the bottom manual while having the drawbar organ sounds on the top manual. That makes it a multi-keyboard rig in one unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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