Members DylanWilde Posted May 4, 2007 Members Share Posted May 4, 2007 I was looking at a way to get interesting organ sounds, and I was thinking, since I am going to be taking formal organ lessons and looking to get some different and more dynamic sounds, that a two manual organ would be really beneficial. But, for the price, it seems that the Hammond sounds on the Casio WK3300 can't be beat, and I was wondering if it would be possible to add a second manual with a cheap, simple MIDI controller underneath it. Does the WK allow MIDI out to enable a second controller manual like that? Or is this kind of a fruitless idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted May 4, 2007 Members Share Posted May 4, 2007 The WK series usually has MIDI in and out. So you could use another midi controller as a second manual. However, I don't think you can assign a different sound to the second manual. So it would be redundant. If you want to go that route, spend another hundred bucks for a pro rompler! Something inexpensive from Roland or Yamaha or Korg or Alesis or other... it would allow you to edit your sounds and to use that 2nd manual for a different sound (eg. top 88800000 + percussion, bottom full drawbar). Well worth the difference in price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted May 4, 2007 Members Share Posted May 4, 2007 I took organ lessons back in high school, 35 years ago. Not all organs have two manuals, some have one, some have more than two. Manuals can vary in length and overlap. Most have pedals, the number of pedals varies. Etc., etc. For purpose of a practice keyboard, one manual is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DylanWilde Posted May 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2007 Well I was thinking of using it also to perform with. . . I would ideally like 2 manuals and a set of footpedals, but I don't know where I would find a highly portable organ with those specs for under 500 bucks. . . Are there any "sleeper" vintage organs that are not horribly unportable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PintoMusic Posted May 4, 2007 Members Share Posted May 4, 2007 I don't know where you'll find pedals but, for the manuals, I agree with the idea of some sort of sound module with a pair of 61-key controllers. I suppose another idea would be buying two Casios, they're certainly cheap enough that it's possible. The only thing is that each manual would have independent Leslie effects which would be kinda weird together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted May 4, 2007 Members Share Posted May 4, 2007 Are there any "sleeper" vintage organs that are not horribly unportable? How horrible? Lots of old organs available anywhere from "free, just come get it" to a few hundred bucks but they will be at least a 2-man job to move them. Most organs that were designed for portability have (surprised?) one manual and no pedals. Well, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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