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These are the archives from Mark Longo's original Hammond List, 1994-97
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Bradley wrote:
> Nice review of the 302 Mark. Somewhere around here I've got a review I
> wrote on the VOCE Micro B. I'll see if I can find it.
I pulled someone's review off the net about a year and a half ago.
I attached it below. It's neat just to look at the drawbar settings
that are included.
If anyone's interested, I know a guy who's selling a Micro-B, a rack
shelf for it, a 4-space rack and a midi cable all for $200. I almost
bought it myself to play around with and to use for sequencing, but I'm
short on cash right now. If you're interested I'll send you his address.
Voce recently released the Micro-B II, which has several added features
including MIDI volume and ability to use the leslie and chorus effects
at the same time. There's no way to upgrade an original Micro-B to a II.
---------------------------- micro-b review -------------------------------
>Does anyone out there have the Voce Micro-B Hammond Organ Module? Could you
>give a mini-review? Thanks...
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My SO got one of these for her birthday last month. She gigs keys in a
blues/rock band, and has lately been concentrating on using only piano and
organ sounds. She already had a ProFormance 1+, and when she heard of the
Voce, immediately concluded she needed one! It really is a perfect fit
into her system, except in one way that I'll get to.
I think the unit sounds great. Period. But she's still reserving final
judgment. ;-) Until recently, I had only heard it through headphones and
two different speaker systems, using a QuadraVerb's Lezlie, and already
liked it. I finally heard it through a single rotor Leslie last weekend.
It was the real deal, man, in a manageable package! Conrad, the band's
front man/singer/guitarist, gets excited about good sound. Saturday night,
while Katie was playing a really nice ride, he leans over toward me (I'm
playing bass), and, in appreciation of me having purchased the both the
Emu and Voce, says "You're Mr. Fantasy!" I'm convinced that it's got the
right sound!
There is, however, a flaw, of course. The Micro B's MIDI implementation
is spartan (to be kind), and this is how it's not fitting into m'lady's
system). The front panel controls include:
Volume level,
Pilot/MIDI Indicator,
Overdrive level,
Key Click level,
Effects - three levels each of chorus and vibrato, as well as RS,
RS Fast Indicator,
Percussion On/Off switch,
Percussion 2nd/3rd switch,
Percussion Volume level,
Percussion Decay time, and,
Preset switch.
The unit responds only to Note On/Off, Program Change, and Pitch Bend, with
absolutely NO continuous controller response. This leaves volume, overdrive,
keyclick, and all the percussion controls available only at the front panel.
This means that the unit has yet to take its place next to the ProFormance
as it has to stay within hands-on-keys-and playing-reach. With response
to a few continuous controllers and a FaderMaster, the Voce would deliver
both great sound and ease of use.
Only the first 22 of the 36 completely UNeditable patches are selectable
>from the front panel. The remaining 14 are only accessible via Program
Change commands. The patch layout is:
Drawbars 16 5 8 4 2 2 1 1 1
1/3 2/3 3/5 1/3
Patch +--------------------------------------------
1 | 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 | 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 0 8
3 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
4 | 8 8 8 4 7 3 2 5 6
5 | 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 | 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 8
7 | 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
8 | 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0
9 | 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
10 | 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
11 | 8 8 0 0 7 0 0 8 0
12 | 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4
13 | 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 2
14 | 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 3
15 | 0 0 8 7 0 3 0 0 4
16 | 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 | 8 2 8 0 3 0 0 0 1
18 | 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
19 | 8 8 8 2 2 0 0 0 0
20 | 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middle C and above
| 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 +2 octaves below middle C
21 | 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middle C and above
| 8 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Below middle C
22 | 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 Middle C and above
| 8 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Below middle C
23 | 8 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 | 8 7 8 4 2 0 0 0 0
25 | 8 8 8 0 7 0 3 4 0
26 | 8 0 8 1 0 4 0 0 0
27 | 8 8 7 3 4 0 0 6 0
28 | 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 0
29 | 8 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0
30 | 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
31 | 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8
32 | 8 0 0 0 0 8 6 7 8
33 | 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 | 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middle C and above
| 8 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 +3 octaves below middle C
35 | Farfisa Compact
36 | Vox Continental
Here's what's on the rear panel:
CH1 - CH2/Phones, 1/4" audio outputs
MIDI In and Thru
Foot Switch, selects Rotating Speaker (RS) speed
MIDI Channel, OMNI or 1 through 15 (no channel 16, except in
multitimbral mode)
Tuning, deviation from A = 440 Hz
Power In, wall wart
Power Switch
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