CX-3 Modeled Tonewheel Organ
The CX-3 tonewheel organ, one of the most accurate models of that classic organ sound ever developed, provides the third OASYS sound engine.
CX-3 Main Play Page
Based on the current Korg CX-3 hardware instrument, this EXi design features dual drawbars, control over every nuance of the sound including leakage, key click, adjustable percussion, chorus/vibrato and a complete rotary speaker simulation. Never content to rest on our laurels, we’ve continued to improve on the award-winning CX-3 design. For instance, we’ve added an enhanced version of Korg’s unique EX Mode, which adds additional harmonics and percussion tunings, opening up a new world of “organic” timbres. There’s also a custom-programmable chorus/vibrato mode, flexible percussion assignment, and other refinements.
CX-3 EX Drawbars
The keyboard can be split to provide upper and lower manuals, each with their own drawbars. The CX-3 not only simulates the tonewheel organ itself, but the various speaker options associated with it. Our legendary amp modeling provides a variety of options. In recreating the sound space of the famous rotary organ speaker, the CX-3 provides individual control over numerous elements such as mic spread, rotor speed and transition time.
The control surface of OASYS provides direct access to your nine drawbars via the sliders (with on-screen visual indication of their current values); switches to access the vibrato/chorus, percussion and all traditional tonewheel organ controls are laid out in a logical and familiar manner.
CX-3 Tone Adjust Page
CX-3 Dual Drawbars
These three engines can be used together in a variety of ways. OASYS features dynamic allocation between synth voices (including different synth types), and flexible allocation of power between synths and effects. An EXi Program can actually host two synth engines, so you can use two AL-1's to create super-powerful synth sounds,
AL-1 Dual Structure
or two CX-3's to create new hybrid organ timbres.
CX-3 Dual Structure
For the adventurous sound designer you can blend a CX-3 and AL-1 to create new imaginative timbres.
AL-1/CX-3 Dual Structure
Please note: Cosmetic and Technical specifications are subject to change without notice
Demo Songs
Ben's Brains for Joe Z. (Mp3, 8.5 Mb)
Ben's Brains uses the HD-1, CX-3, AL-1 and STR-1 engines.
by Ben Dowling
www.bendowling.com
© 2007 Visionsound Music
www.visionsound.com
All rights reserved
Red Square Sinfonietta (mp3, 5.51MB)
by Peter Schwartz
(c) 2005 Peter Schwartz
all rights reserved
This demo blends real instruments with onboard OASYS sounds to show the benefits of using both MIDI and audio recording. The audio tracks are the piccolo, flute, alto flute, oboe, english horn and viola.
Love Embraces All (mp3, 6.10MB)
by Ben Dowling
www.bendowling.com
© 2007 Visionsound Music
www.visionsound.com
All rights reserved
Teknosis (mp3, 11.3MB)
by Peter Schwartz
(c) 2005 Peter Schwartz
all rights reserved
All parts are internal OASYS sounds.
Heaven (320 bitrate) (15.1 MB, mp3)
by Andreas Gundlach
(c) 2006 Andreas Gundlach
all rights reserved
This demo is part of a CD released in Germany by Korg & More to showcase the OASYS. Everything on the demo came from a single OASYS. It is presented in two resolutions in consideration for your Internet connection speed. For the lower resolution version (192 bitrate), click here (mp3, 8.66MB).
A few production notes:
The piano is the EXs-2 Piano (503 MB), slightly edited to suit Andreas’ touch (velocity curve) and taste (filter response).
The drums were played live into the sequencer from the EXs-1 Studio-Standard Kit (I-E 004), again edited slightly to match how Andreas likes to map drum sounds for playing live (some small mistakes were edited out later, of course!).
The percussion part in the middle was generated by KARMA, then resampled and laid back into the track as an audio loop.
For more info (in German) about the CD, click here.
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