Really fabulous this double keyboard, and an impressive musician demonstrator. I imagine it's Italian and not made in China. Respect and compliments. I admire pianists who can play the piano on an organ keyboard because the touch is really not the same, there is no weight under the key. Level Hammond organ sounds, it's incredible realism. But like any self-respecting organist, I made my living from festivals to concerts with my Hammond with phonic wheels, an M100 and sometimes at the disposal, the dream, a B3. So at my age, my Hammond legends stay in my rehearsal studio and come out once a year or two or three, no more. Naturally I bought a Hammond XK5 which sounds fabulously good, but, I still carry my Leslie cabin.
Really fabulous this double keyboard, and an impressive musician demonstrator. I imagine it's Italian and not made in China. Respect and compliments. I admire pianists who can play the piano on an organ keyboard because the touch is really not the same, there is no weight under the key. Level Hammond organ sounds, it's incredible realism. But like any self-respecting organist, I made my living from festivals to concerts with my Hammond with phonic wheels, an M100 and sometimes at the disposal, the dream, a B3. So at my age, my Hammond legends stay in my rehearsal studio and come out once a year or two or three, no more. Quite naturally I bought a Hammond XK5 like any self-respecting organ player (don't take it badly, but we have the recognition of the belly for Hammond) which sounds fabulously good, but, I always carry my Leslie cabinet 122.
I can tell that the semiweighted waterfall keybed used is very good for a decent dynamic control on piano sounds too. of course is not like a dedicated hammer action keyboard but is good enough for many kind of piano playing, both acoustic and electric
I know this is old but Fantastic demo. I saw when you went to play the first lead sound at about 14:44 you instinctively went to grab a non-existent bender at the left of the keyboard. Gemini was so close to having the perfect controller.They need to extend the left side and give real players a bender. I wanted to buy this so bad until I saw that extremely important feature was left out.
Really fabulous this double keyboard, and an impressive musician demonstrator. I imagine it's Italian and not made in China. Respect and compliments. I admire pianists who can play the piano on an organ keyboard because the touch is really not the same, there is no weight under the key. Level Hammond organ sounds, it's incredible realism. But like any self-respecting organist, I made my living from festivals to concerts with my Hammond with phonic wheels, an M100 and sometimes at the disposal, the dream, a B3. So at my age, my Hammond legends stay in my rehearsal studio and come out once a year or two or three, no more. Naturally I bought a Hammond XK5 which sounds fabulously good, but, I still carry my Leslie cabin.
Tempted to plug in 2 Reface YC units. You could play a hammond and a vox at the same time on either manual. You could probably even stack organ sounds with some clever wiring. Then when you gotta go you can unplug one of the Reface units and compose on the go. Also two reface units still cost less than one GSi (even though the GSi is very nice and has piano emulations)
I wish he had demoed the farfisa ("combo organ f"), the vox (combo v) and the pipe organ. Also 14:52 Sounds like pink Floyd's "one of my turns" intro lol
Wow, my comment is 2 years old. Seemed like just yesterday I typed it out. Anyway, these "flixzone" comments are made by bots. It is a scam (simple internet search says so), so report these bots when you see them.
I just got one of these and for the life of me can't figure out how to get the Leslie to speed up when I hit the foot pedal and stay that way. It seems to be set to "momentary" instead of latch when you press the pedal. Any ideas on how to change the leslie speed using the pedal so that when you press the pedal it stays on fast, and then when you hit the pedal again, it goes to slow?
This gemini sound really great, thanks for this demo, I'm seriously considering buying the rack version when it comes. Have a question though, the effects that you change/edit, when playing with the Rhodes sound. If you save youre rhodes sound does those effects changes belong to the preset or are they saved with the dsp engine? kind regards Robert
Hi, Andrew. Very informative review! Watched it many times now. I've been eyeing this DMC with the Gemini for a while now. Would you reccommend this over the Mojo? I want a solid Hammond clone, but I also want other high quality sounds. Does it work like this well? One more thing. Can you save registrations? Or do I always have do have my tablet out? Thanks Jack
Hi, I've ordered the DMC-122/Gemini setup. I liked your video and playing is really great. As it is possible to use my ipad do I need a special apple app to edit the Gemini as you are doing in the video? I couldn't find an app on the apple web site. Please could you tell me what you were using on your ipad in the video to control the Gemini? Many thanks in advance.
This really sounds great, but where and what are the amp and speakers necessary? I play from dots; sheet music, so where could I put the paperwork? Sorry to bug you with my questions. I am trying out Hauptwerk now, with a Lowrey Sensation, which is so "everything is automated"...!!! I love the hammand organ sounds, and I am thinking of getting Hauptwerk cathedral organ. So, is it still in the hands of the software? What about bass pedals? Can the bass pedals sound like a cathedral organ? What is that laptop thingy you are using, as I will need one? Many Thanx Smuchly.
Hi Andrew, did you tweak the organ sound or is this out of the box? I also have a DMC-122 with Gemini, but mine doesn´t sound that good. Is there a secret I didn´t get? Regards, Udo
Yes, though I don't recall what I did in this example (I change it quite a bit). I tend to tweak the Leslie settings more than the Organ engine. I prefer a close mic'd setting, with some cabinet ambience. I put the click all the way up, just a little crosstalk and leakage, and some drive on the leslie. This is probably the '59 C3 tonewheel set.
Is it possible to have both drawbar sets assigned to the top manual? Also, can you save organ presets with percussion settings? On Mojo you can't do those things. Thanks, Chris
Great demo! I might have missed this in the beginning, but do you need the external device to edit the sounds or can you do it using the built-in display and buttons fairly easily?
You really need a smartphone, tablet, or computer (any wi-fi capable device with a browser) to edit sounds. You can map the physical controllers to pretty much any parameter, but for complete editing, an external device is necessary.
+Michael Kohout I don't really use the pipe organ much, but to my ears, it sounds excellent. There are 9 stops, so you could easily map them to drawbars to open and close them. You could also set it up as a dual manual configuration, using the organ engine on both DSPs. I will say, that it absolutely sounds better than anything I've played on any rompler keyboard.
Greetings Andrew. I'm on the verge of taking the DCM Plunge. BTW, I found the demo informative and enjoyable! By now, do you remain impressed with build quality? I note that around a year ago, FRANK MONTIS wrote, "This is possible," responding to question, IS IT POSSIBLE TO RUN BOTH MANUALS & PEDALBOARD...simultaneously AND in ALL in Hammond Mode, so to speak. I supposed that FRANK was suggesting to you and us all, YES, THIS IS POSSIBLE...without even dirtying one's hands!! Naturally, I wonder: If it were stolen, would you purchase it again? I appreciate your time and thoughts on the subject. MARK
Hey thanks for the review! Just one question before I more than likely buy this: is it possible to run the Tonewheel engine on both manuals and a MIDI pedalboard (so basically like a real Hammond)? If I can do that, I'm sold on this thing.
+Jake Sele I'm not sure. I know you can do this with the Mojo, so I'd be surprised if you can't with this setup. However, I'd check with GSI to be sure, if this is a deal breaker.
Hey Andrew, thanks for the demo. How are you actually changing the sounds/patches? Through the iPad or on the DMC 122? Wondered if the program changes be assigned to the buttons on the DMC 122. Thanks again!
In the video, I'm using the iPad to change patches. though, I usually assign specific patches to the preset buttons on the DMC. So, I typically create multiple setups, depending on my sound needs. I prefer not to use the ipad or a phone to manage sounds on a gig.
Thanks for your reply. Yes, that answers my question and that is good news. I play in a variety band (a variety of variety bands) and the band leader(s) calls out tunes on the fly. So it is almost necessary to have a keyboard rig that i can hit one button to get to my sounds rather than to scroll with a jog dial like on a Nord Electro. So it appears there are 7 buttons per manual, is that correct? Meaning you can assign sounds to each manual independantly without changing the entire setup (sounds on both manuals)? Hope that makes sense...
Yes, you can assign presets to each manual independently. Also, you could do something like this: Use the buttons to store 14 presets for the top manual only and default the bottom to 1 sound (like organ or piano). So, lots of different ways you can configure. Another example (I should do a vid for this) - I use the left hand preset buttons to turn on and off different effects, and the left drawbars to different settings for each effect. The right hand buttons store 7 different presets for the top manual. The bottom manual is always VB3 organ, using the knobs and left hand drawbards. Sounds complicated, but it's pretty simple when you see it.
Is it possible to freely assign sounds to either one of the (2) keyboards? Does organ always have to be on the top keyboard? There are times when I'd want the organ's Upper Manual ToneBars/percussion to be on the bottom keyboard meanwhile using the top keyboard to play leads/strings, etc.
I have a DMC-122 without the Gemini at this time. Thanks for this video. Have you compared the Gemini Hammond to the Software version of VB3 that is provided with the DMC? thanks again. I am very curious if there are differences.
+Wayne Campbell They are identical. Except, you can edit pretty much any parameter with the Gemini software. The free one that runs with the DMC software is limited in that outside of drawbar settings, Leslie on/off and Percussion settings, you can't edit anything else.
If you are primarily a Hammond player you will probably find the new Mojo the best choice. Key action on the newest Mojos is more Hammond like. If you go with the DMC you will want the Gemini to get the same sound palette as the Mojo. DMC by itself comes with a 'base' Vb3. Hope this helps.
24 minutes of a video and you couldn't demonstrate the pipe organ sounds? Some of us out here have varying needs in the types of music we play. THANKS FOR NOTHING.
