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Viscount Legend '70s MkII Artist-WvsViscount Legend LM 61

Summary

Viscount Legend '70s MkII Artist-W and Viscount Legend LM 61: 2 Viscount multi-function keyboards compared side by side. They differ on 8 of 12 compared specifications.

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Legend '70s MkII Artist-W
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Legend LM 61
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General
ManufacturerViscountViscount
StatusCurrentCurrent
Keyboard
Keys8861
Key actionHammer-actionWaterfall
AftertouchNoneNone
Keybed88-note weighted keyboard61-note waterfall keyboard
Sounds
SectionsPiano, Electric piano, SynthPiano, Electric piano, Organ, Synth, Sample playback
DrawbarsNonePhysical
Sound engineA modular electro-mechanical board. The sound comes from plug-in modules rather than one fixed engine, and it ships with the A. Piano 2G module and four empty slots. Electric Piano, Clavi, FM Synth, Synth-8 and Sound Collection modules are sold separately, so the instrument is whatever you have loaded into it.Two engines side by side. TMT (Tonewheel Modeling Technology) drives a 91-tonewheel organ with models of the B3 (1938, 1956 and 1967), C3, BC, A100, baroque, romantic and symphonic pipe, Farfisa and Vox. Alongside it sit two HDS (High Definition Sampling) sections with 119 sounds covering pianos, electric pianos, synths, pads, strings, choirs, brass, guitars and tuned percussion.
Organ modelsNoneTMT tonewheel modelling, 91 tonewheels, eleven organ models
Polyphony—91 tonewheels for the organ; 240 notes across the two sampled sections
Connections
Outputs1/4-inch unbalanced, Headphones1/4-inch unbalanced, Headphones
MIDI portsDIN in, DIN out, USBDIN in, DIN out, USB
Pedal inputsExpression, SustainExpression, Sustain
Features
FeaturesModular, ships with A. Piano 2G and four empty slots, Electric Piano, Clavi, FM Synth, Synth-8, Sound Collection and External modules sold separately, 384 programs in 24 banks of 16, Reverb, tremolo, vibrato, chorus, flanger, phaser, wah, amp, rotary, delay, EQ and compressor, Pitch bend and mod wheels, Two foot controller and two footswitch inputs, Dual stereo main and aux outputsTMT organ with eleven models including B3, C3, A100, Farfisa and Vox, Two HDS sound sections, 119 sounds, Nine drawbars, Harmonic percussion and vibrato/chorus, Rotary modelling with eight presets plus one custom, Layers and split points across organ and sound sections, Built with KeyB, Designed to stack under a Legend One as a second manual

Key differences

  • Keys: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – 88 Legend LM 61 – 61
  • Key action: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – Hammer-action Legend LM 61 – Waterfall
  • Drawbars: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – None Legend LM 61 – Physical
  • Keybed: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – 88-note weighted keyboard Legend LM 61 – 61-note waterfall keyboard
  • Sound engine: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – A modular electro-mechanical board. The sound comes from plug-in modules rather than one fixed engine, and it ships with the A. Piano 2G module and four empty slots. Electric Piano, Clavi, FM Synth, Synth-8 and Sound Collection modules are sold separately, so the instrument is whatever you have loaded into it. Legend LM 61 – Two engines side by side. TMT (Tonewheel Modeling Technology) drives a 91-tonewheel organ with models of the B3 (1938, 1956 and 1967), C3, BC, A100, baroque, romantic and symphonic pipe, Farfisa and Vox. Alongside it sit two HDS (High Definition Sampling) sections with 119 sounds covering pianos, electric pianos, synths, pads, strings, choirs, brass, guitars and tuned percussion.
  • Organ models: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – None Legend LM 61 – TMT tonewheel modelling, 91 tonewheels, eleven organ models