Viscount Legend '70s MkII Artist-WvsViscount Legend One 73
Summary
Viscount Legend '70s MkII Artist-W and Viscount Legend One 73: 2 Viscount multi-function keyboards compared side by side. They differ on 8 of 12 compared specifications.
| 2 items | Viscount Legend '70s MkII Artist-WCurrentView details → | Viscount Legend One 73CurrentView details → |
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| General | ||
| Manufacturer | Viscount | Viscount |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Keyboard | ||
| Keys | 88 | 73 |
| Key action | Hammer-action | Waterfall |
| Aftertouch | None | None |
| Keybed | 88-note weighted keyboard | 73-note waterfall keyboard |
| Sounds | ||
| Sections | Piano, Electric piano, Synth | Piano, Electric piano, Organ, Synth, Sample playback |
| Drawbars | None | Physical |
| Sound engine | 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. | 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 | None | TMT tonewheel modelling, 91 tonewheels, eleven organ models |
| Polyphony | — | 91 tonewheels for the organ; 240 notes across the two sampled sections |
| Connections | ||
| Outputs | 1/4-inch unbalanced, Headphones | 1/4-inch unbalanced, Headphones |
| MIDI ports | DIN in, DIN out, USB | DIN in, DIN out, USB |
| Pedal inputs | Expression, Sustain | Expression, Sustain |
| Features | ||
| Features | Modular, 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 outputs | TMT 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 |
Key differences
- Keys: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – 88 Legend One 73 – 73
- Key action: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – Hammer-action Legend One 73 – Waterfall
- Drawbars: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – None Legend One 73 – Physical
- Keybed: Legend '70s MkII Artist-W – 88-note weighted keyboard Legend One 73 – 73-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 One 73 – 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 One 73 – TMT tonewheel modelling, 91 tonewheels, eleven organ models