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Viscount Legend '70s MkII CompactvsViscount Legend One 61

Summary

Viscount Legend '70s MkII Compact and Viscount Legend One 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 Compact
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Legend One 61
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General
ManufacturerViscountViscount
StatusCurrentCurrent
Keyboard
Keys7361
Key actionSemi-weightedWaterfall
AftertouchNoneNone
Keybed73-note 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

Key differences

  • Keys: Legend '70s MkII Compact – 73 Legend One 61 – 61
  • Key action: Legend '70s MkII Compact – Semi-weighted Legend One 61 – Waterfall
  • Drawbars: Legend '70s MkII Compact – None Legend One 61 – Physical
  • Keybed: Legend '70s MkII Compact – 73-note keyboard Legend One 61 – 61-note waterfall keyboard
  • Sound engine: Legend '70s MkII Compact – 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 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 Compact – None Legend One 61 – TMT tonewheel modelling, 91 tonewheels, eleven organ models