Crumar Vs Hammond XK5

[jakolbfleisch]

I’m shocked how much more digital the Hammond sounds. Both the tone and the overdrive sounds way more organic on the Crumar to my ear.

[clubbell]

Great review!
The Crumar sounds amazing! Very natural and full sound. Would be nice to hear a comparison with a Nord.

[JetBucksley]

After years with Korg Kronos workstation-ish organ and also having a Hammond SK1 for a while I got myself the Crumar Mojo 61. Never been happier with my organ sound.

[Blues.Fusion]

I think the xk5 is intended to be ran through a real 122 which smooths out the sound.
The mojo assumes you'll be using the leslie sim so the sound is idealized a little more and some of the warts like frequency spikes are trimmed back.

[GrumIsMe]

I could see tweaking either one into a very enjoyable sound - thanks for the comparison!

[MegaCraptacular]

Guido Scognamilio is the designer of the Mojo and was very particular in designing the modeling for the Mojo. As you can tell, he did a remarkable job.

[pianomikeoct]

I have a small 61 key xk-1c Hammond and the Crumar Mojo, they both sound different, the hammond is a more refined sound and the Mojo is a strong more full bodied sound with not as much detail as the hammond, but I think they both sound great.

[classicarcadeamusementpark]

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[vanessajazp]

I just tried out a Hammond XK4, which has the same engine and key touch as the XK5. I loved the sound, but the Leslie emulation was terrible. It's a mono effect that sounds almost more like a tremolo than a Leslie. My YC61 has a better rotary speaker emulation.
Would love to get my hands on a Crumar, though!

[akallons]

When disengaging the Leslie on the crumar (not stop function but fully off), the brightness comes back and can certainly suit a real Leslie. Perhaps the different voicing between the Mojo and xk5 is mainly caused by the Leslie Sim with cabinet emulation

[Reto]

Can i see there is some Gain on the Overdrive of the XK-5? For me it sounds the XK-5 make some Distorted Overtones.
And im sure both Organs have different Preamp Presets. But Anyway...i like the Mojo 61. Many thanks for this Video!

[cemorse]

Which model/variation is your XK-5 emulating? On the Crumar (assume the 61 is running the same engine as the Mojo suitcase) you can select from a pretty wide range of models & ages. Some of the sonic differences between the two in the video could easily be due to emulating different models.

[markr]

Hi Nick, can you tell me please do the 2 sets of drawbars (like on the XK5) on the upper & lower manuals enable you to 'split' the manuals /have 2 settings per manual ?
I got the Crumar Mojo 2 x manual but I can see that you can split either manual.
Was wondering how you comp & play walking bass with lower manual, leaving you to have the Percussion set on the top manual (?)

[crazypainter]

I have the dual manual Mojo =bought a EH Lizard queen and hooked it to the Mojo ---it rocks also use the Lounsberry loud and fat

[JONBRION]

To my ears the Crumar has "THE SOUND" and the xk5 5 sounds too clean . Almost Farfisa like . The Crumar could use more Bass on the overdrive . Crumar Leslie definitely wins .

[santellavision]

Coming from a Hammond XK1c to the Mojo 61, I feel there's a big difference. The Mojo just sound more like a real Hammond. There's more depth to the overall tone. And in the lower register, the Mojo wins hands-down. The growl of the lower end with overdrive just kills. I prefer the Mojo's Leslie Sim too. Don't get me wrong, the 1c is a nice, lightweight portable keyboard and that's is a plus, the Mojo is much heavier if you gig. In the end, I sold the 1c and kept the Mojo. Just my 2.5¢.

[FullnMellow]

To me both sound very much different from each other. Seems the XK5 has more overdrive running, which I dislike and I wonder why this seems to be hyped so much today. I miss that both instruments are tuned to sound the same as closely as possible to make a better statement which one seems better.

[nicklisac]

I loved this video. I own a Mojo 61so your review was really appreciated.
I wonder how it would have compared to your C3.
The XK-5 is a Hammond keyboard, no doubt the best that money can buy, but it's still a digital clone of the electromechanical tonewheel generator of yesteryear which is what all clones are trying to emulate so in a way it was comparing one clone to another.
This is just an observation and in NOT NOT NOT a criticism.
You do a hell of a lot for us viewers. We just sit back and take it all in.
It's so easy for us to be critical when most of us, myself included, don't experience the time, effort and frustration you more than likely go through creating these videos.💯
I guess it would have been much more difficult to set up a fair comparison with the vintage beast.
Thankyou so much for all the trouble and effort it takes to put this content together.
👍👍👍👍

[davidjacques]

I am surprised that you did not A/B the chorus vibrato. The Mojo would have buried the XK5 on that comparison.

[fabiomontagnolahammond]

very interesting video. saturation is conceived differently, on xk5 it is tube, on crumar it is a simulation. otherwise crumar mojo seems superior to me, with a warmer sound.