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Mr. Ray 73 and Mr. TrampGuido Scognamiglio first came onto our radar with his free ORGANized Trio virtual B-3 (see “Clonehweel Heaven,” Nov. ’04), and we plan to review the improved version, VB3, for which he charges a modest 40 euros. He also makes a mean electric piano, for free, no less. Make that two: Mr. Ray 73 and Mr. Tramp. Both have hammer force and stiffness controls on the left, and master tone and volume on the right. In the middle of Mr. Ray are knobs for tine sound level and tone bar decay and release, which go a long way towards replicating various models and conditions of Rhodes pianos. Mr. Tramp has like controls for the Wurly’s reeds, and both have Damper knobs to add some realism-enhancing key release noise. Mr. Tramp includes an authentic tremolo, but you’ll have to add tremolo to Mr. Ray with some other audio plug-in. While these physically-modeled instruments offer somewhat fewer controls than commercial counterparts such as EVP88 and Lounge Lizard (see pages 28–30), their basic sonic integrity is in the same league. Guido accepts PayPal donations, so if you like either of these as much as we did, we ask that you kick down what you can. Work this good deserves the support of all of us. INSTRUMENTS PLUG-IN FORMATS PROS CONS BOTTOM LINE |
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