Re: [linux-audio-user] Hammond organ?

On Wednesday 23 March 2005 04:16 pm, philicorda wrote:
> I wrote:
> > It's also really worth playing with the LADSPA swh impulse convolver
> > plugin. Guitar amps sound really good on hammond! Also the TAP preamps
> > are nice. A bit of fuzz and grit+limited freqency range and odd
> > resonances really brings it to life.
> > The one thing no midi hammond can ever do is the way different tones
> > come in at different times as you press down the key. This means you
>
> can
>
> > kinda flick the keys and just get the top drawbar to plip a little and
> > the percussion to ping.
>
> John Check wrote:
> "Can you elaborate on that? Is it an artifact of the differing
> wavelengths or
> the physical construction?"
>
> It's the way all the key contacts don't touch the bus bars at the same
> time, so as you press down the key, the high drawbars and percussion
> sound first, and then as you press down a tiny bit more the other
> drawbars sound. I think my hammond's keyboard is probably more knackered
> than most so I notice it/ use it more.

Gotcha. Thanks
Received on Wed Mar 23 04:15:14 2005