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
