From jake92028@yahoo.com Mon Aug 18 04:47:13 2003
Subject:new Electro live 4 & 8 o'clock

Played new 73 '2 live 1st time with friends blues/rock combo Saturday
night club venue. Also tried 1st time 4 and 8 o'clock speaker
positioning with pair of Roland KC-300's. The combination was ~
wow! With V/C only on C1 the Electro's B3 with Leslie effect could
almost be seen warbling around the room, like one of those light
balls with little mirror squares turning suspended from the ceiling
and moving light (in this case sound) reflections turning with it.
Nobody in the band said anything but faces lit up and they played as
if inspired. The audience liked everything they heard, cheers and
applause playing for 3 hours straight w/o a break - unusual for us
not to break at least once = one of those special nights.

I use a stereo 264 BBE Sonic Maximizer (not to be confused with Aural
Exciter) as last step before amps. SM is a good inexpensive "speaker
effect" fixer: instead of low frequencies reaching audience's ears
first followed by highs, muddying the sound (amplified sound/speaker
effect); the intended or original sound frequency travel time is
restored, so low and high frequencies reach the audience's ears at
about the same time, much improved overall sound and clarity.

The only problem with the 4 and 8 o'clock speaker position, which
sounds great for the rotary effect, was that I couldn't hear myself
as well as I'd like. The monitors were picking up so much band/vocal
mix from stage mics and amps, I'd need a (very?) small monitor just
for keyboard (suggestions?). Every down-size door I open has
different accessories, but they're getting lighter. The Electro B3
sounded great on all drawbar settings - I picked some piano presets I
could use, switched to organ side to play drawbars. I played it dry,
no reverb. The pianos all sounded very realistic, no downside for
me. Upcoming live test: CX3 at 4 & 8 o'clock.

Walter J