From list@sevush.com Tue Nov 04 08:10:33 2003
Subject:RE: Drawbar Registrations - HUH?!

I use a handful of drawbar settings - 888000000, 888800000, 888800066 for
brighter.

When I used to play an L100 through a leslie, I'd HAVE to use 888888888 to
get enough volume.

I am very familiar w/all the drawbar settings, but I don't think about it at
all when I'm playing. I'm concentrating on what I'm doing at the keyboard.
For me, that's all that matters once the overall tone is right.

There are no adjustments on a piano. That's why I'm very happy w/the Electro
drawbars.

> The footages in drawbars have their roots in the pipe organ. Those
> of us who are drawbar organ players know this, but before getting too
> far up on my soapbox, the questions below don't really have any
> merit, for instance "which drawbar is middle C?". I don't know any
> of the answers to these questions below and haven't for the 29 years
> I've been playing probably because they aren't really relevant to the
> organist's playing style and mostly because I would rather have fun
> playing the music than analyzing the sound.
>
> There is a particular KEY on the keyboard which is middle C, but a
> drawbar is simply a tone-coloring device based on pipe organ theory.
> Read about pipe organs and you will know what drawbars are for. Sit
> down with a Hammond or clone and LISTEN with your musical ears and
> adjust till you hear what it is you want and tweak from there.
>
> As far as discussions of fundamentals and harmonics - those can all
> be answered from pipe organ references and an understanding of how
> additive synthesis works.
>
> Most of these other questions are just overanalysis from a purely
> engineering standpoint without any useful counterpart in a live
> musical context.
>
> Sit down at a Hammond or Clone and play. If you like what you hear,
> stick with it, or tweak it to your liking and let the music flow from
> your soul.
>
> Many of the questions you have will be answered from within rather
> than from analysis.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "John Worrell"
>
> > ...A typical Hammond/clone 'Upper' manual:
> > 1. Compared to a
> > piano, which drawbar is middle C?
> > 2. What's the interval or octave
> > separation between the drawbars?
> > 3. What's a Fundamental and a
> > Harmonic?
> > 4. Where, musically, are all nine drawbars in relationship to
> > each other?
> > 5. What's the range or 'zone' of each drawbar compared to
> > the others?
> > 6. Which drawbars cover the entire range of the keyboard and
> > which drawbars don't?
> > 7. To include percussion, what's a 2nd, what's a
> > 3rd; what notes do they represent, which drawbars are they 'the same
> > as' once you know the 'middle C' drawbar?
> > 8. differences in sound in the area of overall
> > brightness, drawbar signal strength 'curve' from zero to 8, etc.
> >
> > >From: "jake92028"
> > >Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: [CWSG] Drawbar Registrations
> > >Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:31:24 -0000
> > >
> > >When someone requests organ drawbar registrations for a song, it's
> > >nice that someone else may know and provide the info, BUT: This
> most
> > >often means the player hasn't done their homework and/or practice
> > >with the drawbars in order to develop a feel for the tonal
> variations
> > >they can create. I would go so far as to say - if you can't play
> > >using only the drawbars and are dependent on presets, you haven't
> > >learned to play a Hammond/clone organ (yet?).
> > >
> > >For example, a typical Hammond/clone 'Upper' manual: Compared to a
> > >piano, which drawbar is middle C? What's the interval or octave
> > >separation between the drawbars? What's a Fundamental and a
> > >Harmonic? Where, musically, are all nine drawbars in relationship
> to
> > >each other? What's the range or 'zone' of each drawbar compared to
> > >the others? Which drawbars cover the entire range of the keyboard
> and
> > >which drawbars don't? To include percussion, what's a 2nd, what's a
> > >3rd; what notes do they represent, which drawbars are they 'the
> same
> > >as' once you know the 'middle C' drawbar?
> > >
> > >If you know these facts, then have practiced manipulating the
> > >drawbars (while practicing) until each drawbar's separate sound and
> > >the combined sounds of all their variations are familiar to you up
> > >and down their keyboard range - you'll almost never have to ask
> about
> > >a drawbar registration again. Then your only test might be that
> > >Hammond clones have differences in sound in the area of overall
> > >brightness, drawbar signal strength 'curve' from zero to 8, etc.
> You
> > >can get 'the' sound you want with single notches up or down on
> > >the 'right' drawbars, once you're mentally and sonically in sync
> with
> > >them.
> > >
> > >Your 'almost never' drawbar questions, once you've learned to play
> > >them, will be more about a subtle tone variation you can't quite
> > >nail - as above, could be as little as one notch of one drawbar -
> but
> > >someone else's ears have got it. Once you're a drawbar player,
> > >presets become what they should be - a convenience only and a
> target
> > >you can 'morph' from.
> > >
> > >(Rev) Walter ...it's Sunday, so cut me some slack #;-b~
> > >
> >
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