From hammond@stephenduck.co.uk Sun Jul 18 11:59:50 2004
Subject:Re: Excessive key click on XK-3 demo mp3's?

To me, it's not that the click is too loud, more that it is the wrong tone.
The new click seems to be far more 'trebly' than, say, my C-3. My C-3 has
more spit/click than the demos, but the frequencies produced are much lower.

Steve

> Just listened to the five XK-3 demo mp's from the Hammond site. These
> are the five tunes by Tony Monaco, Joey DeFrancesco, Deryl Winston, et
> al. Some of these tunes such as Monaco's 'Acid Wash' seem to be
> excessively "clicky". Listen to Monaco's fast runs starting at about
> 1:50 into the tune. Also, to me, the quality of the click seems to be
> rather artificial sounding. "Shooting Star' by Daisuke Kawai also
> seems to have some of this click charater too. On the other hand,
> DeFrancesco's cut 'B-3 Crazy' doesn't seem to have as much key click.
>
> Far be it for me, a total know-nothing rank beginner, to question these
> fellows, but I don't recall hearing a real Hammond being quite so
> "clicky". I course I have no idea if these gentlemen set up their own
> parameters on the organ, or just played the organ as received.
>
> Just wondering if anyone else is hearing this.
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