From randal.muir@bigpond.com Sun Jul 18 16:56:59 2004
Subject:Re: Excessive key click on XK-3 demo mp3's?

If you listen to a B C or A thru a keyboard amp, they are far more clicky
than I've heard from the XK3/onboard sim demos. It's just how vintage
leslie HF driver/diaphragm filters out the top end that makes it sound so
good... and that's what we're used to listening to. If you listen to the
XK3 demos played thru the 122 you'll hear this (can't remember what the site
was). Obviously the onboard sim doesn't filter out the click in the same
way and the click needs onboard adjustment. Thru a leslie 122 or 147, I
reckon I'd be inclined to leave the click maxed out.
-Randal.


> 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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