From bardian@usadatanet.net Mon Nov 08 06:44:21 2004
Subject:Long Loop Key Click was Why did Hammond get the virtual B3 right?

Here's an idea... I've heard much about the excess key click on the new Hammonds, and I've heard it myself on the demo CD's. If indeed they are using continually running long loop samples as 'virtual tone wheels', one or more of those loops will be accessed at the instant a key is hit. Now, if I remember right, wouldn't accessing a running sample loop at any point that is not a 'zero crossing point', create a click of its own separate from any kind of key click? If that's true, the odds are that most times you hit a note, it will not be at a zero crossing. So, maybe this key click is not a carefully designed imitation of the original, but a side effect of the long-loop technology. If that is true, there may not be a way to lessen it other than rolling off the treble or other undesirable approaches. I will be honest, I find excessive key click to be obnoxious, and that is what would be keeping me from getting a XK-3 (which I would really like to get) at this point.