From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Fri Dec 02 07:01:12 2005
Subject:Re: CX-3 Parameters

Hi Lou,

>So does anybody have any parameter or drawbar settings that are nice for a certain kind of sound they especially like? Or am I really kind of on my own for that? I would appreciate it.

There are lots of "standard" sounds that I can give you. Bear in mind that the upper registers are pretty shrill in v1.0, so you are going to have to do one or both of two things:

- Roll off the treble on the CX-3 or speaker system (amp);

- Cheat (adjust) the upper drawbars down a bit -- i.e., instead of 88 8888 888, think of 88 8876 555 as "all drawbars out."

If you go to my CloneWheel Page (http://music.ashbysolutions.com/clonewheel), most of the EQ settings there were developed with v1.0 firmware, not v2.0. The MP3s were done that way, too.

On to the sounds:

The three "standards" that apply to most any music are --

1. 88 8000 000
2. 88 8800 000
3. 80 8800 000

Some of the standard 'gospel' registrations --

4. 88 8000 008
5. 88 8800 006
6. 80 8000 008
7. 80 8808 000
8. 80 8808 006

Full 'cathedral' organ is usually something like --

9. 88 8864 448

I tend to use #2, #5, and #9 a lot in all kinds of genres.

Any one of these registrations is just a starting point. Depending on the organ, amp, speakers, room, song, other players' parts, or my given mood I might vary the overall tone a bit --

4a. 85 8000 006 (mellows the sound a bit)
6a. 60 8200 006 (adds a flute-y tone)
9a. 88 8844 456 (not as in-your-face)

Use your ears to tell you what's right; that's the nice thing about drawbars (vs. stops). Also remember that the drawbar proportions differ across the octaves. 88 8800 000 and 00 8888 000 *should* sound the same if played an octave apart, but they do not.

Regards,

-BW

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Bruce Wahler
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