From goffmac747@aol.com Tue Aug 28 09:35:48 2007
Subject:Re: Clonewheel vs. Tonewheel


It's a combination of accident and enough of the right equipment. Real leslie, a grasp of what to do with your equipment. I'm using a Roland VK8M through a Millennia STT preamp through a Mackie M800 in bridged mode powering a gutted Leslie 222 with a new Goff Prof xover and 100 watt driver, sitting in an isolation cabinet, mic'ed with cheap MXL condensers on the horn and a cheap Peavey dynamic mic on the bass rotor, running through telefunken tube pres on the horn mics in stereo, and neve on the bass rotor and it still takes an assertive approach to tweak all of that to get a desired sound... Getting a clean sound out of the 8M proves to be the? best way and then getting the dirt out of the STT. But it's an effort to find a particular sound for each and every song recorded. It takes hours... And then this is predicated on the sound you are wanting to compliment the tracks you've already laid down. Not just any organ sound will fill the bill and you need to search for it, not just press a preset.

Yes not every real Hammond sounds good and the sound you hear in your head is waiting for you to make it happen. Draw bar shapes and amplification are key. To use an automotive analogy, stepping on the gas isn't the only way to go fast. Tweaking your carb, air/fuel ratios, spark, exhaust, and engine is part of the process.

If you move your equipment around constantly, then you will have to start from scratch. Even electricity is never the same as it was on? the day you got your great sound...

Having a clone and an amp that sounds the way you want it to sound is important but getting it to go beyond that will take some work and LUCK.





-----Original Message-----
From: ron0913
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:45 pm
Subject: [CWSG] Clonewheel vs. Tonewheel

?So, where does "that sound" come from? Some registration I haven't thought

of? A lucky combination of Hammond/Leslie (they don't all sound the

same)? I suspect it's the latter as much as anything, and maybe the

Leslie/tube amp/preamp combo more than the tonewheels. Any thoughts

appreciated.

Ron








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