From rhorton@pennswoods.net Wed Mar 21 05:47:00 2007
Subject:Re: Hammond Reverb?

The oil damped reverbs were inside the Hammond Tone Cabinets (straight
speakers), not the organ console. It seems the consensus on the forums is
that reverb signal through the rotating horns doesnt sound so good, thats
why the Leslies with reverb use separate fixed channels/speakers.


> Then there's the A100 set-up, where the reverb is routed through the
> internal speakers only.
>
> Dazzjazz
>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "jake92028" wrote:
> >
> > --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Bradley" >
> > Reverb in the organ is played thru the rotating speakers along with the
> > rest
> > > of the organ sound.
> > >
> > > Moe
> >
> > Thanks, Moe.
> >
> > So, is that a "good thing," having the reverb's source coming directly
> > from the organ? I'm so used to the VK7 and VK8 and before that the CX3
> > where you could add some from the controls or edit mode, and it was
> > AFAIK mixed together (before - after?) the rotary sim if you weren't
> > using a rotary amp.
> >
> > I know some of the big old console hammonds had an oil bath spring
> > tank, so it seems like a good idea to have reverb inside the organ
> > itself pre-leslie. I'd probably be putting it in an M3. TIA ~ Walter
> >
> > Walter>