From MRK7421@aol.com Tue Jul 19 06:02:27 2011
Subject:Re: Getting results with a Numa

The reason I use an external EQ with the Numa is to balance the bass
frequencies in the upper manual settings with the percussion.

At this point I am using a simple Onkyo 7 band stereo EQ right after the
Numa in the signal chain. I am boosting 60 and 120 Hz fairly significantly
and putting a slight dip in the 2 K frequencies to taper the percussion
frequencies slightly.

To me the Numa percussion is slightly louder than the percussion on my B-3
( particularly on slow decay) and I use the EQ to compensate for this.

To me the slow percussion blends into the individual tones and chords more
smoothly than fast percussion does. Jimmy Smith used this to great effect
at various times throughout his career.

His solo sound on " Blues and the Abstract Truth" with Oliver Nelson is
to me one of the all time great Hammond sounds. And that is percussion with
NO decay. It has a lot to do with the straight sound of the percussion
being heard against the vibrato of the other tones.

If you boost the bass frequencies and make sure the highs don't dominate
you can get much better overdrive from the Numa for one. To me the Numa
sounds rather flat through headphones. In order to get it to sound punchy, I
just use the EQ and it does the trick.

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