From c_schonberger@yahoo.com Mon Apr 30 11:37:18 2012
Subject:Re: drawbar setting - any suggestions? - finding your sonic space!

Yep, agreed 100%. I must have done hundreds of mixes myself over the years and watched great sound engineers (trying to learn) - and read a lot of books. One of the typical undesirable things to address in a busy pop/rock/r'n'b etc. mix is the build up in the "Ooh-Zone" which ranges somewhere from 250 through 400 Hz and makes everything sound boxy, boomy and muddy. The guy who mixes usually ends up filtering out the low end of keyboards and guitars (and arrangers usually tell the guy who plays the string pad not to use any low notes ever - that's reserved for thr bass). On a Hammond or clone you can do a lot of that yourself by backing off those lower drawbars a little - but it depends on your voicing and playing range in a given tune. High melodic phrases are one thing, Harmonies in a band context are a different thing. I fiddle a lot with the uppermost two drawbars when I want just the right amount of "whistle" to cut through the mix, because
together with the treble horn it makes the sound really shimmer. I find myself using much more overdrive with solid rock settings such as variations of 888000000 or 888800000, where you don't want the high whistle, just a solid, dense, throaty and grinding "Hammond brick wall".  
BTW: for some really "churchy" melodies, I like the "no fundamental" sound (the first interval above the lowest audible drawbar note is not an octave but a fifth) a lot: you might want to try: 088000000 with any kind of additions on top. Sounds fine for high melody lins - just don't play any chords with that.
 
...just my random ramblings...

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From: ccmacdon
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] drawbar setting - any suggestions? - finding your sonic space!

 
I was just thinking that this drawbar setting is a GREAT example of how to use your drawbars to find your "sonic space" in the mix..!!

With the Hammond organ, and the clones we all love, we can take up a HUGE part of the sound spectrum in an ensemble situation. The most obvious is stepping on the bass players toes when you drop in a couple of low notes..

One of the techniques that great ensemble players employ is finding their "sonic space", and on a hammond or clone that is easily done by using a drawbar setting that finds a nice open spot in the mix and playing there!!

I often forget this myself and I go back and listen to recordings of my band and wonder why I was using such a full sound.

So this is a really good example for some of the newcomers here.. a very simple but effective way to find a better spot in the mix by simply easing off on the fundamental drawbars!!

Craig

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