From jackoverfull@gmail.com Sat Mar 24 18:04:44 2012
Subject:Re: Hammond SK1 arrives at Guitar Center/ First Impression


Il giorno 25/mar/2012, alle ore 00.56, mrk7421 ha scritto:

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> Percussion decay is adjustable on many organs but unfortunately NOT on the Nord, or the Numa for that matter.
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Too bad…

> I have the decay on my B-3 adjusted fairly long, certainly longer than Nord has theirs set. On the Numa / Joey D. probably set it , and he (or they) got it where I like it.
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> Interestingly... on Hammonds when you lengthen the decay, the volume of the percussion decreases somewhat. Either by luck or by plan, long decay deceases the volume and ( to me) the percussion smooths out a bit.
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Interesting…The volume also should drop down when you switch from soft to normal (there is a trick to avaid this, is up on the hammond wiki). And even this odd "feature" is properly reproduced on VB3!

> I find myself pushing in the drawbars just slightly when I use this, and the percussion "chimes" against individual notes or chords.
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You mean like Matthew Fisher used to do on songs like Homburg and Shine On Brightly? I don't think I never heard any other organist doing just that…

> Jimmy Smith used a longer percussion decay in the mid 60's. In fact sometimes he used no decay at all. I really like this effect. This sound ( of course) also uses C3 chorus vibrato with no leslie spin.
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Groovin' at Small's Paradise? ;)

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