From jackoverfull@gmail.com Mon Sep 10 15:25:48 2012
Subject:Re: Sormorock - A Whiter Shade of Pale - Live in the studio - something's not right?

Hi everyone and thanks for the comments, sorry for the daly in the answers (just got home: was gigging some 500 kms away yesterday)…

Il giorno 07/set/2012, alle ore 14.11, ccmacdon@rogers.com ha scritto:

> Yes that's definately a Crumar Mojo (despite the logo being covered up by a piece of paper) and it sounds fantastic..! VERY authentic sounding!!! However, something seems a little odd in the video, and it got me wondering if we were hearing a real leslie or the internal sim??
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> At 4:59 I clearly see a the internal Mojo leslie sim on chorale (only the left button stop/run light is on) but I hear the leslie in tremolo mode...? this intitally led me to believe that the Mojo was being played through an external real leslie.. However, at the very end, at 6:49, I can clearly see the tremolo (slow/fast) light coming on and it corresponds perfectly to the leslie sim ramping up... so there's a bit of an inconsistency in the video. However, this could be entirely due to the way the video is edited because at 4:59 you really can't see for certain what notes are being played. So the 4:59 video clip might be from another point in the song..
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> Perhaps the OP can confirm if this was the Mojo through it's internal sim, or an external leslie... and maybe provide a bit more info regarding how it was recorded..direct in vs miced through and amp, what effects/EQ were used to get this authentic sound (I see the drawbar setting is the classic WSOP setting).. thanks!
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Great catch. That has something to do with my custom setup: I can switch the leslie to fast or back to slow both using the handswitch or with a footpedal. in AWSoP I often use the footpedal when going to fast, synchronize handswitch afterwards, when my left hand is free, then go back to slow with the switch.
It probably sounds overcomplicated but it can actually come in handy, especially when playing left hand bass, once you're used to it you have difficulties coming back.

> Great tune guys.. nice job!!
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> Norm, I get what you're saying about Hammond Organ being a "style and sound".. however, personally I don't declare myself to be playing a hammond unless it's a real hammond.. I generally just say "organ" or as I did on my 11STEPS CD it's just "Craig MacDonald - Keyboards".. but that's just me.. Wondering what the other folks on the list think about this.. ?? Is using "Hammond Organ" when you're playing a clone committing fraud? ;-)
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Used to believe it is. Changed my mind, however, when I started to pass hours explaining what i was playing exactly :). Usually say "keyboards" to the uninformed, Hammond to everyone but fellow organists. I usually don't play synths, EP or piano, so "keyboard" is a bit too generic, organ would do, HOWEVER, at least here in Italy, everyone associates the organ to the church.

And, by the way, the band leader introduced me with a "at the hammond organ" yesterday, while I was just playing a 37 notes Fatar triggering VB3!!

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