From frederick.somerville@gmail.com Fri Feb 08 06:34:35 2013
Subject:Re: What should leakage really sound like?

There are two types of leakage.
The sum leakage - very predominant in L100`s.
Then there is the adjacent tone leakage.
On the high notes this can be a bit annoying since it add a sub note.
On the low notes it acts like an enhancer.

I love to listen to leaky organs. They are so much more alive than the
"clean" ones.
If you use a sound such as 808 000 000 on a leaky one the leakage adds
colour to the sound.

2013/2/8 Bruce Wahler

> **
>
> Yes, the generally accepted term 'leakage' includes a bit of most of the
> other TGs. I'm not sure where it comes from, but that's the end
> result. It's a little like white noise at first blush, but is actually
> all -- or most -- of the 91 TGs blended together.
>
> I've never heard the 'phantom' tones -- or, they are so far down in the
> mix that I can't distinguish them. I know that on many clones, there is
> a different parameter called 'leakage' that seems to be added harmonics
> and some inharmonic noise. Whether that comes from TG proximity, as you
> surmise; or from component aging and/or transducer movement causing
> harmonics to be added to the raw TG sound is unclear. On my BX-3, I
> could clearly hear 2nd, 3rd, and 4th harmonics added to the 'Vintage'
> setting (vs. Clean), even if the 'Over Tone Level' parameter was set to
> zero. They were 30-40dB down, but still audible.
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
>
> Bruce Wahler
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>
> On 2/7/2013 6:05 PM, donstavely wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys.
> >