From giuliomoro@yahoo.it Wed May 25 13:15:14 2016
Subject:Re: Effect of touch on the sound of the Hammond organ

Sincere apologies for sending out the wrong link. Here's the correct one:http://bit.do/hammondTest

From: Giulio Moro
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Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2016, 22:39
Subject: Effect of touch on the sound of the Hammond organ


Hi all again,I thought I would share something more about the listening test I published last week. The test investigates the nuances of the effect of different types of touch on the Hammond organ.This characteristic is arguably one of the most important ones for performers, but we want to check here if listeners can actually notice the subtle differences produced by a pressed vs struck touch. Different types of touch and velocity do produce electrically measurable differences, but I am investigating whether they actually in turn produce audible differences. We are interested in the way these ultimately affect performance from the point of view of the performer and of the listener.
Further down the line I will take care of how these characteristics are controlled by performers in a playing situation and how they can be emulated and controlled in a clone.
As part of the test there is a video tutorial and audio examples. Recordings were made with no amp or Leslie, just the line out from a 1967 C3.Results of the participants are now publicly available here:http://eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~gm303/m/results.html
will you be able to perform better than these guys? Test your hears!
The test requires 30/40 minutes of your time, a set of headphones and an internet browser like Chrome or Firefox, (No Internet Explorer or Edge, sorry).Here is the link for test once again:http://bit.do/hammodTest
Please note that the test is not aimed at Hammond people only, so feel free to share it with your friends who know nothing about Hammond, it will be interesting to compare the results.
Let me know if you have any questions and thanks to all who took the test so far. I had some interesting results and engaging conversations with some of you.Best,Giulio

--Giulio MoroPhD researcherMAT Studio ManagerCentre For Digital Music (C4DM)Queen Mary, University of London