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Live, a little plate reverb, or spring reverb for Hammond where it's part of that sound, but no room reverb. Yes it sounds a little odd in IEMs, but the sound is being projected via FOH into an actual room with it's own reflections, adding a simulated room to that might not be a good thing.

Larry Goldings’ doesn’t kick pedals.

The secret is out, Autotune must be fuming.

send him tickets to a Chinese opera, throw in a Harry Partch album and a subscription to an Oud channel. This. 12-tone equal tempered tuning is a cultural learnt thing, and it’s hardly a secret that musicians spend more time focused on learning it.

You’re welcome. The dsp chart indicates the hi-pass filter shouldn’t start rolling off anything until the last note or two of the 16’ pedal. Unfortunately that’s not what you’re hearing. I’m guessing both the organ and main EQ on the Hammond are set flat? Suggesting there’s a problem with your EV. If I were you I’d borrow another powered speaker and make some comparisons. Before I got the DHR-12 I used a DBR-10 and had no issues, a 10-inch should be fine, and EV’s dsp frequency chart supports that. Good luck

ok, I use a Yamaha DHR 12" for Hammond trio gigs with an SKXpro and I can hear the bottom octave of the 16' pedal plenty. The bottom octave of the 16' pedal drawbar isn't really that low. My guess: Either there's a hi-pass filter in your speaker rolling off the bottom. Or you're triggering the lower drawbars not the pedal registration - the 16' drawbar on the pedals goes all the way down but the 16' drawbar on the manuals folds back in the lowest octave.

I’ve used a Yorkville sub for years on pop gigs where I’m playing LH bass - a Fender P-bass sample or various synth bass patches - but we just run the kick drum through it. 🤣😎 Unless you’re running Taurus pedals and really want to shake the room a subwoofer is not the hammer you need.

Reminds me of GSI's Gemini: 2 timbres, do your editing on the software. With a keyboard attached, but no poly aftertouch is disappointing given it's become a thing again just lately, and I'm not a fan of wheels above the keyboard on a 61. I think you'd have to be already heavily invested in Arturia's software for it to be attractive.

I have an SKXpro in a Gator carry bag with a fold up trolley. Whoever designed the handle in the middle of the rear of the dual manual SK series boards deserves a medal. It’s as easy to move as my Mojo-61. 16kg isn’t much more than a lightweight DP.

i think only you can decide which you’re going to hate more: 1. the weight of a 2-manual board that is a bit of a pain to move, but once you’ve moved it it’s plug and play happy days, or 2. a rig that is easier to move but leaves you with two manuals that aren’t going to be quite as close together as you’d like, some sort of 2-tier stand, and the bother of hooking it all up to your sound source before you can play. I’ve seen pros touring with a 2-manual clonewheel and I’ve seen others using 2 generic midi controller keyboards and a midi pedalboard hooked up to something running the latest greatest vst. I prefer to go slow with the heavier lug and then plug and play, but I can’t guess which will make you happier when you have it set up and play that first note at a gig. I’ll add i didn’t like the SKpro out of the box, too bright, lacked warmth etc, but after lowering the crossover point for the drive, adding more key click, widening the angle of the leslie mikes etc. it purrs real nice, imo. As mentioned there are alternatives to Hammond-Suzuki’s offerings and they’re rather less expensive: Crumar Mojo, Viscount Legend Soul, and MAG organs are the top contenders.

Great gig in the sky Set the controls for the heart of the sun Astronomy Domine Moon over Bourbon Street Sunshine of your love Walking on sunshine

yeh the thing with Clapton is there’s not much to work with on the entertainment front. ABBA you can dress up and go Swedish Chef on the accent, Pink Floyd you do a light show, Elvis you get your dance moves on, Santana hire some dancing girls, but Clapton? He sings and plays guitar, extremely well obviously, but that is the extent of it, so I can see why it would appeal more to musicians than the wider public.

I play in a Clapton tribute. If I ask the BL what he wants me to play - cause I'm the only keys player and there's usually 2 on the record - his response is invariably "Whatever you want." There's little if anything in the keys parts that any song depends on. Signature licks are all on guitar. I do have to play the single note machine-gun piano at the beginning of Pretending, cover the choir on White Room, and play part 2 of Layla pretty much rote, but that's really about it. However, I do go and listen to various live recordings, particularly if it's a song that he did with Dick Sims or Greg Philliganes, or on the tour with Dave Sancious and Billy Preston, cause there's always something I can learn from those cats.

Good to know, thank you 👍

i had a Vent years ago that i bought to pair with an Emu B3 module. The Emu was samples. The samples had been recorded via a Leslie cabinet. So even if I used the samples ‘dry’ without the rotating speaker effect, they still had the Leslie cabinet sound baked in. So does the Vent, at least version 1 did. So I had a Hammond sampled though a Leslie cabinet into a simulated Leslie cabinet. Not good. Unless you can bypass the simulated Leslie cabinet in these pedals and just run the doppler effect you may have the same problem running a pedal with a Leslie cabinet sim into a real Leslie cabinet. Into a non-Leslie cabinet like a Polytone, sure.

The CK61 doesn't feel like a DX7. If Yamaha had just kept putting the DX7 keys in their boards we wouldn't be constantly complaining.

On Scribd I've found back issues of a Hammond Organ mag with transcriptions, out of print Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim sheet music, not so sure about pop lead sheets though

This is my lead sheet for Valerie, written with Musescore (freeware), no lyrics but has the string lines written out and the whole structure. Valerie.pdf

Each to their own. I've always found a 15' speaks too slowly and the lows tend to muddy. If I'm playing left hand bass a 12" is good (or 2x10"), if not then a 10" is just fine. Yeh the DBR10s are good value. For a lightweight set-up I've now gone to an Everse 8" (7kg). It puts out more than enough to keep up with a loud electric blues band. ymmv.

That reflects my experience with Moises. Guitar survives the process relatively intact, but the default assumption seems to be that if it could be guitar it probably is, and where there's overlap in frequencies/sound with keys they get removed from the keys stem, leaving a hollowed out keys track with just the bits you could already hear sticking out when you listened to the full mix.

I've been down this rabbit hole a few times and tbh I'm not sure you'll really find anything better than your Electro, I invariaby found 3 octaves just not quite enough - I'd find myself using the octave up or down button and then forget where it was at - and it's not that much bigger than a 4-octave board or controller. But yes the MPC looks tempting 🤣 We can always rely on this forum to trigger GAS.

Thanks Luke, lol. Not sure the KingKorg Neo 'll do piano or Mellotron, or a credible clav or Wurly for that matter. If it's just synth the OP asked for sure there are plenty of 3-4 octave options.

Audio over usb is one of the things in the upgrade purchased through the Cloud, whether it’s class compliant and will work with a iPad isn’t stated: “The RD-08 Upgrade adds USB audio interface capabilities for working with music production software on computers. Communicate with MainStage on a laptop while performing. And use the RD-08 as both a MIDI controller and a high-quality audio sound source for your favorite DAW.” Other things mentioned are: SuperNATURAL Acoustic Piano 3 Apple MainStage integration Support for Wave Expansions on Roland Cloud https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc_rd-08_upgrade/

maybe it’s like groceries and inflation, some have increased in price while others have kept the price point but shrunk the item by 20%, the latter being pretty much what’s happened with the RD-88 being replaced by the RD-08.