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    OT: I don�t need coffee, I just need sleep and exercise

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    I drink tea or coffee (no sugar) with most meals, sometimes iced or decaf depending on the weather and time of day. I'm not a beer drinker and usually go for Coke Zero (no sugar) or occasionally a glass of wine or scotch & Coke, otherwise just water. I love chocolate and pastry but avoid them (with difficulty!) except as occasional treats, and I aim to include some fruit and vegetables with most meals. I stick to a fairly regular routine and get plenty of sleep.

     

    I've worked from home for 20 years and have a fairly sedentary lifestyle (I'm 62), but I'd been going to a gym two or three times a week, and when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, I bought a secondhand treadmill, a few pairs of dumbbells (up to 15 kg/30 lb), and a small bench for a few hundred dollars, and I work out at home now instead. I warm up with 10 minutes of walking/jogging, go through a couple of sets of basic weight exercises (with a couple of minutes' rest between sets), then cool down with couple of minutes of stretches.

     

    It's a fairly moderate routine but helps me to maintain some flexibility, fitness, and pep.

    Organ Clones & Leslie Sims: Who's leading the digital race?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    What about phase shift when inserted in a (mono) FX loop ?

    I remember other overdrive pedals (Lounsberry ???) introduced such issue.

     

    Many effects pedals reverse the phase of a signal between their input and output, but this does not cause a problem if such a pedal is *inserted* into the signal path, as when one or more pedals are connected in series between an instrument and an amplifier, or in the effects loop of a keyboard, or in an insert point on a mixer. Phase reversal only causes a problem if such a pedal is used in the effects send/return loop on a mixer, and a direct signal from an input channel is *mixed* with a phase-reversed version of itself via the send/return loop.

    Stale Storlokken live-how to get this Hammond sound?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    The video in the original post will not play for me. I'm guessing it may be this one.

     

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    It looks and sounds like he is playing a Hammond A100 (same engine as a B3 or C3) through a Leslie 122, with upper drawbars on 888 0000 000 (percussion on, soft, fast, third), lower drawbars on 868 6000 000, and chorus vibrato on C3. He is mostly playing fairly legato lines on the lower manual, with occasional percussive stabs and doubling on the upper manual.

     

    The tone sounds like the natural tube overdrive of a Hammond preamp + Leslie power amp. The overdrive effect on most clonewheels is not quite as smooth, a bit more fizzy. I run my clonewheels first through a Lounsberry Tall & Fat pedal, which I dial down for a touch of grease on jazz, or dial up for more growl on blues and rock, then through a Ventilator with a little of its own overdrive, which so far is the closest I have got to the classic tonewheel Hammond + tube Leslie sound. The only way to get a bit closer might be to use something like the (no longer available) Speakeasy 122 AMA, utilizing actual overdriven power (not preamp) tubes.

     

    If you want to use an external overdrive effect with an internal Leslie simulator, the overdrive should be inserted before the Leslie (otherwise, the overdrive effect will pulsate in time with the rotary effect). My MAG and Viscount Legend organs both have an effects loop that enables this.

     

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    You mentioned John Abercrombie: I really like his 1975 album "Timeless", especially the classic title track and Jan Hammer's great Hammond sound and playing on tracks 1, 3 and 4.

     

    https://ecmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/timeless-1

    Clonewheel shootout, VSTs and hardware

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    As I"ve said before, the two best clonewheels are the Viscount Legend and the MAG (HX3 engine into Vent).

     

    :thu: I agree. In the 1970s, I had a Hammond B3 and Leslie 122 that I bought brand new. Later I had a Hammond XK3c and XK1c. Now I have a Viscount Legend Solo, which I use for gigs, and a MAG C2, which I keep at home for now. The MAG is the best clonewheel I have played, hands down.

     

    I am not fussy about key action, and I soon got used to the Viscount, but I chose the lighter spring option on the MAG, and it feels fine.

     

    The keyclick, percussion, and chorus vibrato on the MAG sound really authentic and are easy to tweak using the free HX3 editor software.

     

    The Viscount's internal Leslie is very good, but I play it through a Ventilator, which is better, but not needed with the MAG, which has a Mini Vent built in.

     

    The real wood end panels (I chose walnut) on the MAG look really stylish, and Max"s build quality and personal service are excellent.

    Keith Emerson

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Honestly, I'd just go in order: start with the eponymous debut album and go from there.

     

    Tarkus.

     

    :thu: I agree with both. :)

     

    There has been some debate about whether their magnum opus is the Tarkus suite (on the Tarkus album) or the Karn Evil 9 suite (on the Brain Salad Surgery album). For me, the first five albums are what ELP is all about, and BSS is technically their best album overall, but Tarkus remains my favourite.

    old Hammond XK-1 - worth it?

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    The Hammond XK model numbers do not follow a chronological sequence: the XK2 was introduced in 1999 and was followed by the XK3 (2004) and XK1 (2005), then these were replaced by the XK3c (2007) and XK1c (2013) respectively.

     

    I've owned an XK1, XK3c, and XK1c, and they were all OK for their time, each sounding a bit better than the one before, although I was not happy with the chorus vibrato, and they all sounded better through a Ventilator. I currently have a Viscount Legend Solo, which is very good. If I were buying a single-manual clonewheel today I would go for a MAG C1.

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