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I have a four-cartridge colour HP laser in my office I bought .......... maybe in 2011? I think I've replaced the ink twice. It was a $350 printer back then, and a complete toner replacement is somewhere around $100. My trick to toner cartridge longevity is to turn off ink management in the driver (thank you, HP) and shaking them up now and then. I get about an extra year out of them that way. I threw my inkjet in the garbage because my cost per page was around $2 when I worked out the cost of replacing the dried up cartridges. I have the black-only version of that printer right here. I don't know if it's something my mac does or the printer does, but I can print to it with my iPad. Model is M1212nf MFP. It's plugged into my network. I hate USB. I think this guy was around $125 roughly 4 years ago. I have changed the toner cartridge once. Wes

I've never heard this, but it's not your pedal. I'm using ancient DP-10s FWIW.

I just switched my 145 from 1973 Tung-Sols to brand-new JJ KT88s. The Leslie is a hair louder now (I run it at nine instead of 10), but otherwise sounds the same to me, until it comes time for total distortion. When you put your pedal to the metal, the new tubes are little harder, more aggressive than the ones I pulled out. But I'm not really a Jon-Lord player. These things sound great AFAIC. Oh, I also switched 12AU7s. I suppose I suppose I should have changed one thing at a time. Wes

PC messages on VR09 target the GM2 subsystem. That is not normally what people want. We want to change registrations. If we wanted GM2, we'd buy a sound canvas or something.

What gets saved in the SMF, Tom? A bunch of sysex? That might be really helpful to me: I am trying to figure out if I can use the VR09 as a set list manager. This would be much faster than decoding the UPG file format. All I would have to do is save my registrations, then tack on PC messages that I want to send to my lower board. Assuming SMF playback sends out the MIDI port. Anybody know?

These threads are dangerous. I have a bad habit of scratching my own itches. That can get expensive, quickly. Luckily I've become hooked on vacuum tube organs recently......nice change from the day job. Although I accidentally got pulled into R&D on some organ-related stuff........argh. LOL. I'm curious what percentage of musicians are "makers". There's a bunch in this thread.

Ironically, my cell phone sounds better when used with Skype than placing direct calls. The fact that the phone system has shelving EQs under 300Hz and over 3kHz doesn't help.

With all due respect, none of your examples are even close to printing a finished product. 3D printing a blank PCB is of virtually no interest. There is almost no cost in small-run PCBs. I've been doing one-offs at home since the 80s. A mini CNC machine would do an awesome job. Show me something that can print a PCB with passives and silicon, and we'll talking about actually manufacturing something.

As long as you want to manufacture simple, low-tolerance hunks of plastic..it's a long way from making electronics in metal enclosures. Probably 100 years away.

I picked up a hard case for my VR-09 yesterday in the gun aisle of Canadian Tire. Significantly cheaper than the equivalent Gator or SKB. I doubt that the shock protection is as good, but it's good enough IMO for non-abusive transport. I guesstimate the weight at 10-12lbs. The case is extremely rigid and might tolerate being driven over by a small trailer. On sale this week for $99 CAD: http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/huntshield-single-scoped-rifle-case-42-in-1754389p.html http://oi66.tinypic.com/30c12xc.jpg

I actually just tried this on a per-registration basis...you can' t. REALLY annoying. But if you're already in MIDI-land (I'm avoiding it), you might find that it still sends CC which you might be able to wing back to the VR09 on a per-song basis. Just a thought.

Wow, DanL, that's a cool way to do percussion. I wound up using velocity-triggered percussion. While not at all the same, it was quite usable.

Good old Algorythm 32. A DX7II with E! allowed two voices, making a chorusy detuning easier, but limiting polyphony IIRC. I still have a DX7II with patches named "88800000" and so on. Pumped through a real Leslie, it sounds pretty good. Wes

PS - if your volume is dropping with V/C, you have a minor AO28 issue. Try switching around the two 6AU6s. If the problem inverts itself (weak channel follows specific tube), you have a weak tube and should order two new ones.

There is a resistor in the matching transformer housing you can jumper across. It is enabled by a little switch under the B preset key. I forget which resistor it is, but it's easy enough to find; likely mentioned on Jeff Daikiri's Hammond wiki.

And the overall level of the upper manual will go down on when you flip the percussion on. IF that bothers you, there is an easy fix.

NICE!!! It's an experience, eh? Did you have Ken go over the rig, or are you just getting used to it? Wes

Nothing significant. You would have to know that specific Leslie very well to notice the difference. Unit to unit variance is much greater. Condition of tire, stack adjustment, belt condition, and stack position all play a bigger role.

There are no "conflicting pressure waves". It's just a rotor that stops before it goes. Not much different than briefly transitioning a 3-speed through stop.

I've done that too. It sounds like wooooow wooooow wooooow wooooow click woooooooow wooooooooooow wooooow woooow wooow woow wowowowowoowowowowow Wes

The Leslie is definitely a great place to start. The vast majority of these haven't been probably oiled since Nixon was in the Whitehouse. Start with the bottom stack. Not matter how bad you screw it up, the organ is playable with no bottom motors. Wes

If you're going to stair-step it, make sure one set of wheels are lifted so you can set the organ for a rest. There's another trick, as well - you can insert a length of iron pipe at the bottom of the ROKs somehow to lift from the bottom. The top person lifting from the bottom means the bottom guy has to do less work. I've never used this trick. DANGER - if that organ goes tumbling, the bottom person cannot stop it and could be seriously hurt. If you're not comfortable with the move, hire somebody who is. If you are brave and feel like trying something crazy, line the stairs with plywood to make a ramp. Then borrow a boat trailer or an ATV and use the winch to pull the organ up. Note that it will "hang up" on the top step as you attempt to level it out, so at that point, somebody who has stayed in the basement needs to remove some plywood and give the organ a push from the bottom. If using a winch, do not pull on anything - if that something breaks, the organ will go crashing down. Instead wrap a strap around the whole organ and pull on the strap.

dB - reverb knob can be eliminated easily, bypass the two wires with alligator clips or something. That will put it in max reverb if everything else works. I think you can just remove four screws on the plate and pull the knob and housing straight up and out of the music desk. But try cleaning the RCA connectors first. Re. Leslie level - it sounds like your noise floor is way too high, and this is why the organ:leslie balance seems out. You WILL hear some noise with the amp dimed in a quiet room, but it shouldn't be THAT bad. Odd that's worse on tremolo. No hypothesis there. Re. MEE switches - pay attention when buying that you get the one that matches whatever interface box you're buying. I would recommend buying them both at once. There are a few different designs, and the correct vintage kit for an A100 is a bit hard to come by. It's special because it can switch the reverb off along with the main speakers...and one final caveat, a lot of the time when you MEE up 147, you will find that the 147 hums when the switch is in "main" position. That's because these switches leave the "echo" terminal disconnected rather than grounding them. You'd be able to work around that by putting the load resistor in the 145 to "16 ohm" rather than "open", but then you'll need to feed the Leslie from the AO-39 rather than AO-28. This will sound a bit bassier, and likelier a bit muddier. The way your Leslie is currently hooked up is the same as in a B3. Wes

You can't (easily) turn down the organ's sound just a bit. Your best bet IMO is to dime the Leslie and use the volume soft tablet. Not ideal....but if it is really that loud, I have to wonder if either the Leslie is low on output, or if the AO39 has a problem. R3 or R4 drifting high, while unexpected, could cause that...I think. As for your reverb not working - that sucks. Try the easy stuff - clean the RCA connectors, reinsert the tubes, turn the reverb knob, make sure all the wires are plugged in. Bang the tank and see if you hear it in the reverb speaker. If memory serves me correctly, that amp uses EL84s. You might have some available for swapping if you have a Marshall. Or an L100. Wes

I like working on Hammond stuff because it really makes you scratch your head in awe sometimes. Did you know they *invented* spring reverb? Both Gibbs AND Accutronics are Hammond spin-offs. As for easy reverb fixes on an A100 - once the internal speakers are working, the next thing is the RCA connectors. They get oxidized, cleaning them is often all it takes. Of course, the tanks DO fail, but it's just not as common as it is in a combo amp.