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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby Arjan P » 13 Mar 2018, 00:22

Wow, msavel, great sounds, great playing and one of my favourite musical pieces (Sheherazade)!
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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby JayDee » 13 Mar 2018, 05:29

Yeah I enjoyed it too, thanks msavel.

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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby El Lobo » 31 Mar 2018, 07:24

A local top pro played my 5D at a jam. I said I didn't hear much difference in the drawbar settings. I play standing up because I double on sax. He pointed out that I was not using an expression pedal and that would make a difference in the drawbar sounds. I got out my expression pedal and started using it. He was right. It makes a difference. Using the pedal and drawbars I make a lot of different organ sounds. I also switch back and forth from fast and slow Leslie. And I like the Farfisa sound for some tunes, especially cheezy 60's hits.
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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby fieldflower » 31 Mar 2018, 09:35

Agree - adding expression pedal to control volume (or saturation of distortion) makes a world of difference, and in combination with Leslie speed.
I often get away with playing only the song chords, as the above makes it interesting anyways...:lol:
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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby Ignatius » 02 Apr 2018, 18:21

I found using an expression pedal could be frustrating for both me and anyone running house sound, difficult to avoid either blasting or cutting out suddenly, though I greatly respect those who have mastered it.

Instead, I rarely have the drawbars out all the way, and use them to control the volume of the organ, achieving subtlety in dynamics I could not manage with my foot.

As for the percussion settings, I used them all the time on my NE2, but on the NE5 I have not figured out how to use them without creating a painfully harsh attack, even when I use compression within the board or on the mixer between the NE5 and my amp (a Quilter MicroPro, which is an amazing story all its own.)

I am mainly a piano player, too. I have barely begun to learn the possibilities of the whole NE5, true enough. However, the B3 as emulated on that board also strikes me as a vast, unexplored region of tonal possibilities, an amazing range of emotions. I envy those who have put in good time on a real B3 or other organ, who know exactly what they are working to emulate.
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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby Dreamer » 02 Apr 2018, 20:37

I believe that there are multiple organ settings for different musical styles, 2-3 programs for each style with two variants of sound each. Works. Exploring drawbar settings in web of the usual suspects also gives insight and inspiration. Not to forget the hints about rotary settings, use of foot pedal for Leslie control, reverb settings etc. etc. With some discipline in the band you can even use expression pedal for expression and not for volume :D
Recently I did a Cocker medley with a local brass band starting with a “whiter shade” setting modifying draw bars and percussion on the fly to something sitting great in the mix and storing it right away in its place in the NE5 set list. Try this live with a Motif and you learn to love the Nords :)
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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby Tracii » 02 Apr 2018, 22:43

A quick update on this:

YouTube really is your friend. I watch and learn constantly. And I've gotten a lot better with the volume pedal.
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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby daniel70 » 03 Apr 2018, 08:57

Different settings but always Leslie 122 close. And if i use the chorus, then always c2 instead of c3 (to warbly in the Nord for my taste).
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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby mon8169 » 03 Apr 2018, 09:38

Tracii wrote:A quick update on this:

YouTube really is your friend. I watch and learn constantly. And I've gotten a lot better with the volume pedal.


Any example on YouTube? I would like to improve my volume pedal expression!!

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Re: How many different organ sounds do you actually use?

Postby Tracii » 03 Apr 2018, 20:54

mon8169 wrote:Any example on YouTube? I would like to improve my volume pedal expression!!

Sorry, I think I wasn't clear there. I haven't actually seen a video that focusses on the expression pedal.

What I meant is that just about every video of somebody playing Hammond organ has something for you to take away from. And by applying that to my own playing (and playing a lot), I've become better at it. Including - but not limited to - the pedal.
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