Piano and Organ

[leonardo 1]

White Grand and Hammond together. How do you EQ the piano if you EQ it and how do you EQ the Hammond! Settings, thanks also for the volumes for both. Thanks

[anotherscott]

In terms of adjusting volumes when playing piano and organ together, It is impossible to fully balance piano and organ sounds, because the piano will get louder or quieter depending on how hard you hit the keys, and the organ won't. And the organ sounds themselves can be different volumes depending on the drawbar settings, too, so the balance can further vary with the particular patch (and can change as you play, if you're the type of player who adjusts drawbars as you play). So you may find a good balance for a particular song, but there is no "universal" setting that will work for all songs/settings. That also means, if you like to play with piano and organ together, using a swell pedal can be very helpful.

[Mr. Marko]

first off what kind of speakers / amplification are you using that requires EQ?

my Nord rig and K8.2 monitors run flat and the compliments come from every FOH guy I have worked with for decades.

[Scorps]

In terms of adjusting volumes when playing piano and organ together, It is impossible to fully balance piano and organ sounds, because the piano will get louder or quieter depending on how hard you hit the keys, and the organ won't. And the organ sounds themselves can be different volumes depending on the drawbar settings, too, so the balance can further vary with the particular patch (and can change as you play, if you're the type of player who adjusts drawbars as you play). So you may find a good balance for a particular song, but there is no "universal" setting that will work for all songs/settings. That also means, if you like to play with piano and organ together, using a swell pedal can be very helpful.

I'd say that a swell pedal is mandatory for any organ work!
It's an essential part of organ playing. It's the equivalent of velocity sensitivity for pianos.

I often use piano/EP and organ at the same time with the expression pedal controlling organ swell. I also limit the organ range to F3 and higher (it would be muddy at the lower range). Be sensible with the sustain pedal to not to sustain too many organ notes (they wouldn't fade away like pianos do).

Here's an example. For this song I engaged the sustain pedal for Hammond and disengaged it for Wurly to be able to play more rhythmic parts with it. Everything is recorded live, no overdubs: