Grungy Digital Tonewheels -Take 2

[Bob.Schrum at harpercollins.com]

(Now what happened to the rest of this post? I'll try it again...)
     
Thanks, Gene.   
     
I'm in a great mood, it's Friday and the sun is shining in Michigan!  I 
said to myself, "Hey, why stop there?"
     
How about the Hammond's release velocity sensitivity?  If you slip your 
fingers off the edge, the spring & pad action causes the key to bounce 
causing a rapid succession of repeated notes, with fewer of those 9 
contacts striking each time. ("Fly Like an Eagle" Steve Miller)
     
The square-ended   __________________________, 
keys that slip                               | 
behind a black                 Key           | __ 
metal front piece.                           ||  | 
Some Hammond licks --------------------------'|  | 
are next to impossible                        |  | 
to perform on modern                     ____ |  | 
overhanging keyboards ------------------------'  |
     
Then there's the bullet-proof material they made the keyboard from.  B-3 
keyboards stood up to a velocity range of 0 to 127000!  On gigs, I control 
a Voce V3 from a DX7 and have had to replace many broken keys! :-|
     
Wire the power switch to not immediately shut down the power supply.  
Rather, trigger generator pitch and volume envelopes like this...
     
                                        PPP
           off              on        PP   PP           
            |     VVV       |       PP      PP       PPP
PPPPPPPPPPPPP    V   V      |      PP        PP     PP  PP  PPPPPPPPP
            |PPPV     V     |     PP          PP   PP    PPP 
            |  VPP     V    |    PVVV           PPP
            | V   PP    V   |   PV   VVV
VVVVVVVVVVVVVV      PP   V  |  PV       VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
            |         PP  V | PV    
            |           PP V|PV
            |             PPVV
     
Wire a momentary switch that has to be held on for 15 seconds before 
turning on the power switch.  Make no sound at all if otherwise it done.
     
Put the whole thing in a maple cabinet and make it weigh 435 pounds.
(Only for those who believe the Minimoog's sound is more influenced by the 
wooden box than the VCF) :-) :-) :-)
     
     
     Have a great weekend, everybody!  Stay hip!   Bob.