[sdiy] Scanner Vibrato emulation, first results

[Glen]

At 09:07 PM 5/21/03 , Scott Juskiw wrote:
>Just for fun, I made a quick recording of my ham'n playing the same 
>notes/stops through the same sequence: dry, C1, C2, C3, V1, V2, V3. 
>If anything, the real thing sounds rougher (quite a bit more grundge):
>
>http://www.tellun.com/snd/hammond_chorus_vibrato.mp3
>
>Straight out, no leslie, no reverb, no synthesizers, no.

I've listened to all the recordings so far, and all of them exhibit
distortion from clipping. I also noticed that jhaible used reverb on his
"dry" organ sample, and that Scott did not. I then started wondering what
sort of recording technique was used in both cases.

Did you fellows record with a microphone, or tap into the Hammond directly
for your recordings? I think we need to use the same approach for the best
comparison.

I don't have a Hammond "B3-style" organ here at home, but I do have some
Hammond vibrato scanners. I'll see what sort of scanner demo I can put
together, just for reference. I don't plan on using a microphone. I intend
to record directly from the equipment itself, to eliminate any differences
attributable to mics or speakers.

Oh, I wanted to say that the jhaible recordings were very interesting. I
think they are getting close to the traditional Hammond scanner sound.

later,
Glen Berry