[sdiy] Hammond Vibrato Scanner

[Matti Kari]

Hola,

> Or was it at the beginning of Wandering Song (on the Magician's Hat 
> album)? The pitch here goes down pretty fast and then settles on the 
> correct value. I always thought this was because the tape machine was 
> started after the organ was already playing.

I don't have the album in question but the effect you mention can also
be easily achieved just by turning the organ on and off quickly
(especially those units which feature the self-starting motor - i.e. L-,
R-, E- and T-series). Keith Emerson is probably the most famous user of
this trick. Can be heard on several The Nice / ELP songs. What first
comes to my mind is the live version of Rondo.

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