Elson,
Actually, this whole mess started because I watched a lesson tape of one of
my favorite Hammond players, the late Jack McDuff, where he was
demonstrating a technique where he played an open chord on the upper
keyboard with a soft tone, then held his hand steady and graced down to the
same notes on the lower keyboard, which had a much brighter tone
setting. If performed quickly (and accurately), the overall effect is
similar to using a wah-wah or Mu-tron device.
On a Hammond B-3, with two keyboards only about an inch or so apart,
height-wise, it's a reasonable technique to master. On a pair of modern
keyboards, though, it's difficult to get the two sets of keys close
together, and so the result can actually be a sprained finger! After doing
my best to angle the AN1x above my Fatar, I still wasn't getting the
desired results. That's when I noticed that the High Cs on the two
keyboards didn't quite line up -- and the rest, as they say, is history ...
Regards,
-BW
--
Bruce Wahler
Design Consultant
Ashby Solutions"
www.ashbysolutions.com
CloneWheel Support Group moderator
978.386.7389 voice
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bruce@...At 02:54 p 7/13/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>At 11:04 AM 7/13/01 -0400, Bruce Wahler wrote:
> >For those who like to keep score:
> >
> >Yamaha AN1x 32.50"
> >KORG 01/W Pro 32.50"
> >Roland XP50 32.88"
> >Roland HP-3500s 33.00"
>
>Hey, it's not the size that counts but...