If you can't afford a console, the M-3 is the only spinet model worth
considering. It already has percussion built in.
Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@... > -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Alan Hunsicker [mailto:nate@...]
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 2:29 PM
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: OT: Re: [motm] Faux Hammonds - rant!
>
>
> since i myself cannot afford an b-3 c-3 or c-2 i have been reduced to
> looking at m-3's. I love the hammond sound and even if I can't have it
> in full b-3 splendor I'm willing to compromise to a lesser model. The
> one aspect I can't understand is percussion. I've played a c-3 that has
> it, and a c-2 that does not. I've heard that this in an installable
> option, how much work is involved in making this mod, is it a part from
> hammond? are they ultra rare? does it fit a m-3? can i build this
> circuit myself? maybe some of the hammond experts can shed some light on
> this for me. if you don't want to email the list you can email me
> privately. -nate
>
> Dave Bradley wrote:
>
> > > Add a Leslie simulator to the MOTM wish list. Especially since
> > > the US prices
> > > seem to be double what JH has seen in Europe.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hammond simulation is a science in fact. And,
> > > >not easily done with any type of synth. You just need too many
> > > oscillators
> > > >to properly do the job.
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe another MOTM module? Would this be worthwhile?
> > >
> >
> > Sorry folks. Waste of time. I've tried them all. I've searched for the
> >
> > ultimate portable giggable Hammond solution since I first started
> > lugging
> > one 30 years ago. I've built chopped Hammonds, chopped Leslies, owned
> > Korg
> > CX-3's Roland VKs, etc etc etc. I've played all the current crop of
> > modelled
> > emulators. The sampled ones I can play for about 30 seconds before the
> > out
> > of tune upper partials drive me crazy. The fully modelled generator
> > ones I
> > can play awhile longer, but it's like playing your little old aunt's
> > antique
> > Baldwin in the end. It's like kissing your sister. It's like virtual
> > synthesis versus MOTM!
> >
> > If you are satisfied to play a few pad chords in a supporting role in
> > a loud
> > rock situation, by all means use a clone.
> >
> > If you want be an organ player, not a keyboardist or synthesist, it's
> > gotta
> > have full polyphony when you mash your forearm down. It's gotta scream
> > when
> > you do a rip up the keyboard to high C and stomp the Leslie switch.
> > It's
> > gotta whisper when you back off and take you to church. Cool jazz and
> > hot
> > rock. It's gotta make you smile and say AAAHHHH when you pull out the
> > bottom
> > 3 drawbars and just play simple triads. It's gotta smirk and say "Is
> > that
> > all you got suckah?!" in response to you losing control and trying to
> > beat
> > the snot out of it in the heat of battle. It's gotta show you who's
> > boss by
> > cutting your forearm wide open when you break a key from doing a rip
> > too
> > hard. It's gotta have SOUL. You don't play a Hammond, you are
> > permitted to
> > worship it. You don't own a Hammond, you are it's caretaker. Accept no
> >
> > substitutes. You have been warned!
> >
> > MOTM and Hammond, a classic combination.
> >
> > Moe
> > 1958 custom B-3, 1959 Blonde C-3
> >
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