Wow, all I can say is "I am not worthy!" It has been a long time since I have seen such a display of Hammond loyalty expressed so well. Eric --- Dave Bradley <daveb@...> wrote: > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
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Re: [motm] Faux Hammonds - rant!
2000-06-24 by alt-mode
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