Do i spy a Technics Kn 2000?

To me it depends on how the menus are designed and how often I have to use them. I have a Wersi Prisma organ that has a coin-sized display (no words can be spelled in full) and three buttons (one of them a scroll that only goes in one direction) for selecting too many functions. Luckily most of the 'daily' functions has dedicated buttons so most of the time I don't have to use the menu. My Technics EA-5 organ uses the menu for pretty much everything because too many functions and too few buttons. The organ sounds great but I hate the user interface! My Elka X-1000 is probably the one I like best of my organs with menus: Most of the time I don't have to use it because there are buttons for most functions and still the menu is easy to navigate and has a two line screen in reasonable length - most words are spelled fully.

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Good day, who can help me I bought a Technics C800 what are the possibility's with the diskdrive?

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I don't like the menus, either. And I hate touchscreen controls in the car that respond poorly. Never had trouble with actual dials and buttons. I know I sound like an old curmudgeon. I guess I am one.

Mr Mike, You have MADE MY DAY! I have hidden in my heart the love of that B3 sound with the Leslie playing Whiter Shade of Pale. I am just 76 year old tired and retired Volkswagen mechanic with no real musical playing ability. God gave me other talents, but I have an appreciation for those who can play. In Sanford Florida USA, there is a music store that sells and reconditions old Hammond organs you might want to get in touch with if you need parts..... Bird Man Al

Very intersting to hear these comparisons. It seems to me that some of the newer keyboards do not get Leslie tremolo exactly right. It may be (my opinion only, do not have proof of the following) that accurately replicating Leslie tremolo may have so many subtleties to it that it might be too expensive to copy it accurately. This same opinion holds for Hammond scanner type vibrato. The new instruments seem to have the steady (no vibrato, Leslie trem or Leslie chorale) down quite well. but adding these animation effects is an area that needs more attention. I have noticed a very "Leslie-like" effect occurs if you have an older Hammond and use V3 and also two separate Hammond tone cabinets. Although the audio signal at each tone cabinet will be in phase, the different placement of each will make what a listener hears have at least a slightly different phase relationship which seems somewhat to simulate the effect of a real Leslie on the tremolo setting. BTW, I subscribed to your channel. Look forward to more videos from you! The HAMMOND Guy

Lovely to see your collection Mike. Several points……I only saw one ‘real tonewheel’Hammond on a stage at Glastonbury in 2024. I suppose roadies are getting weaker now? Not all home playing Hammond purist’s need a B3, A100 or C3. A Hammond A103 ( The French Provincial body styled model with beautiful proportions, legs and in light Cherry wood with the A100 guts ) l recently saw on E-Bay for £1250 in July. It was a bid at 11.39am! Very rare model in the U.K. No one would be able to build a beauty like this now days. But in the past l have enjoyed playing the L, the M and the C at gigs, A different sounding animal on stage than at home. Keep the old girls turning!

Nice Pedals, not easy.

I played B3 on the East Coast "Chitlin' Circuit in 1965 with Spider Martin, following Johnny 'Hammond' Smith around. I tried for decades to get an authentic B3 from the best clonewheels, but they ALL fail the Palm slap. The Hammond had the 9 mechanical contacts that created the distinctive chiff.

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In the electric guitar world it is well known that the biggest difference to tone comes from changing speakers, not amps or even guitars. This seems to be born out here where it's clearly impossible to truly replicate the awesome sound of a real leslie speaker. It's the leslie that really creates "that sound". Otherwise to my ears most of your keyboards produced perfectly usable Hammond sounds and when routed through the real leslie were to all intents and purposes indistinguishable from the real thing. Which argues that your original leslie speaker collection is the most critical thing to preserve - the organs can be copied/sampled adequately for most recording and stage purposes, the leslies it seems can't. I guess the only reason they're not incredibly valuable is that they are very big and very heavy so folks haven't got space for them and can't be arsed to cart them around.

Well done Mike, nice to know some one is looking after these lovely old keyboards/organs

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You should try the Yamaha FB-01, a 50 bucks '80s expander: through a tube overdrive and a Leslie 760 it leaves many modern clonewheels in the mud.

The clone wheels soud too tinny on their own, but through the leslie, soud near as good as the old organs. However still prefer the organs.

Just found you.Look forward to some more videos.

Is the Leslie speaker company still around? If so, do they still make a rotating speaker like the vintage Hammonds organs used? If not, why not? And if they're not still around, has any other company come out with a credible clone? Those Leslie speakers we all love aren't highly complex pieces of technology. We're not talking about nuclear reactors here, so how hard could it be to make them again and make them compatible with today's keyboards?

Greetings from stateside, Mike. I was curious enough to click here and watch this video after having owned a different Roland V-Combo (a VR-09) since 2014 and previously owned a Hammond eat organ and Leslie 31H from 2000 - 2011. (Below is a link to a clip of me attempting to cover Procol Harem on that organ in 2010 when I began trying to sell it.) I grabbed up that Hammond E on the encouragement of my mentor who wanted (me) to own a model featuring the toe couplers, separate swell controls and 32 pedals associated with American Guild of organs specifications. (I would still have it today if it were the RT-3 which matched those AGO specs but with the tonal features of subsequent Consul models like the B3.) I don’t miss it since I’ve had the VR-09. What I wouldn’t mind owning (if I could get one) is a Motion Sound rotary horn to use in lieu of the Leslie simulator, although I still enjoy and utilize the simulator. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4LJaZSJfNmeo5Isi=QrPNdFuU-19U6PoB

The Leslies made the big difference. I love organ sounds. Luckily the Yamaha Montage/Modx now has a patch now called All 9's and im certainly loving it. Still hoping ill be able to sit and play on one of those with the Leslies. Thanks for the video.

@ 2.30, you're showing your age there! (but equally, so am i).

Great video and just what I've been waiting for all these years. The new arranger keyboards are good at recreating the Hammond sounds. But they fall down when they try to recreate the Leslie vibrato sound. I own a Yamaha Tyros 3 (similar to your 7000). But (after all this time) they can't seem to get that effect of having the bass speaker baffle rotating counterclockwise to the horn in the Leslie speaker right.

Seems like "that organ sound" comes mostly from the Leslie, but the simulations also seem to lack the gentle articulation from the Hammond

Thanks for sharing! Although I am not a first line keyboard player, I did dabble in piano and synth over the years and I have loved the Hammond and Leslie sound above all else. During the years that I played above average trumpet, I was part of a demo recording session where I also played the studio B3 and piano parts. What fun back in the very late 60's.

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Lovely instrument also with the optional sets of pipes as extras to take the brass section as they had a full set of ranks £4800 new for the 580 in 1972 had to wait for a second hand one just a shame they don't gain a value like vintage cars !!

This is truly the 580 at its best. Wish I had time to regularly playing mine.

I'd swap my Hammond X66 for a good Conn 580 or Lowrey DSO/ DSO1.

This is BEAUTIFUL! I have always wanted a Conn 580. Took lessons on a Conn 652 when I was a LOT younger. Currently own an Allen 123-3 (church organ), and a Hammond Aurora Classic 246100 (fun organ), soon to be paired with a long sought-after Leslie 740.

My poor old 580 theatrette no longer functions; thanks for putting this up here. I miss that Conn sound. (It was my grandmother's and it was willed to me.)

I'm glad to hear a lowrey DSO1 like mine Welcome greetings from Italy and good music

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Very well played thank you. I love the sound of the 580 ( had two over the years). Lots to ‘tweak’ like the pulse and tibia channel Balance etc. A real players organ. Let’s hear more please.

Hi Mike, I recently picked up a Lowrey Heritage Deluxe DSO-1. Are you hooking your Leslie 145 directly to the output in the back of the organ, and can you control the Leslie from the left panel? I haven't tried this yet, as my Leslie is a 122. I'm looking for a 145 or 147 amp, or another Leslie. Are you running the Yamaha keyboard rhythm through a separate amp?

love that

cracking sound Mike

Hi did you replace the neons? Also many of the timing capacitors?

Hi great sound I had one of these for a while and loved playing it

"Playing all the right notes... but not necessarily in the right order" That phrase alone has earned this video a thumbs up.

Well it sounded pretty good to me...