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@carps898
@carps898 Күн бұрын
Does the T402 connect straight to the 760 without modification?
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 7 сағат бұрын
@carps898 no, it requires a Leslie connection kit. The 760 is a 9 pin as opposed to the 6 pin of the 145/147 or 122 models which were often sold with the T series.
@ForrestYoung
@ForrestYoung 13 күн бұрын
was looking for a Lowery organ demo and got a dose of my favorite band for free! Thanks, and did you know Thijs Van Leer is still composing and performing amazing music with Focus?
@CX2Pilot
@CX2Pilot 15 күн бұрын
Sounds good Mike! Now I have my eye on that tube preamp to use with my XK-4 for when I don't use my Leslie and use my Neo Ventilator 2 though the PA? Hmmm... 🤔
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 14 күн бұрын
Hopefully I’ll have some time to review what the preamp is contributing. It’s certainly an affordable unit if it does what you need 👍
@CX2Pilot
@CX2Pilot 17 күн бұрын
Hey Mike, I just made a video on my Hammond XK-4 and a vintage Leslie 145. The Leslie 145 sounds better than my Leslie 3300P, but to be fair they are both very different Leslie's, thus two similar but different sounds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3PEnWCMf8mogrssi=PhE3It69_nNPcFAZ .
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 19 күн бұрын
Thank you very much Gerry 👍
@CX2Pilot
@CX2Pilot 20 күн бұрын
I have the Neo Ventilator 2 and I think it is great!! The best Leslie simulator out there IMO. I also have the Roland RT-20 Leslie simulator which is pretty good. When I don't take my Leslie 3300P with me on a gig I will take my Ventilator instead.
@CX2Pilot
@CX2Pilot 20 күн бұрын
Hi, this is Tom, you left a comment on my Leslie comparison video. Nice job on your comparisons! A Whiter Shade of Pale sounded great! I have found that playing any keyboard with decent organ sounds pretty good though a "real Leslie". My Casio professional model with digital drawbars sounds decent too through both Leslie's here. I have a Preamp pedal here for the Leslie 145 and plan to make a B3/XK-4 comparison video, though I'm sure the B3 will sound better... will see...
@gerryegan6854
@gerryegan6854 20 күн бұрын
love that sound Mike 👍🏻👍🏻
@sukramyen8496
@sukramyen8496 22 күн бұрын
Beautiful performance and sound Mike👍🎶🎵😊
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 22 күн бұрын
@@sukramyen8496 Thank you Markus! Very kind.
@opus1952
@opus1952 24 күн бұрын
Lovely, sadly you have to be a certain age to remember these organs and how they sounded. Remember a lot of pubs and working mens clubs always had one.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 23 күн бұрын
You’re absolutely right. I used to play a fair few clubs and pubs back in the dark ages!
@sukramyen8496
@sukramyen8496 Ай бұрын
Hello Mike. Thank you for this beautiful video and your performance. What is the name of the song your are playing? Many greetings from France 👍🎅🎄🎵🎶
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 23 күн бұрын
Thank you, you’re very kind. The song is ‘Girl Talk’ (Hefti and Troup for the film Harlow, about 1965). Thanks for watching.
@sukramyen8496
@sukramyen8496 23 күн бұрын
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 it's a beautiful song that I have to learn to play ▶️ 👍😉🇫🇷
@TheLarryBrown
@TheLarryBrown 3 ай бұрын
I can sum up the entire truth right away. That Hammond you played up front was SCREAMIN' and nothing else will come close. When you switched to the Yamaha Genos and then the Roland, they both sounded like hammered dog poop. However if you made me do an A/B blind comparison, I suspect I wouldn't be able to name a preference. That's it.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 2 ай бұрын
@@TheLarryBrown thank you. There’s certainly something about the genuine Hammond Tonewheel sound, even in the small spinets like the M102. I think you’re right, in a blind test it would be hard to tell them apart, but most old Hammond players like the feel and experience of the genuine instrument.
@chenwenhua2269
@chenwenhua2269 3 ай бұрын
When you are playing the Hammond, that is went the bass pedals kick it, very nice!
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, comment appreciated.
@chenwenhua2269
@chenwenhua2269 3 ай бұрын
You cannot be called an organist oif you dont know pedalling.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 2 ай бұрын
That’s where the single manual keyboard looses out IMHO. Thank you.
@chenwenhua2269
@chenwenhua2269 3 ай бұрын
I still prefer the real organ sound from the Hammond, with all the upper, lower and pedals. Amazing leslie at the Hammond.
@mybachhertzbaud3074
@mybachhertzbaud3074 3 ай бұрын
Hammond organ + Jon Lord = Magic.😁🎶🎹🎶Play On
@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66
@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66 3 ай бұрын
Haven't seen or heard one of these for a while now. Very nice instrument indeed.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 3 ай бұрын
@@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66 thank you. They are getting a little thin on the ground these days.
@Iced_Cake
@Iced_Cake 3 ай бұрын
Sounds amazing! Ive got a DSO- in a vintage white color and its probably my favorite organ.
@valeriocecchi8492
@valeriocecchi8492 3 ай бұрын
Good morning, do you have a DSO-1 in white, an organ like this and my friend Rory More has it ... I have two examples, my favorites, greetings from Italy
@valeriocecchi8492
@valeriocecchi8492 3 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zpeqm4p3a66Ihrc
@valeriocecchi8492
@valeriocecchi8492 3 ай бұрын
But what part of the world are you from?
@Iced_Cake
@Iced_Cake 3 ай бұрын
@@valeriocecchi8492 I am from the US and familiar with Rory More, his is the only other white DSO I’ve seen.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 3 ай бұрын
I’ve never seen one in white. I had a white Hammond M102 with a black Leslie in the seventies! The Heritage is my favourite organ, sadly a bit temperamental and parts are a huge issue.
@valeriocecchi8492
@valeriocecchi8492 3 ай бұрын
Good morning, beautiful performance with a Lowrey DSO-1 like n1, greetings from Italy
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, much appreciated.
@Mike-kc8rl
@Mike-kc8rl 4 ай бұрын
Nice to hear the Hammonds. I used to love going into the local organ shop in High Wycombe and always got the manager to play whiter shades of pale on the Hammonds or lowrey or even a conn ? Loved Hammond the best !
@christ7897
@christ7897 4 ай бұрын
Hi Mike, I bought a Viscount Legend Live (Hammond clone) six years ago. I think it's very close to a Hammond in both appearance and sound. The Version 2 Electronic leslie sim is superb in my honest opinion, only beaten by the real thing !! Also Mike, what part of the U.K. do you live in ?
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 4 ай бұрын
@@christ7897 Hi Chris, the Viscount looks and sounds great. Are you going to post some content of you playing it? I’m based in Scotland.
@christ7897
@christ7897 4 ай бұрын
@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 Probably not Mike, there are far better Viscount Legend players posting on KZbin.
@procta2343
@procta2343 5 ай бұрын
Do i spy a Technics Kn 2000?
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 5 ай бұрын
@@procta2343 well spied!
@organfairy
@organfairy 5 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 5 ай бұрын
@@organfairy you have interesting organs. I like the X-1000 approach too.
@crazypainter56
@crazypainter56 5 ай бұрын
pretty neat
@rienvaneijk2480
@rienvaneijk2480 5 ай бұрын
Good day, who can help me I bought a Technics C800 what are the possibility's with the diskdrive?
@organfairy
@organfairy 5 ай бұрын
It's actually quite limited what the disk can be used for. I have the suitcase version SM-AC80 that was aimed at MIDI accordion players but apart from a different layout and a lack of keys and pedals it is the same. According to the manual the only thing the disk is used for is storing songs. It can work in two modes: "Normal" that can store 20 songs with up to 1000 notes on one disk, and "Profesional" where only one song of up to 10000 notes can be stored on one disk. I have never tried any of those though - the disk drive is broken on mine.
@anticomunistadoms
@anticomunistadoms 5 ай бұрын
NEVER COMPARE TO A TONEWHEL HAMOND
@johnwholovesmusic
@johnwholovesmusic 5 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 5 ай бұрын
@@johnwholovesmusic you and me both!
@allanweseman5433
@allanweseman5433 5 ай бұрын
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
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 5 ай бұрын
@@allanweseman5433 thank you for your comments, so pleased that you enjoyed this.
@davidmccall4776
@davidmccall4776 3 ай бұрын
Hang in there Allan, I'm 68 and have had my old Hammond C-3 for over 40yrs and just recently learned A Whiter shade of pale, so I'm confident that you will as well! 🎹🎹🎹🎹👍
@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66
@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66 6 ай бұрын
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
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66 thank you. I think that there are so many variables in the relationship between an electromechanical organ, which will be at least 50 years old, and probably has a degree of variation in tones between all the notes. There’s also the interaction between the player and the instrument and how they respond to the quirks. Then the Leslie - how it reacts between ramp up and slow down, relays, wind noise and, like the organ, crosstalk, hum etc. For me, I can’t see past the real thing, I believe in a synergy between the instrument and the player but I’m not having to transport one and I’m not gigging, so I do understand why someone would legitimately prefer a clone wheel.
@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66
@HAMMONDGuy-B3X66 6 ай бұрын
@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 You touched upon a very important item here, the interaction between the player and the instrument. I can certainly relate from personal experience that if I do not like what I am hearing, I do not play with any enthusiasm or excitement and usually try to get off the bench in under 2 minutes, as I did a few months ago when I encountered a new "clonewheel" that felt for me musically like a painter trying to create a beautiful painting on toilet paper; whereas if I like what I am hearing, I'll happily play for several hours. And I have observed this phenomenon with other musicians I know when they encounter various different instruments in different settings.
@lerpack455
@lerpack455 6 ай бұрын
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!
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@lerpack455 thank you. I can understand bands not being into transporting real consoles Hammonds and Leslies, a huge effort when few people appreciate the difference. Many players exclusively used to synths and workstations probably don’t want the genuine article either unless it’s a band heavily featuring the organ sound. That sounds like a lovely and rare A100 on EBay. I often the about what a fantastic time it was when you could get a new A100 / C3, M and L, plus 122 and 147s. And to think so many ended up in landfill when people switched to DX7s and the like 🤯
@wraitheful
@wraitheful 2 ай бұрын
found a perfect ‘62 A100 under blankets at a house sale over the weekend and I’ve been obsessed ever since. I already have a perfect M101 so this was an amazing find.
@chrisking9960
@chrisking9960 6 ай бұрын
Nice Pedals, not easy.
@thesoundsmith
@thesoundsmith 6 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@thesoundsmith thanks for the comment. It will be interesting to see how the development of multi-contact keys and better keyboard action, leakage effects and so on have on the sound and feel of the clonewheels. I suspect for everyone who has worked with the real thing, nothing else will ever fully compare.
@gregoryschleitwiler9601
@gregoryschleitwiler9601 5 ай бұрын
​@mikeh-mikesvintaI sold all my Leslie's after I bought, sponsored by Hammond the sk1. Ski is as close as you can get. Just make sure you run in stereo gekeys7739
@magnusrydh1972
@magnusrydh1972 6 ай бұрын
Plastic music.
@Gregorovitch144
@Gregorovitch144 6 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@Gregorovitch144 thank you. I think that’s absolutely right, provided that the tones are pretty good which generally is the case. I think to organ enthusiasts (I’m sure it’s the same with guitars - where I often struggle to tell the difference), the subtle harmonics, hums, clicks and whirs are often missing, although many clones now have these effects available. I can’t criticise anyone for not wanting to move around an incredibly heavy and probably temperamental organ / Leslie setup, which is probably why it tends to be only the bigger names with roadies and technicians employed that are willing to do it.
@TheLarryBrown
@TheLarryBrown 3 ай бұрын
​@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739In the last 35 years I've seen exactly two Hammond/Leslie setups on stage. One from a local band, and one from a small nationally touring act from American Idol. It seems that somehow people used to be able to cart them, but now they just won't. The thing is all those simulations are perceived as "good enough," but in the old days when that Hammond wailed people stood around in awe and it was sensational sound. That doesn't happen with the new tech. Rarely, never, does a Hammond simulation stop the show with sensational sound.
@JohnWellings-k8d
@JohnWellings-k8d 6 ай бұрын
Well done Mike, nice to know some one is looking after these lovely old keyboards/organs
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@JohnWellings-k8d thank you, I’m doing my best, not an inexpensive idea!
@AntonioCasoriaComposer
@AntonioCasoriaComposer 6 ай бұрын
F A N T A S T I C
@AntonioCasoriaComposer
@AntonioCasoriaComposer 6 ай бұрын
💫Super💫Super💫Super
@gerryegan6854
@gerryegan6854 6 ай бұрын
love the hammond 102 👍🏻👍🏻
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@gerryegan6854 cheers Gerry 👍
@darrenthompson3696
@darrenthompson3696 6 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
I think that the organs offer a different experience for the player and that can effect the ways it’s played.
@eredison8584
@eredison8584 6 ай бұрын
Just found you.Look forward to some more videos.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
Thank you and welcome!
@eredison8584
@eredison8584 6 ай бұрын
I was a professional organist/keyboard for many years.L103 +122 Leslie,X5 with 760, Wurlitzer piano and other gadgets.Just play at home ....to much travelling.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@eredison8584 I just can’t imagine moving all that kit around these day, I have enough trouble moving an organ across the room! I had an M 102 + 122, later an X5 + 760 and Rhodes. At least you could get the modern stuff in a car if you were so inclined. Best regards.
@eredison8584
@eredison8584 6 ай бұрын
I sold the X5 many years ago.It was a lovely instrument.Did you find that there was a small bulb under the swell pedal and when the bulb blew the volume pedal stopped working and the only way to adjust the volume was by the volume knob on the right of the lower manual.Never understood why,but nice organ to play.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@eredison8584 I never knew that and I had two!
@Ken5244-h5g
@Ken5244-h5g 6 ай бұрын
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?
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@Ken5244-h5g The original Leslie company started by Don Leslie went through several owners. The name is now owned by Hammond-Suzuki who manufacture new Leslies of various designs, some similar to the most popular old ones like the 122. See www.hammond.eu/Products/ProductsGallery?brand=Leslie Viscount also make rotary cabinets as do some others. None of the simulations can quite capture the mechanical ‘feel’ of the real horn rotor models IMHO. However, even Hammond Suzuki with their access to the designs found it difficult to convince the serious enthusiasts that the new ones were quite right when introduced. Of course the real cabinets are hugely expensive compared with a simulator. I have a Ventilator ‘pedal’ which is pretty good, certainly better than the effects built into keyboards that I’ve tried myself. Still, they are improving all the time and the latest Hammond keyboards seem possibly the best of the bunch.
@allanweseman5433
@allanweseman5433 5 ай бұрын
I have heard that Leslie tried to sell the rights to his tremulator to Hammond and they refused and always remained a separate company, but anybody buying a new Hammond was encouraged to get the Leslie at the same time
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 5 ай бұрын
@@allanweseman5433 apparently Mr Hammond did not like the sound of the Leslie and steadfastly did not cooperate with Leslie and so Hammond made their own Tone Cabinets with fixed speakers. Dealers were more alive to popular tastes and promoted the Leslie, which was also a very expensive addition to the purchase of an organ. This meant that fitting kits needed to be used to operate a Leslie from a Hammond, and some others, whilst Lowrey offered some models that allowed the Leslie to be operated directly from the console.
@Ken5244
@Ken5244 5 ай бұрын
@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 Thanks for all that great info, Mike. I wouldn't want to go the simulator route, but I don't have the money for an authentic, vintage Leslie that's still in great working order. I'll check out that Ventilator 'pedal' you mentioned.
@Shred_The_Weapon
@Shred_The_Weapon 6 ай бұрын
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
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@Shred_The_Weapon Greetings Eric, I enjoyed your video. I thought that the E sounded great through the Leslie. The E is vary rare over here, I’ve seen some RT3s around, and there’s still one or two in studios, they are fantastic but not as popular as the B / C / A100 it seems. I saw a used Motion Sound cab for sale recently and was tempted, but as I’ve not heard one live I didn’t want to take the chance, although it was less expensive than the equivalent Leslie 2101 etc. I would think it would be an improvement on the VR-09 simulator.
@Shred_The_Weapon
@Shred_The_Weapon 6 ай бұрын
To begin with,@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739, thanks so much for responding. I think it was a dental reason that there is something about a bona fide rotating speaker system that can never be digitized. I played into a Motion Sound rotary horn once at a retailer in the New Jersey town of Paramus, and I can tell you that it lives up to the hype. The only difference from the Leslie cabinet behind the name might have been an aesthetic that comes with those cabinets, but it definitely provided the desired effect. Was one of the studios to what you referred Abbey Road? I know that facility was equipped with multiple Hammond organ models through the time the Beatles were together.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@Shred_The_Weapon thanks for the insights on the Motion Sound, very interesting. I don’t know if Abbey Road still have the RT3, but I did see something about a console Hammond being serviced for them. They list a B3 in their inventory.
@renebanagudos5533
@renebanagudos5533 6 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@renebanagudos5533 thanks for watching! I haven’t heard that patch myself, hopefully I’ll get a chance to do so. Simulations are improving, but perhaps for oldies like me who have grown up with an electro-mechanical organ with a mechanical motor driven Leslie have a nostalgic attachment to the ‘feel’ of the equipment and its idiosyncratic variability. Personally, I perceive that the real thing makes me play differently.
@RayyMusik
@RayyMusik 6 ай бұрын
@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739So true. There are many good clonewheel and even better VST ‘Hammonds‘ out there, but playing on an ordinary keyboard isn‘t it. I have an HX3-based organ with the original B3 layout and of course waterfall keys - what a difference!
@oupahens9219
@oupahens9219 6 ай бұрын
@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 It's in these easy-going keys as well. Bit like shredding on a guitar.
@ynot6473
@ynot6473 6 ай бұрын
@ 2.30, you're showing your age there! (but equally, so am i).
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
You’re right! Morecombe and Wise, it’s also true!
@lickopotamusslurperton1944
@lickopotamusslurperton1944 6 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@lickopotamusslurperton1944 thank you very much! Yes, the keyboards like the Genos have got the Hammond tones, and hopefully the Genos 2 has taken it further, but the electronic drawbars don’t seem to behave quite like the real thing and the fast Leslie sim on factory settings is a joke. There are of course many Hammondesque patches and tweakable parameters on many, but I suspect there’s a lot of effort required to get the fast Leslie simulation anywhere near ideal. It does at least try to replicate the bass rotor, which is a step up from the 7000 and other models from that era. My observation is that some of the Hammond simulations see to be over emphasised. I do recognise that the majority of the new keyboard buyers have never and maybe never will play a real Hammond / Leslie setup, and may not even aspire to do so.
@andyg1957
@andyg1957 6 ай бұрын
@@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 Nice video! The 'Real Rotor' DSP effect on the Genos does nothing for me. I still go to 'Dual Rotor Bright' with tweaked settings. And I love to play mix and match to reproduce the sounds of other long gone makes of organ like Thomas. Tyros and Genos can do this, but it takes a bit of time and you need to be familiar with how the old organs worked. And there are tricks like putting the lower pitch drawbars through one rotary DSP and the higher pitches through another! But nothing, I mean nothing, will ever replace a Leslie (or Sharma, Elkatone etc etc) that really moves the air around. DSP sims can get close to a miked leslie but not the sound of a leslie in free space, maybe on stage or on the other side of the room. My Roland AT900P does a fair job, it has Roland's best drawbar engine and rotary sim inside!
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@andyg1957 thanks Andy, I would have liked to premium keyboards to be able to emulate a real Leslie out of the box. Having to work at tweaking settings is something I would rather the manufacturer had done! The Genos fast rotary is appalling IMO, but I agree, there’s nothing like a Leslie shifting air. I’ll be posting a real world demo of my Mini Vent soon. The AT900 is a fantastic instrument, I’m sure that it’s a joy to play.
@HHSTuba
@HHSTuba 6 ай бұрын
Seems like "that organ sound" comes mostly from the Leslie, but the simulations also seem to lack the gentle articulation from the Hammond
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@HHSTuba I agree, the Leslie lifts any organ, there’s something about the whole mechanical effort. Some sims and clones seem to miss some of the subtleties and richness of the Hammond which of course includes the perceived ‘faults’ like cross-talk, contact action and harmonics.
@astrorad2000
@astrorad2000 6 ай бұрын
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.
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
@@astrorad2000 thank you, that sounds like fun. There’s just something about that Hammond / Leslie sound, the mechanical, the slightly inconsistent electronic tones and the Leslie moving the air, fantastic.
@dariopiccoli1812
@dariopiccoli1812 7 ай бұрын
#TechnicsGX7 NICE!!!
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@alexandrakellermann2933
@alexandrakellermann2933 8 ай бұрын
😍🤩
@quavernote4307
@quavernote4307 10 ай бұрын
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 !!
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739
@mikeh-mikesvintagekeys7739 10 ай бұрын
I regret selling some of my instruments over the years, and absolutely, they most certainly don’t appreciate!