Electro-Harmonix B9/C9/Key9

[Mincer]

Re: Electro-Harmonix B9/C9/Key9

Both, actually. But working on my Fractal, I got a pretty good hammond-ish sound, and made some nice pads with some of the multi-pitch shifts and huge reverbs. I will have to hook it all up to my looper to see if it is something I can use live.

Would that be for live work or recording?

You would be surprised what it is possible to get away with using the effects processing some current DAW software. The Rotary Cabinet modulation plug-in of Apple Logic 10 managed to turn distorted Chapman Stick into a passable Hammond organ vamp. More recently, a combination of some cheesy fake mandolin licks through the Condensator preset effect and the Rotory Cabinet produced an eery, floaty wash.

Isolated, these sounds bear zero resemblance to a real tonewheel organ. In the context of a full band mix, they do not need to. The modulation alone is sufficient to suggest Hammond organ.

 

[GuitarFanatic]

Re: Electro-Harmonix B9/C9/Key9

Would that be for live work or recording?

You would be surprised what it is possible to get away with using the effects processing some current DAW software. The Rotary Cabinet modulation plug-in of Apple Logic 10 managed to turn distorted Chapman Stick into a passable Hammond organ vamp. More recently, a combination of some cheesy fake mandolin licks through the Condensator preset effect and the Rotory Cabinet produced an eery, floaty wash.

Isolated, these sounds bear zero resemblance to a real tonewheel organ. In the context of a full band mix, they do not need to. The modulation alone is sufficient to suggest Hammond organ.

I prefer the real Tonewheel Organs.. because they are not so easy to move around, they don't have the benefit of MIDI, I don't need portability and MIDI.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Electro-Harmonix B9/C9/Key9

The solution to every question is not how great a Hammond is. That has nothing to do with this thread, so unless you can contribute to the conversation, move on to one you can contribute to.