Now, why didn't I think of that. This new B3 could be really something.
But, as I think about the generator being a digital production of the
original B3 sound, I can only imagine that they are using a sampling
process. This method would mean that they are just cloning one of the
original tonewheel generators (all 96 pitches as they state).
Cloning the B3 sound digitally was done in the Super B prior to
Hammond/Suzuki and after the original Hammond organ Company was closed.
I had heard that the original Hammond company had done most of the
development but it was not completed until after the company was sold to
the gentleman in Australia. The Super B did not sell for very long. It
only sampled a very small portion of the full generator and we all know
that each and every tonewheel has it's own personality which creates the
unique unduplicatable sound of all tonewheel Hammonds. This fact left
the sound close in the center of the freq range but rather thin in the
bass and bright and somewhat sterile in the high end.
A very close friend of mine purchased a Super B right after it was
introduced. Because of the shortcomings and to reproduce the Lenny Dee
sound, we have done much modification to it. The modifications we have
done include; echo, key click (we could not find any key click in the
sampling), additional channels of amplification for backgrounds and
personal taste (it has it's own Leslie which matches the styling of the
console) and much tailoring of the voicing to develop the original B3
with a 122 Leslie tube warmth. We were able to get the sound so close to
the B3/122 that only the most critical ear might know that it was not a
B3/122.
If I can ever get approved to sign onto the Hammond_Zone site, I could
upload some pictures. We also have produced about 360 minutes of
recordings and I might get authorization to upload some samples onto the
site.
I am really looking forward to seeing and hearing this new B3.
Lyle,
Hammond Master Tech
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:19:52 -0000 "kcbass1" <kcbass1@...>
writes:
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