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Rich Grise, but drunk
- Jan 1, 1970
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People like the old Hammond organs like the B3 because the can't go
out of tune. The mechanical tone generator makes sure of that. They
only sound like a skating rink in, get this, A SKATING RINK!
Well, being the insufferabley pedantic researcher that I am, I came
up with a page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_organ
that about a third of the way down, says:
"... Accurate imitation of the Hammond sound with simple electronic
circuitry was difficult, because the subtly-changing phase relationships
between tonewheels could not be easily replicated...."
OK, fair enough.
I guess a piano is even harder - they don't even reproduce well from a
live recording!
Cheers!
Rich