[HAM] New B3 Demo

[Randal Muir]

> The recording, Live at the Five Spot, was legit. I was there, and it was
> never an issue of it being a "blind" comparison of the two organs. There
was
> no manipulation.

I'm not saying it was a blind comparison.  On hearing the recording I
remember being surprised at the clean straight sound that Jack McDuff used
on his B3 (i.e no grit or vib/chorus).  I came to the conclusion that since
Joey D was endorsed by Hammond Suzuki at the time that it would be a good
idea for them to make the instruments to sound as similar as possible for
the "wow I can't tell the difference!" response.

>
> What do you mean about the V5 in a jazz setting? I don't quite understand
> your statement.

The leakage on the v5 is one sample spread over the entire keyboard and
sounds terrible and even worse with the vibrato/chorus on.  My thought was
that these sounds are more transparent on the jazz setting and thus the v5
is unconvincing. Tonewheel leakage and vib/chorus creates a beautiful
breathy effect on real hammonds that I'm yet to hear on any clone.

Cheers -Randal