[HAM] TG output readings aside - RVG recordings

[Kon Zissis]

Hi Joe.
I have heard about Rudy Van Gelder sometimes  taking a line out signal
and mixing this with the  main signal from the miked up Leslie but I
cannot confirm how true this is.  However  I believe that one way to
tell if a line out signal has been added to the  mix is by the character
of the key click.  When  the organ is played  through a Leslie  21H ,
22H , 122 etc cabinet the key click has a more natural ,woody sounding
"toof  toof  toof"  kind of sound due to the  frequency response of the
Leslie amplifier and the horn but with  the direct signal taken through
a line out you would get a brighter " tst tst tst" or a "tap dancing"
kind of key click sound  similar to what you hear when you listen to the
Hammond  through headphones that have been connected to  the GG
terminals of the AO28 preamp.
As well as the brighter key click , the organ  sound would be brighter (
especially when using the last few  drawbars )  and unless a reverb
effect has been added to the direct line out signal this signal would
sound very dry without any room acoustic on it.
 
The Jimmy Smith track " Ode to Billy Joe" ( on the album 'Talkin Verve,
The roots of Acid Jazz' ) clearly has the bright  tst tst  tst  kind of
key click sound which suggests to me that a line out signal has been
added to the mix. The tracks  ' Groove drops' and perhaps  ' Hobo flats'
also sound to me like they might include the  line out signal in the
mix.
All the best.
Kon
 
Joe Doria wrote:
>I think it's a bit of both personally (the C-3 and leslie (prob more 
>important) combined with the recording brilliance of RVG.
 
>TG output readings aside...
>.I was hoping some here might be able to comment/comfirm some things I
read 
>about RVG recordings (hammond specific).  I heard he took a direct out
(for 
>the lows) and combined that with a single or stereo pair of mics (top
and 
>center - not the usual mic on each side for that wide spread sound).
 
>Can anyone confirm this? Hear differently?