Re: VOCE PRESS RELEASE

["Mark Longo" <longo@zk3.dec.com>]

        Dave,

        Welcome aboard!  Very nice to have someone authoritative from Voce 
on board!  Now if Hammond and others will follow suit!!

        I have a few questions regarding your press release.

> This event marked the first time that Joey DeFrancesco has ever played 
> professionally using only a single keyboard and without bass pedals.

        For curiosity sake, do you know what keyboard he used for a 
controller?  Also, what other effects were in his rack?


> Joey reported to Voce that the MICRO B II / SPIN 
> combination's recorded sound was indistinguishable from the "Jimmy Smith" 
> Hammond and Leslie setup's recorded sound.  Joey also reported that 
> legendary jazz engineer Rudy Van Gelder was also unable to tell the 
> difference between the two organ sounds.Joey reported to Voce that the 


        Wow.  This is *high* praise.  Van Gelder's ears are truely 
legendary.  I'll be standing in line to buy this recording.  Do you have 
the release date?

        You may not have this info, but I have been listening to Joey's 
last few releases (Danny Gatton, solo trio on Muse) *very* closely and I 
have a few questions about the effects.  It sounds like a B3 through some 
kind of leslie with a little verb and delay, and what sounds like chorus.  
This is *not* the Hammond chorus I feel sure, but some sort of effects box. 
 Do you know a) exactly what the effect is and b) whether it's inserted pre 
or post leslie in the signal chain.  Any inside knowledge or even 
subjective opinions you'd care to share would be much appreciated.


        Mark

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  Mark Longo                                    Digital Equipment Corp. 
  longo@zk3.dec.com                             Nashua, NH