Hammond XB-2 pedal [was Re: Pedals for Clones]

["Spence, Colin" <cspence@nelson.env.gov.bc.ca>]

Mark writes:

>>One potential negative of the expression pedal, though, is that when
backed off all the way, you can still hear the organ a bit (though not much) 

which makes fade-to-black endings impossible.  I find this to be a little
annoying in live settings but it isn't hard to work around, just slightly
limiting.<<

Mark,

I played with the pots in my XB2 and recall being able to have major impact 
on the pedal min volume.  Now I can't recall if it was possible to have it 
fade to nil, but there was quite a bit of play I think.  I think the pot was 
labelled "min vol"...did you happen to play with that one when you did your 
pot tweaking a while ago?  Maybe it can be adjusted to provide a nil return 
when the pedal is backed off all the way.

An interesting feature of the V 2.0 software is the control over max and min 
vol settings when you are using your XB2 to trigger something else.  I found 
that useful for doing horn shots where I didn't need a huge range in volume 
and was always finding myself coming in under or over the desired volume 
when I had the full 120 point range of volume settings at the end of my 
foot!

Cheers

Colin Spence
cspence@nelson.env.gov.bc.ca