Re: upper/lower manual output control

[Scott Hawthorn <shawthor@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>]

        Hi Ron and anyone else tring to follow this thread,
I'm not going to try to split my organ for such a recording-- its just too
much trouble for what help it would provide the student. Its been
fascinating, though, to read what Al and others have to say about that.
        The book will be clear enough in the text and written examples for
anyone who can read and read music. I may throw in a (mono) cassette, but
if anyone wants the aural information, its already on all those records I
stole it from!
                                Scott "Lo-Tech" Hawthorn


On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 ron@vgi.com wrote:

> 
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> > 
> >    Patrick wrote: 
> > 
> >    >  ..... a mod that enables the upper manual output to be separate from 
> > the
> >    lower
> >    >  manual/pedals. Ie  the upper manual would be heard from a different 
> >    > leslie than the lower/pedals...Does this mod exist or has anyone tried 
> > it?
> >    Or is
> >    >  it just a "story"? <
> > 
> >    Actually, there are several ways to do this.  As Mike Fulk and others 
> > noted,
> >    a second preamp was used on the old Model E and is the traditional way 
> > to get
> >    separate Swell (upper) and Great (lower) volume control. But on the E, 
> > two
> >    volume pedals were provided. 
> > 
> >    During the 70's, some spinet and console organ owners wanted 
> > drawbars-only
> >    operation with no presets, percussion or vibrato, no preamp or amp or
> >    speakers.   The outputs of the Tonewheel Generator at the Matching
> >    Transformer were tied into a 1/4" jack(s) and then to a pedal preamp and 
> >  a
> >    Leslie or other amps a modified Leslie.
> > 
> >    There are several methods to separate the upper and lower signals, but 
> > you
> >    must be careful that the vibrato and percussion (on the upper) are 
> > intact.
> >    Separate volume controls are still needed and this rapidly becomes a
> >    pain-in-the-rear.  Upper / lower drawbar volume differences was 
> > originally
> >    designed to be handled by..... "the drawbars". 
> > 
> >    Al 
> 
> This is a timely discussion.  In the recent thread with Scott
> Hawthorne about his Jazz Organ Bass Lines book, I suggested that he
> include an audio cassette with the lower manual and pedals separated
> between the right and left hand channels.  Without having separate
> outputs for the pedals and manuals, he would instead have to record
> the parts separately, the results of which would probably not be as
> natural as if he could play and record them simultaneously.
> 
> So, what are the methods to separate the manuals and pedals?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ron Alexander
>