Anyone here know how to get that "sweeping sound" from a Hammond organ?

[Taverner]

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. this may help:

http://www.ehow.com/video_4990471_hammond-organ-lesson-adjusting-sounds.html

Also for some awesome Hammond B3 action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyxXt0mCAg

[Taverner]

2. MMW are gods among men...

Medeski alone could carry a band to greatness. Adding Wood and Martin just makes them into the supergroup that should have always been.

[Taverner]

5. I think I got it courtesy of Medeski

You hold a certain number of lower keys down, upwards of 20....

then migrate to the higher keys

Make sure Leslie Speaker and vibrato are on

[jmowreader]

3. Look at the top left switch...the one labeled "Leslie"

Leslies are rotating speakers. That's what does it.

You can get a brand-new Leslie speaker, try to find one on eBay or get a "Leslie simulator" box that sounds kinda like a real (and very, very heavy) Leslie, if you want this effect with your guitar or electronic keyboards.

[Taverner]

4. I'm using 100% soft synths here

It's a Keyboard with a MIDI connection, and a program called jOrgan that emulates a Hammond B3.

I just need to know the "trick"

:)

[guitar man]

6. By "sweeping sound " do you mean

That magical growl you hear where it sounds like the player just rakes his hand up or down the keys?

[BiggJawn]

7. That slurring sound?

The one you used to get on a 2-switch B-3 by hitting the "start" switch that would kick in the start coils on the motor for a second and make the tone wheels slow down then speed up?

[guitar man]

9. yep

IIRC you could bump the power switch off for a split second then back on and get a crazy pitch bend effect out of it :)

[BiggJawn]

10. True.

I'm not sure it can be done with a single-switch B-3, but the ones that had the on-off and spring-loaded "start" switch could. I don't remember if that was a favorite trick of Groove Holmes or Jimmy McGriff or both. Made a really great pitch bend.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Don't have an answer, but every time I think of the Hammond organ, I think of this guy...

http://youtu.be/ETZOjio7sKY