31 May
2009
31 May
'09
6:27 p.m.
On Sun, 31 May 2009 07:03:09 -0400
Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
Ken Restivo wrote:
It is also probably the most woefully engineered one :)
Hmmm, not even sure if 'engineered' is the right word.
Amazing how such crap can sound so good!
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
... it's clear that nothing I've ever
heard in emulation comes close to it. There's something about the way it moves air
around that I really doubt could be duplicated.
I haven't heard a software B3 that comes close to Winwood's sound on
the
original Gimme Some Lovin'.
The B3 is like chocolate. Yes, there are substitutes. No, they don't
taste like chocolate.
... I think the Hammond might could be the
original mad scientist instrument. Long before Robert Moog started building synths, the
Hammond had lots of knobs and buttons and sliders for nerds to play around with.
It's the most popular additive synth ever designed. ;)
Best,
dp