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DISTORTION

This is just a bit of fun... It was improvised and I decided to cut it short for demo purposes.

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...ia_Fun.mp3


Distortion isn't an effect that particularly grabs me - it sounds dirty and altogether as though the 'sound engineer' (that's me in this case!) hasn't set the levels correctly!!! But I hear it a lot on 'Hamond' type recordings and guitars and thought - maybe I'm missing something... getting the right amount not to sound bad is my current work in progress or [ad] venture...

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DISTORTION II

Using distortion to fatten out the piano bass... (Poor P8 NY Steinway D Classical)


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...281%29.mp3


You can hear the distortion kick in after the first two bar riff...

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DISTORTION III

Using distortion to make the bass pedals seem louder... (Poor OrganTeq can't escape the 'party'...!)


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2003.mp3


You can definitely hear when the distortion is applied - there's no subtlety here - HA!


A 'better' version with 3 major changes - can you spot them???


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...%2003b.mp3

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DISTORTION IV

Using Modartt's own Fuzz on Celtic Harp for effect...


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2004.mp3

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DISTORTION V


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...20Solo.mp3


A more subtle approach...


A 'better' version ?


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...Solo_2.mp3

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DISTORTION VI


P8 NY Steinway becomes and ice-cream van...


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2006.mp3

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DISTORTION VII


Just how far can you go ... let's go Berzerk!


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2007.mp3

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DISTORTION VII


Love this Berzerk plugin from WAVES...


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...0Blues.mp3


Small extract of D. Schloffstoss typical 'blues' accompaniment


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...t%2001.mp3


Same extract with Berzerk Distortion added for twangy madness!


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...t%2002.mp3

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On the old Hammond organs we use a volume pedal. This was a great way to control the distortion effect

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DISTORTION

This is just a bit of fun... It was improvised and I decided to cut it short for demo purposes.

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...ia_Fun.mp3


Distortion isn't an effect that particularly grabs me - it sounds dirty and altogether as though the 'sound engineer' (that's me in this case!) hasn't set the levels correctly!!! But I hear it a lot on 'Hamond' type recordings and guitars and thought - maybe I'm missing something... getting the right amount not to sound bad is my current work in progress or [ad] venture...

Pianoteq 7 Pro with all pianos

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Urs Zimmermann wrote:

On the old Hammond organs we use a volume pedal. This was a great way to control the distortion effect.

Thanks for the info. I've never played a Hammond Drawbar organ, but I have played a classical pipe organ, a theatre organ and have owned several spinet organs. My current spinet is the Yamaha EL-900. It too has a volume pedal and I use it to control expression. Distortion is an effect that's available on the 'organ' and it can be set to alter the sound of the digital 'drawbars' along with any of the orchestral sounds.

Like I said it wasn't an effect that particularly grabbed me - but it's growing on me...

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ROTARY CABINET

Otherwise known as a Leslie I believe.

I 'composed' (that sounds far too grand... 'threw together') a 16-bar ditty in the style of a hymn to start experimenting with this effect.


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2001.mp3


The 'hand-claps' (hopefully they sound like that (?) were created using DRUM-80 - here is an image of my settings..

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1892remesvsdkj0wjrpq2/Hand-Clap.png?rlkey=voh9ew07up4ytzvo6itbjsa0y&raw=1

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ROTARY CABINET - REDO

I played this to a friend and they totally missed that the drum sound was supposed to be a handclap... [sniff]

I've redone it and changed up the organ part too:


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...281%29.mp3

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ROTARY CABINET II

Just an idea to apply this effect to the drum track...


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2002.mp3

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ROTARY CABINET III


I'm sure others have beaten me to it... but here's the Giusti Harpsichord (Werkmeister III) in a spin...


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2003.mp3


Take II


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...%2003b.mp3

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ROTARY CABINET IV

Reverting to the idea of adding a 'Leslie' to an organ here's a subtle experiment. A simple 12-bar ditty I whipped up for the occassion - but which one has the effect applied???


A   
https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...%2004a.mp3


B
https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...%2004b.mp3


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VOCODER

Here's an introduction (like before) where I start by using the effect in it's 'usual' context before experimenting on Modartt's offerings...


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mkhvflnhzry11icnmpyr6/Sad-Swan-Song-DEZ-2023.png?rlkey=h9jnpdljd62bjz2qzhv4025gc&raw=1


Above is the simple ditty I 'threw' together for the fun of it...

and below what it sounds like...


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...oo_Hoo.mp3


Just a quick revisit to isolate the vocal and adjust its setting... (no singing this time...)


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...e%2001.mp3

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VOCODER II


What can I say... P8 NY Steinway D Classical gets mangled through the Vocoder and then slowly released...


https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...n%2002.mp3