Hello,

Has anyone out there found any B4 patches (or
created any custom banks themselves)? I have found
none on this site or anywhere else on the internet.
I have also been searching for lists of
drawbar settings for "classic" organ sounds on
the web. I've found a few, but there must be more
out there somewhere. I wish they were as plentyful
as guitar tabs and midi files
Thanks for any tips you might have!

Greg

Have you tried the ZR-1 or ZR-3 Rumpeltausch organ VSTs ?

..... which are at http://www.kvr-vst.com/inst.php?inst=213

Hi,
Thanks, I do have ZR-1 also (in addition to B4
and several hardware B3 emulators) It's pretty
damn cool, especially at the price! I guess I
was hoping someone had patches (for either) or
links to textual drawbar settings (ie. Jimmy
Smith 888800008, percussion On, etc.) or such.
Thanks again, Greg

hi, I found this here:

http://theatreorgans.com/grounds/docs/history.html

"There are literally millions of tone qualities and endless shades of dynamic level available on the Hammond organ. Figure 1, (see back pages), or drawbar setting (00 6200 000) is an example of a flute tone. Figure 2 (00 4345 554) is an example of a violin tone. Figure 3 (00 6876 540) is an example of a trumpet-like tone, and Figure 4 (54 5444 222) is an example of a diapason, or a typically organ-like tone quality. There are also the typical jazz settings (not included in the appendix,) such as 88 8000 000, the most common, used by jazz players 90% of the time, 88 8400 080, for a bit more of a whistle during solos, 80 0000 088, for a high-end chordal voice setting, or the full blown 88 8888 888, the largest sound possible on the organ, which is used usually for loud chord solos, or huge crescendos or climaxes. That particular setting truly defines the phrase "pulling out all the stops", and it means exactly what it says; the works. Of course, there are a multitude of other possibilities, and every player out there has his or her own particular setting, or 'sound'. But how exactly do the drawbars do what they do? The answer to that lies in the tone generator. "

http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/paul.htm

http://u.webring.com/hub?ring=hammond

http://cc.ysu.edu/~doug/hammond.htm

...some more linkpages..maybe you found them too...but maybe there is something...
...I was also interesting for me..



peace, moritz

Thanks, Moritz,
I had seen several of those. Of the sites on the
hammond organ webring, the most relevant was:
http://www.thesoundsmith.com/private/hammond1.htm
which has some good jazz registrations. As I play
jazz/rock kind of stuff, I was more interested in
those voicings than orchestral/theater/church
voicings - of which there is much (old) info about.

peace right back 'atch!
Greg
PS, I seem to remember a bunch of organists telling their settings in Keyboard mag articles
and the perennial B3 special issues, I'll have to
search the pile (or website). I wish the keyboard
techs for certain keyboard players would spill the beans in a tell-all article!