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"B's Knees"
OWNERS MANUAL
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the DCP productions "B's Knees" Classic
Organs soundbank for the Yamaha Motif XS synthesizer/workstation.
This soundbank utilizes the Motif XS internal WaveROM and
requires no external samples, therefore, the installation of extra user
RAM in Motif is not required.
It is recommended that you purchase a volume pedal for your Motif
XS to use these organ voices most effectively. The organ was the
original "synth", and it was first used to replace the orchestra in
churches where a real orchestra was either unaffordable, or would
not physically fit in the church due to space limitations. The use of the
pedal to create "volume swells" was an integral part of early organ
techique and still is today.
Bs Knees was the very first third-party soundbank available for the
Motif family of synth workstations. The XS version of Bs Knees
represents a significant improvement over previous versions of the
library. Rotary speaker sound, scanner vibrato, percussion trigger
behavior, noise, leakage, keyclick sound and behavior, and
tonewheel character are now more authentic, and several of the
voices feature additional drawbars (up to 8), taking advantage of the
XS 8-element architecture and new organ sample waveforms.
Unlike a modern synth, the Hammond organ was basically an electromechanical device. The combination of the spinning tonewheels,
motors, magnetic fields and wires produced a particular background
noise called "leakage", which was something like white noise with
metallic overtones. The keyboard mechanism used contacts which
when dirty produced an audible "click" when being played. This
"keyclick" sound became part of the desirable Hammond "vibe" as
well. A percussive bell-like overtone (called "percussion", naturally)
was added to later model Hammonds and was used by Hammond
players to accentuate the sound of the organ.
LESLIE SPEAKER
The final part of the Hammond organ sound was (and still is) the
Leslie rotating speaker cabinet. The organ was hooked up via a multipin cable to the Leslie cabinet, which was about the width of a kitchen
stove and two thirds as high as a refrigerator (although smaller
models were built as well). The signal from the organ is fed to an
amplifier which in turn feeds two speakers a woofer, pointed
downward towards the bottom of the Leslie cabinet and into a rotating
baffle called a rotor, and a smaller hi-frequency speaker upward
towards the top of the cabinet, into a rotating twin-horn assembly
(looks like a propeller) called a horn.
In the mid 1970's the last of the original Hammond B3's was built.
Since then, a number of "B3 wanna-be's" or clonewheel organs
have been designed, built and sold to musicians. These are all
digitally-controlled keyboards, most with wood cabinetry that mimics
the original B3's look. The first Hammond B3 soundalike was Korg's
first CX3, introduced in the early 1980's. It was later discontinued but
a "new" CX3 was introduced by Korg for the new millennium.
Roland's first B3 wannabe was the VK7, and the Hammond-Suzuki
company (owned by Suzuki) produced the XB and XK series organs
to address the demand for the B3 sound. Currently Hammond-Suzuki
markets a new B3 which looks exactly like the original B3 and uses
digital modeling to reproduce the electromagnetic B3 tone.
A REAL B3
Has two 61 key keyboards, called manuals. Each manual is
controlled by a row of nine drawbars, labeled 16, 5 1/3, 8, 4, 2 2/3,
2, 1 2/3, 1 1/3, and 1. (see picture below).
The Motif XS would need nine elements per voice to allow all nine
drawbars to be represented (plus an additional 4 to include keyclicks
and percussion). Since the XS has only 8 elements, some Bs
Knees voices include up to 8 drawbars but no voices include all 9.
To conserve polyphony in Performance and Song/Pattern Mix modes,
there are many Bs Knees voices which consist of just 2 to 4
elements. Thus, the voices in Bs Knees could be thought of as
emulations of Hammond B3 presets featuring the drawbar settings
appropriate for those presets.
SLIDER CONTROLS
Some Bs Knees organ voices consist of 8 elements, most consist of
fewer than 8 elements. Each elements volume can be controlled via
its corresponding slider. You can adjust the organ sound this way,
similar to how you would move the drawbars on a real Hammond
organ.
CAUTION - MOVING SLIDERS TOO FAR UP MAY CAUSE THE
SOUND TO "OVERLOAD" OR CLIP BECAUSE YOU ARE SETTING
THE VOLUME OF THE UPPER DRAWBARS TOO HIGH!
If a slider controls an element that contains a sound other than a
drawbar (such as keyclick or percussion) then moving that slider up
and down raises or lowers the level of that sound.
To restore the original settings for a voice, re-select it. For example, if
you are on voice A1, select voice A2, then select voice A1 again..
EFFECTS ROUTINGS
In almost all cases the sound of the organ is fed first thru the amp
simulator (Insertion A) where the amount of distortion drive can be
adjusted and either tube or solid-state amplifier character can be
added. Then the sound is fed from there to the rotary speaker effect
(Insertion B). This simulates the routing in a "real-life" situation where
the signal from the organ is first fed through a pre-amp/amp which
then drives the Leslie speakers.
In some voices there is no amp simulator engaged, and the effects
routing is organ sound to rotary speaker first (Insertion B), then to the
equalizer (Insertion A). The roatry speaker (Leslie) is always Insertion
B.
ADJUSTING THE LESLIE EFFECT
You can even adjust the rotary speaker (Leslie) effect for each voice
according to your personal taste. Here's how:
1. Call up a Bs Knees voice.
2. Press EDIT and F6 (EFFECT).
3. Press SF3 (InsertionB) to access the Leslie parameters page.
On the left side of page 1 of this display, you will see:
"Speed Control - sets the default speed for the Leslie, either slow
or fast.
Drive Rotor sets the depth of the rotor (rotating baffle in the
lower portion of a Leslie which the woofer or low end speaker is
fed to).
Drive Horn sets the depth of the horn (rotating speaker
assembly which produces the highs)
Rotor/Horn Balance sets the balance between the highs and
lows (the horn and the rotor).
Mic L-R Angle - adjusts the angle of the "virtual microphones"
used to pick up the Leslie cabinet's sound. Values closer to 0
produce a narrower image with more pronounced highs, values
closer to 180 produce a wider, more diffuse image with more low
frequency content.
Slow-Fast Time of R sets the rate at which the rotor goes from
slow to fast speed.
Slow-Fast Time of H sets the rate at which the horn goes from
slow to fast speed.
On the right side of page 1 of this display you will see:
Rotor Speed Slow - Rotor slow speed setting.
Horn Speed Slow - Horn slow speed setting
Rotor Speed Fast - Rotor fast speed setting
Horn Speed Fast - Horn fast speed setting.
EQ Low Frequency - adjusts the Leslie Equalizer's low
frequency (bass) setting.
EQ Low Gain - adjusts the Equalizer's low frequency amount.
EQ High Frequency - adjusts the Equalizer's high-frequency
(treble) setting.
EQ High Gain - adjusts the equalizer's high frequency amount.
MORE NOTES:
SPEEDS: Setting the horn or rotor speeds to values that are too
high will result in rotary speaker sounds that are less
authentic/realistic.
EQ: In most cases it is better to reduce the EQ Low Gain setting
to make a sound that is brighter.
AMP/DISTORTION: In organ sounds that employ an amp
simulator feeding the rotary speaker, setting the drive parameters
too high can result in an ugly fuzzy, buzzy, or clipping sound. The
amp simulator settings in Bs Knees have been carefully designed
to provide optimal realism and overdrive tone in most cases it is
not necessary to adjust the amp simulator/distortion drive
parameters.
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PRESS VOICE BUTTON, THEN USER BANK 3 BUTTON, and then press A1 to
begin.
E9 - Styx - Organ sound from Styx's classic rock song "Blue Collar
Man".
E10 - Jazz Fast2 - Jazz organ sound with fast Leslie, variation on
A15.
E11 - Jazz Slow2 - Same as E10 but with slow Leslie.
E12 - Jazz Fast3 - Variation on E10, fast Leslie.
E13 - Jazz Slow3 - Same as E12 but with slow Leslie.
E14 Burn Marks 4 - The smoky, gritty, wheezing blues club
Hammond with different settings, fast Leslie.
E15 BurnMarks 5 - Variation of E14.
E16 BurnMarks 6 - Variation of E14.
F1 BurnMarks 7 - Variation of E14.
F2 - XK2 2 - Variation of Hammond Suzuki XK 2 organ sound.
7 drawbars and percussion.
F3 - *-5-4+Prc - Upper drawbars plus percussion, lower drawbars
pushed in.
F4 Full Drive - Full drawbar Hammond organ with heavy tube
overdrive and no percussion.
F5 Full Drive 2 - Variation on F04.
F6 - 16-5**+Prc - 16' and 5' drawbars out, with percussion.
F7 - Ballpark 2 - Another version of the "baseball" organ sound.
F8 Super Whistle - 16' and 2' drawbars out.
PERFORMANCES 1-8
There are 8 demonstration Performances included in the Bs Knees library.
These are simple organ duo/trio performances set up with a drum backing,
left hand bass, and organ sound on the right. The performances can be
accessed by the following method:
A1 Be-Bop Duo
Be-bop jazz organ performance with drumkit, left hand bass and organ.
A2 Shortcakes
Funk organ performance with drumkit, left hand bass and organ.
A3 - Movin
Driving organ performance with drumkit, left hand bass and organ.
A4 6/8 Time
Slow blues shuffle organ performance.
A5 Rock Purple
Classic rock organ performance (think Deep Purple).
A6 Funkin It
Funky organ performance with drumkit, left hand bass and olrgan.
A7 SmoothJamm
Straight-ahead organ performance.
A8 ReggaeHouse
Reggae with a house beat organ performance.