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Lower Stretch slider: Controls the amount of deviation from the equal-tempered scale
in the bass frequencies. The higher the value, the farther down the low notes are tuned.
At a setting of 0, the EVB3 is tuned to an equal-tempered scale, with each octave below
exactly halving the frequency.
Warmth slider: Controls the amount of random deviation from an equal-tempered scale.
High Warmth values can add life to your organ sounds, but you should be conservative
with this parameter, as higher values tend to sound a little out of tune.
Note: Use of both Warmth and Stretch may result in a detuned sound, which is similar
to a heavy chorus effect. Set Warmth to 0 if you’re after a purer sound.
Pitchbend Up/Down sliders: The Hammond B3 has no pitch bend facilities. Therefore,
use of pitch bend is not suitable for realistic organ simulations, but it does provide a
number of creative options.
You can independently set the pitch bend up/down sensitivity—in semitone
steps—with the Pitchbend Up and Pitchbend Down parameters. The maximum
sensitivity for upward bends is one octave.
You can also set the Pitch Bend Down parameter to “Brake,” which gradually slows
down the tonewheels until they totally stop—when your keyboard’s pitch bend
control is at the minimum position.
Note: The Brake setting recreates an effect heard at the end of “Knife Edge” by Emerson,
Lake, and Palmer. Keith Emersons virtuoso Hammond work was recorded on a
reel-to-reel tape recorder that was gently slowed to a total stop.
Trans UM, Trans LM, and Trans Ped pop-up menus: Use to individually transpose the
Upper, Lower, and Pedal registers up or down one or two octaves. See Transposing
the EVB3 by Octaves for details.
About Stretch Tuning
The tones of clavinets, harpsichords, and pianos have inharmonicities in their harmonic
structure. The frequencies of these overtones (harmonics) are not exact, whole-number
multiples of the base frequency. This means that the overtones of lower (tuned) notes
are more closely related to the main frequencies of the upper notes. Due to the lack of
strings, this inharmonic relationship is not true of organs.
The stretch feature was principally included for situations where you want to use the
EVB3 in an arrangement alongside a recording of an acoustic piano.
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