B3 Organ with a Leslie

I thought this was a cool little article on how to mic up a Hammond B3 with a Leslie Speaker. I have had the opportunity to mic a B3 a few times, most notably The Coasters and B.B. King. I never got to be this thorough and can't wait to try these techniques out in the future. This post from ChurchnTech Arts gives a nice look at the B3.

Three Ways to Mic a B3 Organ — ChurchTechArts


 

The Hammond B3 is one of those iconic sounds of modern music. And by modern I mean since about the 1950’s or so. The Hammond B3 was the invention of Lawrence Hammond. A serial inventor, he figured out that the synchronous motor he used in the first electric clock could produce musical tones. In 1934, he unveiled the Hammond model A. They were originally sold to churches as a substitute for pipe organs.

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Pics from Cause for Praise '12

"A" Stage Wide Shot

"B" Stage

"A" Stage Cross View

CFP '12 is in the Bag

Well Cause for Praise 2012 is done and it was a fun night. We had an "A" and "B" stage. The "A" stage was a little rock and roll and the "B" stage was, well it wasn't country but we did go acoustic.

The "A" stage consisted of drums, 2 percussionists, 2 bass players (rotating), electric guitar, piano, cello, acoustic guitar, 3 vocals. "B" stage consisted of percussion, stand up bass, 2 acoustic guitars, and 2 vocals. Here is what the input list looked like: You will notice a lot of shared channels between the "A" and "B" stage on my input list below. This is where having a digital console comes in handy. We had over 42 channels to record and had to fit them into 32. I will explain more in the posts to come.

Church Sound: Everything is Amazing and No one is Happy:

Great article by Mike Sessler. Here is an excerpt:

We do this with other technology as well. Take the iPhone 5, which is, apparently, a “huge disappointment.” It turns out that if you take a picture of the sun, you get a purple lens flare. #epicfail! Never mind the fact that I bought my first digital camera about 10 years ago and it cost almost $300. The pictures it took don’t even begin to compare with the photos I can now take with my phone. The one I carry in my pocket all the time. And can use to check e-mail, surf the web, update Twitter and navigate to anywhere in the country (using Motion-X Drive, of course, because Apple Maps suck).

Everything is amazing, and no one is happy.

Read the entire article here:
http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/church_sound_everything_is_amazing._and_no_one_is_happy/#When:18:20:51Z

The Three Phases of Ralph, the DSC Studio

Current configuration. 

Before the floors went in.

Recording Sydney's Song. The one that started it all!

Cause for Praise '12 Concert

We will be holding our annual praise concert on October 19th. Check out desertspringschurch.bandcamp.com to hear some tunes from the last couple years.

New Track from Desert Springs Church Music

We recorded this over two days while a pastor's conference was going on. It was kind of the theme song for the week.