Organ Reverb settings

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I have a Hammond organ and I'd like to know what kind of reverb settings I should use for my recorded organ tracks? I want a nice warm reverb.

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I do a lot of Hammond organ tracks...and I never use any reverb on them. They are just to rich/full, and reverb just washes it out and makes them too syrupy if they are intended to be more backing tracks than say, an organ lead.

What I've been doing a lot is recording one organ track, then splitting it, and using just enough delay on the second track so that the organ vibrato (assuming you use any vibrato) of the two tracks meets like two combs...where the vibrato amplitude of one track is in the up cycle, I delay the second track so its vibrato is on the down cycle in that same spot....
...then I hard pan the two tracks L/R.

You get a really nice left/right vibrato action, and the delay is more than enough to create a spacious, reverb-like vibe, even though the tracks are 100% dry.

Anyway...try it...it may not work for your purpose, but for organ chords/backing tracks it works very well.
 
The dry sound of an organ is not really satisfying for many people. It is recommended by specialists, that an organ should be placed in a room with at least 2-3 seconds of reverb. Only then, its sound starts to be pleasing.
 
CraigCyril said:
The dry sound of an organ is not really satisfying for many people. It is recommended by specialists, that an organ should be placed in a room with at least 2-3 seconds of reverb. Only then, its sound starts to be pleasing.
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Dude, you're going from thread to thread giving really stupid advice. Please stop.

Please, point us towards an article by one of these "specialists" you speak of. Or, better yet, stop posting.
 
CraigCyril said:
The dry sound of an organ is not really satisfying for many people. It is recommended by specialists, that an organ should be placed in a room with at least 2-3 seconds of reverb. Only then, its sound starts to be pleasing.
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So you're saying that "specialists" say that a Hammond should only be recorded in a gym? I have a Hammond and I record it all the time and a 3 second decay would not be "pleasing".
 
seanppp said:
I have a Hammond organ and I'd like to know what kind of reverb settings I should use for my recorded organ tracks? I want a nice warm reverb.
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Try experimenting. It's cheap, it's easy, it doesn't bite, the tax is low, it's painless, the pay off is healthy and if it doesn't work out, no one need ever know so your secret is safe......
 
The simple answer - which applies to adding any fx to any instrument - do what sounds RIGHT/GOOD to you! I don't have a Hammond, so find some reverb added to my Casio organ sounds can give them some nice depth.
 
I would set the delay to be pretty long say 150ms to let the notes shine through first then the rest is up to you, the song the style.
If you ahve an EQ on your reverb then boost the low mids for warmth.

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ecktronic said:
I would set the delay to be pretty long say 150ms to let the notes shine through first then the rest is up to you, the song the style.
If you ahve an EQ on your reverb then boost the low mids for warmth.

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I just record it flat, then play with fx in post. Infinite possibilities then.
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openreel24 said:
ecktronic said:
I would set the delay to be pretty long say 150ms to let the notes shine through first then the rest is up to you, the song the style.
If you ahve an EQ on your reverb then boost the low mids for warmth.

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I just record it flat, then play with fx in post. Infinite possibilities then.
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I was meaning add the reverb at Mixing, not at recording. :)

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