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Another entry in the realm of fascinating devices. Granted, it's not as
epic as a pipe organ. It was designed to imitate a pipe organ, to a degree.
The Hammond Organ.
And how does it work? Spinning metal wheels. That's right, metal wheels
with a wave pattern cut into them spinning near a pick-up. How cool is that?
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> And how does it work? Spinning metal wheels. That's right, metal wheels
> with a wave pattern cut into them spinning near a pick-up. How cool is
> that?
Mmm... it would depend on the angular momentum and the frictional
characteristics of the- oh, wait, I see what you mean.
Of course, the classic Hammond sound requires the use of a rotary
speaker. ;-)
(Also, apparently the "click" at the start of the note was originally a
design flaw. Countless soft synths have gone to extreme lengths to
recreate this as accurately as possible. Humans are weird!)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Mike Raiford escreveu:
> The Hammond Organ.
I heard about that. Never listened to, though... :/
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"Mike Raiford" <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:49416243$1@news.povray.org...
> And how does it work? Spinning metal wheels. That's right, metal wheels
> with a wave pattern cut into them spinning near a pick-up. How cool is
> that?
Hey I knew that .... was a roadie in my youth ;-)
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> Hey I knew that .... was a roadie in my youth ;-)
This has always bothered me... What the heck is a "roadie"?!
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Jim Holsenback wrote:
>
> > Hey I knew that .... was a roadie in my youth ;-)
>
> This has always bothered me... What the heck is a "roadie"?!
Someone always "on the road"? Or some easy rider? ;)
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Jim Holsenback wrote:
>
>> Hey I knew that .... was a roadie in my youth ;-)
>
> This has always bothered me... What the heck is a "roadie"?!
>
The guys who put up all the stuff at the stage when some band is
performing live?
-Aero
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Jim Holsenback wrote:
>
>> Hey I knew that .... was a roadie in my youth ;-)
>
> This has always bothered me... What the heck is a "roadie"?!
>
Being a "roadie" is an American hobby/pastime similar in spirit to a
combination of traveler and stamp collector. The idea is that one
collects pictures of themselves standing on or alongside some as diverse
and far spread a range of American roads as possible. Most often these
photos are hung up on a large map of the US pinned to the location they
were taken, but some people opt to make standard photo albums or
whatever instead.
Sometimes people will opt to have a theme to these trips, such as
visiting roads mentioned in songs (eg. route 66), or roads that have
some particular historical significance (a popular one being to cover as
many of the places visited by John `Roadie the Red' Bakerfield as
possible in one month). I suspect it's stuff Jim learned on or for such
a trip that he was referring to.
Anyway, it probably sounds a bit odd to you British folk, but that's
what you get when you have a country with highways that stretch almost
uninterrupted for thousands of miles!
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Another entry in the realm of fascinating devices. Granted, it's not as
> epic as a pipe organ. It was designed to imitate a pipe organ, to a degree.
>
> The Hammond Organ.
>
> And how does it work? Spinning metal wheels. That's right, metal wheels
> with a wave pattern cut into them spinning near a pick-up. How cool is
> that?
That is indeed very cool. I really enjoy relatively low-tech solutions
like that.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> This has always bothered me... What the heck is a "roadie"?!
In this context, someone who works for a band but doesn't perform, doing the
grunt work of setting up and taking down stages and sets, moving amplifiers
and speakers about, and basically making sure the band gets from place to
place on the road. Hence the name. I interpreted "I was a roadie" to
indicate Mike had seen such an instrument while working for a band that used
one?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
The NFL should go international. I'd pay to
see the Detroit Lions vs the Roman Catholics.
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Kevin Wampler wrote:
> That is indeed very cool. I really enjoy relatively low-tech solutions
> like that.
I prefered the mechanical Fourier transform, personally... ;-)
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:49417fe9$1@news.povray.org...
> This has always bothered me... What the heck is a "roadie"?!
set up equipment, troubleshoot problems, pack it up, go to next town, do it
all over again.
have you ever heard Jackson Browns roadie song .... stay just a little bit
longer?
Jim
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> have you ever heard Jackson Browns roadie song .... stay just a little bit
> longer?
God damnit, NOW I HAVE THAT SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD! >_<
Still, I guess it makes a change from Propane Nightmares which I've had
for the last week and a half...
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And lo On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:54:15 -0000, Mike Raiford
<"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> did spake thusly:
> Another entry in the realm of fascinating devices. Granted, it's not as
> epic as a pipe organ. It was designed to imitate a pipe organ, to a
> degree.
>
> The Hammond Organ.
>
> And how does it work? Spinning metal wheels. That's right, metal wheels
> with a wave pattern cut into them spinning near a pick-up. How cool is
> that?
'It's Wednesday night and you know what that means - it's Amateur Hammond
Organ Recital Night. Take it away Skutters!'
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:49423e1c$1@news.povray.org...
> God damnit, NOW I HAVE THAT SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD! >_<
haha .... better than some stupid commercial jingle right?
> Still, I guess it makes a change from Propane Nightmares which I've had
> for the last week and a half...
glad I could help ..... ;-)
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> Still, I guess it makes a change from Propane Nightmares which I've had
>> for the last week and a half...
>
> glad I could help ..... ;-)
Somehow "Help me Holsenback" doesn't have quite the same ring as "Help
my Rhonda"...
...oh, wait... NOOOO!!! >_<
Now I have to put up with *that* for an hour! Damn, having a brain
disorder is no fun! :-(
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Invisible wrote:
> I prefered the mechanical Fourier transform, personally... ;-)
That thing was scary ...
--
~Mike
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>> I prefered the mechanical Fourier transform, personally... ;-)
>
> That thing was scary ...
No, *this* thing is scary:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1293
;-)
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Whew. For a second there, I thought Andrew was in the hospital and
needed a transplant! O_O
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Kyle wrote:
> Whew. For a second there, I thought Andrew was in the hospital and
> needed a transplant! O_O
OMFG dude! :-D
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Kyle wrote:
> Whew. For a second there, I thought Andrew was in the hospital and
> needed a transplant! O_O
I also thought about that kind of organs...
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Kyle wrote:
>> Whew. For a second there, I thought Andrew was in the hospital and
>> needed a transplant! O_O
>
> I also thought about that kind of organs...
"Here, have a spleen!"
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> "Here, have a spleen!"
Mine nearly exploded that time when I ate a whole heap of fondant icing
all at once...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>> "Here, have a spleen!"
>
> Mine nearly exploded that time when I ate a whole heap of fondant icing
> all at once...
...no, wait, that's *pancreas*...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>
> ...no, wait, that's *pancreas*...
>
Exploding pancreas can be messy.
--
~Mike
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>> ...no, wait, that's *pancreas*...
>
> Exploding pancreas can be messy.
Yes.
So beware: A single Mr Kippling's Lemon Slide is about 30% of your RDA
for sugar. Eat all 12 in the box, and you just ate three and a half
times for total sugar allowance! o_O
(More surprising is the salt content, actually...)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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