Are you sure you have ALL the speaker connections correct? Some of those
organs have switches to combined channels and if these are not set correctly
and there is no speaker connection you will be missing stops. Volume for the
different families are adjustable. I suggest you contact your local Rodgers
dealer and get a spec sheet of the audio board to check where the switch
positions should be and where the volume pots for each of the families are. It
can be quite confusing without one.
Mike
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[mailto:rodgersorgan-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff White
Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2017 1:04 PM
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Subject: [rodgersorganusers] Re: Conversion from Analog to digital
Two things going on (one of which is fixable): it’s very out of balance. The
flutes are bigger than the principals. The bass woofer will cut in and out.
My Swell mixtures do not work at all. The crescendo pedal doesn’t fully “open”
and there is little difference in Swell open or closed. There is zero reverb
(spring thing is only on one panel.). I figure most of these have POTs (is that
the right acronym?) for that. I just don’t feel satisfied with overall sound,
but for a practice organ, it’s fine. I should mention that all stops work fine
through headphones.
The other issue is size and weight. Really? Putting it up on one end would
let it go through a house door? I guess the movers I hired didn’t think of
that, but we didn’t have to since I brought it in a walkout slider into my
basement. (Took both panels out)
Someone mentioned MIDI but I don’t think this organ does. It’d require
changing out key contacts, no?
Jeff
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On Oct 7, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Nelson Dodge <nelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:To unsubscribed, visit this page:
Two things...
Analog sound by itself can be rather sterile sounding...and in a living room
very dry....not attractive. Good reverb can do wonders for it. The early
spring reverb units are primitive and not acceptable by today's standards.
Recently we put a Lexicon MX-400 ($299) with its own 2.1 audio system ($299)
on a 925 in a residence and it sounded like a million bucks.
We also put the MX-400 on a 945 (digital) in a church and fed the output back
into the 8-channel main audio and the delay output into the 2-channel
antiphonal audio system (the same reverb architecture as a new Rodgers).
This took some wiring engineering to accomplish....but it's not brain surgery.
The MX-400 has dozens of reverb profiles, but then can be "fine tuned"
endlessly and custom-designed profiles saved.
Regarding moving the 760 console....it is about the same size as a 3-manual
940, which will go through standard-size single entry doors. The trick is to
put the console on it's side, which enables negotiating narrower doorways.
On its side the console is also better balanced and much easier to handle.
Two mover guys can accomplish these maneuvers easily. FYI--we put a 3-manual
Infinity console in the basement of a residence that required taking it down
the inside stairwell that had a landing halfway down with a 180 turn, then
down a hallway and through an interior door. The movers got it in!
"We" do this stuff all the time--it's really easy....I just watch!
