Organ Percussion

The Yamaha Reface YC has a similar feature that has different interpretations of such percussive sounds, depending upon which WAVE setting is selected.

When PERCUSSION is turned on, an accent can be applied to the attack portion of the sound.

A great way to hear exactly what the PERCUSSION feature sounds like, place all of the FOOTAGE volumes at zero (that is, the sliders are moved all the way up) and turn the PERCUSSION feature “ON” using the PERCUSSION [ON/OFF] switch.

At this point, only the percussion sounds will be produced.  The settings “A” and “B” change the pitch of the percussion.
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The [TYPE] switch (A or B setting) allows for switching the percussion pitch type. Type A and Type B have different sounds for every WAVE setting.

Below is a list of the different WAVE settings and their corresponding PERCUSSION sounds. You will also find these sounds become more prominent when increasing the sound ” length” using the [LENGTH] slider to adjust the percussion sound’s release.

                     PERCUSSION  A          PERCUSSION B
WAVE H          A 5th above 4′               Same pitch as 4′
WAVE V          A 5th above 4′               Same pitch as 4′
WAVE F          A 5th above 4′               Same pitch as 4′
WAVE A          A 5th above 8′ & 4′        Pitches 8′ & 4″
WAVE Y          A 5th above 4′               Same pitch as 4′

Below are audio examples of all of the Percussion sounds listed above.  For the audio examples, in addition to the Percussion setting, I used Footages 16′, 8′, and a little reverb.

{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/h-perc-a/s-m57Zi{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/h-perc-b/s-7ALzY{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/v-perc-a/s-fqvAA{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/v-perc-b/s-ZTrRG{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/f-perc-a/s-yHMKK{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/f-perc-b/s-gTOEI{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/a-perc-a/s-eJr4D{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/a-perc-b/s-wqbsT{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/y-perc-a/s-j4EaK{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/y-perc-b/s-cvKIc{/soundcloud}

When the [WAVE] knob is set to “H” and PERCUSSION is turned on, regardless of the slider position, FOOTAGE [1′] does not produce any organ tones.

In addition, when notes are played legato with the H-type organ, the volume of the percussion sound decays over those notes. In other words if you are holding down one
note and play other notes, the PERCUSSION sound with not rearticulate until all key are released. This is similar in fashion to the behavior of this feature in an American tonewheel organ.

The YC Organ Waves

The five organ Waves are:

H1
Sets a distinctive American tonewheel organ sound from the 1960s, characterized by sine-like waveforms that are simple yet warm.  This sound was used in many genres of music, such as rock, pop, and jazz.

v
Sets the sound of a 60s British transistor organ with a bright and hollow sound. The harmonic content is very close to that of a square wave,  it is notable for highly present tones. This type of organ was often used in psychedelic rock and ska.  For classic sounds, use with the ROTARY CONTROL OFF and add VIBRATO/CHORUS to taste.

f
Sets the notable sound of a 60s Italian transistor organ with a thick sound and characteristic  sawtooth component boosted in volume. It was put to use in 60s pop music and the alternative pop of the 90s. For the signature sounds, use with the ROTARY CONTROL OFF and add VIBRATO/CHORUS.

A
Sets the sound of a Japanese transistor organ made in Japan during the 1970s. This organ was known for a bright sound similar to that produced by the sawtooth waveforms of a synthesizer.

Y
Sets the sound of a Yamaha YC-45 transistor organ that was released in 1972. With harmonic content very close to that of a square wave, it was characterized by highly present tones in the high range and extreme sound crushing when distortion was increased.

Below are examples of each WAVE used with a traditional church music excerpt to emulate a pipe organ.  ROTARY SPEED is set to “OFF”.  All footages are “all the way out”, No CHORUS/VIBRATO, No PERCUSSION, No DISTORTION, REVERB is set to about 60%.  Notice the drastic differences in timbre between all five different WAVE selections.
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/yc-wave-h-traditional-organ-setting/s-2Y4M1{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/yc-wave-v-traditional-organ-setting/s-8WBCF{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/yc-wave-f-traditional-organ-setting/s-Aph5j{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/yc-wave-a-traditional-organ-setting/s-zbnH9{/soundcloud}
{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/tescuetayamahacom/yc-wave-y-traditional-organ-setting/s-jmMpS{/soundcloud}

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