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- Scanner Vibrato is a virtual effect plug-in that aims to recreate the scanner-vibrato effect from a well-known tonewheel organ. The original scanner-vibrato was developed in the 1940s, and was an analog, electromechanical device, consisting of an analog delay line and a mechanical rotor ('scanner').
TL;DW: Vibrato lets you vibrato, chorus, flange, and make odd FM noises.
The B4 brings one of the richest sounding and most beloved hardware organs into the 21st Century studio. The B4 is a complete virtual tonewheel organ, capable of reproducing in authentic detail the. Demonstration of Hammond vibrato scanner rotor and capacitance plates. In the Hammond, the generator's run motor spins the rotor continuously at about 7 Hz, and the continuously changing phase produces vibrato (variations in frequency) in the output. A chorus effect is produced by blending the scanner.
I’m back! Had fun going to a con, and here I am with an Airwindows classic that’s loaded with new twists: Vibrato.
The heart of Vibrato is the Airwindows moving-delay-tap interpolation code also found in Chorus and Flanger, but here there’s some extra functionality plus ways to partially simulate those other plugins: while you can make the full-wet sound do a nice vibrato (automate to taste), there are other fun things to do. You can use the dry/wet to get a chorusing effect, or with less depth, a flange: or set it to ‘inverse’ to get the same but with a through-zero flange that’ll cancel almost totally to silence. This can also be used as an interesting sort of highpass (or of course, using normal wet, as a sort of lowpassy effect). That’s all with the main vibrato control, which has an extremely wide speed range.
Or, if that’s not enough, you can bring in the FM vibrato. This has the same type of speed control, and a depth control of its own, but instead of affecting the audio directly, it affects the speed of the main vibrato. You can use this at low speeds to provide an interesting modulation to the main vibrato, flange or chorus, or crank it up to produce distinctive overtones. And again, automate it to do even more interesting things.
Vibrato is a nice little utility plugin, and I think it deserves a place as a go-to ‘time modulation’ plugin for people who have a solid understanding of how these effects work. It’s not hugely complex, or specialized, and it’s just complicated enough to be sophisticated. Want a lush chorus? Vibrato. Warbly effect? Vibrato. Thin things out in a way that sounds airy and interesting? Vibrato, inverse-zone, near 0.5 for maximum effect. Funny overtones and resonances? Vibrato, full-wet, up in the audio range. Even more metallic? Bring in some FM.
It’s approachable, it’s flexible, and it’s open source and free. Mind you, I am not free: if not for Patreon I wouldn’t be here and you wouldn’t have Vibrato for free. It’s pretty simple: rather than force and compel people to give me money, holding ’em hostage and running hostile code on their workstations, I provide the plugins and the code for free and pretend to sell them, and people pretend to pay me :D the interesting thing is, while this doesn’t earn nearly enough money to drive fancy cars and live large, it makes enough sense that people DO pay me just to keep me working, week in and week out, thinking up new stuff.
And you could be one of those people: if you’d buy this plugin for $50 (lifetime support, licensed for all your computers, and you get the source code) then hop on my Patreon and add fifty dollars a year to whatever you’re doing. Unlike many subscription services, if you have a tough month and have to drop off to rescue your life, I don’t punish you and you still keep control of your plugins and mixes. Honestly, it’s an amazingly good deal: the only thing it lacks is me attacking you when you’re broke (which, admittedly, cuts down on my profits).
However, I think we can all do without that. It seems rude ;)
CONTENTS:
Scanner Operation.
Vibrato Problems.
Servicing the Scanner.
Assembly
Quick Fix
Disclaimer
Scanner Operation.
Due to the fact that the Hammond Tone Generator runs at a precise pitch being synchronized to the 60 hertz, there is no way to create Vibrato at the tone source. Therefore, Hammond designed an “After Vibrato” system using a Scanner and a Delay Line. By introducing a phase shift in the Delay Line and then scanning this line in a repeating way, Vibrato is created. The Vibrato speed is fixed with a gear ratio tied to the Generator Run Motor.
Inside the Scanner is a series of 16 Capacitor Plates in a circle. A rotor spins within these Plates at a fixed speed. Each Plate is connected to a “tap” on the delay line. The delay line is fed the Organ Signal. As the Rotor passes each new Plate, the signal is delayed a little more. One revolution will scan the delay line from one end and back until the cycle is repeated.
At the center of the Rotor is a series of “brushes” that pickup the rotor signal and send it back to the pre-amp.
Vibrato Problems.
Several problems will occur with the Vibrato System.
- Vibrato sounds bad or uneven.
- Vibrato does not sound.
Most common is the problem with sounding uneven or choppy. This can be caused by the Delay Line or the Scanner.
First, lets look at the Delay Line. It is made up of a series of low pass filters using inductors and capacitors. A failure of an inductor or capacitor will cause a section to fail and upset the overall sound. Usually the inductors don’t have problems. The most likely problem would be to open up. You can test this by shorting them out one at a time. If you hear an improvement on any inductor you short it may be bad.
For the capacitors you can parallel a good capacitor on each one in the line one at a time. Same thing. If paralleling one improves the sound then that one may be bad.(Open) If however a capacitor is shorted, you would have to remove it and replace it. Also, it’s a good idea to carefully check each connection from the Delay Line to the Scanner and to the Switches. Any broken wire will most surely cause a choppy sound.
Figure 5 – Scanner
The Scanner can also have problems. One would be years of oil build up on the insulators used on each Plate. These can be viewed externally as fiber washers mounted on each screw terminal. They serve to insulate the signal on each plate from the case itself. If they look moist, they may be shorting the signal to ground and will need cleaning. Secondly, the metal case of the scanner can develop a fine “hair” growth from a process similar to corrosion which can short out the signal. In either case the sound can be profoundly effected and a rebuilding of the scanner would be prudent.Servicing the Scanner.
Our goal in rebuilding the Scanner is to clean out all the oil including the oil soaked insulators. Also to remove any metal “hair” formed on the scanner case.
First remove by unsoldering the wires on the end of the scanner harness near the upper left of the cabinet behind the start/run switches. Also remove the red and blue wire in the same harness from the delay line.
Now remove the two springs on the motor coupler which goes to the generator. Next, remove the four nuts holding the run motor to the generator. Carefully remove this assembly and bring it out toward you as far as you can. The motor wires are still connected so it will not come out all the way. This is a tight fit so just take your time, it will come out. If you like, you could remove the motor wires and the scanner output wire to be able to completely extract this assembly but in most cases, this is not necessary.
Scanner Side View
The next step is to separate the motor from the scanner. There are three screws here to remove. One of these screws also holds the oiling tub and great care is required to remove the felt and strings from the tub without breaking them.With the scanner separated from the motor you want to open the scanner into the two halves. Before you do, this is a good time to mark the gap or break in the cable harness connected to the scanner. You will be removing this harness and this will aid in getting back into the same position.
Take a small sharp tool and put a scratch between the terminals marking the gap. Also put a scratch on the back half of the case near the first scratch so once separated, you can put the two halves back like they came apart. A marker may rub off when cleaning. Also remove the small cover on the back which protects the brushes. Remove these brushes at this time. Now, with the four screws of the scanner case removed, separate the two halves.
The back half will remain in the organ being still connected to the output cable. The other half can now be removed to service.
Begin to remove all the screws which holds the cable harness on. For each screw you will have a screw, lock washer, flat washer, round fiber washer, rectangle fiber washer, and the Plate.
Scanner Parts
All these parts are to be removed and soaked in a solvent. I use ACETONE but others will work. Also soak the harness briefly.With a cloth soaked in solvent, wipe all the case sides of both halves inside and out.All this can be done without removing the rotor being careful not to bend or break the contact located in the center of the rotor. In most cases it’s not necessary to remove it. However, if the rotor is stuck or you just want to be more thorough, you can remove it to free it up and service the bearing. The rotor has set screws holding it to the shaft. Also, the small round housing which holds the shaft can be removed for cleaning. No need to mark this because it has a key for assembly. Once all is clean place a very small drop of oil on the bearing at the shaft.
Assembly.
Assemble in the reverse order you disassembled. Be sure all parts are completely dry and clean. If you would like to go an extra step you could spray a clear coating on the case to prevent the “hair” from coming back. Otherwise, your service job may only last for 20 years.
To replace the wire harness take a screw and place it through a terminal on the harness watching to line it up with your scratch mark.
Now goes the lock washer, a flat washer, and then the round fiber washer. On the inside place a rectangular fiber washer over the small pins and then the plate. Tighten and repeat for all 16 screws.Once this is complete, make sure the rotor spins freely and put the two halves back together lining up the second scratch mark. Replace the brushes on the rotor contact and replace the cover. Attach the scanner to the run motor and assemble the tub with the strings and felt.
This is the early version of the tub with the extended scanner oil string pipe.
This pipe should be removed or cut. The string that was there will be routed into the short pipe next to it.
Scanner Tub – Cut Pipe
This shows the new routing of the string.
Note: If any strings are broken then they need to be replaced before assembly. They are the lifeline for oiling.Replace the motor/scanner assembly to the generator. Replace the wires to the upper left terminals.
Note: The two extra wires (red & blue) that exit the harness and go to the line box should be on your left when attached.
That’s it!
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Quick Fix.
Since the problems we just serviced have to do with the signal being shunted to ground on one or more terminals due to oil or “hair” there is another way to tackle this problem that works 90% of the time.
This involves the use of voltage to “burn off” the offending oil or “hair”. A great source is the Organ pre-amp’s output tube. On a B-3, C-3, or A-100 etc., this is the 12BH7a tube.
This is NOT for the faint of heart!First, take a clip lead and short the GG terminals to each other. This will not allow any loud pops from the scanner flashing to go to your speaker system.
Connect a wire to the High Voltage with an alligator clip. On the 12BH7a this is pin 1. This voltage is buffered somewhat from the rectifier. Be very careful not to allow any exposed wire with high voltage on it to touch any metal or yourself!
This is a very high voltage of nearly 300VDC and can kill! Also, DO NOT TOUCH any grounds in the organ or any other metal parts. This takes a very steady hand.
Touch the other end of the HV wire to each of the brass screws on the scanner along the top where they are exposed and attached to wires. You may see sparks and hear loud popping here so don’t panic. After repeating this a couple of times try your vibrato. You may have just fixed it!
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