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Think of the leftmost two (brown) drawbars as “sub” tones, the middle four as
“foundation” tones in the midrange, and the three to the furthest right as
“brilliance”, controlling higher frequencies.
Due to the fact that each drawbar has nine positions there are literally millions
of possible combinations of settings and sounds and this is what makes
tonewheel organs so flexible, capable of everything from subtle, minimal tones
to very complex, rich and powerful sounds.
Part of the skill of being an organ player is in mastering the drawbars,
manipulating them in real time to change the sound dynamically during a
performance. This is something you will see a good organ player doing very
frequently as they play their instrument. For a software organ it can be helpful
to map MIDI hardware controls to the drawbars to give you a similar kind of
control.
3.4.4 Preamp Drive
This control can be used to set the amount of drive applied to the preamp.
Increasing the amount will add a slightly overdriven effect to the sound,
introducing some bite and grit which can be desirable for certain kinds of
music.
3.4.5 Master Volume
This controls the master volume output of the organ.
3.4.6 The Percussion section
This section has four switches.
 Perc On/Off - Enables or disables the Upper Manual percussion