The samples for Organa are taken from a very early Hohner 'Organa 30'
from the 50s or early 60s belonging to Hollow Sun Deutsche freund,
Matthias Shuster.

Little is known about this other than it was an electric reed organ
with a fan that blew air through reeds that were opened and closed
with the keys. In many ways, it's an electric harmonium where a
motor rather than manually pumped pedals pushes the air around.

It has a distinctive sound which is harmonically rich and somewhat
'wheezy'. It certainly has 'character'. It is only capable of a few
basic tones but Hollow Sun's 'Organa' takes this a stage further by
making them available simultaneously and mixable using drawbars
which allows very big sounds to be created. The phase innacuracies
of the layers add to the overall richness of the sound when the
various 'ranks' are combined.

However, while the motor noise is considered by some to be a major
irritation, it is a significant component of the sound so there is a
control which allows you to mix some fan noise in with the signal.

All this combined with the 'Tone' control, envelope, FX and convol-
ved reverb allows you to create a far wider range of quirky, organic
tones than the original was capable of and whilst it's no Hammond
and it won't do synth basses and string pads, Organa can bring
something unique to the mix.

http://www.hollowsun.com/HS2/sli/organa/index.htm

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