It works very well in the player
That was great, so much to soak in. Lights triggered with Rotary, old tube amp on the floor…I pictured Gary Moore coming out from the curtains
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Thanks. This is good to know for Kontakt Player-only owners.
It seems to me to be a fusion of progressive and blues. The organ sound is interesting. Pity the lack of a bass player.
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True, but he was killing it with the Bass foot pedals.
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Sorry, I saw it on the 5.4" display of my iphone mini, I didn’t see the pedalboard at all 
I’ll have to see it at home.
Edit: I saw he was moving his left leg too much. I didn’t think about a pedal board. What a dumb!
Plus, the bass is almost inaudible on the phone.
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Came across this gem today. For anyone who hasn’t seen it, this is Rick Wakeman in an in-depth interview at the piano and the organ. Some super fascinating stuff, from back in the day up until now. It’s a bit of a long listen, and of course youtube manages to sneak in a break about every 5 minutes by the end, but it gives you a very in depth first hand perspective of a musical legend. I sat and listened to the whole interview despite the plate being overflowing with things I have to do. Time well spent!
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Thanks Steve!!
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Very interesting way to spend 90 minutes.
He’s back! The Hammond sounds great.
Hellkvist Hammond Hour, Dec 14th 2024, Release of Quadraphonic!
I just bought WurlyBird, Blue3 and GX-80 as a pick three deal from Cherry Audio. I’m finding Blue3 very “playable” through my JBL Eon’s.
EDIT - Wurlybird seems easy on resources and could easily be my goto EP
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Here’s my new stage rig…(ran this through Norton first)
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And, I thought my anxiety levels were high when I first used two keyboards! 
In 1972, I was in a Christian group playing all around the New York area, during college summer break. We stayed in an old beautiful Church in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn. There was an amazing, huge pipe organ with golden pipes that encompassed the whole wall behind the pulpit. I loved trying to play it, even though it was overwhelming. The rumble of organ was very pleasing.
What a great version of the song by a very talented musician. Thanks for sharing Steve!!
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I got dizzy and vertigo just viewing the beast! 
Thanks Steve. 
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The last time I got my hands on a large pipe organ (four keyboards) was during a school trip to central Italy.
A Japanese performer was rehearsing, and two of my classmates politely begged her to let me take over for a few minutes, and she actually agreed.
I played some Bach and then dove straight into the intro of Parallels (Yes), setting the organ to “Tutti” (full stops). At the end she asked what’s that? 
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Sounds like something I would do.
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Given that 1 foot roughly equals 1 millisecond, that sucker has some serious latency between keypress and hearing something!
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I would hope for his sake that they have some monitors somewhere near him, but I surely get your point
I was born in NJ and have seem this in person. The woodwork is fantastic, and when the bass pedals kick in, it actually vibrates the floor. They have refurbished the building which was built in the '20’s. The size of the organ and pipes has to be seen in person to really be believed. For the tech aspect, here’s the goodies
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It needs some USB inputs so Cantabile automation can control pulls and tabs. Many states and bindings to deal with. Can you imagine the difficulty of abstraction for all those keyboards? THAT would take the genius of @terrybritton for sure.
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You’d need you own 18 wheeler and 20 roadies just to carry it in. Might be a tough doorway fit though
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I can see the “club” manager’s jaw hit the floor as a dozen brute movers shove it through the front door.