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WordPress Wikiloops Plugin
Since I’m an avid Wikiloops user I created a plugin for WordPress that makes it easy to embed a track on Wikiloops on any WordPress powered website. Wikiloops.com is a meeting place for musicians and music lovers.
Those who play and record an instrument are invited to collaborate by adding to each others jam tracks – and everyone else is welcome to enjoy the free music streams, or to use our backing tracks as play-alongs for home practise.
The plugin leverages the capabilities of WordPress to embed objects automatically using the oEmbed protocol. Wikiloops is not yet part of the recognized list of oEmbed providers for WordPress, and the plugin does nothing more than registering Wikiloops as a known provider, so that the automatic embedding logic also works for Wikiloops track links after installing and activating the plugin. Once the plugin is activated, a link to a Wikiloops track can be added into any post or page by putting it on a separate line by itself, or by explicitly embedding it by putting the Wikiloops jam track link between embed tags.
Here’s an example: if you insert https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack-jam-67141.php on a line of its own, it will render like this:
https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack-jam-67141.php
Alternatively, you can embed it like this: [embed]https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack-jam-67141.php[/embed]
The plugin that makes this all possible is called Wikiloops-Track-Player, and can be downloaded from the WordPress Plugin Directory. To install the plugin you just need to put the plugin files into the wp-content/plugins directory. Once a plugin is installed, you may activate it or deactivate it from the Plugins menu in your WP administration panel. Removal is also straight-forward. Simply remove the directory for the plugin and it will be automatically deactivated.
Leslie 122 Manual in PDF format
Here’s a scan of the original Leslie 122 Manual in PDF format. Contains Installation Instructions, Service Information, parts list and schematics for the Leslie 122, 122V, 122RV, 142, 222 and 222RV.
Leslie 122RV Pictures
Here’s some pictures I took of my Leslie 122 RV. From what I could find on this model I understand that they usually come with a Leslie-designed reverb amp which is not deemed all that desirable, but this one actually has a Hammond AO-44-1 reverb amp in it, the very same as is found in the A-100 series. I think it sounds great, even through the small speaker that is mounted on the side of the cabinet.
How to service a Leslie 122
Here is the full schematic of the Leslie 122 amplifier.
More information on servicing the Lelie 122 amp can be found at How to service a Leslie 122 amp
Spinning Leslie Horn
Joyride Fusion
Here’s a bit of the heavier stuff, with excellent guitar added by PECA based on a cool template from Udo.
Hammond – Music To Live By
Brilliant Hammond informercial from the ’60s. Explains how important it is to have a Hammond organ in your home and how easy it is to play one. Features a H-Series Hammond. ‘Everything the family needs’.
Restored Hammond Service Manual available
A post on the organ forum provides for the download location of a newly restored version of the Hammond Organ Service Manual for free download, painstakingly put together by Organ Forum member Joey B3.
The new version has been completely re-typeset, some pictures have been replaced with better versions, and some sections and some diagrams / schematics have been reintroduced from earlier manuals that were not included in version 495 from sources such as the original 1936-1944, as well as some manuals from the “pre B3” 50s.
The diagrams/schematics/charts have been scanned in at 600dpi for maximum clarity when zooming in. The scans were taken directly from original manuals of the 50s and 60s, with the exception of the diagrams for the Model E and C2-G. It is available as PDF, bookmarked per chapter. It is a more accessible, cleaner version than the one all over the Internet now and should be very useful to anyone who does not have access to an original.
Covers the following Hammond organs: A, A100, AB, BC, BCV, BV, B2, B3, C, CV, C2, C2-G, C3, D, DV, D100, E, G, GV, RT, RT2, and RT3
Universal Leslie Adapter
tonewheel.com has the schematics for building a universal Leslie adapter. It allows the use of pretty much any Leslie cabinet with a Hammond organ equipped with an 122 type (8000 series) control kit. The schematics have been designed in a modular form so you can select the building blocks necessary for your specific application.