This came up at another forum, but am interested in feedback here too.
I just learned that for traditional Hammonds - and perhaps most clones - the expression pedal simultaneously controls the volume for everything (pedals, lower manual and upper manual), and that there is no easy way to set things up so that the volume of the pedals do not change along with the volume of the manuals. I find this strange because I know that I sometimes want to make dramatic changes in volume of the upper or lower manual, but do not want the volume of the pedals to change to the same degree.
It has been pointed out to me that the way around this is to rely more on the drawbars for dynamic changes. But that kind of volume modification also changes the actual harmonics or tones. And sometimes we may want the volume to change, without changing the harmonics, right?
So, I guess am just asking whether there are particular techniques that experienced Hammond players utilize to alter the volume of one of the keyboard manuals, while keeping the volume of the pedals relatively constant.