From sgtpepper@rcsis.com Thu May 09 15:00:44 2002
Subject:Re: Budget Leslie sim

I agree with what others have said about the "Real Thing." I have been using
the Leslie Sim built into the Native Instruments B4 for over a year, and I thought
it was pretty good, until I built a leslie upper horn assembly from parts I
bought on Ebay. My Leslie rig is like this right now:

1) Leslie 2-speed motor, driver & horn from a 147. All of these are mounted
on a 25" by 19" piece of plywood on 4 8" legs.
2) A Peavey 1820 cabinet for bass
3) A Rolls s21 (Not sure of the model number) 2-way crossover set to 800 hz.

4) Outputs of the crossover drive an Alesis RA-100 amp. High output goes to
the Leslie horn. Low outout to the Peavey Bass cabinet.
5) I switch speeds by plugging the fast or slow motor into a power strip.

Sounds FAR better than the Leslie simulator in the B4 program. I swear I can
hear leslie-style modulation in the sound coming from the bass cab, but of course
that's not possible. I can use this with the B4/computer, or with my Hammond
Model A, to which has been added a 1/4-inch phone-jack output.

The next step is to built the horn assembly into the top of an empty Leslie
55C cab I just acquired. Then I'll rig up a switch and relay to switch speeds
from the keyboard (Hammond or Roland)

I also want to borrow my son's D50 to see how its organ patches sound thru a
real Leslie too.

---Steve

Bruce: Do you want me to document the Leslie project with some pictures? Let
me know!