From benjamin.kuris@compaq.com Wed May 29 07:32:56 2002
Subject:Leslie on Stage

Nearly half of the gigs my band plays are med. size clubs and bars
where the only PA availible is for vocals.

I run my V5 and other keyboards into a custom portable leslie which
consists of a 12" fixed speaker and x-over to leslie horn w/a 100W
driver. I push the whole stack w/a modified Traynor YGL-3 which
puts out around 100Watts w/4xEl34 tubes.

The good news is that I'm able to keep up w/everyone in the band
volume wise (I usually run at ~50% power). But the bad news is that
given the dispersion/projection of the leslie, my band mates are
consistantly asking me to turn down whereas audience members and
recordings show that I'm low in the mix further away from the stage.

Has anyone faced this issue before and what tactics did you try?

I'm considering moving the leslie to the corner of the stage (in
front of me) so I get to monitor from the back side. My question is
whether it will be considing to have the leslie cab on one side and
the mid/bass bin on the other. Another option would be to run into 2
fixed cabs. One for the audience and another facing me.

Thanks,
Ben