From dhoelscher@tds.net Wed May 29 08:10:37 2002
Subject:Re: Leslie on Stage

I have had this problem - same type of venues. It seems like if you are
sitting on the Leslie, (assuming that the drums and bass are very close)
it can be heard by you but has no "projection". If you put it further
out, then you can't hear it, but it becomes louder to the band. I
currently solve this by using a MS KBR-M close and slanted back like a
monitor (if it's good enuf for Mr. John Fisher, it's good enuf for me).
The unit has an XLR output which I run to the board so that sound man
can mix it into the main mix (also into the monitor mix as requested by
the other players). There is no reason that you couldn't do this with
your cabinet and a couple of mics. This also means that you have to be
nice to your sound man. Little gifts, a few kind words, just to remind
him that you are part of the band and deserve the same loudness as the
guitar and drums. But as you say, if the PA isn't available, then I
think that you have a "system" problem and need to address the PA issue.
Maybe, should purchase you own "small PA" and solve it that way.

- Drew

PS There was a time when I ran a stock 145 as a monitor - had it in my
ear, and placed a souped-up 147 under (or near) one of the mains. Got a
lot of complaints that the organ was too loud with this rig (but hey, in
rock and roll, that's a compliment!). Also, I don't know how many of
you have had this problem: When I went home at night, after the gig, I
had the perception of the Leslie in my head for a couple of hours. Fast
- slow - spin - woosh... Probably was playing to loud among other
things back in the early 70's.

bkuris wrote:

>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
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