From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Wed Jul 30 05:53:11 2003
Subject:Re: Digest Number 1280

Hi WJ,

>Note: Since the crossover was disconnected from the horn and full-
>range sound coming only from the drum (classic rock folk-lore, but it
>sounds true to me - maybe not stock woofer): I'd also want to have
>the upper and lower rotor/drum in sync with each other with speeds
>and ramp-up/down times the same. If you listen to "Magic Carpet
>Ride" and a couple of other Steppenwolf hits, the Leslie rotation
>speed is pretty much constantly changing up and down like flipping
>the switch back and forth on a drum with a worn pully belt or on-
>purpose loose pulley adjustment. You might want to tweak the fast
>speeds down some. The Spin 1 has a not very useable version of this.

This was Goldie McJohn's early setup, but I believe it was gone by the time of Magic Carpet Ride. If you listen to early songs like Born To Be Wild or The Pusher, you can clearly hear everything going through one large rotor. When I listen to Magic Carpet Ride, though, swear that I hear the treble spool up quickly, and the bass join it later; i.e., a stock -- but very overdriven -- Leslie. It is definitely so on the live album.

Regards,

-BW
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