From groovecake@yahoo.com Mon Feb 07 14:05:53 2005
Subject:Re: Leslie 21 Rotor Line Out

Gotcha. That answers my questions. Thanks for your
help, James!

Have you found that the change of tubes affects how
the key click sounds?

Mitch

--- jjmcs49 wrote:

>
> It would be everything except for what comes out the
> horn and the
> low bass notes. You would need to connect both the
> Rotary Output and
> the Stationary/RB outputs to the mixer. Depending on
> where you have
> the crossover in the upper unit set, the Rotary
> output would contain
> all frequencies between 125Hz and 700Hz if that is
> the crossover
> point. The Stationary/RB output would contain the
> freq. below 125Hz
> and depending on whether the brake button is lit or
> not and the
> Leslie button is off, either the freq. between 125Hz
> and 700Hz
> (Brake light on) or all frequencies <16Hz to
> >16,000Hz (Brake light
> on). For example; If I disconnect the S/RB line from
> the lower unit
> and set the small three position switch on the upper
> unit to S/RB
> Mute, turning the brake light off silences the organ
> (assuming the
> Leslie "On" light is also off).
>
> I think, for what you are trying to do, you would
> need to mic the
> horn (with the switch set to mute) and connect it
> and both the
> Rotary output and the S/RB output to the mixer and
> then try to
> balance the three (and the balance will change every
> time you move a
> drawbar). You could just mic the upper unit with the
> switch set to
> normal, but you wouldn't get the really deep bass
> that the XK-3 is
> capable of. It might be easier to just run the
> XK-3's left 1/4" out
> to the mixer and connect the two upper unit outs to
> an amp. My ears
> aren't what they used to be, but except for the wind
> noise coming
> from the upper unit, if you spun me around so I
> didn't know which
> way I was facing between my L21 and my amps with the
> Digital Leslie,
> I couldn't tell which is which.
>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, M T
> wrote:
> > I appreciate your reply but I am still not clear.
> I
> > think I used the wrong terminology. Maybe if I
> tell
> > you what I am wanting to do, you can tell me what
> my
> > results will be.
> >
> > I currently play in a group that uses no onstage
> > monitoring. We run totally from headphones. If I
> ran
> > my XK-3 into the Leslie 21 and a 1/4 from the
> rotary
> > output the into my mixer...what kind of sound
> would
> > that be? I know it isn't a mic'd sound of the
> horn, so
> > what is it? Is it a pure Hammond tone? I assume I
> > would get a better sound mic'ing the horn and
> running
> > the mic into my mixer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mitch
> >
> > --- jjmcs49 wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > The Rotary Line outs of the Leslie 21 upper unit
> are
> > > basically the
> > > same sounds that go through the larger
> stationary
> > > speakers in the
> > > upper unit except for the bass notes below 125Hz
> and
> > > whatever goes
> > > through the stationary channel from the XK-3 (or
> > > other Hammond organ
> > > with addtional sounds). For example, the is a
> big
> > > difference in the
> > > sound when pressing the Brake button on and off
> when
> > > the Leslie
> > > button is off and the stationary/RB line is not
> > > connected.
> > >
> > > With the Leslie cable and both the upper and
> lower
> > > units it works
> > > just like a three channel Leslie.
> > >
> > > The right 1/4" output from the XK-3 is an
> unaffected
> > > straight signal
> > > that can be fed into another 2101 and controlled
> via
> > > MIDI, another
> > > Leslie sim/MS Product, or an amp and used like
> an
> > > organ with a tone
> > > cabinet as well as a Leslie.
> > >
> > > The options are almost endless ;)
> > >
> > > --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, M T
> > > wrote:
> > > > In an earlier post, someone said that the
> Rotor
> > > line
> > > > out is an unaffected signal. What does that
> sound
> > > > like, then, if I am running my XK-3 in through
> the
> > > > 11-pin? Is it just the straight signal?
> > > >
> > > >
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