From bcarson@bitstream.net Wed Mar 30 06:01:56 2005
Subject:Re: Electro Programability (was Newbie Questions)

Amen!

Bill


>
> I just would like to point out here for the record, that the very raw
> tone you hear when the leslie sim is turned 'off' not 'stopped' is
> exactly what is needed if you go through a real leslie. It simulates
> the raw G-G terminal signal off the preamp. It sounds very good
> through a real leslie. (I use a combo preamp into a 125 rebuilt with
> upper horn assembly and added 15" bass speaker and crossover.) I tried
> using leslie 'stop' to do the same thing, to possibly add some 'amp
> coloring'...but the sound of that is dreadful...very peaky in the
> midrange, since the same bandpass EQ is being applied twice
> essentially. In what I've heard about the VKs (at least the Vkm
> module) is that you need a special tweak (soundside.de) to be able to
> get the raw tonewheel (leslie off, not stopped) sound if you want to
> use a real leslie.
>
> The funny thing is, after I played with the leslie for a while when I
> finished building it recently, I plugged the Electro back into my
> studio monitoring system in stereo... and hooofa, its right there! Not
> much different than the real thing. In response to the original
> question, the one tweak I'd wish for would be a way to adjust the way
> the leslie sim cuts away the high frequencies when engaged. I feel the
> keyclick (which is nicely adjustable BTW) gets eaten too much - even
> at max - by the sim. If Clavia offers up any amp model tweaks or
> decides to activate the parametric EQ knob for organ mode (currently
> NOT) I'd be happy.
>
> Greg
>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, melvinnich@a... wrote:
>>
>> When you shut the Leslie off (not Leslie stop, but Leslie off) the
> timbre shifts rather drastically on the Electro. This is one feature
> that bothers me.
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