From james_eaton@btopenworld.com Mon Jan 09 06:55:26 2006
Subject:Re: was Bypassing rotary effect on VK-8M ( effect on amp simulation )

> "jake92028" wrote:
>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "funkyhammond"
>wrote:
>> All I know is that the rotary bypass in the VK8M just sounds like a
>> braked Leslie, but always in the same position.
>
> Not to me it doesn't. The bypass, since I can switch back and forth
> between patches to hear the difference, does bypass the rotary effect
> entirely to my ears.

I have a switch on my controller that toggles between bypassed and not bypassed, so I can A-B very easily, and all this does to my ears is seem to stop the rotors in a predetermined position. The rotary effect goes both brighter and more mellow than the bypassed setting so it is some kind of mid position with horn/rotor facing obliquely (??), but still with the pre-amp/cabinet model in place.

With the rotary bypass enabled, the sound coming out of the output to my ears is not similar to the tone coming out of a B3 preamp. It lacks the brightness and and the very large amount of bright keyclick. However, with the rotary effect in the loop the sound is quite similar to a B3 through a Leslie. So it doesn't seem like it is a "preamp only" mode, rather a Leslie speaker where the horn and the rotor have been fixed in a certain position.

James

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