From joostdenhertog@hetnet.nl Fri Nov 02 09:51:07 2007
Subject:Re: Another crazy Leslie idea?

There is a differance but didn't test it yet

goffmac747@aol.com schreef:
>
> Perhaps. I read somewhere long ago that the louvers on a leslie have a
> phase correlation to the sound going thru them. I don't know if it's
> true. Perhaps others can shed light on this. Has something to do with
> the the way they are shaped.. If you use a venetian blind type of
> effect I don't know if that would have an effect or not because those
> would be flat shingles instead of convoluted passage ways.. I do know
> that the sound coming out of louvers is different from the sound
> coming off the back with the covers removed. So what is the true
> leslie sound? The rotors straight out the back? Or thru the louvers?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joost >
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 3:50 am
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: Another crazy Leslie idea?
>
> I have a nice idea;
>
> louvers which can be adjusted "closed to wide open" like those for
> windows of a house.... :-)
>
> Ted Thompson schreef:
> > Bear in mind that the first Leslie™ horns were made of Paper Mache,
> > glued into a block of wood in the center. I've only seen a few, and I
> > can't recall if they had the exponential looking flair of the later
> > plastic ones or not.
> >
> > Also, early cabinets had 1 slot (louver) and some at least had a layer
> > of sound absorbing material stapled in behind that opening and on the
> > inside of the upper back.
> >
> > "The Sound" has been constantly evolving.
> >
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> > rrockkey wrote:
> >
> >> I wasn't gonna say any thing, but you gotta be a little goofy to be
> >> getting into this spinning speaker stuff in the first place: )
> >>
> >> I have a nearly destroyed horn that I mended with very stiff art board
> >> of which my wife has extra lying around. I cut it to size(what does a
> >> cone look like if you could "unroll it flat"?) then glued it on the
> >> stub of what was left of the horn. I could have done the same with
> >> layers of wood veneer for a wood horn but I didn't think of it. Maybe
> >> next time. What does it sound like? Not much different than the
> >> baklite one in my 145 (both without deflectors). Yeah, I know I should
> >> get new horns with the deflectors but I'm in no hurry.
> >>
> >> Got any other crazy ideas? If you don't try it you'll never know.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Rock
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