From pcaiken2000@yahoo.com Mon Jan 28 09:38:13 2008
Subject:Re: Only Moving Air Will Do

I hear you loud and clear - but - there is a difference between sitting and playing in front
of a Leslie vs. a sim and being out front in a club listening to a miced Leslie vs. a sim.
The gap is diminished quite a bit.

I also happen personally to not love the tone of Motion Sound products, so I don't equate
them with a real Leslie een though they have moving parts. I think that front of house the
Native Instruments B4 and the Nord sims as examples both trump a miced up Motion
Sound. Alot of time when a Leslie or Leslie sim is discussed, it is the rotors that get the
attention. Just as important to capturing the sound of a Leslie is the sound of the amp. A
122 amp has its own sound just like a Fender or Marshall does. If you shut the rotors off
completely, the 122 amp still responds in a certain way to having the signal level pushed
and pulled, and to various frequencies that Motion Sound really misses, and the other
Leslie sims never quite get. But I digress....

Disclaimer - I have yet to try the Speakeasy AMA, so it could be that it provides exactly
what I think the others are missing.

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> It's not just the horn spinning it's what happens to the sound as it moves around in the
> From: Ryan Stroup
> Date: 2008/01/28 Mon AM 10:38:26 CST
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Only Moving Air Will Do
>
>
> I can't say I've done any extensive research on Leslie simulators, but
> after trying various options, inevitably, I had to have real moving air.
> I'm not afraid to stand up and say there will NEVER be a substitute. I
> don't care what anyone tries to come up with, I won't be 100% satisfied
> unless I see moving parts. It's just that simple.
>
> --
> Ryan
>