From tande.adamson@btinternet.com Thu Nov 19 03:46:48 2009
Subject:Re: Will Ventilator Increase Availability of Real Leslies?



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> Perhaps not. Going with that line of reasoning, B3's should be dirt
> cheap for all the clones out there.. But that isn't the case... The
> Ventilator as popular as it's become, mainly due to it's compact size,
> its biggest selling point, and perhaps its ready interface with a
> clone, cannot do one thing that a real leslie does and that's
> compensate for real time centrifugal force and gravity of those rotors
> spinning and how those forces create certain Leslie effects, besides
> the missing component of reflected sound waves. . At least from the
> demos I've heard..
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> It may be worthwhile to see if Hammond will make a Ventilator clone,
> clobbering its Leslie market.
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> I would dispute some of the above. The main selling point of the Ventilator, that is, its popularity, is not its compact size.
You can have a Boss RT-20 or Spin II or Rotosphere if you want compact size.
The reason for its popularity is that it does a stunning re-creation of the Leslie cabinet, unlike any stand-alone Leslie sim has done beforehand.
I write 'stand-alone' because of the Diversi or Key B's Spectrasound that also appears to have achieved the same level of accuracy, although I haven't heard one in the flesh so I don't know whether the Spectrasound is actually as good.
I haven't seen one critism of its sound from any person on the list who has actually used one.
It is totally amazing and does re-create the Leslie's centrifugal power, its ramp, its tone.
It can't actually swirl the sound round the room, but heard in stereo it gives a good impression of that effect as well.

You can hear a Leslie on a mono recording from way back and instantly know you are hearing a Leslie. It sounds great even then.
No 'stand-alone' clone has got 'that sound' beforehand.

Anybody on the list who actually owns a Ventilator disagree?

Thomas.

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