From ccmacdon@rogers.com Fri Oct 23 06:47:06 2009
Subject:Ventilator question

My question is similar to Lloyds, I have a Nord C1 which from my perspective has a great sim, and I find it very hard to believe that the Ventilatior is $600 better sounding than the Nord C1 Sim?
 
That said, I've heard the demos and have to say that the demos sound fantastic.. and I'm hearing real "swirling" of the sounds... not just left/right pan plus EQ and pitch change to simulate the leslie rotor.. This sounds different, like a real leslie swirl (it's hard to describe but to me this thing is much more realistic sounding than most other sims).
 
A secondary question... I'm assuming that to optimize the sim you need to use the  stereo output to a stereo amp or PA? How does the Ventilator sound in mono vs stereo??
 
Regards,
Craig MacDonald

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Posted by: "Lloyd Rose" lloydjrose@gmail.com   lloyd.rose@ymail.com
Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:22 pm (PDT)

Hi drawbutton devotees;
I've found all kinds of wonderful effects can be generated by smearing your
palm on the buttons in various motions--it' s a lot more fluid than my normal
drawbar manipulation. I find the 3 preset buttons very useful too--my lower
keyboard is midi'ed out to a piano module, and it's nice to have bass and
comp organ registrations at the ready plus a "blank" for those times I need
the module to sound alone.
On that other darn topic, I find it hard to believe that the Ventilator, at
$600 or so, is going to improve on the C1 Leslie sim so much as to be worth
the bucks. I find the C1 overdrive and Leslie sound to be pretty darn good
and fun too. Just as a reality check, $600 is about a quarter of what I paid
for the C1. At this level of expense, it sure would be nice to be able to
try before you buy--I hope Sweetwater gets the Vent franchise one of these
days.
thanks for all the interesting posts
LJR

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