From ken@kenhall.ca Fri Oct 23 06:59:23 2009
Subject:Re: Ventilator question

Craig,

The Ventilator sounds in mono like a Leslie sounds if you block one ear.
The sound is the same, just less 'spacious'. I don't own a C1, but I have
two Nord Stages. I know the sim in the C1 is better than the one in the
Stage, but I also know that several C1 and E3 users have jumped for the
Ventilator without regrets. I have typically played with a Leslie most
gigs with the odd festival type gig where I have had to use the internal
sim. No more. This thing is excellent. If you want to record some
samples of your C1 without the sim and send them via email attachment to
me, I'll fire them through the Ventilator, record them back and send them
back to you. I hope to set up a link to a webpage with more samples in
the next little while - I just don't have the time to do it at the moment.

Cheers, Ken

> 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