From redandblue@qis.net Wed Sep 09 10:32:21 2009
Subject:Re: No more Leslie challenged clonewheels? Ventilator nails it.

I'm not familiar with the Line 6 product, the Korg G4 has been popular
for a long time.
This has been discussed many times before I'm sure.

Personal favorites are
1. Motion Sound R3-147
2. Voce Spin 2
3. H+K Rotosphere
4. Option 5 Destination
5. Danelectro Rocky Road

All of these have their pluses and minuses.

Due to limited time and space I prefer the Leslie effect built into
the Nord Electro and Stage.
I think it sounds better than any pedal on the market.

The G4 might not have the depth of a newer product.

Good Luck with your search.
BB

> I'm curious to hear anyone's comments on the Korg G4 and Line-6
> Rotomachine. Any other good ones nobody else has mentioned?
>
> I have both and use them each in different situations. I also believe
> that my favorite way to control the leslie speed is with a CV pedal.
> Not so much the settings in between, but just the motion.
>
> Alas, I have no clonewheel aside from a Voce DMI-61 Mk II. I do quite
> like it's raw sound (but its leslie and distortion are weak). I'm not
> a serious enough Hammond player to have much experience with
> controlling a real leslie, so even working a pedal like the G4 is not
> quite as intuitive as playing organ patches on my X5 using a CV pedal.
>
> Frankly, the Korg X5 has been hard to beat for rock organ. It's got
> L-100 samples and full polyphony and when you use the built-in
> overdrive and leslie effects, you can assign the mod wheel to sweep
> the overdrive's resonant frequency, which boosts and distorts specific
> frequencies that are further highlighted by its incredibly musical and
> natural sounding leslie effect. I can also intonate the X5 like a real
> Hammond which is a huge plus for the overall tone. All this in under
> 10 pounds, so I've not been in a hurry to get a clonewheel keyboard.
>
> you can hear it prominently on this track if you are curious:
> http://classb.netburgh.com/mp3/purple20050421%2F03+Bones.mp3
>
> All that I want at the moment is a Electro 2 73, which serves to take
> care of my wurlitzer fetish as well. In the meantime, I've combined
> these pedals with various speaker cabinets (Hartke's are nice) and
> using synths like the K1, K3, and Waldorf XTk for a variety of ear
> pleasing rock organ sounds.
>
> So I've not been impressed by *any* leslie effect device enough to say
> it perfect, but I'm anxious to see if the Ventilator is any better
> than what I'm using already. The only thing I'm aware that's better is
> the Dynacord, and that's even harder to get than the G4. -pc
>