From paul@cometway.com Wed Sep 09 14:42:20 2009
Subject:Re: No more Leslie challenged clonewheels? Ventilator nails it.

On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:32 PM, redandblue@qis.net wrote:
I'm not familiar with the Line 6 product

Here's some more information and my 2 cents about it.

http://line6.com/tonecore/rotomachine.html

Before I was able to get a G4, I was using one of these and I like
many things about it including it's small size.

It's got fast and slow speed controls, drive, and drum/horn balance.
There are 3 selectable ramp speed settings, and 3 selectable filter/
speaker simulations. Tap tempo can also be used to set the leslie
speed, which is probably unprecedented in a leslie effect.

It's got some really interesting tonality both in the frequency
response and the drive control which gets a pretty good growl.

I really like the Distance and Spread controls of the G4 (which
control virtual mic placement), and being able to set the fast and
slow speeds on the Roto Machine. They both also accept stereo inputs,
which isn't critical to leslie simulation, but definitely allows you
to use other sounds they way they should be while the effect is
turned off. It appears that the new "Neo" does none of these things? -pc

p.s. I found a comprehensive rotary effect list here: http://
www.effectsdatabase.com/type/rotating