From tande.adamson@btinternet.com Tue Mar 16 18:07:42 2010
Subject:Re: Tico Tico ten minute tock Video XK-3 Ventilator in mono & Tyros 2

Cheers Rafael for your very kind comment.
I am really enjoying having the Ventilator as my 'Leslie.' Obviously Youtube doesn't do this thing any favors with its serious sound compression, but it does give a hint at how it sounds.

Absolutely loads has been written about this new gizmo.
However, something I haven't heard mention, is that it can give you goosebumps like the real thing because it really does emulate a wooden cabnet tube amp'ed Leslie, extraordinarily well. No other electronic Leslie has ever come close to doing that for me before, and I have always been left wanting. The newer XK Leslie sims are a huge improvement on the old XK-3 sim, but my ( now sold XK-1 ) definitely never produced the goosebumps however it was tweaked. XK-3 plus Vent.... sweet.....

I sold my 2101 Leslie and don't miss it. Maybe the newer MK-2 would have been a keeper, but in the round I prefer the Vent to the older colder sounding 2101. Plus of course the fact that you can get a really great sound just using headphones for PA, silent playing, or recording.

I still wish I had my M100 and 145, ( I sold it to make room for my daughter's piano )but the Vent has added a whole new dimension to my clone ownership.

Regards, Thomas

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