From ljabaa@yahoo.com Tue Jun 21 10:59:28 2016
Subject:Re: "Neo mini vent
Thank you all for your comments. I had heard some good things about the Lester K also. It did not however get a good review in the July issue of Keyboard. Not really a bad review just not as good as the others. The Burn and Ventll seemed to be the top two, though at a much higher price. Thats why I thought of the mini vent. I am fairly happy with the leslie on the Hammond xk-1c, but not so much with the overdrive. If I go for the mini I'll comment on it. thanks again
From: "Barry Carson organbarry@gmail.com [CloneWheel]"
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] "Neo mini vent
I agree... I had the original ventilator. Too often I'd be playing out and I'd notice things weren't sounding right - I'd discover the button to switch from keyboard to guitar would have gotten pushed and the cabinet modeling would disappear. I have my Mini Vent programmed so it sounds great - with only one degree of distance difference in the 2 programs, so even if the button gets pushed accidentally it still sounds good! I also like the sound of the Mini slightly better than that of the original Ventilator.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Bruce Wahler bw@ashbysolutions.com [CloneWheel] wrote:
Let me make a case for the other direction. I used to be a Ventilator dealer, and had access to all three Ventilator products. I own and use the mini-Vent for Organ. I do not even own a Vent I anymore. What I like about the mini-Vent:
- It's smaller, and cheaper.
- It has no knobs. Yes, I consider this a benefit, because it keeps me from having to check and set the knobs at the start of a gig. My talk box, for example, is *always* out-of-position when I grab the pedalboard. I get my overdrive using the Gain knob on my NE3, do I don't need to tweak the Drive on the fly. I also happen to think that the settings of the mV4O are just about perfect for my needs. They sound like a Leslie 122/127 to my ears.
- It has two presets that can be accessed on the fly. They can be pretty different from each other.
What I don't like:
- It's less adjustable. This isn't a problem for me (see above), but it might be for others. This would be a huge deal if the Vent II weren't set up for guitar preferences at the 12:00 positions. (On the original Vent, 12:00 gave a great starting place for the Leslie 122 sound. Maybe it didn't have something set 'perfectly' for your tastes, but it was close. Not so on the Vent II.)
- The adjustments on the Mini are more coarse than on the Vent I/Vent II. There are only five choices per parameter.
Regards,
-BW
Bruce Wahler
Ashby Solutions.com™
bw@ashbysolutions.com
http://music.ashbysolutions.com/
978.597.7008
On 6/21/2016 8:45 AM, raisindot@yahoo.com [CloneWheel] wrote:
I have the original Vent, not the Mini, and its Leslie effect is better than any clonewheel's internal simulation, including that of my Mojo, whose internal Leslie is pretty damn good on all its own.
Rather than the Mini, however, I'd go for the Vent II or, if budget is an issue, look for a used Vent 1. If budget is an issue, the new Lester K is getting some great reviews. I've never played one, but I've heard demos and it's maybe one step below the Vent but much less expensive.
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