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Topic: Rotating Speaker vs Echo |
Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2003 11:28 am |
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Which should be first in the signal path, the rotary effect or the echo effect?
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Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9), Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 13 Apr 2003 1:59 pm
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| Rotary-to-echo seems to work best. I think it has something to do with the echo delaying and layering the signal. The "roto-sound" devices seem to have more depth effect or "ambience" when fed with a dry signal. |
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Chris Brooks
From:
Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 19 Apr 2003 12:59 pm
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b0b,
Still like your Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere?
Chris
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Buck Dilly
From:
Branchville, NJ, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Apr 2003 1:34 pm
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| Having owned at least 4 Leslie's and countless "simulators" I'd like to chime in that the rotosphere is a great box. Very close to the real thing (including the noise). I love it! |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2003 9:46 pm
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| I've never used the rotary effect, but I've used Leslies and the echo works best in front of them. If it was on "tape" then the Leslie in a large space, with echoes, would be very cathedral. [This message was edited by chas smith on 19 April 2003 at 10:49 PM.] |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 8:23 am
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Chas and Donny disagree. More opinions, please! 
Yes, I really like my H&K Rotosphere. I've been through a lot of rotary effects, and it's my favorite so far. I like the fact that it even emulates the sound of the Leslie cabinet. I didn't know that my 12" speaker was capable of such booming bass.
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Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9), Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 8:47 am
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Well Ok if you insist....for several years I played a Cord-O-Vox (rotating wheel) with an Echo-Plex and a Standel amp, and I had the best results going from my pedal volume control to the Echo-plex and then to the Cord-O-Vox. The "plex" worked better with the hotter signal that was then passed on to the leslie.
...but that was a long time ago...the current technologies may work differently! www.genejones.com |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 8:54 am
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| I've always used the echo before the Leslie/rotating speaker effect. A repeated sound through a Leslie sounds okay, but a repeated Leslie sound gets real funky and disrupts the rotating sound. Come to think of it, I never use the two effects together any more, so it's academic for me. |
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John Rickard
From:
Phoenix (It's A Dry Heave) AZ
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 10:42 am
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Echo first is my preference.
JR |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 12:42 pm
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If you are running stereo the roto guy should be last.
Bob |
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John Macy
From:
Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 2:31 pm
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| Although in the studio, I always cut the leslie dry to tape (or should I know say disk...) and add the delay or verb on top of that.... |
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