Re: Introduction and reverb/leslie order

["Mark Longo" <longo@zk3.dec.com>]

> If you put the tremolo first, the reverb still decays smoothly and
> tends to soften the tremelo.
> 
> Place the tremelo after the reverb and now the reverb trail varies
> in volume.  Clearly a much different sound.

        To further complicate the equation, the Leslie introduces 
vibrato (pitch variation) as well as tremelo due to the Doppler effect 
introduced by the physically rotating rotor.  Using the above logic, I 
would hazard a guess that reverb placed after the vibrato would also 
soften the effect of the pitch variation while reverb before vibrato 
would not substantially alter the vibrato effect.

        What about delay?  Since the delay is mainly heard on attack and 
release with a less noticable effect during sustain I guess that there's 
little difference between a delay placed immediately before vs. 
immediately after the Leslie.  

        What about chorusing?  Using the above logic once again we might 
susspect that chous effect would be tend to diminish the Leslie effect 
when placed after the Leslie in the signal chain.

        These arguments would tend to negate what I originally heard, 
which was that positioning effects *before* the Leslie in the effects 
chain would diminish the perceived Leslie effect.

        Any other opinions?  Has anyone actually *heard* much difference 
in practical experience in real life situations?  Mic'ing and routing a 
Hammond signal might be done differently in a live setting due to 
physical location of the board, effects, etc.  What about recording 
applications?


        Mark

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