Re: Leslie mics

["Wayne Tibbit" <rtibbit@cyberramp.net>]

One of my favorite sounds is the slower spin-up and spin-down of the lower
rotor tones while the upper rotor has already reached the selected speed. 
This is particularly effective with 800000008 or similar.  Another sound
I'd miss with no lower rotor is the chorale effect I use on some ballads
with a 00800000 registration.  When played around middle C or lower, the
sound of this registration is largely from the bass speaker.  

I can easily drive my Mackie mixer into clipping with an SM57 positioned
near the bass rotor; It's not clear to me how I could get any more
effective volume out of the sound system with closer micing.

Wayne Tibbit
Dallas

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> From: Ian Jackson <I.Jackson@lancaster.ac.uk>
> To: hammond@ZK3.DEC.COM
> Subject: Leslie mics
> Date: Monday, March 03, 1997 4:23 AM
> 
> In the search for greater volume when playing in a 12-piece band, I have
> removed the lower rotor from my 145, enabling me to place a mic
vertically
> beneath the bass speaker, pointing directly into the cone. This gives a
> much louder bass output, and would also allow plenty of room for a
> permanent mic mounting (tho' I've not tried this myself).
> 
> (In live playing, I have not found any noticable difference in sound
qality
> due to removal of the lower rotor. 99% of the Leslie modulation effect
> seems to come from the top rotor).
> 
>