Can the Analogman Chorus do Leslie Sounds? SOUNDCLIP

[Mark Olson]

Mostly I use choruses for chorus sounds, but it's well known that some chorus pedals can give you a poor man's leslie kind of sound too. Of course no pedal can really give you the sound of a leslie, if you've played through one you know. But I decided to see what kinda tone I could get with the Analogman Mini Chorus (mine has the Deep Mod).

So I did a quick soundclip to share what I found. I figured I may as well play something with a familiar leslie sound to compare so I butchered the intro to Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing for you. I kick on the chorus where Jimi kicks in the Leslie on the original recording. Of course my sound isn't stereo and my bass doesn't sound like a stratocaster and all, but whatever. Also you can hear me fiercely sniffling in the background, sorry, hahaha!

http://media.putfile.com/LittleWing-17

So I don't know, kind of adds a subtle magical, three dimensional quality to the sound, right? Do you guys think it sounds cool or is it too cold? I always like feedback on the sounds I'm getting so I'd like to hear some of your opinions, positive or negative.

[Andy V.]

Very subtle but very noticible.

I like it.

BTW, I love Little Wing.

[fuNKmaster83]

arion makes a chorus that has similarity's to a Leslie... but trough years and owning a real Leslie i have found tremolo pedals to have similar sound rather than any chorus, phaser or similar pedals...

[dannybuoy]

The DLS Rotosim looks pretty good too and you can find em on ebay:

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r.../Roto-Sim/50/1

[tomvelsor]

i have an analog with the deep mod and i was VERY impressed with the leslie sounds itll give you- both fast and slow sound really, seriously accurate.

the only artificial leslie ive heard that sounded better was the DLS rotosim as mentioned above. theyre about $300, they can give you typical chorus sounds (not quite as good as the analogman) but its leslie sounds are seriously dead on. i'd consider using it in the studio on a keyboard, its THAT good.

[Mark Olson]

Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll have to look into that DLS Rotosim. I've been trying to justify the purchase of an H & K Rotosphere for a long time.

[Ryan Mohr]

Originally Posted by Mark Olson

Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll have to look into that DLS Rotosim. I've been trying to justify the purchase of an H & K Rotosphere for a long time.

The Rotosphere seems to be one of the best, along with the Korg G4 Rotary Speaker Simulator and the Boss RT-20. If you want to hear the Rotosphere in a band context, Mike Einziger of Incubus uses it in the solo in Drive - http://youtube.com/watch?v=QY4FvpmmbiU - starts at 2:28.

[Mark Olson]

Can't get that video to load right now (I'm on a lousy wireless connection), but I'll take a look at it when I can. Jonny Lang also (at least I know he used to) use the Rotosphere.

[Chronicle]

Can the analogman chorus get deeper and thicker?

btw, that sounds awesome :]

[Mark Olson]

Yeah, all you have to do is turn up the depth knob. I'm using the bridge pickup of my guitar so that kind of detracts from the "deep" and "thick" too. Also it sounds a little more lush in person than in my low quality laptop microphone sample.

[tomvelsor]

Originally Posted by Mark Olson

Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll have to look into that DLS Rotosim. I've been trying to justify the purchase of an H & K Rotosphere for a long time.

i used to want a rotosphere too..but next to the rotosim, its a joke...not to mention the huge size of the rotosphere..

but in the end i settled for the analogman for all my chorus/leslie needs. no complaints so far

[Ryan Mohr]

Originally Posted by AqueousView11

The Rotosphere seems to be one of the best, along with the Korg G4 Rotary Speaker Simulator and the Boss RT-20. If you want to hear the Rotosphere in a band context, Mike Einziger of Incubus uses it in the solo in Drive - http://youtube.com/watch?v=QY4FvpmmbiU - starts at 2:28.

Mark - did you check out that video yet?

[Mark Olson]

Don't really like the song but the effect is cool. I'm obsessed with the leslie sound on the Beatles song "Sun King". http://youtube.com/watch?v=pTnsD3-f_NU That's a slow speed sound. Very smooth.

[RAM]

Mark,

The sound is pretty cool. I just want to compliment you on your playing, though! It's really a cool part you play!

[Mark Olson]

Thanks! I just transposed it from guitar though. The best I could anyway. The real credit goes to Jimi Hendrix and of course his influence towards that kind of playing, Curtis Mayfield. I've always been fascinated by their colorful playing.

[babaseen]

Anyone know of any sound clips of the DLS Rotosim in action?

[Ryan Mohr]

Cool! Do you remember what settings you had?

[Mark Olson]

I think it was something really simple, like depth at noon and rate at 3 o'clock. I never spent much time tweaking the Analogman chorus, it sounds pretty good even without meticulous dialing in. I've still got that pedal in fact I'm thinking about taking it to a three piece gig next week to help fatten things up here and there.

[B.C.]

Originally Posted by Mark Olson

I think it was something really simple, like depth at noon and rate at 3 o'clock. I never spent much time tweaking the Analogman chorus, it sounds pretty good even without meticulous dialing in. I've still got that pedal in fact I'm thinking about taking it to a three piece gig next week to help fatten things up here and there.

Hey Mark, I like the recording. Thanks for all the sound clips!

[Mark Olson]

Thanks, and no problem! Clearly I like showing off all the pedals I buy and not to mention my arrangement for bass guitar of the classic "Little Wing". I'm just a little disappointed that not everyone recognized the part from my sloppy bass doodling though, hahaha.