Leslie Emulators!!!

[The BurgerMeister]

boss rt-20, line 6 roto-machine...
anyone used these? is one better than the other?
i'm trying to decide if i should spend the money or not...
i'll have one at some point, i'm sure... along with an actual Leslie speaker...
any opinions?

 

[Mottlefeeder]

boss rt-20, line 6 roto-machine...
anyone used these? is one better than the other?
i'm trying to decide if i should spend the money or not...
i'll have one at some point, i'm sure... along with an actual Leslie speaker...
any opinions?

My only experience of Lesie cabs was in dealing with complaints about the noise. The bands put their Leslie Units outside the hall so that they could mic them up for the PA, and the neighbours complained. Any synthesised Leslie sound has got to be an improvement over that.

 

[bigtexashonk]

While I do own a Leslie, the best emulator I've ever heard is the Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere. Pricy, but very very good.

 

[bassman314]

MXR Phase-90 set to max speed

Ok I am kidding... it sorta sounds like it... when lost in the mix...

 

[superbassman2000]

While I do own a Leslie, the best emulator I've ever heard is the Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere. Pricy, but very very good.

+1

i once saw a guy with an electric violin and the rotosphere in a folkrock band and he could really get that to sound like a B3...very cool
another user of the rotosphere is Charlie Hunter. Listen to anything he does, and if it sounds like a B3, thats actually Charlie on his guitar (same with the bass!)

that Boss leslie sim looks cool, i don't know about sound, that that thing is the middle is addicting!

 

[bongomania]

While I don't have personal experience, I have read of custom boxes where a rotating speaker is enclosed in a sealed, reflection-damped cab with a mic inside. The input you feed it is the output of a small amp head, and it would have a mic-level XLR output. That way you get a for-real rotating speaker sound, but without the huge size or excess noise of a real Leslie.