Maverick Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I am so working overtime shifts to get one of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusX-1Bk2 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Wow that sounds awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtothesky Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Cool. That does sound great. Sounds better than the rotosphere to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Some people look at the H&K Rotosphere MKII as kind of like the Holy Grail of Leslie emulators. And I won't argue with its quality. I looked at several different emulators, namely the Ventilator, the Strymon Lex, and the DLS Rotosim. All are good/great at what they do. The Rotosim and the Lex are both equally priced. If I were going for that price point, I believe I'd go for the Lex. The Vent is priced higher, and has a larger footprint than the two previous units. However, the price and size are not so high as to be prohibitive. My test is, if I got a Lex or Rotosim, how much could it potentially bother me in the future knowing I could have spent a little more (comparatively) and got a Vent instead? The answer was, it would probably bother me a lot at some point. The Rotosphere is the largest of all in price and footprint. Thankfully I am very confident that I would not have the same regret about not spending quite a bit more to get that unit over the Vent. There are quite a few threads on the Vent over on The Gear Page. One of things I read that I really liked was that the Vent sounded great even when not played in stereo. But stereo is where it shines the most. The thought of running it through my Lonestar and Blues Jr just makes me drool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Turns out that the same store I order the Wampler Black '65 from also carries the Vents. That makes it so much easier for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 The overtime has been worked, and now I just wait 10 days for the paycheck... http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/Smilies%20GIFs/fingersx.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 That was amazing. I am thinking that I need to get one of these as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) I've listened to a lot of demos on YouTube, and a lot of them have been in mono with a 1x12 amp (the Dr. Z Maz 18 mostly) and it still sounds phenomenal. I'm also probably going to get one of these: http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/p1_uatwjzzvj_so.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUXM3i6Ltqo...player_embedded The second video is a guy from The Gear Page who made the video and posted it there. A couple of days later, it ended up on Wampler's website as an example of what the pedal could do. Sorry the picture is so small... Edited July 22, 2012 by Sheldon Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridertoo98 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 sounds very cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 QUOTE (ridertoo98 @ Jul 22 2012, 05:39 PM) sounds very cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskidmore Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 OK, at the risk of hijacking the OP, this is The Forum after all.... So Alex has been using a Leslie or a Leslie sim for a long time, lets hear from you TRF'rs, what is your favorite Rush use of the Leslie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (tskidmore @ Jul 22 2012, 05:58 PM) OK, at the risk of hijacking the OP, this is The Forum after all.... So Alex has been using a Leslie or a Leslie sim for a long time, lets hear from you TRF'rs, what is your favorite Rush use of the Leslie? Well he's using the Logic plugin for Clockwork Angels tracks, and it sounds pretty good. Edited July 23, 2012 by hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 QUOTE (tskidmore @ Jul 22 2012, 09:58 PM) OK, at the risk of hijacking the OP, this is The Forum after all.... So Alex has been using a Leslie or a Leslie sim for a long time, lets hear from you TRF'rs, what is your favorite Rush use of the Leslie? What are some examples in songs where he uses it? Either the real thing or a simulator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Jul 23 2012, 02:17 AM)QUOTE (tskidmore @ Jul 22 2012, 09:58 PM) OK, at the risk of hijacking the OP, this is The Forum after all.... So Alex has been using a Leslie or a Leslie sim for a long time, lets hear from you TRF'rs, what is your favorite Rush use of the Leslie? What are some examples in songs where he uses it? Either the real thing or a simulator? In this article he talks about it. I guess it's not strictly a Leslie simulator though. Just a tremolo. "Carnies" has some appropriately wild carnival sounds. What effects did you use on that? In the choruses, when you get that real carnival sense, I used one of the plug-ins, Guitar Rig 5. I don't remember the actual sampled sound; I'm going to have to go back to the earlier versions in Logic to find out - which I'm going to have to do anyway for when we play the song live. But there was this one that had a very funny tremolo, kind of square edged, and all I did was put it on the guitar part that I played. So it's really that three-chord progression that repeats itself, and it's got this secondary effect on it that goes in and out, and it's almost like a carousel. Ged and I were like, "Oh my God, that's so cool!" It really sounds like you're on this horsey going up and down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskidmore Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Yeah, I gotta admit I have not heard a lot of what I would call "classic" Leslie effect in Alex's playing, but he has been using Leslies and/or the Rotosphere or other sim on records and on tour since the 70's, so what is he using it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I just saw the price tag on the vent....wow. I may be waiting a while for one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 The only modulation effects I can recall Alex using are phaser, chorus, flanger. I've heard some tremolo on CA. He may have had a uni-vibe early on, but I don't recall him using it's deep throb the way Hendrix and Trower used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Jul 23 2012, 01:32 PM) I just saw the price tag on the vent....wow. I may be waiting a while for one... That's why I worked overtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) I place the order for this tomorrow! Edited August 1, 2012 by Sheldon Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) Order placed!!! And there was a promotion for 15% off! Edited August 3, 2012 by Sheldon Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Should be here Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridertoo98 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 sound clip of it and you?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Some quick thoughts on the Vent: First off, it is everything I hoped it would be so far. It's only been run through the front end of the Lonestar but it sounds fantastic. I still need to run it through the FX loop, and also in stereo with the Blues Jr. Through the Lonestar, it sounds three dimensional with the swirling horn speakers. It sounds like two different effects when run fast or slow, and two more still if I hit it with an overdrive, which I did this morning with an Xotic AC+. I actually prefer the slowest fast speed setting I can get. That may change as I get more used to it. Three quirky things about it: it doesn't have an on/off switch, it has a Bypass switch that has an LED that lights up when the unit is bypassed (off.) The input/outptut jacks are on the back, and the output jacks are on the right, the input is on the left. Finally, it uses a 12v AC adapter, so you can't run it from a One Spot. These aren't complaints just observations that I thought I'd share in case anyone was interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 Finally had the chance to run this in stereo! I put it into the effects loop of the Lonestar and then ran the second out port to the Blues Jr. So the Blues Jr was getting the pre-amp from the Lonestar as well. It sounded amazing of course, but what I was really pleased with was the tone I was getting from the two amps when the Ventilator was off. I had to do some adjusting to the volume levels, and I had to roll the treble on the Blues Jr way off. But once it was set it was a very full sounding tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Tonight I ran the Ventilator through my Blues Jr. And running through an amp with a single 12" speaker, it still sounds amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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