Replicating the Leslie with a Neo Ventilator 2 pedal
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Joe GlossopJoe Glossop demonstrates the Neo Ventilator 2 pedal for recreating the Leslie speaker's rotating sound, plus how the swell pedal adds warmth and drive.
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01. Performance: 'Green Onions' Booker T
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04. Lead lines: 'Green Onions' Booker T
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06. Performance: Jimmy McGriff - All About My Girl
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07. Keyboard view performance: Jimmy McGriff - All About My Girl
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08. Tones: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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09. Intro: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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10. Playing the head: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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11. Bassline: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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13. Improvisation and comping: 'All About My Girl' - Jimmy McGriff
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02. Keyboard View: 'A Change is Gonna Come' - Sam Cooke
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03. La La means I love you' - Booker T
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04. Keyboard view: 'La La means I love you' - Booker T
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05. Groovin' Booker T & the MGs
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06. Keyboard view: 'Groovin' ' - Booker T & the MGs
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07. Time is Tight' - Booker T & the MGs
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08. Keyboard view: 'Time is Tight' - Booker T & the MGs
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09. 'The Girl from Ipanema' - Antonio Carlos Jobim
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10. Keyboard view: 'The Girl from Ipanema' - Antonio Carlos Jobim
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11. Blues based on 'Blue Bash' - Jimmy Smith
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13. Walk on the Wild Side' M series jam - Jimmy Smith
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Lesson transcript
Using a Leslie Simulator in Your Setup
Okay, so down here you'll see that I'm actually using a pedal for my Leslie settings.
Why Use a Leslie Simulator?
The reason for that is:
- The modeling they did for the Leslie on here has its own built-in simulator, but it's not that great.
- It's one thing they didn't quite get right.
- The rest of it is pretty damn good.
The Neo Ventilator 2 Pedal
I'm using this pedal, the Neo Ventilator 2, and it simulates a Leslie speaker.
Features:
- Various settings
- Parameters to alter:
- Balance between the top rotor and the bottom rotor
- Distance of the mics
- Stop settings:
- Fast
- Slow
They've done quite a good job with getting the imbalance between the rotors, you know, with the base rotor being slower to speed up and slow down.
The Swell Pedal
Down here, you have the swell pedal as well, same as any other. This is a Yamaha one.
Functionality:
- The volume goes up, obviously.
- Not just the volume, the tone changes as well.
They've done a really good job of modeling what happens when you drive the valve amp in the Leslie. The tone breaks up a bit, giving you that nice, warm, crunchy sound.
So that's what's happening down here.
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Joe Glossop is a keyboard player from Sheffield who has made his name on the Hammond organ. He currently holds the organ chair in Tom Jones's touring band, and has played with Van Morrison and James Hunter, as well as on piano and Rhodes. His courses get the real Hammond sound out of any keyboard - drawbar registration, the Leslie, the walking-bass left hand, and the comping and soloing vocabulary of the soul-jazz, blues and rock organ traditions, from Jimmy Smith to Booker T.
