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Post by j4gitr (John) on Apr 3, 2022 23:18:04 GMT -7
Not a question about an old girlfriend or some ancient porn star. I’ve wanted a good Leslie type pedal for a long time. A couple of years ago I bought a DLS Roto-Sim. I haven’t played it in nearly four years. Back when I bought it, I was wanting a Neo Ventilator. I went for the cheaper option. Now I’m in the hunt again and was going back to the Neo idea, but saw the mini and the micro and started to read. My attention was diverted to the Strymon Lex. I know many here like Strymon products, so here are my questions:
What are you using/ liking in the rotary/ leslie pedal arena?
Has anyone compared the Strymon to the Neo products?
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Post by detuned on Apr 4, 2022 6:08:58 GMT -7
I don't have a Lex, but I do have a Moebius, which has (mostly) the same algorithm. It sounds great, and there's a decent amount of tweakability to be had. Close enough for me, anyway.
I haven't tried the Neo products, only heard them on YouTube demos. If I'm honest, they sound fantastic - probably "better" than the Strymon, but it's hard to know without hearing them in person.
If stereo isn't a thing for you, consider the various Keeley roto sims. There's one in the Monterey and the Dyno My Roto, and a couple of others. I have heard the Monterey and it was pretty great. Cheaper too...
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Post by LT on Apr 4, 2022 6:23:38 GMT -7
I haven't owned a Neo Vent, but I have the Lex. It's the one that remains after having owned/tried many including the DLS.
I've also used 2 Ibanez mini chorus pedals, one set slow and one fast, and they did an admirable job......at a cost effective price.
Let us know what you settle on!
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Post by Don A on Apr 4, 2022 6:31:15 GMT -7
I had an old Leslie 145 that I ran with a Hamptone preamp. That sounded great but was impractical.
I replaced it with a Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere back when they came out. It sounded great, but was still kinda bulky, noisy, and slightly impractical as it required its own 12vac power supply.
I replaced that with a Tech 21 Rotochoir several years ago. It's quiet and fits on my pedalboard. I like it a lot. It has a Vibratone single speaker mode and it turns out that's what I actually prefer. It has a few drawbacks- it has no brake, no flashing LED to remind you what speed you left it on, and when you switch modes, the speed changes from fast to slow or slow to fast depending on what mode you were in. I've had this pedal for a long time and I think there may be better options available now.
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Post by ME on Apr 4, 2022 10:04:41 GMT -7
I had the Boss RT-20 dual pedal. It was good. I down sized and it went away. It can get a relatively close sound in my rig using A Boss CE-2w set to Vibrato. One speed so no ramp up or down. A reasonably convincing mimic. ME
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Post by rudeboy on Apr 4, 2022 17:01:55 GMT -7
I have a DLS Roto-Spin. Nails a Vibratone and has pretty good Leslie sounds. I know you have a Roto-Sim but I'm not sure how different the two are. The crowd won't know the difference between a Lex, Roto-Spin, Neo or the real thing. A good Chorus cranked up will do it too. I used an Analogman Mini-Chorus for the few tunes I needed Leslie sounds for a long time. Crowds don't care so what ever pleases you works. Sorry, probably didn't help at all.
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Post by j4gitr (John) on Apr 5, 2022 0:31:46 GMT -7
Thanks for all the replies. I think I’m going to pull out the Roto Sim before I do anything. If I haven’t used it in four years, I should probably try and see if the desire is based in need to have or need to use.
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Post by jsphillips on Apr 19, 2022 19:05:23 GMT -7
I have a Neo Mini-Vent II. I love it. Sounds very good in mono, wonderful in stereo. The only other good rotaries I've had were in the Eventide Modfactor (loved the pedal in general but had to sell it). I also owned a H&K Tube Rotosphere. Loved that one. It was my second favorite, and it looked so cool. But huge footprint and quite noisy.
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Post by adam on Apr 19, 2022 19:17:41 GMT -7
I have one of those Neo Vent's (the big one) that is around $500 or something. It sound very good in stereo, very much less so in mono. I really like the Leslie type sounds I get out of an old fulltone choral flange, in mono. Maybe it's more of that fender vibratone or whatever that was, but I think it's pretty special. I bought that thing for around $300 maybe 25 years ago, and it always seems to wind up on the pedal board. I don't really like the chorus or flanger sounds in it, but it gets a great fast Leslie thing going when set on chorus and the rate fast. Maybe look for one of those used?
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Post by GT Roger on Apr 20, 2022 6:19:23 GMT -7
I have a Neo mini Vent II. It's a great pedal. I've had it for a couple years and have never thought of removing it from my board.
It's glorious in stereo.
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Post by sharkboy on Apr 23, 2022 19:00:55 GMT -7
I kind of go back and forth between my Neo and Lex. I’ve tried other roto pedals, but these two seem to work best for me.
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Post by smolder on Apr 23, 2022 19:11:47 GMT -7
Been on this search for many years. I’ve got a Fender Leslie, but want two rotating voices. I’ve had a dozen or more pedals… at the top, the Keeley roto sounds amazing, best of bread, but alas a single rotary. The NUX roxtory does a thing, but the sound is kind of muddy. Finally made the space for the Ventilator II. It’s huge, different voltage, and expensive, but it does pretty much exactly what we all seem to want.
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