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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: dan.schumaker on July 07, 2017, 12:52:08 PM

Title: DIY Rotary Speaker
Post by: dan.schumaker on July 07, 2017, 12:52:08 PM
So who's going to be the first to try this out?  :D

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/25852-diy-build-your-own-rotary-speaker
Title: Re: DIY Rotary Speaker
Post by: matmosphere on July 07, 2017, 02:27:58 PM
Tempted but don't know how I'd find the time.
Title: Re: DIY Rotary Speaker
Post by: thesmokingman on July 07, 2017, 02:35:45 PM
no thank you. I had a hacked together leslie for a while and its all the fun of maintaining a vintage tube amp and the fun of maintaining vintage electro-mechanical devices.
Title: Re: DIY Rotary Speaker
Post by: WormBoy on July 07, 2017, 02:48:02 PM
If I can salvage a small electromotor from something, I would be tempted to make a mini version with a small amp and speaker, just for fun. If I need a Lesliesound on stage I would be happy with a 90%-accurate modded phaser, at a fraction of the size and weight (I know, I'm lazy).
Title: Re: DIY Rotary Speaker
Post by: zombie_rock123 on July 07, 2017, 04:57:09 PM
I love these DIY workarounds that can be done easier with electronics- like the Make magazine tremolo with an LDR, led and rotating CD with the waveform drawn on. Sure, its easier to make a Lune but what funs that when you got a PC fan and half an hour to kill!
Title: Re: DIY Rotary Speaker
Post by: Aleph Null on July 07, 2017, 09:10:51 PM
Quote from: zombie_rock123 on July 07, 2017, 04:57:09 PM
I love these DIY workarounds that can be done easier with electronics- like the Make magazine tremolo with an LDR, led and rotating CD with the waveform drawn on. Sure, its easier to make a Lune but what funs that when you got a PC fan and half an hour to kill!

Every solution has its idiosyncrasies. There are Leslie pedals that do a good simulation of a recorded Leslie, but I haven't found a pedal that sounds the same is being in the room with one.
Title: Re: DIY Rotary Speaker
Post by: lars on July 10, 2017, 06:14:46 AM
It's much easier (and cheaper) to just gut the real Leslie unit from an old organ, than to completely reinvent the wheel by making it all from scratch. You generally can get the organ for free, and all the parts and wood are right there for you.