Best of the modern ones is the Option 5 Destination Rotation [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP4e7E8_WkE[/youtube]
The original Maestro PS-1 phaser was designed to emulate that sound, and I think it makes a pretty good attempt. Fantastic phaser.
The Jen Motorphaser is good too, but almost impossible to find.
Both of those ramp up an down between speeds too...all this before digital circuitry.
But nothing sounds like the movement of air you get out of a real one. Of course, there are few things that are as much of a PitA to humph around with you for live shows, so the compromise of getting 80% there will usually do unless you have a road crew to do the humphing...
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Even though that may have been the original intention, I never really thought that Phasers and Univibes did all that good of a job of actually sounding like a Leslie. The RT-20, option 5 rotations, and DLS Rotosim all sound fantastic. The H&K Rotosphere is also supposed to be really good. I don't know how the Line 6 sounds, I haven't tried it. The Danelectro really doesn't cut it IME.
I forgot, blondegraemey did a great demo of one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dP52_A8hbc[/youtube] I have one of these and it's a fantastic sounding thing. If you ever see one, and it's not a million dollars, buy it.
Good deals done with all these guys Canada, we put the "u" in satire
devnulljp wrote:I forgot, blondegraemey did a great demo of one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dP52_A8hbc[/youtube] I have one of these and it's a fantastic sounding thing. If you ever see one, and it's not a million dollars, buy it.