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Do any of you guys know of any pedals that sound like, and or emulate, a rotating leslie speaker?

I know that the Boss RT-20 does. Are there any others?

All those were made to try to model a leslie speaker.

These sound amazing

The De Armond Twister gets close, especially if run into a separate amp.
The Dano Rocky Road makes fun noises.

Most of the Univibe clones will also do a passable job.

Running into a separate amp really helps get a Leslie like vibe out of all of them.
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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...

Hey, might as well ask thi sin a uni-vibe thread.
Anyone tried either of these two?

On the cheap:

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.

Thank you all for your replies. This will give me a lot of different options to look into!

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.

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.

I'll keep my eyes peeled. Thanks.

my bloody television wrote:These sound amazing

maestro_stage_phaser.jpeg

That pedal is freaking huge!!

sounds huge too

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEVGqDBGCHY[/youtube]

MannequinRaces wrote:

my bloody television wrote:These sound amazing

maestro_stage_phaser.jpeg

That pedal is freaking huge!!

Nah, its predecessor is frikkin huge (the two at the back: PS-1 & PS-1A)
The Mutron's no little thing either.