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Published on 04/24/06 at 15:54
Analog leslie simulator cabin with a 12AX7 supplies high-voltage (transformer internal 12V/250V
Between mono-and output / Stereo
Slecteur-level of (instrument / line)
-3 Mcaniques footswitch (but not true bypass): bypass breaker, speed
A-jack Stereo for external control (nice for a rack intgration MIDI), commander of the bypass and the speed
-3 Controls: drive, output level and balance of the rotor

I do not put as 7, because-t certain options would be welcome (I will explain below)

UTILIZATION

The use could not be simpler: you plug in mono or Stereo, you choose the level of (personally, I use the effects loop, so online), we rule the knobs suit and go! The manual is absolutely nothing, and some diagrams of connections on the back of the box are quite sufficient, even for beginners in the world of effects.
As and use, there are still some options that end up sorely missed: Can not adjust the speeds of sparment bass and treble (corrected on the MK2), not rgler the speed of the effect on the flies like a cabin. The breaker is nice, but not a substitute for expression pedals. It's a shame it would with a t perfect.

SOUND QUALITY

Ah, that sound, gnial, period! A little under a real Leslie or a rack Dynacord, but still stunning. Nothing to do with the simulations that can be found on some multi-effects. Control of the drive can play on the saturation of the tube, giving interressants enough about the results according to the power of the attack. The balance control allows the rotor to support either the bass, or treble, but it has not moved the masses in 1 year, there is 2 hours, that-which seems the best compromise for my report-config.
No big diffrence on the level of: mode instrument, saturation is a bit lifted in line mode, see the sound sought-after.
The speed select switch gives a choice between slow and fast. Slow speed, it's almost a chorus, but what a chorus, a real bomb. In high speed, one approaches a little vibrato but not really non-plus. History of stay in the spirit of Leslie, the transition between slow and fast speed is gradual (yet happy), the image of the breaker which slows the speed gradually until the stop when the switch ( momentann the MK1, MK2 on permanent). The gnial little trick is that the blackout gives a random image: it ends where it is relative-position (virtual) of the rotor, and leaves of the same fawn when it releases the switch, making it difficult to repeat the same thing two times in the same fawn. Some will have as a default, because he is impossible to have the control, the machine is more or less-what she wants. But gives a cot living effect, was part of the charm of the pedals.

OVERALL OPINION

was 1 year I use it, and I'm not ready for me spare. This is not the kind of effect that is used all the time, can quickly become a drunk, but could ... it is effective. Address guitars as much as keyboards, big box that simulates a leslie more than adequate, without the inconvnients inhrents mcanique original. I intend to default remdier deficits above by modifying it, that-which is far from easy given the complexity of BCAN. Difficult to find comparative view of the limited existing competition. Submitted simulations on multi-effects I've experienced are very far from being able to compete.
Well, nearly 500 new, it's far from given, but it's worth it. On occasion, there is not really hsiter as it works wonders.