Loads Of Old LESLIE Speakers! what do they sound like?

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  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын

    What would you do with the spare Speaker assembly? gunna give it away. basically fist person with a decent reason (even just plugging it into their cat thats fine! ha) and can pick it up in kent can have it! EDIT *no one has said wether they can pick it up or not im getting a lot of comments from people who seem to live quite far away, like i said if you can pick it upand have a project you can have it.

  • @huldraslaat225

    @huldraslaat225

    3 жыл бұрын

    I kinda wanna make a hand powered Leslie with sewing machine foot crank tech but I’m not sure how to do it yet

  • @JesusisJesus

    @JesusisJesus

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re living the dream man. Wow! Build a frickn massive MIDI Church Organ. Yes, I want that one you don’t want. I can make something from it!

  • @Copeland1211

    @Copeland1211

    3 жыл бұрын

    I want to see what would happen if you used it as a speaker for a drum set, i imagine that the sound will get quite extraordinary if you either sync up with the rotation or really wacky if you can control the difference in phase - even just hearing it at random would be cool!

  • @moogdog4728

    @moogdog4728

    3 жыл бұрын

    Put some drums through it!!!

  • @Nobe_Oddy

    @Nobe_Oddy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would channel one side to the left with some baffling, and then do the same but to the right on the other side (like divide the spinning part in half) this way you REALLY get it in stereo. I would also try to make it variable speed. and fore two of them I would do the same thing to both of them and make them sync the position of their rotation but out of phase 180 degrees. This way it's the MOST stereo effect possible!!! (oh but I would HAVE to make sure the source is in stereo and has a very pronounced wideness to it - I'm a sucker for stereo and surround sound!!! lol)

  • @bigclivedotcom
    @bigclivedotcom3 жыл бұрын

    I wasn't expecting the diverter to be made of polystyrene. The speed change is also really unusual.

  • @dcurry7287

    @dcurry7287

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm kind of amazed someone with your brand of electrical experimental perversion has never messed with a Leslie before! As a grubby kid a few years ago people were literally giving them away for free, old organs are a great introduction to tubes.

  • @porl42

    @porl42

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think that way of changing is in part to ensure that they could quickly brake to the slower speed rather than have a motor "spin down" when the voltage drops. My favourite musical moments involving these things is usually when a song has built up and they are playing something with the faster speed, and then everything hits the peak as the speed drops and the notes sound like they are more spacious and "floating". I think, given the primitive motors etc. of the time that was the most reliable way to do it. I'd imagine a modern equivalent would probably use a single motor (maybe even a stepper motor given that the baffle seems to be quite light) and a speed controller instead.

  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

    3 жыл бұрын

    its all pretty funky! time to make one out of fridge packing polystyrene.

  • @gcewing

    @gcewing

    3 жыл бұрын

    Still rather surprising that they used two entire motors instead of one motor driving two different sized wheels.

  • @GlitchyfrogMusic

    @GlitchyfrogMusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    A regular gear shift would not work smooth like this system. It would crank like the gears in a bike

  • @radnukespeoplesminds
    @radnukespeoplesminds3 жыл бұрын

    leslie speakers on organs: "jolly old timey music" leslie speakers on electronic synths: "this is the future"

  • @zivkovicable

    @zivkovicable

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe check out the keyboard player Corey Henry who does both.

  • @mrnasty02106

    @mrnasty02106

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't have said it any better. Thank God (as an organ and opera hater) that Leslie speakers were tried (and succeeded) on other instruments. TBH, guitars and synths sound even better with them.

  • @stevekelly7084
    @stevekelly70843 жыл бұрын

    Hey! Long time Leslie speaker fanatic and tech. I will tell you that you really should enclose the backside of the 12 inch speakers in their own speaker box enclosure. Doing so will help the Doppler effect be much more pronounced and sound even better. Organ companies typically just put some dampening on the backside when they were mounted inside an organ because the inside of the organ acted as a separate chamber or box for the backside of the driver. They would then put an opening on the side of the organ chassis that would let the sound escape from just the baffle side of the Leslie. Also, you will probably like the sound of them mounted horizontally like you did in the video verses vertically. Good luck. I’m exited for an update!

  • @Ucceah

    @Ucceah

    2 жыл бұрын

    YES! and ideally in a room, that has some nice natural reverb to it

  • @taxicamel

    @taxicamel

    Жыл бұрын

    HILARIOUS. Getting Leslie "components" and having absolutely no clue of what they are all about or how they were used, ...at least that what is sounds like ....then plugging in the first time ...."OMG" .... Up till then, everything is "old and clunky". Well my friend .....you aren't even close to getting to any Quality "acoustical" point yet. No speaker cabinet. Some little speaker connected. Once you start getting close to a proper enclosure, Quality speaker, with reflex etc., THEN you will start having something acoustically close. Keep in mind, these "things" that are "old and clunky" ...are not only still around, all over the world, but when you buy a speaker system for your audio system at home .....you're buying the same "old, clunky" stuff. It hasn't changed. The rotating baffle is just for use on an instrument ....like an organ/keyboard. Pretty innovative .....eh? YUP .....invented in 1941. Welcome to the world!! .

  • @xymaryai8283
    @xymaryai82833 жыл бұрын

    this is the epitome of the phrase "look mum no computer" because this effect takes basically no effort to make in a DAW but is super cool to do IRL

  • @taxicamel

    @taxicamel

    Жыл бұрын

    "DAW" ..."IRL". Trying to impress someone?😂😂😎😎😃😃🤣🤣😁😁 .

  • @xymaryai8283

    @xymaryai8283

    Жыл бұрын

    @@taxicamel ahahahaha (i don't know if you were unsure but it means digital audio workstation and in real life respectively)

  • @hammondeggsmusic
    @hammondeggsmusic3 жыл бұрын

    Oh - put a piece of reflective tape on the rotor, use an IR led / detector and get a gate output in sync with the rotation...!!

  • @maaadkat

    @maaadkat

    3 жыл бұрын

    And/or use it as feedback to modulate pulse width of the supply (maybe using a solid state relay) so the speed is effectively controllable.

  • @truepietro

    @truepietro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes man!

  • @guffaw1711

    @guffaw1711

    3 жыл бұрын

    and use it to sync all four leslies up so they are in phase

  • @josephcote6120

    @josephcote6120

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@guffaw1711 The PLL Leslie Bank?

  • @BruceCarbonLakeriver

    @BruceCarbonLakeriver

    3 жыл бұрын

    YEAH - AWESOME advice !!

  • @hudu
    @hudu3 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing just how much "more" the effect is from the real thing. I'd heard loads of emulations and Leslies on records, but the first time I got to play a C3 through a 122, I had the exact same reaction you did at 6:40 or so.

  • @EpicStuffMan1000

    @EpicStuffMan1000

    3 жыл бұрын

    actual sound being thrown around a room is so much different from a static sound being a bit wobbly. real leslies are such cool things

  • @markhammer643

    @markhammer643

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are a number of decent Leslie emulator devices on the market. Sadly, when people audition them in music stores, they tend to do so in mono, which misses the entire point. Many of these units *will* pan the effect out of two outputs, to mimic the rotation and swirl....but you have to plug it into two amps to get that.

  • @Shiba643

    @Shiba643

    3 жыл бұрын

    could the drums be scanned and 3d printed?

  • @markhammer643

    @markhammer643

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Shiba643 Technically, probably. But the question is what the resulting mass would be. The styrofoam drums allow for the belt-drive mechanism to change speeds ("ramp up/down") at a certain rate. Not being involved in the 3D printing game, I can't speak to what the resulting mass of such a drum, using contemporary materials, might be.

  • @arjovenzia

    @arjovenzia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ya, my first encounter was at a Blues gig at a local pub. we're all familiar with the recordings, but it is just part of the sound. the ol hippie bloke I was drinking with had waffled some stuff about some speaker these guys had, but the word didnt mean much to me. anyway, a bit into the set the organist was really getting into it, I said something along the lines "that organ is insane, WTF!!" "yeah, thats the Leslie!". Im glad my first interaction with one was in the proper setting, backroom pub gig, cheap beer, kinda grimy, old hat muso's who just loved to play for people who were feeling their vibe. was also pretty jazzy, there wernt songs or a set they were playing, they just kinda jammed for 2 hours, occasionally syncing up for a swell or drop, but they were just makin music together, probably have been for 30 years. ive seen stadium shows, festivals, raves, bush doofs, orchestras. I think that was one of my favorite gigs.

  • @fanbladeinstruments
    @fanbladeinstruments3 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: it is impossible to accurately record that sound. Even stereo mics will produce a signal that then gets played back on some kind of system with two stationary sound sources. There is nothing like being in the room with a leslie with that 3 dimensional sound swirling all around you, it's an amazing thing to experience and I fully understand your joy at hearing it for the first time. Bliss.

  • @samueldreadon1987

    @samueldreadon1987

    3 жыл бұрын

    big fan (;

  • @taxicamel

    @taxicamel

    Жыл бұрын

    HILARIOUS. Getting Leslie "components" and having absolutely no clue of what they are all about or how they were used, ...at least that what is sounds like ....then plugging in the first time ...."OMG" .... Up till then, everything is "old and clunky". Well my friend .....you aren't even close to getting to any Quality "acoustical" point yet. No speaker cabinet. Some little speaker connected. Once you start getting close to a proper enclosure, Quality speaker, with reflex etc., THEN you will start having something acoustically close. Keep in mind, these "things" that are "old and clunky" ...are not only still around, all over the world, but when you buy a speaker system for your audio system at home .....you're buying the same "old, clunky" stuff. It hasn't changed. The rotating baffle is just for use on an instrument ....like an organ/keyboard. Pretty innovative .....eh? YUP .....invented in 1941. Welcome to the world!! .

  • @busted_keys
    @busted_keys3 жыл бұрын

    Sewing machine pedals make an excellent speed control for these. Some are nice and small too and would fit quite nicely on a guitar pedal board. Course, they're spring loaded and you have to keep your foot on them but you get more variation than just fast/slow.

  • @JBF-GST-Tanda

    @JBF-GST-Tanda

    10 ай бұрын

    When your leslie has a gas pedal

  • @kildogery
    @kildogery3 жыл бұрын

    That was a proper "Oh my God!" Don't get many of those to the pound these days.

  • @oikkuoek
    @oikkuoek3 жыл бұрын

    How absolutely amazing it is, that those rotating assemblies are completely silent. They are like 50-60 years old, heavily used, and still no noise. Mind blown. When you have two of them per channel, you can spin other one slow, and other one fast. Totally interdimentional sound. I just might plug on my headphones to hear that, if you are able to capture it.

  • @ppheanix

    @ppheanix

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are probably silent because there is little bearing load at the spindle due to the light weight of the polystyrene.

  • @awesomeferret

    @awesomeferret

    3 жыл бұрын

    You and 29 people didn't use headphones? Even if you watch on a phone and turn it up, the noise is quite audible. It's obviously undectable by humans once the music is playing, but it is far from "silent", you probably have devices in your house with fans that are quieter.

  • @woodennecktie

    @woodennecktie

    2 жыл бұрын

    they make noise , but at first you do not notice , like a TL84 preamp

  • @IrregularShed
    @IrregularShed3 жыл бұрын

    That sound was EXACTLY what I was imagining when I suggested it! I knew square waves would sound amazing with a Leslie going!

  • @al.d9592
    @al.d95922 жыл бұрын

    Man I am so thankful that you put out videos of stuff I have never heard of before! How awesome these things are! Always fun to watch your stuff. Keep it up

  • @JCBudro16
    @JCBudro163 жыл бұрын

    Today I learned that Sam has a wonderful falsetto.

  • @MichelLinschoten

    @MichelLinschoten

    3 жыл бұрын

    He sucks at singing tbh but he's super creative 😆

  • @WizardofFuzz

    @WizardofFuzz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MichelLinschoten Depends on who you compare him to. I wish I could hit those high notes :/

  • @rickrambone9621

    @rickrambone9621

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MichelLinschoten that might be your opinion :) I really like his music and I think he‘s got a great and expressive voice

  • @BlackThistleTattoo

    @BlackThistleTattoo

    3 жыл бұрын

    is this relatively an arpeggio sound 🤔? and possibly the first creation of auto tune 🤘😜

  • @Ashersrequiem

    @Ashersrequiem

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is a polymath of music!

  • @graxjpg
    @graxjpg3 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love it when Steve hillage would put his guitar through a Leslie.

  • @electroman1996

    @electroman1996

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated guitarist! I love his music :)

  • @graxjpg

    @graxjpg

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@electroman1996 certainly he is very highly rated by me haha (: but he is not talked about here in America except old stoner musician circles. But his music is some of my absolute favorite!

  • @graxjpg

    @graxjpg

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@garyiow8482 me too haha (: his tone he would get out of his guitar in the 70s is absolutely phenomenal.

  • @skriptico

    @skriptico

    3 жыл бұрын

    A french leslie tho :) ... Totally love him too, also his tech/trance later stuff is very interesting.

  • @vegardjohannessen3009
    @vegardjohannessen30093 жыл бұрын

    wow! That was so cool! Love it :D One of my favorite channels for sure!

  • @docschro6847
    @docschro68473 жыл бұрын

    I love how excited you get over the old school tech and how you mash modern day tech together with the old school.

  • @k0r0z1f
    @k0r0z1f3 жыл бұрын

    6:39 "OHH MYY GOOOOD!!"

  • @DeadKoby
    @DeadKoby3 жыл бұрын

    I got one of those speakers and set it up to play guitar through. FUN!

  • @tonymarshall7974
    @tonymarshall79743 жыл бұрын

    Your excitement at the sound these produce is exactly what I felt when I first got my Leslie hooked up as an external cab to my guitar amp

  • @shumeister1059
    @shumeister10593 жыл бұрын

    It's always an interesting surprise to see what you've come up with. Here's to many many years of more cool fun discoveries!

  • @markhammer643
    @markhammer6433 жыл бұрын

    I made my first Vibratone cab with one of those beige "cheesewheel" rotors in 1979. Important to note that true Leslies will have separate horn and woofer rotors. The Vibratone has the single speaker/rotor. I had to sell the first one due to a move across the continent, but built a second about 8 years ago. They sound *wonderful* . A friend who makes a very well-received clone of the old Boss CE-1 came over to the house once, and I asked him if he had ever tried a rotating speaker. When he said no, I insisted he try mine. He *thought* he knew what a nice chorus sounded like, but I'm still scraping bits of his jaw off the floor. The spatial swirl is a fundamental part of the experience. There is a generation that thought home console organs were cool. They are now much older and moving to retirement homes, and are clearing the contents of their home. The second-hand sites will have one of these beasts for cheap or "free to a good home - must pick up" nearly every day. Many, though not all, have a rotating speaker inside. Caveats. The speaker is usually 8" and rated around 20W power handling. You will need to not only build a suitable cab, but also provide your own speed switching. It will also require a power amplifier. They *can* be made to spin horizontally, but generally behave more reliably spinning vertically.

  • @nevek20
    @nevek203 жыл бұрын

    Sam: Don't wire plugs without supervision Me in my late 20's: Yeah that's sound advice, someone should witness the light show when I mess it up.

  • @davidknoll

    @davidknoll

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are most people that bad at wiring plugs? It's not rocket science, I've known how since I was quite a young kid and never blew up the house or incurred an injury requiring attention while doing so.

  • @necrobynerton7384

    @necrobynerton7384

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidknoll ...well most are scared to get shocked, even if they know what they are doing. I may have worked in electronics for a small bit but anything above 12V im terrified of sparky incidents happening. Still traumatized when i accidentally touched the ends of a 320V (charged no less) capacitor, even if that wasn't a wire.

  • @EricAdamsonMI

    @EricAdamsonMI

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@davidknoll Agreed -- we were taught to rewire table lamps in the 7th grade during Home Economics -- underwriter's knot included. Perhaps folks can better afford to be reckless in the US, given our anemic 120V mains voltage -- I definitely invest extra precaution, when working with 240V circuits. The biggest caveat -- and one that I don't really recall from 7th grade -- relates to polarized plugs/outlets and inadvertently swapping the hot & neutral wires, creating huge hidden electrocution risks. With that in mind, I will recommend that anyone tackling AC wiring around the house first take some time to learn about residential wiring, as some of the concepts involved may seem counterintuitive, and take a little time to wrap one's head around. (I'm sure you know all this, David -- just wanted to include this info, for the sake of anyone emboldened by our remarks.)

  • @astronichols1900

    @astronichols1900

    3 жыл бұрын

    Poor isolation decisions are what get u. Needless to say I take those seriously now lol.

  • @foxxy46213

    @foxxy46213

    2 жыл бұрын

    yup many people can't wire plugs up...even if it's telling you inside wat gore's where..I always remember it as blue.. remember the l as left brown goes to the right remember the r an ertht to top cos nothing else left

  • @chokkan7
    @chokkan73 жыл бұрын

    Very nice demo of just how cool this effect was...

  • @orderofmagnitude-TPATP
    @orderofmagnitude-TPATP3 жыл бұрын

    I learned something today. Thanx man. I know quite a bit....so this for me...is genuine.

  • @angelofeffektd6462
    @angelofeffektd64623 жыл бұрын

    You old Genius. You Put (or better "pulled") me into the world of synth and music. Cant thank you enough

  • @angelofeffektd6462

    @angelofeffektd6462

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, and for the slightest Chance someone might ever read my comment - i am the old one between us. But still - you are the Genius.

  • @audiocl1932
    @audiocl19323 жыл бұрын

    Mom: _you alright son?_ Me watching a spinning sound: all good!

  • @TonyCampCamppartyof4
    @TonyCampCamppartyof43 жыл бұрын

    That was great. Awesome video, I didn't think that would sound so good

  • @MrPinkfloydian
    @MrPinkfloydian10 ай бұрын

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing 😊

  • @TheMason76
    @TheMason763 жыл бұрын

    What really would be awesome, if the speed of the Rotary can be controlled continously so that it can be "synced" to a clock, having it in time to a sequence played ;-)

  • @pietervanbaekel

    @pietervanbaekel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes this exactly!!

  • @Youtube.Commen-tater

    @Youtube.Commen-tater

    3 жыл бұрын

    You would need to account for spinning up and slowing down but it could work

  • @valdir7426

    @valdir7426

    3 жыл бұрын

    can't you simply plug it to a dimmer? (dmx or otherwise)

  • @kivylius

    @kivylius

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes tell him this

  • @TheMason76

    @TheMason76

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe with an arduino, some sort of PID controller or some kind of PLL, connected to a phase control with a triac ... the most tricky part will be soft tuning of the parameters

  • @hammondeggsmusic
    @hammondeggsmusic3 жыл бұрын

    Neat - I made a custom cabinet with one of those and used to use it live - full range distortion into a single woofer rotor is how you get that steppenwolf “born to be wild” etc sound - no upper rotor.

  • @pooderquaste1
    @pooderquaste13 жыл бұрын

    this sparks joy!

  • @clydeg4274
    @clydeg42743 жыл бұрын

    I always love your enthusiasm bro.

  • @EpicStuffMan1000
    @EpicStuffMan10003 жыл бұрын

    Leslies are amazing. See if you can find one with the spinning horns up the top as well as a drum at the bottom, that only makes them better with the frequency crossover.

  • @AdrianDunevein

    @AdrianDunevein

    3 жыл бұрын

    For sure nothing like 2 x 3 foot long midrange horns spinning around above your head!

  • @ppheanix

    @ppheanix

    3 жыл бұрын

    The horn type is what Rick Wright had on his Leslie when Pink Floyd played Sydney in 1971... I watched the horns idling and speeding up for operation.

  • @matthehat
    @matthehat3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been obsessed with Leslie speakers for years. Pink Floyd fed the signal from a piano through one for their track “Echoes”. It sounds just like a sonar ping. Something to try - get two of them set up and mic them up with an X-Y pair and then play the megadrone through them. It will sound HUGE.

  • @kayz-art
    @kayz-art2 жыл бұрын

    That is amazing!!!! Always wanted a speaker like that since I first heard of it as a kid. Lol

  • @redbeardrob9609
    @redbeardrob96093 жыл бұрын

    I friggin love you man Everything you do is so awesome and I love seeing what you come up with

  • @SamHarrisonMusic
    @SamHarrisonMusic3 жыл бұрын

    I love Leslie so much... These things really are so special! They make your synth come to life beautifully too :) Maybe on the next record? x

  • @kenwhelan7920
    @kenwhelan79203 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sam some time ago we replaced the ac motors with dc motors to a foot speed control amazing on a lead gut

  • @CircuitBendingFool
    @CircuitBendingFool3 жыл бұрын

    I have an unpainted one that I pulled from a Wurlizter combo organ. I have it wired with a 1/4" input, built an open top wood cabinet and use a light dimmer for speed control. The motor already had an AC cord as part of the original organ. It's a fantastic choice in the studio. I use it with a variety of amps. Great video. Thanks for posting.

  • @CrudeButEfficient
    @CrudeButEfficient3 жыл бұрын

    That's bloody fantastic, love what it does to the sound!

  • @TheWandos
    @TheWandos3 жыл бұрын

    These look like they would fit into the freestanding Leslie speaker cabinets, with its own amp, that would plug into a Hammond organ. I have a few of these and two Hammonds, with mechanical spring reverbs, vacuum tube amplification and the mechanical tone wheels! They can conjure up some pretty interesting sound combinations. If you want to hear that mechanical rotation effect on sound in a song, Born to be Wild has a very easily identifiable spin up, speed and spin down of these babies. Give it a go!

  • @SlightlyNasty
    @SlightlyNasty3 жыл бұрын

    Have you seen the ones in the Yamaha Electones where there's literally a speaker being swung around on a counterbalanced arm? They're vaguely terrifying.

  • @electronicsandewastescrapp7384

    @electronicsandewastescrapp7384

    3 жыл бұрын

    same style with some wurlitzers I have one I scavenged from a road-side abandoned organ (sitting with a pile of other untouched future project parts.) I THINK I'll be able to rig it with a sewing machine pedal to vary the speed and use it as a sort-of guitar pedal.

  • @euvo_sound

    @euvo_sound

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can you send me a video of it? i cant find despite HOURS of searching.

  • @NOWThatsRichy

    @NOWThatsRichy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@euvo_sound Not heard of them either, my mum had a Yamaha Electone back in the 90's, it had a Leslie speaker function, but it was a synthesised effect produced electronically.

  • @crown674

    @crown674

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@euvo_sound I think it's that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6h6r9iYorWph84.html

  • @nicholas_scott

    @nicholas_scott

    2 жыл бұрын

    Most organ companies used spinning speakers, like Wurlitzer, Baldin, Conn, Allen, etc, when they started making electronic organs, to simulate the pneumatic tremulants on the pipe organs. Hammond went the different route, and used Leslie spinning cones. They were cheaper to make and sounded just as good. Eventually, most of the other companies switched to just licensing Leslies.

  • @JuanCruz-et8so
    @JuanCruz-et8so3 жыл бұрын

    WOW 🤩 Mind Blowing it’s Amazing

  • @Tedd755
    @Tedd7553 жыл бұрын

    It's pretty amazing that there's such a difference in sound between off and the first quarter turn.

  • @TheSubzeto
    @TheSubzeto3 жыл бұрын

    Gosh, that flex. I've been looking for a damn Leslie speaker in Canada and they're impossible to find.

  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

    3 жыл бұрын

    :O. time to hunt for one of the organs!!!

  • @markhammer643

    @markhammer643

    3 жыл бұрын

    Keep your eyes peeled on your local Kijiji. I see one nearly every day.

  • @sonixthatsme

    @sonixthatsme

    3 жыл бұрын

    Silly idea, but can't you get something like this 3d printed.

  • @MichaelObed

    @MichaelObed

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sonixthatsme Given that these are polystyrene, it's probably not too silly an idea...

  • @sonixthatsme

    @sonixthatsme

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MichaelObed You don't need a lot of infill so it can be scaled and printed pretty light I think. Maybe with a brushless motor, direct drive.

  • @martinhengesbach1332
    @martinhengesbach13323 жыл бұрын

    Awesome I finally know now what they r called.... Love your videos and the work behind it.... Have one of em in my organ and I celebrate the sound of it every time.... You just made me think I should build a monster version of it for my backyard...

  • @tommymandel
    @tommymandel3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! At 7 minutes the rotation is in sync with the musical pattern! Best of luck with the project! (and your singing into the fast-rotating speaker was SO COOL.)

  • @huntabadday2663
    @huntabadday26633 жыл бұрын

    Those are very interesting, I gotta get one for my synthesizer, or use it with my Commodore 64...

  • @redsquirrelftw
    @redsquirrelftw3 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome! You should try to control it with a VFD or a BLDC motor and ESC, you could have a dial to fully control the speed.

  • @LucasGranberg

    @LucasGranberg

    3 жыл бұрын

    cheap vfd one phase with 0-10v control would probably work well. Could be fed a slow sine wave

  • @PocketOperatorGuy
    @PocketOperatorGuy3 жыл бұрын

    Just hearing that little demo of the tones being played through it makes me wanna build one!

  • @Flymochairman1
    @Flymochairman13 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff! I've never heard a Leslie Speaker system actually working. The early 'tremolo' effect. Thanks for posting this. I'd almost forgotten the Leslie Speaker system. cheers!

  • @sonosus
    @sonosus3 жыл бұрын

    megamachine? cant wait!

  • @praticle

    @praticle

    3 жыл бұрын

    Quadraphonic megamachine! ;)

  • @hardmanpasta247
    @hardmanpasta2473 жыл бұрын

    I'd use it to set up to my electric drum kit, I'd love to hear what it sounds like when you shred on a kit at full speed!

  • @dreammix9430
    @dreammix94303 жыл бұрын

    Dude the stuff you get into never ceases to amaze me! LOL

  • @olorcain
    @olorcain2 жыл бұрын

    That sounds awesome!

  • @dougelick8397
    @dougelick83973 жыл бұрын

    I'd LOVE to have a Leslie like that. Pipe synths, voice, whatever through it and stereo mic it! Unfortunately, the drive from Ohio, USA to the UK is a little rough.

  • @echodelta9

    @echodelta9

    3 жыл бұрын

    Craigslist has many of a Midwest town's freebees and cheap organs all the time. You wouldn't want a 220volt model anyway. Look for a keyboard repair and new dealer in your area. I am in the business and have a few salted away. Some go to the dump.

  • @donaldhoot7741
    @donaldhoot77413 жыл бұрын

    From the days when everything had to be done mechanically.

  • @donaldhoot7741

    @donaldhoot7741

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well not EVERYthing!

  • @orderofmagnitude-TPATP

    @orderofmagnitude-TPATP

    3 жыл бұрын

    Analouuugggguuueeee!!!

  • @superdrummergaming
    @superdrummergaming2 жыл бұрын

    That's way cooler than I expected. It _really_ impacts the sound in a neat way.

  • @tomcarre8280
    @tomcarre82803 жыл бұрын

    WOW WHAT A GREAT HAUL. Never realised the drums were made out of polystyrene! I would actually love one of these to put in a guitar amp. I attempted to bodge a diy Leslie with a tiny brushed motor from a tape deck a few years back - I guess you need a seriously large one like yours to sound right!

  • @duicenasty1078
    @duicenasty10783 жыл бұрын

    I was always under the impression that the speaker span in these organs.

  • @beanMosheen

    @beanMosheen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Some leslie's do spin.

  • @Wrighjj

    @Wrighjj

    3 жыл бұрын

    rotosonic speaker

  • @geraldfriend256

    @geraldfriend256

    3 жыл бұрын

    Myself.Just never visualized how.Mostly a baffle or horn rotating around the speaker itself , but yeah different designs do spin.How I have no concept.

  • @RADkate
    @RADkate3 жыл бұрын

    id say make it cv controllable haha

  • @drh5779
    @drh57793 жыл бұрын

    If anyone in the history of the world was ever a prime candidate for spontaneous human combustion it is you sir. And I truly mean that as a compliment. You don't ignore the alarms and we all are beneficiaries of that

  • @sf5823
    @sf58233 жыл бұрын

    Wow that's going to sound awesome! Can't wait to hear what you come up with!

  • @bkrbyex4339
    @bkrbyex43393 жыл бұрын

    Now I know what made Jimmy page's [Led Zeppelin ] guitar sounds "warbley"...on the first 2 albums

  • @System-1541
    @System-15413 жыл бұрын

    "Central spinny bit" - great quote from this channel, terrible quote from an auto mechanic.

  • @fixnreview
    @fixnreview3 жыл бұрын

    I love watching it! Sounds interesting!

  • @whitehouse9999
    @whitehouse99993 жыл бұрын

    That’s some AWSOME sound, when spinning even better🤯

  • @DANGERTIM112
    @DANGERTIM1123 жыл бұрын

    hook a Variac up to it for more controll of the speeds

  • @Wrighjj

    @Wrighjj

    3 жыл бұрын

    Variac will only change the voltage. The Leslie's speed depends on source frequency.

  • @Pi-Photo
    @Pi-Photo3 жыл бұрын

    Make the speed adjustable! (Y)

  • @echodelta9

    @echodelta9

    3 жыл бұрын

    The fast speed is the same as a human made vibrato, about 7Hz. Faster and it's a razz, slower and it's drunken warbling. The slow speed is to not change the sound but disperse the sound around like a pipe organ. Switching from slow to fast is like adding vibrato to what's coming out weather voice or instrument.

  • @MrBonger88
    @MrBonger886 ай бұрын

    That’s wild. I love the sound effect

  • @jonathan1976xxx
    @jonathan1976xxx3 жыл бұрын

    Well done loving it 👌

  • @daithidebarradb
    @daithidebarradb3 жыл бұрын

    I love to get my hands on one to make portable Leslie guitar speaker. You got great find.

  • @andrejspecht8217
    @andrejspecht82172 жыл бұрын

    You know sometimes they say "New Trends are well-forgotten Old-Timers". They initially doesn't look that remarkable and give a impression of old technology past its time - but BOY they sound sweet with synth sound! Impressive! Thank you for sharing it with us!

  • @MrJohnn100
    @MrJohnn1003 жыл бұрын

    As soon as that spin came on I was like this sounds so much like the IT Crowd opener :D Love it

  • @ikweetvannixx
    @ikweetvannixx3 жыл бұрын

    I have been roadie on a tour using an ancient leslie box with a hammond b3 organ... learned a lot from the dual mic setup on that beast, two mics (i think they were small audix mics), hard panned left and right really filled the room... awesome! Love your channel!

  • @wearashirt
    @wearashirt2 жыл бұрын

    Woah amazing vocal leslie!!

  • @Darwinpasta
    @Darwinpasta3 жыл бұрын

    Four Leslies, one in each corner of the room, up by the ceiling. And don't tell anyone they're there until they all kick on at once. Rotating surround sound surprise! A friend of mine pulled one of these out of a church organ a while back and we messed around with it. My friend's a prog rock nut so of course he was geeking out on its musical potential. I was geeking out on the speed control. It had one motor for high speed, one for low, with the high speed permanently engaged through a belt and low jumping in like the bendix on a car starter. It was just a shaded pole motor with a spring in it, so when the field energized, the rotor sucked in and pushed the shaft into engagement with the drive wheel. I thought that was the coolest thing.

  • @ExStaticBass
    @ExStaticBass3 жыл бұрын

    Oh that's mad! Now I'm really chuffed to see what you come up with for those. Cheers mate!

  • @venturarealestate9918
    @venturarealestate99183 жыл бұрын

    So cool and weird and cool! I love it!

  • @cyphre
    @cyphre3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds amazing!

  • @DolganoFF
    @DolganoFF3 жыл бұрын

    One of the best effects ever! I love leslie

  • @mixmaster98
    @mixmaster983 жыл бұрын

    My mom worked at the CBS plant in Pasadena for years till they shut it down. She brought home with her everything they were throwing out. I mean a pickup truck bed full of horns, speakers, alot of wood side panels, and organizer drawers full of electronics components obviously from the eng. dept. I was so stoked! I would cp,e to cherish those drawers. I was attending college at the time for my BSEE

  • @Dreamdigger
    @Dreamdigger3 жыл бұрын

    Wish I lived nearby...that museum is goto be epic!

  • @opera5714
    @opera57143 жыл бұрын

    That brings back memories. My first job was repairing Gulbransen transistorized organs when I was fourteen back in 1965. My brother had to drive me around on service calls. I spent more time in bars at that age than I ever did when it was legal for me to do so. You really want the rotating tweeters.

  • @redleader7988
    @redleader79883 жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing a traveling rock band back in the early '70s with a Hammond organ with Leslie speakers. They randomly set up in a park shelter house to play for whoever would watch. They had an amazing setup. It was a great show, despite not many people stopping to listen. I remember them spending a lot of time getting the speed of the Leslies right before playing.

  • @boosfee-bangarang
    @boosfee-bangarang7 ай бұрын

    I'm so bummed I didn't see this sooner than 2yrs ago... 😫 would have loved to pick that speaker up. but it sounds phenomenal and keep up the amazing sounds and videos. love your content!

  • @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

    @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

    7 ай бұрын

    Yeah ya the guy who took it didn't do anything either. Even though he said he was

  • @Wint3rshad3
    @Wint3rshad32 жыл бұрын

    Those are amazing!!!

  • @mckens02
    @mckens023 жыл бұрын

    chuffed for you! great project

  • @Poop-nu1so
    @Poop-nu1so2 жыл бұрын

    Wow even better than I expected

  • @hellraizer322
    @hellraizer3223 жыл бұрын

    That is so awesome!

  • @christofferainek
    @christofferainek3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. The video doesn’t do it justice. There’s nothing quite like listening to a leslie in a live context 👌🤘

  • @peppaz
    @peppaz2 жыл бұрын

    wow they sound amazing

  • @eugenmorgan7606
    @eugenmorgan76062 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered what a synth would sound like through a Leslie. Moog was a good choice to use too!!! Thanx 4 sharing dude. 😎👍

  • @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953
    @laernulienlaernulienlaernu89532 жыл бұрын

    Such a cool sound. 👍

  • @kidsalex13
    @kidsalex132 жыл бұрын

    ive always wanted one of those, no current plans, but they are super cool, maybe i could build a cabinet for my friends band

  • @lekendylwatkins4956
    @lekendylwatkins49563 жыл бұрын

    I just pulled one from an organ two weeks ago! No one around me seems to care or even really know what they are, so it's cool to see someone else with an interest!

  • @144megabytes
    @144megabytes3 жыл бұрын

    That sound is awesome.

  • @denispeveloper9655
    @denispeveloper96553 жыл бұрын

    Pretty nice work, dude. You are lucky one!

  • @distantcomets
    @distantcomets3 жыл бұрын

    That sounded incredible!

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