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Vintage B3 Rotor Cabinet window
Vintage B3 Rotor Cabinet window overview
The Hammond story can’t be fully told without discussing the rotor cabinets manufactured by
Leslie. In fact, playing the B3 organ without a rotor cabinet is viewed as something of a special
effect these days. Vintage B3 not only simulates the speaker cabinet itself, but also allows you to
change the listening position by placing virtual microphones in different locations.
Some of the speaker cabinet models are mathematically simulated, and others use a recording
of the spatial characteristics of the speaker. The latter is known as an impulse response. Detailed
information on impulse responses can be found in the Space Designer section of the Effects
Help. If you’re unfamiliar with the concepts of the Leslie rotating speaker cabinets, see The Leslie
cabinet on page 431.
The Leslie rotation speed control is shown at the lower-left corner of the Vintage B3 Main and
Rotor Cabinet windows. Advanced speed controls are shown in the central display when you
click Rotor Cabinet in the control bar.
The advanced Leslie rotating speaker cabinet controls are useful for specialized sounds, or
when you are creating realistic emulations. See Advanced Cabinet parameters, Advanced Motor
parameters, and Advanced Brake parameters.
For information about microphone parameters, see Vintage B3 Microphone parameters on
page 409.
Basic rotor speaker controls
Basic rotor speaker parameter
This parameter is shown at the lower left in the Main and Rotor Cabinet windows.
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Rotation switch: Switch the rotor speed in the following ways:
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Slow: Slow rotor movement.
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Brake: Stops the rotor.
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Fast: Fast rotor movement.
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