Re: [Harp-L] Why use an effects pedal?

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What you want is something that emulates a (rotating) Leslie speaker,
not a Hammond organ per se.  There are a very wide range of devices
available.  The Digitech RP series pedals, the Behringer VAMP series,
the Line 6 POD, and various other amp emulators all include a rotating
speaker (Leslie) effect.  Mid to high end reverb units from Lexicon and
Alesis, and multi-effects units from Kurzweil, Roland, and Yamaha do
too.  There are devices selling in the mid-hundreds low thousands of
dollars range, and devices selling for much less than a hundred.  There
are actual rotating-horn speakers available, some with amp included.

In other words, a few details about your price range and the ways you
intend to use the thing would be useful.

Regards, Richard Hunter
hutnerharp.com

Gordon Graham wrote:
> 
> Can someone recommend an effects pedal to emulate an hammond organ.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gordon
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> Elaine Graham
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; <leone@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Why use an effects pedal?
> 
> > Smo-joe wrote:
> > "Lee Oskar used to play very cleanly. The last couple time I heard
> > him live, he used a lot of effects. I didn't like it. He also has been
> > dragging out tunes for up to 13+ minutes. Don't like that either. I
> > feel if a person wants to play harmonica, they should play
> > harmonica. If they want a lot of effects, get a Millionizer."
> >
> > So, like, Little Walter shoulda played the Millionizer, I guess, instead
> > of putting the harp through a tube amp?
> >
> > With due respect, this is the 21st century.  Every other musician in the
> > world is using lots of effects, and I don't see why harmonica players
> > ought to make a point of being ignorant about it.  Hell, we've already
> > got a reputation for being ignorant about everything else where music is
> > concerned.
> >
> > I've released two CDs containing nothing but solo harmonica
> > performances, with no effects other than reverb, so I don't have
> > anything to prove where purely acoustic harmonica is concerned.  But if
> > I want to use an effects chain as long as the Panama Canal, I'm going to
> > do it.
> >
> > Thanks, Richard Hunter
> > hunterharp.com
> >
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