Specifications

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Spin into Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
Try using the amplitude modulation effects of
Spin as an LFO driving the Moogerfooger Low-
pass Filter!
Distortion and Spin
To simulate overdriving the tube amp powering
the rotating speaker, apply distortion before
Spin, since, in the real-world signal path, the
amp distorts the signal before the speakers
throw the sound around. Among tons of other
great distortion sounds, the SansAmp PSA-1
plug-in provides distortion presets for both the
model 122 and model 147 rotating speakers.
Organ Signal Path
Likewise, when going for classic organ sounds,
route through the Voce Chorus/Vibrato before
Spin, as that’s the signal path in the B-3 organ.
The John Lennon Vocal Thing
In what seems like a particularly dangerous
Beatles studio experiment, a Leslie speaker cab-
inet was dismembered, a microphone was af-
fixed to the rapidly spinning upper rotor, and
John Lennon attempted to sing into it. Fortu-
nately the deafening wind noise captured by the
microphone put a stop to the proceedings before
anyone got maimed. Feel free just to run the vo-
cal through the rotating speaker—that’s what
they wound up doing.
Reverse Spin
Those reverse-vocal and reverse-guitar tricks
are even more fun when you run ‘em through
Spin. Try reversing the vocal and putting it
through Spin, as well as putting the vocal
through Spin then reversing the processed
vocal.
Generator Leakage
Of all the sounds to pass through a Leslie, no
sound has been amplified more often than the
sound of B-3 Organ generator leakage. Even
with no notes keyed, a small amount of B-3
sound leaks out.