Rotary Organ was sampled from a Hammond M3 organ. The ultimate goal was to simulate the sound of a Hammondnd B3 organ with the Leslie rotating speaker inside the VST / AU / AAX plugin. Each register on each note was individually sampled through the organ’s built-in speaker with a Neumann TLM 102 microphone.
The signal was passed through the Fender Deluxe Reverb and recorded on the Sennheiser e906. Both signals were passed through Grace M101 preamps. The Hammond M3 organ combines the last two harmonics into one register, this note has been omitted. Instead, digital foldback technology was used to expand the harmonics of the Hammond M3 to look like harmonics of the Hammond B3.
The range of the organ has been expanded to look like that of the Hammond B3. This was achieved by using the character of the organ pedals to add notes of the lower octave.
To mimic the real speaker of Leslie, its emulation was developed. The signal is divided into a virtual lower rotor and a virtual upper rotor with a frequency of about 600 Hz. Vibrato, chorus and pan processing are used to simulate the rotation of rotors. The upper rotor rotates between 48/409 rpm and the lower rotor rotates between 40/354 rpm. The rotation of the lower rotor can be disabled. The Leslie simulation can also be bypassed.
B3 effects, which are also digitally simulated and include percussion, vibrato and key sound. Vibrato is similar to B3 and includes vibrato itself, as well as vibrato + choir. A keystroke was simulated by adding random noise to the attack and release of samples. Some clicks are heard in the original samples, but the effect has been exaggerated. Percussion was modeled in VST, as in real life: a higher amplitude, shock damped sound is added to the instrument through the 2nd or 3rd harmonic. The plugin also includes everb, braking, variable acceleration, drive / distortion, smoothing, adjustable stereo panning, key-splitting and switching presets.
The instrument was treated with an equalizer to sound a little more aggressive than a typical Hammond organ, and therefore will stand out in the mix. This can be adjusted using the “smooth” knob, which will attenuate some of the higher frequencies.
Rotary Organ was sampled from a Hammond M3 organ. The ultimate goal was to simulate the sound of a Hammondnd B3 organ with the Leslie rotating speaker inside the VST / AU / AAX plugin. Each register on each note was individually sampled through the organ’s built-in speaker with a Neumann TLM 102 microphone. Wavosaur Post author 20 November 2014 at 22 h 38 min. This is just a little love 🙂 i have ported it to VST 2.4, then i’ll compile the azr3 in 64 bit. I’ll also contact the author before. These free effect plug-ins work with Cubase and other VST compatible applications. To install, unzip the files into your VstPluginsfolder, or wherever your existing VST plug-ins are stored. Help for All Plug-ins. Download all VST plug-ins for Windows. Download all VST plug-ins for Mac OS X (Universal Binary).
The PSP L’otary2, is our ultra high quality emulation of a rotary speaker (VST, AAX and RTAS for Windows; AudioUnit, VST, AAX and RTAS for Mac OSX). We based our algorithm upon two original and legendary models: the Leslie® 122 and 147, and spent hundreds of hours perfecting our simulations. In other words, this is not just another modulation effect! PSP L’otary is capable of reproducing as precisely as possible the classic sounds of those famous rotary speakers.
That said, the PSP L’otary2 is capable of creative divergences from the original. For example, you could set up both the rotating high frequency horn and the rotating low frequency drum independently from each other and emulate speakers with a static drum or even a broken horn or drum engine.
I just integrated the new PSP L’otary plug-in to the film score for the movie Chappie. It was a perfect blend of authentic and creatively flexible. It added so much to my mix. I even used it on percussion. Great new tool that does something that no other plugin I have does.
Alan Meyerson, Grammy Winning scoring mixer and engineer
Dark Knight, Gladiator, Shrek, King Kong, Sin City, the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Transformers ...
The PSP L'otary is so great that I'm thinking of selling my Model 120 Leslie. It's not only the best rotary sim, it's one of the best rotary cabinet sounds I've ever used. Amazing!
Hank Linderman, American engineer, producer and musician
The Eagles, Chicago, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Robert Lamm ...
I have to say, I think PSP 'nailed it' on the L'otary plug-in. I've owned Hammonds and Leslies for years, including the old 122 I've played a '51 C2 through on tons of records. But these days, when so much is done 'in the box', I've wanted a way to get the same sound with VIs and recorded tracks. Now I can. And the beauty is, you can run anything through it. Organ, Wurly, Clapton style guitar, Lennon style vocals, synths, pretty much anything you would want to hear through a real one, sounds great through L'otary. I'm particularly impressed with both the realism and the adjust-ability included. There's mike positions & distance, ambiance, ramp up and down speeds, amp types, crunch and distortion, and my favorite, a knob for bringing in the mechanical noise that a real one makes as motors turn and wind hits the microphones. Awesome!
Steve Nathan, American keyboardist, pianist and songwriter
Kelly Clarkson, Bon Jovi, the Beach Boys, Carrie Underwood, Etta James, Lionel Richie, Joe Cocker ...
The new PSP L'otary - rotary cabinet simulator plug-in is the most authentic Leslie cabinet sound I've ever heard. I've used it as an insert on a track and also as an effect to send to a track. Either way, it has the sound and feel of having a real leslie cabinet in the room. The bar has been raised!
Kenny Greenberg, American producer, guitarist and songwriter
Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album, Academy of Country Music Award for Guitar Player of the Year
Wow, this new PSP L'otary plug-in is incredible, very subtle and real and can be used - as is - as a direct Leslie rotating horn replacement. I should note this plugin is very sweet sounding, so depending on the microphones you would normally mic a physical studio Leslie with, you may want to post EQ slightly in the case of getting a slightly screechier top horn sounds that typical live performance PA SM57s give. Very real and a great sounding piece of software. All in all, another 'A' level plugin from the PSP VintageWarmer guys in Poland. Kudos!
George Daly,
The Cars, Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, The Tubes, Tool
I'm a B3 player from way back and I know the sound of a Leslie speaker intimately, so believe me when I say that the new PSP L'otary is the best Leslie simulator that I've come across. All PSP plugins are killer to begin with, but the company might have surpassed itself with this one.
Bobby Owsinskiproducer, engineer, author of 24 books on recording, the music business ...
PSP L’otary needs to run on at least a i5-class CPU for crackle-free operation. i7 or better CPU recommended.
PC
VST
- Windows x32 or x64 (XP Service Pack 2, Vista, 7, 8 or 10)
- VST 2.4 compatible application
Rotary Effect Vst Free
RTAS
- Windows x32 or x64 (XP Service Pack 2, Vista or 7 or 8)
- ProTools LE 8.0.0 or ProTools TDM 8.0.0 (or later)
AAX
- Windows x32 or x64 (XP Service Pack 2, Vista or 7 or 8 or 10)
- Pro Tools 10 or Pro Tools 11 or Pro Tools 12 (or later)
Mac (intel)
AudioUnit
- Mac OSX 10.8 - 10.10 or later
- 32 or 64-bit host application capable of running AudioUnit plug-ins with Cocoa view
Free Rotary Vst
VST
- Mac OSX 10.8 - 10.11 or later
- 32 or 64-bit VST 2.4 compatible host application
RTAS
- Mac OSX 10.8 - 10.11 or later
- ProTools LE 8.0.0 or ProTools TDM 8.0.0 (or later)
AAX
- Mac OSX 10.8 - 10.11 or later
- Pro Tools 11,12 or later