On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 22:23 -0700, thomas fisher wrote: > On Friday 25 January 2008 19:08:11 Ken Restivo wrote: <snip> > > I'm very happy with the Leslie sim in AZR3. Only thing that sounds missing > > to me is the resonance of the wood cabinet. > > > > -ken > From what I have heard from instrument makers is that there is much more > than just "wood" involved. For example fine straight grain spruce is very > much sought for. However there is a whole list of grades of spruce. Also > certain species of white pine, old growth redwood. About eight years ago in > northern California I met this fellow that had been a part of a very small > specialty company that cut blanks for instrument tops from salvaged old > growth redwood. He had about four or five grades, of which he demonstrated to > me by holding the blank a certain way and thumped it. Some of the highest > grades rang like Tibetan bell! And I would imagine the list gets much longer > when one considers the woods of the world. One retired concert violinist I > knew, would take his instruments apart and would shave whispers off here and > there. I am a wood worker but I am no authority on this subject and am just > sharing the very little that I do know. On a leslie cabinet there are wooden slats that go across the openings on the sides. These resonate a bit with the percussion and could be audible. If you pluck them with a fingernail they have quite distinct notes. I don't know what wood the cabinet is made of, but I doubt it's anything exotic. Anyway, Ken, I have a leslie here and a mic. It's an old one so I can't patch external audio into unfortunately. I wonder if there is another way to get an IR. Perhaps hitting it with a stick or something. :) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
