Audio panning work-around to bypass Leslie sim pedal?

31 Aug 2016, 15:21

I have a MiniVent which really makes the FA08 tonewheel organs sound good. My problem is I had it modified with a remote switch and now I can't bypass it.

I typically run mono into a mixer and then mono from there. I don't want any other sounds to go through the MiniVent. I figure I can pan my Hammond sounds dead left and everything else dead right but then I lose the right signals in the mixer output. I don't want to run stereo out of the mixer.

It sounds like a job for the Sub Out, but I understand that that doesn't respond to the volume knob.

Any ideas?

Thanks & Regards,
Joe

Re: Audio panning work-around to bypass Leslie sim pedal?

1 Sep 2016, 03:56

Are you playing single sounds at once? or multiple?

i.e. did you want the FA to be feeding out a drums/bass to one source, and then the hammond through your cab sim?

Or will you be playing the hammond only (with cab sim), and want to switch to say, a piano, without cab sim?

In terms of using the LEFT/RIGHT channels you could do it (for example):-

Roland FA LEFT OUT -> Mini Vent -> Channel 1 Mono/Left of mixer
Roland FA RIGHT OUT -> Channel 2 Mono/Left of mixer

Mixer Output Mono/Left -> Speakers

Surely that would work? Your mixer would be doing the job of treating each input as a mono source then, and you just need a cable which comes out of the FA which goes to stereo pairs/or separate cables that you can plug into separate mixer channels.

Last edited by Skijumptoes on 1 Sep 2016, 04:00, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Audio panning work-around to bypass Leslie sim pedal?

1 Sep 2016, 04:00

Why not using the sub outs for the Hammond and controlling its volume via a dedicated volume pedal (an analog one inserted between the audio out and the Leslie sim)?

Re: Audio panning work-around to bypass Leslie sim pedal?

1 Sep 2016, 10:30

Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm not even sure under what music/gig scenario I would need to do this because I use an Electro. I guess if the Electro had a problem....

I like Ski's answer. Why didn't I think of that? And the volume pedal I think is a good idea.

I'm kind of fascinated with a one-board gig solution but I never have the guts to try it! Also there is the problem of the FA08 action for organ playing...

The MiniVent really does a nice job on the Tonewheel sounds. It softens them up and tames those shrill highs.

Regards,
Joe

Re: Audio panning work-around to bypass Leslie sim pedal?

2 Sep 2016, 14:02

You can checkout to use the assignable knob (via expression) or user volume knob for that organ part.