Leslie speaker effect
I have an organ score in which I would like to add a fast and slow Leslie speaker effect at selected sections. For the score itself a staff text for "Leslie fast" or "Leslie slow" is sufficient, but if possible I would like it to play back with the effect simulated. Is there any way to do this? I tried tremolo but it sounds terrible. It's not really a tremolo but rather a rapid switching on and off of the notes.
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You should find a soundfont with different Leslie effect patches.
In reply to You should find a soundfont… by Ziya Mete Demircan
I've tried but I haven't yet found one that sounds right and works well. Any suggestions? I'm trying to reproduce "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harem, although it would be useful for other pieces too,
In reply to I've tried but I haven't yet… by Steve Vowles
Procul Harum (Lat., "far from these things"). I have a special relation to that piece; Matthew Fisher, whom I met in person in Woodstock, NY, personally approved my writings on this matter as the "only that are not complete BS": https://web.archive.org/web/20040401134704/http://www.bachfaq.org/awsop… .
For the record, tremolo is a rapid repeating of the notes, at least for most instruments (eg, violin).
In reply to For the record, tremolo is a… by Marc Sabatella
According to Wikipedia there are two versions/definitions, one being "a rapid reiteration of a single note" (exactly as you describe), and the other being "a variation in amplitude", which is what I understood it to be. I was unaware of the first definition (thanks for the info), but in any case the latter is what I'm after.
In reply to According to Wikipedia there… by Steve Vowles
Not to be pedantic, well, ok, to be pedantic, a rapid reiteration of a single note can be described as a (limiting case) rapid variation in amplitude "and then, we're only arguing about coefficients", as the old joke goes...Anyway, MuseScore goes as Marc says.
In reply to Not to be pedantic, well, ok… by [DELETED] 1831606
And for what it's worth (I used to own one with my long-gone Hammond B-3) the manufacturer and documentation of the time referred to it as "Leslie Tremolo".
In reply to Not to be pedantic, well, ok… by [DELETED] 1831606
True enough. Too bad the "coefficient" isn't user definable in this case.
I am asked to create "VOX ORGAN" in a score (full Leslie). I do not find it in the instruments. Can it be found and if not, what is the nearest available alternative sound? Many thanks
In reply to I am asked to create "VOX… by walterweckers1
I haven't looked recently but I was unable to find a good sound font in the past. I made a work-around in a couple of scores by adding a duplicate track at a reduced volume and applying tremolo to those notes to emulate the leslie. I leave that track hidden. If you expose all the staves and look at the chorus in this: https://musescore.com/user/28322913/scores/5481040 (A Whiter Shade of Pale, the one that prompted this thread) you can see what I did. It's far from perfect, but it kinda works.