Hi --
I'm tweaking the Genos rotary speaker effect and updated my notes. Hope these notes help someone out.
The DUAL ROT BRT and DUAL ROT WARM columns are the default settings on the S950. The PJD column are the settings that I use.
The PJD settings are derived from the MOX rotary speaker effect. This is the same effect algorithm as the S950. I prefer the MOX sound over the S950 and that may be due to the VCM EQ 501 insert effect on the MOX. (Motif/MOX allow two insert effects to be chained.) The VCM EQ 501 emulates a vintage boutique EQ and, unfortunately, PSR/Tyros/Genos does not implement the VCM EQ 501 algorithm.
Keep on tweaking -- pj
P.S. Multiply Hertz (Hz) by 60 to get RPM.
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DUAL ROT BRT, DUAL ROT WARM
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DUAL ROT BRT DUAL ROT WARM PJD
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Rotor Speed Slow 0.67Hz 0.67Hz 0.67Hz 40.2RPM
Horn Speed Slow 0.76Hz 0.76Hz 0.80Hz 48.0RPM
Rotor Speed Fast 6.39Hz 6.06Hz 5.72Hz 343.2RPM
Horn Speed Fast 6.73Hz 6.73Hz 6.73Hz 403.8RPM
Slow-Fast Time of Rotor 39 45 47
Slow-Fast Time of Horn 7 7 20
Drive Low 35 31 17
Drive High 37 36 43
Low/High Balance L<H4 L13>H L=H
EQ Low Frequency 100Hz 100Hz 100Hz
EQ Low Gain +8dB +8dB -2dB
EQ High Frequency 1.0kHz 1.0kHz 1.0kHz
EQ High Gain -3dB -4dB +0dB
Mic L-R Angle 177deg 177deg 162deg
Speed Control Slow Fast Slow
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MOX Rotary Speaker effect
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Input --> InsertA --> InsertB --> Output
Insert A: VCM EQ 501 (Preset: flat)
EQ1Freq 71.0Hz EQ2Freq 250Hz EQ3Freq 1.00KHz
EQ1Gain -3.0dB EQ2Gain -1.3dB EQ3Gain 0.0dB
EQ2Q 0.71 EQ3Q 0.71
Insert B: Rotary SP (S950:DUAL ROT BRT,DUAL ROT WARM,DUAL ROT SP1,DUAL ROT SP2)
SpeedCtrl Slow
S-FTmRotor 47 Slow to Fast time of Rotor
S-FTmHorn 20 Slow to Fast time of Horn
RotorS 0.67Hz
HornS 0.80Hz
RotorF 5.72Hz
HornF 6.73Hz
MicAngl 162deg
DriveRotor 17
DriveHorn 43
Rotor/Horn R=H
The VCM EQ 501 is an emulation of a vintage boutique equalizer, probably the
Pultec EQP-1A. PSR/Tyros/Genos do not implement this VCM effect.
Hi --
Just spent some time tweaking the Genos Real Rotary effect. This is the new rotary speaker effect and is the same as the Montage effect algorithm.
As Gerard, Uli and others have noted, acceleration times (slow-fast, fast-slow) of the woofer cannot be set. These parameters are configurable on the Montage, BTW. Yamaha?
Also, seems like the upper limit for acceleration time is 2.00. I wish the maximum was longer. Yamaha tends to program rotary speaker speeds too fast right out of the box. (I know of at least one Yamaha demonstrator who feels the same way!)
The drive seems kind of wimpy. Does Drive interact with any other parameters like Input Level? Steve Winwood is not pleased. :)
The Tone control darkens and brightens the sound (0: dark, 10: bright). I like my Hammond tone a little darker, so I dialed this down a little bit.
If it every gets warm in New England, again, I'll find a Montage and look at the defaults for its rotary speaker effect. The synths often are programmed differently.
Not an effects thing, but does anyone else miss drawbar color (brown, black and ivory)? When I reach for the sliders while playing, all I see is a mess'o'black drawbars. As much as I hate to schmutz up a new instrument, I might put some kind of white sticky on the even bars to help my old eyes.
Havin' a blast! Only had it a week and I'm still playing mostly organ... Oh, there are other voices? :)
All the best and stay warm -- pj
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Genos Real Rotary effect
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Parameter Default PJD
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Drive 4.5 5.0
Tone 10.0 8.5
Low/High Balance L<H6 L<H6
Output Level 80 80
Mic L-R Angle 120deg 120deg
Input Level +6.0dB +6dB
Modulation Intensity 10 10
Slow-Fast Time of Horn 1.10 2.00
Fast-Slow Time of Horn 1.00 1.90
Woofer Speed Slow 44.8RPM 40.1
Horn Speed Slow 45.4 45.4
Woofer Speed Fast 413.8 343.2
Horn Speed Fast 454.2 393.7
Hi --
Just spent some time tweaking the Genos Real Rotary effect. This is the new rotary speaker effect and is the same as the Montage effect algorithm.
As Gerard, Uli and others have noted, acceleration times (slow-fast, fast-slow) of the woofer cannot be set. These parameters are configurable on the Montage, BTW. Yamaha?
Also, seems like the upper limit for acceleration time is 2.00. I wish the maximum was longer. Yamaha tends to program rotary speaker speeds too fast right out of the box. (I know of at least one Yamaha demonstrator who feels the same way!)
The drive seems kind of wimpy. Does Drive interact with any other parameters like Input Level? Steve Winwood is not pleased. :)
The Tone control darkens and brightens the sound (0: dark, 10: bright). I like my Hammond tone a little darker, so I dialed this down a little bit.
If it every gets warm in New England, again, I'll find a Montage and look at the defaults for its rotary speaker effect. The synths often are programmed differently.
Not an effects thing, but does anyone else miss drawbar color (brown, black and ivory)? When I reach for the sliders while playing, all I see is a mess'o'black drawbars. As much as I hate to schmutz up a new instrument, I might put some kind of white sticky on the even bars to help my old eyes.
Havin' a blast! Only had it a week and I'm still playing mostly organ... Oh, there are other voices? :)
All the best and stay warm -- pj
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Genos Real Rotary effect
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Parameter Default PJD
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Drive 4.5 5.0
Tone 10.0 8.5
Low/High Balance L<H6 L<H6
Output Level 80 80
Mic L-R Angle 120deg 120deg
Input Level +6.0dB +6dB
Modulation Intensity 10 10
Slow-Fast Time of Horn 1.10 2.00
Fast-Slow Time of Horn 1.00 1.90
Woofer Speed Slow 44.8RPM 40.1
Horn Speed Slow 45.4 45.4
Woofer Speed Fast 413.8 343.2
Horn Speed Fast 454.2 393.7
I tried your settings without much satisfaction. Just gave up and bought a used Neo Vent. Spending that money will almost certainly guarantee that Yamaha will improve their Leslie configurability and real-time control in an upcoming firmware release! You're welcome 😁