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Thread started 05/01/04 10:11am

soladeo1

Remember that weird spinning gyroscope thingie that.......

....his mid-90's keyboarding Kip something used to have behind his keyboard unit???? WHat the hell was that thing??? Anyone hear know??? I've always been vexed by that thing?? DOes it do anything? Help sound in some way?????
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Reply #1 posted 05/01/04 11:24am

jsb23nc

That was actually a Lesley speaker. It was in a clear plexiglass casing so you can see the components spinning.
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Reply #2 posted 05/01/04 11:41am

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I often wondered about that thing too
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Reply #3 posted 05/01/04 1:26pm

squirrelgrease

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Yup, it's a Leslie. The speaker horn is rotated by a motor driven belt, for that old-school back-and-forth echo effect.
If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #4 posted 05/01/04 1:44pm

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Reply #5 posted 05/01/04 1:58pm

lovemachine

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That was Morris Hayes not Kip playing the Hammond Organ with the Leslie.
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