User Manual

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Setting Up
 LESLIE
  e rotating sound of the LESLIE Speaker is the natural partner of the Ham-
mond Organ. A Digital version is built-in to the SK1/SK2; and the controls 
will also function with a connected physical Leslie.
[FAST] button
Toggles the mode of the rotor by two steps. Every press switches 
the status. When the light is ON, the mode is FAST, and when it 
is OFF, it is not.
[STOP] button
To toggle the FAST and SLOW when you pressed the [FAST] but-
ton, press this button and the light OFF.
To toggle the FAST and STOP when you pressed the [FAST] but-
ton, press this button and the light ON.
[BYPASS] button
When the light is OFF, the Organ section sound is output from 
the rotary channel.
To bypass the Leslie eff ect, press this button and the light will go 
ON. Regardless of the status of the [FAST], [STOP] buttons, the 
Organ section sound is output from the stationary channel.
NOTE: Leslie E ect is available on Organ section except Pipe type.
NOTE:  You can  ne-tune the parameters of the Leslie e  ect. (P. 84)
BUTTON MODE
BYPASS STOP FAST CH=1
CH=3, 
on-board 
Leslie effect
O O  On Fast
O O O  Slow
O  On On Fast
O  On O  Stop
On On On Fast
Bypass
On On O  Stop
On O  On Fast
On O O  Slow
STATUS CHART OF EACH BUTTON
800Hz
Ampli-
fier
Horn
Driver
Woofer
Bass
Rotor
Horn
Rotor
Stationary
Speaker
WHAT IS THE LESLIE EFFECT?
The Leslie Speaker was invented by Donald Leslie in 
1941 to make the Hammond Organ sound like a Thea-
tre Pipe Organ. Using motor-driven rotating horns and 
ba  es, Leslie’s invention gave the organ a rich and 
moving tone, which quickly became it’s own unforget-
table sound.
In its basic form, the Leslie Speaker has an built-in 
ampli er and two rotors; the “Horn Rotor” for treble 
and the “Bass Rotor” for bass which are each fed by a 
custom-designed driver/speaker. The combination of 
the two utilizes the “Doppler E ect” to give the unique 
Leslie “swirling” sound..
Some models have not only rotors but also a  xed 
speaker. The circuit for sending the sound to the rotor 
is called the “Rotary Channel”, and that for the  xed 
speaker is called the “Stationary Channel”.
The Digital Leslie on-board the SK1/SK2 employs all the 
proprietary concepts used in the physical speakers, but 
realizes them in the digital realm. It is recommended 
that you run the Main Outputs “in stereo” to get the full-
est e ect.
Diagram of 3 channel Leslie Speaker










