I'm really loving the new controllable features. Getting some really great Vibratone sounds out of it too, which is good because I don't want to have to buy a vintage Vibratone cabinet because this is way lighter.
This one! I've been holding back on the V1, hoping that one day the V2 would come up and make me dive! It's on it's way! My first Strymon! DECO will be next...
Man I dunno this thing sounds way better than the old one. Last one sounded more like a univibe. This has the complexity. Lots of Leslie pedals sound very 1 dimensional. They either sound like a phaser or flanger but this has a nice blend of all those and sounds like speakers actually physically rotating.
I think it's sounding a lot better than the v1--much more realistic modeling of the doppler effect, and all the new parameters look very useful. Like others have said though, some settings sound thin (as in tinny or small), while others are rich and full. I really like the clean tones at both speeds, but I prefer the EHX Lester G's heavily driven sound. The EHX breaks up and adds grit in a more authentic way. The ramp up and down on the EHX is also more exciting if that makes sense, but like some have said the ramping isn't shown here so well (use your foot to activate it, not your hand--that's how a player would do it live!). That said, the EHX adds a color even at clean settings that can get tiring. I also feel that the Neo Ventilator II does a better job emulating the three-dimensional effect of the Leslie, and perhaps is still the most realistic of all the pedals out there. But since you can't buy one anymore without being a on a waiting list for a year, and they have a propensity to break, costing a lot to repair, it's not super fair to compare them. All in all, I think Strymon did a good job here with the new update, and I might consider adding one to my rig. I don't know if they've posted a video with organ going through it yet, but I'll need to check that out, since that's what I play mostly. Hopefully one day I'll have a permanent studio, where I can set up a real Leslie cabinet, but for now these 16oz pedals will fit the bill :-)
Mississippi John Fahey : Just a quick question Sir , How do you power the EHX PEDDLES , I have a Strymon Zuma Which will obviously power the LEX but I’ve read that there are issues with EHX units not being compatible with the Strymon Zuma, I have a EHX MEL9 and it’s 9v+ , I’m imagining the Lester is the same … just curious any information would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks 🙏👍🏻🌞⭐️👍🏻
The thing about EVERY Leslie pedal that doesn't5 get emulated - when a leslie turns, it is loudest when it faces forward. Stereo representation is great, but a leslie (on slow) getting louder when it hits center needs to be emulated with an LFO or something to make the center show up. THAT would take this into a whole new dimension.
While I understand the point you're making, I think you may be forgetting about the microphones that are actually capturing the speakers. Technically, the speakers are loudest when they are facing the mics, wherever they've been placed, not always facing forward. Because Lex can position the mics either on the front (facing the louvers) or the back (where it's open) of the cabinet, you get both types of sounds. The effect you're describing is controlled by Doppler manipulation, and you bet, it's in there. It wouldn't work at all without it. I hope that helps!
Should be able to - it looks like he used a synth for that stuff in more recent times, but if you run a piano sound into Lex you should be able to get super close really quickly. Hope that helps!
How come the tone in example 2 sounds much much thinner than in example 1? I seem to love or hate the sounds of this thing lol. I’m curious what parameter would account for this drastic shift in frequency emphasis 🤔. Thanks, and excellent playing 👌🏻
It is most likely a combination of the mic placement switch and the settings in Iridium that are causing a large shift for you - the mic placement alone is a hyper-powerful tone shaper. Hope that helps!
2 questions: does it work also with multiswitch (not the "plus" one) in order to save 3 different presets? Does the position of the Speed knob remain the same for Fast/Slow once setted, or does the switching between fast/slow allow two different positions (e.g: fully CCW for slow and fully CW for fast)?
Hey Roberto! Unfortunately, that older MultiSwitch only works with TimeLine, BigSky, and Mobius. Switching between fast/slow does indeed let you have two different knob positions (AKA speeds.) Hope this helps!
@@strymon I know that instrument is marketed as a sitar, but it is not an electric sitar. Sitar is a much more complex instrument, curved frets, sympathetic strings, hollow neck to allow reverberations, etc etc. anoushka shankar, niladri Kumar … Ravi Shankar… they play the true instrument “sitar”. We can all agree that Danelectro thing is a guitar with a buzzier tone and extra strings meant to be sort of like a sitar. No offense meant at all! Thank you for this great video. I have purchased the Lex V2 partially thanks to the awesome sounds in this video here!
No offense taken - the Dano/Coral bridge is an attempt at recreating something similar to jawari, and it does have drone strings, so it is as close as the name implies. Not at all the same instrument that Ravi or Anoushka play, and not the same homebrew veena instrument that someone like Vishwa Mohan Bahtt created - the real deal is always the real deal.
Does the new lex have the same secondary menu options? I loved being able to send the horn out to one channel and the baffle out of the other. Is that still possible with the new version?
if anyone can recreate the Shin-ei design at a more affordable price, its you guys, I have a Lex and its truly a quality pedal and sound but please consider making a version of the original Leslie sim
Howdy there and thanks for the kind words - the Shin-Ei was the first Univibe, so while it was originally intended to approximate a Leslie, it is it's own thing. Check out the Univibe setting on our flagship Mobius multi-modulation pedal, and make sure that the Lo contour control is set to give you the most low end. It's a great-sounding version of the classic Univibe sound.
@@strymonUltraviolet… my next Strymon purchase for sure!🫡 love your pedals. In the process of making an all Strymon (mostly) board w Zelzah, Orbit, Sunset pre Iridium, just need that UV pre Sunset as well🫡🤘🏾
@@marcoballa tanto chitarristi non lo compreranno forse Uno su un milione. Vai ad ascoltarlo per sentire l'effetto sull'organo e ci attaccano la chitarra ma io non lo so😂😂😂
yes 🙂 (i'm an ORGAN player and I tested ALL existing leslie simulators). maybe the Boss is something good for guitar, but it's definitely not a competitive leslie simulator in 2023. feel free to see my "Analog/Digital Leslie/Rotary simulations" playlist (if you are used to a real leslie it's easy to understand which one sounds closer to the original - spoiler: the Lev V2 does it! 🙂 -)
Great playing audio review of this great pedal. Unfortunately The off ramp was really not at full potential as no playing during the ramp transition’s . Why not use the foot switches as foot switches.
Hey there - when shooting videos like this it can sometimes be problematic to have the pedals near a person's actual feet, due to the size of the room. In the case of all of the V2 videos the pedals had to be on a chair nearby, so it wasn't possible to use feet. Hope that helps!
Hmm - there are two separate examples that are there purely to show ramping: "Offramp" shows the ramp without any playing so that you can hear the sort of oblong relationship between the tub and the horns as they both speed up and slow down, and the first example shows the ramp being controlled via MIDI from Pro Tools rhythmically. Hope that helps.
I think you've missed the switch on the top panel labeled "Ramp", that has three settings. The point of the first example is that the Fast/Slow is being triggered in time, like a real B3 player would do, so that it's never really fast and never really slow and is instead always somewhere in the middle (it's tricky to get right unless you just do it manually like Benmont Tench). The other example called "Offramp" at 5:00 or so clearly shows the non-synchronized ramp of the bass tub and the horns when going between Fast and Slow, so I have no idea where you're getting that impression, unless you only watched the first minute or so. There is more in there :-) Hope that helps!
ciao, feel free to see my "Analog/Digital Leslie/Rotary simulations" playlist (if you are used to a real leslie it's easy to understand which one sounds closer to the original - spoiler: the Lev V2 does it! 🙂 -)
Love the addition of the cream knobs.
This guy makes me want to buy everything the way he plays; it sounds amazing
The crunchy wide horns sound is absolutely killer
Picked this up yesterday it’s so fun to play!! Stacks with almost anything I need to Re-record some songs now I absolutely love this pedal!!
Absolutely fantastic!
I'm really loving the new controllable features. Getting some really great Vibratone sounds out of it too, which is good because I don't want to have to buy a vintage Vibratone cabinet because this is way lighter.
This one! I've been holding back on the V1, hoping that one day the V2 would come up and make me dive!
It's on it's way! My first Strymon! DECO will be next...
I’m glad I waited a little longer to buy a Lex. I can pick this baby up now with all the fixings!
Seems like sounding much better than v1
Excellent demo!
Man I dunno this thing sounds way better than the old one. Last one sounded more like a univibe. This has the complexity. Lots of Leslie pedals sound very 1 dimensional. They either sound like a phaser or flanger but this has a nice blend of all those and sounds like speakers actually physically rotating.
Great demo, excellent player too. Might consider changing my old Lex…
I think it's sounding a lot better than the v1--much more realistic modeling of the doppler effect, and all the new parameters look very useful. Like others have said though, some settings sound thin (as in tinny or small), while others are rich and full.
I really like the clean tones at both speeds, but I prefer the EHX Lester G's heavily driven sound. The EHX breaks up and adds grit in a more authentic way. The ramp up and down on the EHX is also more exciting if that makes sense, but like some have said the ramping isn't shown here so well (use your foot to activate it, not your hand--that's how a player would do it live!). That said, the EHX adds a color even at clean settings that can get tiring.
I also feel that the Neo Ventilator II does a better job emulating the three-dimensional effect of the Leslie, and perhaps is still the most realistic of all the pedals out there. But since you can't buy one anymore without being a on a waiting list for a year, and they have a propensity to break, costing a lot to repair, it's not super fair to compare them.
All in all, I think Strymon did a good job here with the new update, and I might consider adding one to my rig. I don't know if they've posted a video with organ going through it yet, but I'll need to check that out, since that's what I play mostly. Hopefully one day I'll have a permanent studio, where I can set up a real Leslie cabinet, but for now these 16oz pedals will fit the bill :-)
Mississippi John Fahey : Just a quick question Sir , How do you power the EHX PEDDLES , I have a Strymon Zuma Which will obviously power the LEX but I’ve read that there are issues with EHX units not being compatible with the Strymon Zuma, I have a EHX MEL9 and it’s 9v+ , I’m imagining the Lester is the same … just curious any information would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks 🙏👍🏻🌞⭐️👍🏻
Jazz isn't really my thing, but that bit at the end, especially the rhythm, was really cool. I have to have this pedal.
This sounds like an AMAZING pedal but OMG the price! One for the wish list though for sure...
Good video. Enjoy your okaying and guitar collection
This thing sounds amazing
Sitar meet leslie. An unusual combo
Sean probably watched Spinal Tap a few too many times as a youngster.
Awesome player!
Second part had a killer John Scofield feel to it
The thing about EVERY Leslie pedal that doesn't5 get emulated - when a leslie turns, it is loudest when it faces forward. Stereo representation is great, but a leslie (on slow) getting louder when it hits center needs to be emulated with an LFO or something to make the center show up. THAT would take this into a whole new dimension.
While I understand the point you're making, I think you may be forgetting about the microphones that are actually capturing the speakers. Technically, the speakers are loudest when they are facing the mics, wherever they've been placed, not always facing forward. Because Lex can position the mics either on the front (facing the louvers) or the back (where it's open) of the cabinet, you get both types of sounds. The effect you're describing is controlled by Doppler manipulation, and you bet, it's in there. It wouldn't work at all without it. I hope that helps!
do you know if the slow and fast light stay on all the time? I am not sure if there is a way to turn it off when the pedal is off.
Lovely demo but can you get that Richard Wright piano sound he uses through a Leslie on Echoes?
Should be able to - it looks like he used a synth for that stuff in more recent times, but if you run a piano sound into Lex you should be able to get super close really quickly. Hope that helps!
@@strymon thank you, guys! Got quite a few of your pedals, they are superb👍
How come the tone in example 2 sounds much much thinner than in example 1? I seem to love or hate the sounds of this thing lol. I’m curious what parameter would account for this drastic shift in frequency emphasis 🤔. Thanks, and excellent playing 👌🏻
It is most likely a combination of the mic placement switch and the settings in Iridium that are causing a large shift for you - the mic placement alone is a hyper-powerful tone shaper. Hope that helps!
I hate watching these demos... they are very costly to my wallet. Another great pedal. I will be adding this to my board ASAP.
Well...... I want it!
Is the blend/mix knob only 50% or can you let more than 50% of your dry signal through? Thanks!
2 questions: does it work also with multiswitch (not the "plus" one) in order to save 3 different presets? Does the position of the Speed knob remain the
same for Fast/Slow once setted, or does the switching between fast/slow allow two different positions (e.g: fully CCW for slow and fully CW for fast)?
Hey Roberto! Unfortunately, that older MultiSwitch only works with TimeLine, BigSky, and Mobius.
Switching between fast/slow does indeed let you have two different knob positions (AKA speeds.)
Hope this helps!
` 4:58 -- Off Ramp -- at the slower rate
10:02 -- The Sheriff
Thanks for the video. Was the Slow Sixties Swirl demonstration based on additional sitar like effect ?
Hey there Yehuda - Sean is actually playing a real electric sitar in that example. Hope that helps!
@@strymon thank you so much for the explanation
@@strymon I know that instrument is marketed as a sitar, but it is not an electric sitar. Sitar is a much more complex instrument, curved frets, sympathetic strings, hollow neck to allow reverberations, etc etc. anoushka shankar, niladri Kumar … Ravi Shankar… they play the true instrument “sitar”. We can all agree that Danelectro thing is a guitar with a buzzier tone and extra strings meant to be sort of like a sitar.
No offense meant at all! Thank you for this great video. I have purchased the Lex V2 partially thanks to the awesome sounds in this video here!
No offense taken - the Dano/Coral bridge is an attempt at recreating something similar to jawari, and it does have drone strings, so it is as close as the name implies. Not at all the same instrument that Ravi or Anoushka play, and not the same homebrew veena instrument that someone like Vishwa Mohan Bahtt created - the real deal is always the real deal.
Does the new lex have the same secondary menu options? I loved being able to send the horn out to one channel and the baffle out of the other. Is that still possible with the new version?
It does indeed!
@@strymon that's all I needed to know! Thank you!
Does this still sound great through 1 Amp or does it sound best through 2 Amps.. ?
Still sounds great with just one :)
if anyone can recreate the Shin-ei design at a more affordable price, its you guys, I have a Lex and its truly a quality pedal and sound but please consider making a version of the original Leslie sim
Howdy there and thanks for the kind words - the Shin-Ei was the first Univibe, so while it was originally intended to approximate a Leslie, it is it's own thing. Check out the Univibe setting on our flagship Mobius multi-modulation pedal, and make sure that the Lo contour control is set to give you the most low end. It's a great-sounding version of the classic Univibe sound.
@@strymon 👍👍
And hey, now check out Ultraviolet! It's the real deal Univibe sounds. :-)
@@strymonUltraviolet… my next Strymon purchase for sure!🫡 love your pedals. In the process of making an all Strymon (mostly) board w Zelzah, Orbit, Sunset pre Iridium, just need that UV pre Sunset as well🫡🤘🏾
Bee Three ... all day
Is that Zelda III dungeon music at the beginning?
That took me a second! Ha. Walking jazz blues. It's Bee Three, the last example in the video.
Is the lex in stereo or bi-amp mode for these demos? Thanks!
Hey there Diego - these are all in stereo. Hope that helps!
建議這種東西還是出成PLUGIN吧 方便又實用
does it run on electric?
Diesel
It needs 9V DC 300mA for power :)
@@zach-jj8pc needs to be unleaded for me, if it doesn't have a carburettor its not firing properly.
CWHs 7:12 👍
Ma ad un pedale da organo ci suonate con la chitarra?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@marcoballa tanto chitarristi non lo compreranno forse Uno su un milione. Vai ad ascoltarlo per sentire l'effetto sull'organo e ci attaccano la chitarra ma io non lo so😂😂😂
e poi lo usano in mono DENTRO all'ampli/cassa della chitarra (cioè, una simulazione cabinet dentro a un cabinet 🙂) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@marcoballa 😹😹😹😹
Anyone compared this to the Boss RT20?
yes 🙂
(i'm an ORGAN player and I tested ALL existing leslie simulators).
maybe the Boss is something good for guitar, but it's definitely not a competitive leslie simulator in 2023.
feel free to see my "Analog/Digital Leslie/Rotary simulations" playlist (if you are used to a real leslie it's easy to understand which one sounds closer to the original - spoiler: the Lev V2 does it! 🙂 -)
Great playing audio review of this great pedal. Unfortunately The off ramp was really not at full potential as no playing during the ramp transition’s . Why not use the foot switches as foot switches.
Hey there - when shooting videos like this it can sometimes be problematic to have the pedals near a person's actual feet, due to the size of the room. In the case of all of the V2 videos the pedals had to be on a chair nearby, so it wasn't possible to use feet. Hope that helps!
Scopolomine 😂
It sounds good but you really didn't give the ramping much of a demo.
Hmm - there are two separate examples that are there purely to show ramping: "Offramp" shows the ramp without any playing so that you can hear the sort of oblong relationship between the tub and the horns as they both speed up and slow down, and the first example shows the ramp being controlled via MIDI from Pro Tools rhythmically. Hope that helps.
What good is a Leslie pedal that doesn't RAMP... or you are incapable of showing it RAMP up and down! WTF?
I think you've missed the switch on the top panel labeled "Ramp", that has three settings. The point of the first example is that the Fast/Slow is being triggered in time, like a real B3 player would do, so that it's never really fast and never really slow and is instead always somewhere in the middle (it's tricky to get right unless you just do it manually like Benmont Tench). The other example called "Offramp" at 5:00 or so clearly shows the non-synchronized ramp of the bass tub and the horns when going between Fast and Slow, so I have no idea where you're getting that impression, unless you only watched the first minute or so. There is more in there :-) Hope that helps!
What a great answer Strymon. Just another guy who screams WFT and then leave. Christ :-(
ciao, feel free to see my "Analog/Digital Leslie/Rotary simulations" playlist (if you are used to a real leslie it's easy to understand which one sounds closer to the original - spoiler: the Lev V2 does it! 🙂 -)