Rotor from Reason Studios brings the sound of the classic rotary speaker design to Reason, modeled on the Leslie 122 classic rotary speaker from the 1940s. Rotary speakers are traditionally used with organs, and Reason Studios includes both an organ and guitar instrument for Combinator. The emulation of the rotary speaker is extremely thorough, matching the independent rotation and acceleration of the horn and drum, and featuring settings for mic distance and rotation speed.
The emulation has been updated, providing you with two preamp distortion choices, control over the rotation doppler effect, the horn's length and acceleration speed, and the CV output of the rotation, which allows for syncing other Reason devices to Rotor's speed and acceleration. Please note that while Rotor is fully compatible with Reason and Reason Essentials, the instrument patches included with Rotor require Reason.
- Extremely authentic emulation of a Leslie speaker
- Behaves just like the original. The horn part of the sound ramps up and down faster than the drum part of the sound, due to the inertia
- Looking for great tone? Just turn it on. Rotor turns simple synthesized organs into amazingly accurate organ sounds, makes guitars sound interesting, and makes vocals wide and '60s flavored
- Fully integrated with the Reason rack, sync other Reason devices to Rotor’s rotation speed through CV on the back
- Challenges the physical restrictions of a rotary speaker—the parameters go beyond the real world with horns twice the size and helicopter-like rotation speeds of up to 13.6 Hz. Just reach for the trim knobs
- Includes an organ instrument for Reason’s Combinator, and a great set of Rotor and Combinator patches for guitar, vocals, keys, and drums