Review Demo - Neo Instruments Mini Vent Rotary Pedal

Read the review: http://bit.ly/NeoMiniVent Digitally simulating a rotary speaker is ambitious. Because while the fundamentals of the rotary speaker effect couldn’t be much simpler (put speaker on stick, spin, and repeat) the wobbly, swirling, pitch-shifting delights that result are paradoxically complex and hard to replicate. Neo Instruments’ last rotary simulator, the Ventilator, blew our minds. It simulated the sonic intricacies of a Leslie 122 with startling realism. But it also enabled users to fine-tune details like balance between treble and bass horns and virtual microphone placement. The latest version of the Ventilator, the Mini Vent, has fewer features, but its Leslie simulation is no less stunning. And apart from a few hidden programming features that can be a bit tricky, the simpler, smaller version is as convenient and user friendly as can be. The original Ventilator was a smart piece of design, and in it’s own modest and simple way the German-built Mini Vent lives up to its big brother’s high design standards. The super sturdy square enclosure looks uncannily like that of a vintage ProCo Rat 2 and is about the same dimensions. Crack it open and you behold an immaculately tidy and cleverly arranged two-tiered printed circuit array. The smaller, top-most PCB is home to the chip that drives the digital processing. Not surprisingly, it’s a formidable looking beast that looks capable of powering a laptop. The same PCB is home to an input gain select switch that can help you better mate the Mini Vent to hot pickups or keyboards. To finish reading the review, visit: http://bit.ly/NeoMiniVent