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Author Topic: Using Leslie or similar organ speaker as theatre subwoofer Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 07-05-2002 09:09 PM                     I thought of something involving theatre subwoofers including the powered types. If you heard an electronic,church or electric organ sometimes rattle the windows inside a church or heard that weird guitar sound on the track 'ANY COLOR YOU LIKE' on the Pink Floyd 'DARK SIDE OF THE MOON' album, it comes from a Leslie or similar organ speaker. The idea is connecting a Leslie or similar organ speaker behind the screen to the booth processor subwoofer channel output or using several of these speakers in the theatre such as for Sensurround. You may not want to use the part of the speaker that generates the familiar 'gargle'-like sound unless you want to use it for effects such as an organ part of a film. These types of speaker usually have a vacuum tube or solid state amplifier inside them besides the low frequency drivers.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 07-05-2002 09:25 PM                    Let's take it one step farther and feed LF to a PC which would in turn operate the magnet valves of a pipe organ.  |  IP: Logged John Anastasio Master Film Handler Posts: 325 From: Trenton, NJ, USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 07-05-2002 09:32 PM                        Better yet...have the PC operate the valves that feed hydraulic pistons so that you could REALLY shake the auditorium.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-05-2002 10:17 PM                     Just stick to Legos! Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"  |  IP: Logged

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