Vibraclone Rotary : Not what I wanted, sorry.

I was after a Leslie/vibratone simulator and bought this after looking at several options. The price was right and the reviews were generally good.

Firstly, let me say that I love TC Electronic gear, I have 4 of their pedals on my board (which only holds 8) but I was disappointed with the sound from this and couldn’t make it work for me. It totally sucked my tone and made it way too middly with little top end. I don’t actually like a lot of treble but this just made it way too muffled and balancing the volume with the drive knob also added extra gain I didn’t like the sound of.

Apparently vibratones actually sound like that and if they are mixed with another amp sound much better (this is what SRV did). I did try it with a wet/dry setup and it improved somewhat but I rarely play with 2 amps and it still sounded too muffled. I then A/B’d it with a stereo chorus pedal which actually sounded better as it kept much more of my tone.

Make sure you listen carefully to demos online of this compared to the dry tones or you might be disappointed.