Look for Born to Be Wild Organ Leslie sounds

Ranelsonoh · Post by **Ranelsonoh** » 11 Dec 2021, 17:36

I'm Looking for settings to get that B3 organ Leslie sound on original recording of Born to Be Wild by SteppenWolf. It is a Leslie that sounds Close Mic, but tube like with a fair amount of distortion. The Leslie speed stops and starts quickly with little lag. But it's that small case Tube sound that is getting me.
Here is the recording on You tube Link

Any takers? Thank you in advance

Bjosko · Post by **Bjosko** » 11 Dec 2021, 17:59

Someone might have a patch, but I would have tried with the amp simulator + drive and EQ

Original, it was played on a Lowry organ, and on a Leslie where all the sound was bypassing the crossover and going directrly to the bottom rotor, so it might be difficult to reproduce.

Ranelsonoh · Post by **Ranelsonoh** » 11 Dec 2021, 20:41

Thanks for the reply. That makes some sense to the sound. would love to see if some synth layering could bring it closer to the sound.

Post by **DJKeys** » 11 Dec 2021, 20:52

Here are a couple of programs that may help. I played in a 60s band before moving to Vegas and they liked both of these sounds. The Magic B3 has a program below the split you can use for the beginning of Magic Carpet ride, use the mod wheel. The Born 2B program really nails the verse sound with fast leslie.

-dj

BORN 2B.ns3f: (592 Bytes) Downloaded 305 times

MAGIC B3.ns3f: (592 Bytes) Downloaded 247 times

Post by **cookie** » 12 Dec 2021, 16:27

B3, registration : 4888888 with drive @6.5, no percussion, only vibrato C3.

Fred

Post by **DJKeys** » 12 Dec 2021, 21:31

Bjosko wrote: Original, it was played on a Lowry organ, and on a Leslie where all the sound was bypassing the crossover and going directrly to the bottom rotor, so it might be difficult to reproduce.

I am curious about where this is documented. Could you provide a link?

Goldy McJohn did use a full-range leslie (no horn) because he kept blowing up the horns, but he is playing a B3 in every video I have seen. On the record, sure sounds like a B3 to me as well-

-dj

Post by **wtibbit** » 13 Dec 2021, 02:48

DJKeys wrote:
Bjosko wrote: Original, it was played on a Lowry organ, and on a Leslie where all the sound was bypassing the crossover and going directrly to the bottom rotor, so it might be difficult to reproduce.
I am curious about where this is documented. Could you provide a link?

Goldy McJohn did use a full-range leslie (no horn) because he kept blowing up the horns, but he is playing a B3 in every video I have seen. On the record, sure sounds like a B3 to me as well-

-dj

FWIW, Goldie himself, on his Facebook page, described the rig he used to record Born To Be Wild in the studio. Goldie's FB page appears to have been taken down and I can no longer find the post (or maybe comment) that he made but I remember reading it and being surprised that it wasn't a Hammond.

Here is a Wikipedia article with a quote from him mentioning the Lowrey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldy_McJohn

Ranelsonoh · Post by **Ranelsonoh** » 17 Dec 2021, 06:14

OK, Thanks for all the info and responses from my friends here. I have to give a shout out to Marc Larochelle and his Nord online education courses at My Keys to Music. It just so happens he posted his own version few days ago of the "Born to Be Wild" organ sounds in his "Discovery" portion of the paid course. It really nails the sound. Because it is his in a paid course, I won't post it here. But I have to say Marc's courses are very good, filled with extras and surprises, and he responds to emails courteously and quickly.

salvasiles71 · Post by **salvasiles71** » 15 Jan 2022, 19:57

Hello. This is the one that I use with my group, that we do a version of this theme. It is softer, but with a lot of distortion. With the media that there are today it works great.

All the best

Post by **cookie** » 31 Jan 2022, 12:21

For NS2 users looking for Born to be wild organs : quick program translations using NS3 parameters here :

B2BW DJKeys.ns2p: (565 Bytes) Downloaded 106 times

B2BW SalvaSiles.ns2p: (565 Bytes) Downloaded 105 times

And demos of both programs :

Born to be wild demo - DJKeys settings 74 5342 115 on NS2.mp3

Born to be wild demo - Salvasiles settings 88 8808 008 on NS2.mp3

Fred

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