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Re: Volume pedal on the MPXG2


How does that patch work/sound? Can you move it around ie. after effect 
loop/ before echo etc

thanks
LOU


>From: Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: Volume pedals
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:09:28 -0700
>
>On Monday, April 21, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Jesse Ray Lucas wrote:
>
>>The only bummer about a passive volume pedal is that there seems to be a 
>>low frequency roll-off as you decrease the volume.  Not good for bass 
>>players.
>
>A simple passive tone control shouldn't actually lower the amount of low 
>frequency energy in your signal.  I could be wrong, but you're probably 
>just experiencing the fact that human hearing is non linear in the volume 
>range.  An equal amount of bass will just not sound as loud at lower 
>volumes as it will when "cranked."  Lot's of home stereo gear has a 
>"loudness" volume that's designed to compensate for our lack of 
>sensitivity 
>in bass frequencies at lower volumes.
>
>Maybe the volume pedal you're talking about has some sort of filter that 
>boosts lower frequencies as you back off the volume.  That would actually 
>be pretty cool.  Maybe I'll try setting up a patch with the Lexicon MPXG2 
>that does that.
>
>Mark Sottlaro
>


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