Re: Lovetone stuff

[Travis <tiktok@sprintmail.com>]

I've got their ring modulator.  It's really a ring modulator/octave 
fuzz/theramin type box.  Ring modulation is one of those effects that 
often sounds sort of horrible ("Dude...is your amp, uh--broken?") when 
you're just doinking in the music store, but in the context of a full 
track is often suprisingly usable.  Even in sort of conventional pop 
songs.  My problem with the Ring Stinger is that it's impossible to 
recall a sound, and the same control does drastically different things 
depending on some of the rotary switch settings.

TravisH

On Sunday, November 9, 2003, at 11:19 AM, 
Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote:

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>
> From: "Miko Biffle" <biffoz@arczip.com>
> Date: Sun Nov 9, 2003  11:04:49 AM US/Pacific
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Subject: Re: Lovetone stuff
>
>
> I have the qm ? flanger-with-no-name, and it's absolutely amazing. 
> It's easy
> to feel like extreme settings aren't very useful, but if you hang in 
> there
> and think out-of-the-box, you'll eventually have several extended 
> techniques
> available that you wouldn't want to be without.
>
> A couple days is just not enough time to even begin to explore the 
> potential
> of the Ring Stinger or the ? I've heard statements that ring modulation
> isn't very 'musical' from time to time (on this list possibly), and I 
> think
> that's mostly a matter of taste and imagination as well.
>
> As for cost... well, yeah, they're pricey. When I'm low on cash and 
> gaze at
> my ? flanger, I sometimes see $$$$$. Restraint! Restraint! I'd regret
> selling it the second I put it in the box.
>
> -Miko