RE: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY situation?

["Timothy Mungenast" <mungenast@earthlink.net>]

Oh, like that David Torn trick from his Tripping Over God CD, wherein his
trem rate increases as the input signal dies. Great trick, and yeah, a
compressor would kinda ruin that.  


> [Original Message]
> From: Travis Hartnett <tiktok@sprintmail.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Date: 12/18/2004 11:24:02 AM
> Subject: RE: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY
situation? 
>
> Because I didn't want my signal compressed.  Plus, the Vortex is hissy 
> enough as is without adding a compressor to the party.  And, much of 
> the fun of the Vortex comes from the patches where the input volume 
> dynamically controls some other parameter.  Compressing your input 
> dynamics would defeat much of that feature.
>
> TH
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2004, at 8:07 AM, 
> Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote:
>
> > From: "Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>
> > Date: December 17, 2004 3:59:23 PM PST
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Subject: RE: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY 
> > situation?
> >
> >
> > Why don't you all just get a decent rackmount compressor to stablize
> > your signal? Put it before everything or in front of whatever is the
> > most sensitive. I find this to be a must with looping because of the db
> > change in adding loops.  Of course, I play the acoustic guitar too,
> > which has a whole different dynamic.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Travis Hartnett [mailto:tiktok@sprintmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:38 PM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Re: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY
> > situation?
> >
> >
> > Both of the Vortices I've used have been pretty picky about input
> > levels.  The level range between "acceptable" and "overload" seemed to
> > be much narrower than the spread between my rhythm and lead levels
> > (this was on electric guitar, using the amp effects loop).  I resigned
> > myself to dedicating a box to one or the other patch.
> >
> > TravisH
> >
>