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Mark - I agree with your message here - there doesn't seem to be many new imaginative effects being constructed in hardware for punters to purchase. Just re-hashes of what have been done before. And who wants another chorus or flanger or distortion? :-) So, I conclude naively that the cool new stuff is being concocted by individuals on their computers. While I think getting a cool sax-a-like sound from a kazoo and an octave pedal run through a Marshall has it's merits, such old-school cooking is a dying breed. So, I guess I'm conceding some "old-fogyness" when I ask this next question: "If in the past we've called some well loved effects things like "modulators" and "pitch shifters" and the like, what are the names of the new since 2000 signal-warping effects???????? Please help -- I'm about out of permutations and combinations of the sound-painting equipment I own!!! David Kirkdorffer ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark sottilaro" <marksottilaro@sbcglobal.net> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:11 PM Subject: Re: Fill my rack! > Thanks for the condolences, but I'm fine. More than > fine actually, really happy. Some doors close others > open. The interesting thing is early in the > relationship I saw the end so when it came I was all, > "Oh yeah, of course." Sad as it may be, some people > seem intent on reliving past trauma and keeping their > life chaotic. > > Back to the topic... > > I'm seeing something that's very, very interesting. > In my research I'm finding that it's as if we've > reached some kind of plateau. When I started all this > madness so much was NEW. Now it seems as if we've > reached the end of something. Most modern hardware is > either digital emulations of the past (some very good) > or rehashes of the same basic effects we've had since > the 80s. Most of you know this, but I used to work > for Laurie Anderson for a short time. I saw her a few > years ago doing her Moby Dick tour, and (the show was > excellent musically) I thought, "There's nothing she's > going that can't be done with a computer and some off > the shelf software." > > That's both exciting and sad. Have we done everything > that can be done sonically? How postmodern! It seems > as if I've built the studio I always dreamed of. Kind > of weird when you get to a point like this. I've been > putting this together since 1980... and now it's over? > Kind of cool. > > On the other hand, it seems that there are some new > things coming out but they're software. As much as > I'm a fan of dedicated hardware, I think this point in > time is it's swansong. Perhaps it's time to keep this > space in my rack open and upgrade my G4 500 laptop to > something beefier. > > Mark > > > --- ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote: > > Marko, > > > > So sorry to hear about the bustup. Try an Alesis > > Akira (big brother > > to the Ineko) as an antidote. Too much fun. It won't > > ease the pain > > but it may distract you from it a little while -- or > > a Moogerfooger > > or two. > > > > Best, > > > > Ted > > > > In a message dated 05/26/05 20:49:33, > > marksottilaro@sbcglobal.net writes: > > > > > > > Hey kids. Let's have some fun! > > > > > > Today I put my Antares AVP-1 up on ebay. (vocal > > > processor/pitch corrector) I'd purchased it > > because I > > > thought I'd like to get back into vocal pop music > > and > > > my (now ex) wife was also talking about wanting to > > > sing and was very timid about her voice. I > > thought a > > > little help might give her confidence. Anyway, I > > > never ended up doing pop music and the woman > > decided > > > that a man named Randal was more her style. (in > > the > > > end a very good thing for me!) So that 1 space > > rack > > > unit was collecting dust for the last year. > > > > > > To bury bad memories I figure I'll use the > > proceeds to > > > get myself a new toy! It's been a while. My > > > parameters are it's got to be in the neighborhood > > of > > > $400 and take up one rackspace. I have most of > > the > > > conventional stuff covered, what I'm looking for > > is > > > something COOL, hopefully either a unique effect > > or > > > something very tweakable for a performance. Could > > go > > > in front of a Repeater or in the effect loop of a > > > Repeater. Have at it! FILL MY RACK! > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > "Different is not always better, but better is > > always different" > > > > http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html > > http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian > > http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html > > http://www.garageband.com/artist/ArsOcarina > > > http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2845073 > > > http://www.netmusic.com/web/album.aspx?a_id=CBNM_17314 > > > http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193 > > > > Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at: > > Apple iTunes, > > BuyMusic, Rhapsody, MusicMatch, MusicNet, DiscLogic, > > Napster, > > AudioLunchbox, Lindows, QTRnote, Music4Cents, > > Etherstream, > > RuleRadio, EMEPE3, Sony Connect, CatchMusic, > > Puretracks, > > and Viztas. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Blah, blah, blah. > > So??? > > > > "Just because nobody understands you doesn't mean > > you're an artist." > > >