Re: random effects

[Douglas Baldwin <coyotelk@optonline.net>]

If you're willing to do the programming work, you can get many multi-fx units to generate quasi-random fx. My experience is with the Boss GT-3, and any of the GT series of pedals are capable of pretty chaotic/random sounds. Many low-frequency waves (sine, square, or pulse on-off) can be assigned to different effects, and if you get three or four of these at asynchronous rates, you'll get some real chaos going. I have a Zappaesque "Ship Ahoy!" patch, a talking robot patch, a random delay patch (sometimes on, sometimes off, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, and when the delay changes speed it glitches nicely) and many patches with slow sine or square panning so I don't know where the sound will come out when I first start playing.

 

Go to my web site, buy my CD, and you'll hear some nice chaos along with some really disciplined stuff. Yeah, I'm Fripp AND Belew in one good-looking body. And humble.

 

Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large
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coyotelk@optonline.net

 

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----- Original Message -----

From: ditch wrestler

To: Loopers Delight

Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:30 PM

Subject: OT: random effects

I'm liking the goofing around I'm doing with my rc20xl and dl4 but I'm wanting to work other effects in to broaden the sonic pallette.  And rather than having to amass a bunch of effects and then twiddle with knobs whilst playing, I'm wondering if anybody here knows if there is a multi-effects unit on the market that has a random setting?

 

Failing that, maybe somebody can refer me to a reasonably adept circuit-bender that could re-purpose a zoom or somesuch unit.

 

 

ted h.

 

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