Re: EICO 315 Signal Generator-useful?

[mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>]

He is assuming there is a VC or voltage control input. It COULD be that these things had something like that, but I doubt it. Even so the signal from a guitar unaccected is a bit.. ok very weak.. it would normally need to be amplified to about 5 to 15 volts... but it can be done. This is typical Modular synth application of an oscillator.

But I would use it for what a tone generator has traditionally been used for (outside of its normal use that is) and that IS as a drone machine. The echo thing is very... er... 1970s... think hawkwind or gong.. use of pictshifter with the original sig mixed in can be interesting if you barely detune, or have the possibility to detune on the fly in cents, not semis... then you will get beats and sub waves intermodulating.. which as HIGH volume can be extremely disorienting and effective.

What I like to do (in fact i have one track that is based purely on it) is to do the hippy thing with lots of delay.. but then sweep extremely slowely, infact ONE complete sweep from bottom to top during a whole song... Well ok not the whole song, but the second half...

Second half of THIS infact...

http://tinyurl.com/ye5d2rp

Tone generators rule... after all.. its all the Stockhausen era guys EVER had!!!

Mark

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Steve Uccello <stevebassbird@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks for the tips! I'm anxious to hook up my delay pedal and sweep the freq around. I'll have to look around for the right cable today. I do have a question, Toby wrote <you could play guitar through it...> -it only has two outputs on the front (RF & audio) to play guit through it, would I need to somehow put an input? I might be misunderstanding you though

--- On Mon, 4/5/10, Toby G <carpet8@mac.com> wrote:

From: Toby G <carpet8@mac.com>
Subject: Re: EICO 315 Signal Generator-useful?
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 2:31 AM




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If you can modulate the frequency you could play guitar
into it or something and get really messed up sounds.
 
t

 ----- Original Message -----
 From:
 Gareth Whittock
 To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com

 Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 2:09
AM
 Subject: RE: EICO 315 Signal
 Generator-useful?

We had one in college that had a square wave on it as well as a
 sine. Yes, sweeping the frequencies through a delay sounds very cool.
The
 frequency on these is, (or should be) very stable so I'm thinking some sort of
 chorus/flanging sort of effect would prevent it from drilling its way deep
 into your skull..

peace

g

> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010
 09:59:51 +0100
> From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk
> To:
 Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: EICO 315 Signal
 Generator-useful?
>
> The "classic" use is to put it through echo
 and sweep the frequency.
>
> I guess it makes sine waves, which
 would be unusual for drones.
> (could always run it through distortion
 if unusual isn't desired)
>
> andy
>
> Steve Uccello
 wrote:
> > Hello all, My uncle, who used to own a TV repair shop in
 the 70's gave me this 'EICO 315 Signal Generator' today,
> >here's a
 pic of it: http://twitpic.com/1dbiao I need to get the appropriate cable to
 plug it in
> > and find out how it sounds, but I immediately thought
 about LD and figured you guys might get a
> >kick out of it and may
 be even let me know if these are considered useful or not, my usual tone

> >generator (upright bass) is always great for kicking out the
 drones but I'm curious to mess
> >around with this thing. If anyone
 knows about 'em it would be cool to get some tips-Thanks all-be well! Steve
 Uccello
> >
> >
> >
 www.uccelloprojects.blogspot.com
> > www.steveuccello.com
>
 > www.myspace.com/steveuccello
> >
> >
> >

> >
> >
>



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