Re: VF50 vs the red Boss half rack Re: emulating a cheap sampling toy

[mark sottilaro <marksottilaro@sbcglobal.net>]

WOOPS.  Sorry.  Moving.  Brain dead.  I'm not sure
what I was confusing but I did mean the VF-1.  I loved
mine so much I bought another!  I use one dedicated to
my guitar and another dedicated to my Access Virus C.

Mark

--- mungenast@earthlink.net wrote:

> Thanks for the tip. Ineko is on my to-buy list, but
> I hadn't heard of the VF50... how does it compare
> with that red half-rack Boss multifx (FS-1?) that
> Krispen has?  
> ~Tim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark sottilaro <marksottilaro@sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Jan 27, 2005 11:09 PM
> To: mungenast@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: emulating a cheap sampling toy
> 
> I've heard that the Alesis Inkio (sp?) has a cool
> decimator effect.  If it's like the AirFX's
> decimator
> it's pretty cool, sounds like an ultra low bit rate
> effect.  Also, the BOSS VF50 has some great grunge
> effects for such things.  You can get one on ebay
> for
> about $200 and they have a slew of cool midi
> syncable
> effects.
> 
> Mark
> 
> --- Timothy Mungenast <mungenast@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > you mean the '70s Dan Armstrong series of effects,
> > extremely collectible.
> > Jeff Baxter swore by the Orange Squeezer
> compressor.
> > There were not many
> > components, but they were made by Musictronics to
> a
> > high standard (beware
> > the later reproductions from the early 90s... they
> > suck!). Zappa liked one
> > of these modules (the Green Ringer) so much that
> he
> > had the circuit built
> > into his SG.
> > 
> > Thanks for the links... I'll check 'em out.
> > ~T
> > 
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Stephen Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net>
> > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > > Date: 1/27/2005 8:15:10 PM
> > > Subject: Re: emulating a cheap sampling toy
> > >
> > > I wondered that if one wishes to replicate a
> > "cheap", tinny, distorted
> > sound
> > > filter, why not use really cheap components to
> > make it sound tinny, and
> > > distort it.
> > >
> > > Case in point: There were these little cheap
> > modules back in the late 70s
> > > that would plug right onto your guitar (and the
> > cord into that, if not
> > > another cheap module), with bright colors and
> > names like "Orange Screamer"
> > > and so forth.  Very few electronics inside with
> > the 9v battery, on-off
> > > toggle switch outside.  I believe the Orange
> > Screamer was a
> > treble-booster,
> > > the other one I had was a fuzz/distortion
> effect.
> > >
> > > One might wonder that, if the electronics are so
> > simple they're going to
> > be
> > > cheap, as well as fairly easy to assemble.  I
> > found some projects like
> > this
> > > on the following sites:
> > >
> > > The "Hornet" fuzz box
> > >
> http://www.web-ee.com/Schematics/Hornet/hornet.jpg
> > >
> > > A "Mini-booster" circuit
> > > http://www.muzique.com/amz/mini.htm
> > >
> > > Also if anyone remembers those little effects
> > (sort of) units I'd be
> > > curious..!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Dean Stiglitz" <deknow@netzero.com>
> > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 00:30 AM
> > > Subject: Re: emulating a cheap sampling toy
> > >
> > >
> > > | ...i say, if you have the toy in the house,
> why
> > emulate it...just use
> > it.
> > > | that said, i did recently read something about
> a
> > vst plugin that is part
> > > of
> > > | the nokia development kit (free, but some back
> > and forth confirmation
> > > emails
> > > | are required apparantly) that models the tiny
> > speakers in cell phones
> > (so
> > > | you can hear your ringtone as it would sound
> on
> > a real phone).
> > > |
> > > | deknow
> > > |
> > > |
> > > |
> > > |
> > > |
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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