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Re: Simulating Sitar



A friend of mine produces an epoxy block that can be fitted to any guitar.
Basically, it´s the same principle that you´ll find on a Jerry Jones
Electric Sitar.

Stephen.


"I´m striving for the mysterious. The obvious doesn´t interest me." (Jon
Hassell)

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----- Original Message -----
From: Scott M2 <scott@dreamstate.to>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: Simulating Sitar


> > >..I combined auto-wah (that is active in the high end range),
> >
> > if that has a hi-pass setting, try that
> >
> > >  EQ (notching all the low end and low mid range out), and flange
> > > (with the rate very low and depth high).
> >
> > if you can, turn the rate to zero, and tune the flanger to
> > your root note
> > to create a resonator
> >
> > >  That is decent at mimicking the main playing string of the guitar,
> > > but getting the sympathetic strings is a different story. I might
> > > look for a VST effect where I can loop a drone in a particular key,
> > > and have it sound like the sympathetic strings..
> >
> > if you had a set of resonators, one for each note in the rag, you'd
> > have a set of sympathetic strings.
> > I've only tried with one resonator, but got some nice 'sympathy'
> > on notes that were harmonically related to the resonator frequency.
> >
> > andy butler
>
> I seem to recall the Alesis Quadraverb-GT having programmable
> resonators. Maybe Kris could check the back of his closet.
> This also sounds like something that could be built in Reactor
> and then used as a plugin. (I'm just speculating - I don't have Reactor
> myself but I heard Rob Hoare play some great things on sax and flute
> through Reactor within Logic last night at the PiNG.)
>
> Cheers,
> Scott M2
>
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