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> Hi there, > > Playing bass patches with the VG8 is quite strange; there are no delays >between > picking and sound, but it doesn't quite "feel" right. There is a little bit of delay on the VG8 when you are using the pitch shifter. Because a pitch shifter works by recording sound into memory and then playing it out at a different speed, the playback pointer has to be a little bit behind the record pointer to keep it from catching up. This delay is noticeable, but is not nearly as bad as that on a guitar synth like my GR-50. For instantaneous-feeling bass sounds, I use a Danelectro Chili Dog octave pedal. It's kind of amazing that this little $40 pedal can do a bass better than the VG-8, but it's true! >You can't really play a > guitar like a bass - the lightness of the strings changes things too >much - so I > tend to play a short scale bass I've got to remind my fingers what a >bass feels > like to play, so that I play bass, not just downtuned guitar. I suppose >it's > like trying to cover an absent bass player by playing your guitar >through an > octaver/octivider. (Damn, typing about "feel" of instruments is weird.) > Hope that helps, > > - Tony > > Luis Angulo <labalou2000@yahoo.com> wrote: But I like the VG-8, and it's great for looping. I have done a few solo performances with the VG-8 and an Echoplex...you can do some very cool stuff. One tune I did was "The Dance of Maya" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. I would lay down the main riff, like in the mp3 on my VG-8 page: <http://www.marksmart.net/sounddesign/guitarsounds/VG8/VG8Sounds.html> Then loop that and play the melody over it. At the end where the boogie- woogie riff gets combined with the main riff, you can use "Multiply". I also did a virtual country band by laying down bass, guitar, banjo, and pedal steel. I need to make a recording of that, it's pretty cool. Anyway, if you get one, there are some patches on my page you can try out. Mark Smart http://www.marksmart.net