Re: please explain ring modulators

[David White <dwhite@arbortext.com>]

RMs can make excellent Bell sounds, just right for that ambient cover of 
ACDC's
"Hell's Bells." I have a Boss GT5 and it has a nice selection of RMs and 
controls.
Everything from Telephones to Church Bells (well, almost - close enough 
for a guitar
as source).

d/-\\/e

Mike Biffle wrote:

> Hello Claude,
>
> In many cases, weird noise is the point with ring modulators. Although 
>when
> blended with the dry guitar signal in parallel, it can inject rather 
>interesting
> distortion like qualities. John McGlaughlin uses it in some of his 
>solos. I
> believe the recent recording of a Hendrix song with Sting uses this 
>approach.
>
> RM's make great robot like sounds.
>
> Any other RM users out there with other possibilities?
>
> -Miko
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Salut
>
> What are you doing with all your R M
>
> The one I have is in my Quadra vrb + and the only usable effect I've
> programmed is a sort of chorus ...
> the other settings I tried came out  like weird noizes
>
> would you share to the world some of your uses ,routings, type of
> sounds, without beeing too specific of one model.
>
> thanks for your enlightment
>
> A plus
>
> Claude