Re: Analog delay virtual oscillator trick...

["Jimmy George Band" <jg@jimmygeorgeband.com>]

awesome jesse. very innovative. sounds almost like a 'baritone' theraman
(sp?). coolness, thanks for sharing. freak.

jg

----- Original Message -----
From: Jesse Ray Lucas <jlucas@neoprimitive.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 12:25 AM
Subject: Analog delay virtual oscillator trick...


> Sometimes instead of taking a conventional solo, I will do my
> I-wish-I-was-a-DJ-or-at-least-playing-a-Minimoog-instead-of-electric-bass
> bit.
>
> Play a high note (e.g. a 12th fret G, 24th fret G harmonic, or 
>something),
> turn on your analog delay and let the note ring while the delay feeds 
>back
> on itself.  Because of the lo-fi analog nature of the thing after a few
> repeats the note loses most of its attack and it's almost like a tone 
>from
> an oscillator.  Then I will kick on the Electro-Harmonix Bass Microsynth
> (could use any kind of filter though) and I will use the delay time knob
to
> tweak the pitch around, and add/remove the pitch shifted voices, and 
>sweep
> the filter up and down manually on the Microsynth.
>
> Unless you have really spent some time practicing this and can make it
> rhythmic, it could be just a bunch of noise.  But, if there's a wicked
drum
> beat going on behind you, no one is going to care.  :)  Hence my usage of
an
> accompanying loop in this demo MP3.  Yes, this is tasteless, but I wanted
to
> illustrate as many wankage options as I could for you all.
>
> http://www.neoprimitive.net/jlucas/tmp/analogdelaywank.mp3
>
> Signal chain is:  Instrument (bass) --> Analog Delay (Moogerfooger
> MF-104) --> Filter/Pitchshifter (Electro-Harmonix Bass Microsynth)
>
> If you're not careful, at least on my unit, if you turn the delay time
down
> too far you can lose the signal entirely, which is what happened to me at
> 1:04 in this .MP3 file.  Thankfully, the Moogerfooger delay is so 
>ruthless
> that if you turn the feedback up it can grab the last tiny smidgeon of
> whatever is left and bring it all the way back as something nasty -- kind
of
> like the rotting corpses from Return of the Living Dead.
>
> I'm sure I'm not the first one to do something like this, but I thought I
> would share.
>
> My most loop-related post in days...
>
> -Jesse
>
>