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oops...I just asked the going rate a few minutes ago and realized that your earlier e-mail told me the going rate... $200... gotta start saving my nickels. -----Original Message----- From: mark sottilaro <marksottilaro@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Jan 28, 2005 12:58 PM To: mungenast@earthlink.net, Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Re: VF50 vs the red Boss half rack Re: emulating a cheap sampling toy 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 > > > | > > > | > > > | > > > | > > > | > > > > > > > > > > > > >
