Re: Effect as crutch

["Mr. Tough" <electricfriends@hotmail.com>]

While you can go out and buy just about every effect nowadays, and sadly 
many of these effects are made to imitate previously existing musicians, 
there seems to be an ever decreasing number of effects that are malleable 
enough to let artists create their own new sounds these days.

Part of it would seem to coincide with the digital effect revolution. A 
lot 
of the high end FX units coming out these days are filled mostly with 
presets, and provide very little room for user-created effects. (The same 
goes for a lot of keyboards and drum machines lately.)

On the other end, effect pedals are becoming more and more mundane. 
Instead 
of making a few pedals that are adaptable to create many different sounds, 
manufacturers seem to be trying to create pedals that make ONLY the sounds 
that they think musicians want. Is this part of the reason why there's 
such 
a drive for older FX? I can do more with my EH Microsynth than I could 
with 
5 different Boss overdrive pedals. Lately, it seems like yard sales and 
flea 
markets are the best places to get new music equipment, not just because 
it's cheaper, but because you're more likely to get gear that you can 
actually use for creative endeavors. (And not 'imitating other artist' 
endeavors.)

I shouldn't complain. I'm thankful that there are still EQ squashboxes. 
I'm 
thankful that DOD did create DFX 94's at least for a little while. And I'm 
thankful for you. (finger pointing at you.) haha

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Mr. Tough
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bien Appraisers <mailto:bienappraisers@mindspring.com>
>To: Loopers Delight <mailto:Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 9:50 AM
>Subject: Effect as crutch
>
>
>      This happened a lot in the 60's and 70's- people had concepts for
>sounds (Miles a great deal I hear) and went looking for them even to the
>point of having them made from scratch- inspiration- now we find ourselves
>in a time where anyone from anywhere can go and buy just about every last
>effect on the planet for chump change- (basically!) so instead of a ring
>modulator being a rare item as it used to be, now you can have one and 100
>other effects for a few hundred dollars- not a bad thing but of course 
>there
>will be those who just may be using the effect as a "crutch" every so 
>often-
>
>
>Clifford
>

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