Re: Sustaining Device

[David Myers <dmgraph@earthlink.net>]

I agree with Matthias.  The DF-2 pedal is a joke, not worthy of the name
feedbacker.  It simply freezes a sample tone which is totally static.
Sustain and feedback are interesting precisely because of the subtle
animated harmonics involved; this pedal produces what sounds like a cheezy
synthesizer with a key taped down.  One of the singular failures in the 
Boss
pedal line.


David Lee Myers
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on 7/28/01 8:39 AM, Matthias Grob at matthias@grob.org wrote:

>> i think i mentioned this before but a great device for feedback is the 
><boss
>> DF-2 super distortion/feedbacker> stomp pedal. whats great about it  is 
>that
>> after any note is played(clean or distorto) you can sustain that note ad
>> infinitum for as long as you can keep your foot on the pedal!
>> they are still around if ya want one...
> 
> it creates a pretty much rectangular wave with the frequency you play
> last, so it does not take over the expression of your playing and
> sounds too synthetic for my taste.