Re: Loop approach: Loop as effect

[Bret <echoplex@yahoo.com>]

I use guitar affects, 
because I like the effect.
bret
--- Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com> wrote:
> Interesting discussion (up to a point).
> 
> I normally eschew the word "effect" in favor of such terms as 
> "process" or "signal processor." This is because ever since I started
> 
> working with electronic music systems in the '70s I have treated 
> studio and performance systems either as instruments or as sound 
> design procedures. Perhaps this is because I moved from the role of 
> vocalist/instrumentalist to that of composer and thence to performer 
> on electronic systems. I did have a fuzz tone and a wah-wah pedal 
> briefly toward the end of my guitar-player period, but once I was 
> making tape music these were just special instances of timbral 
> modifiers.
> 
> If I do use "effect" it is usually to describe something that is 
> imposed as a minor "coloration" to the sound of an otherwise clearly 
> identifiable instrument. Once the "processor" crosses the line to 
> becoming a significant determinant of the sound it is clearly a part 
> of the instrument. 
> 


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