Re: stan card: electronic feedback loop (was dt gig-spam)

[Stan Card <stanitarium@earthlink.net>]

O O mybad-if i had thought about what DT said(knowing wot i know of yer
setup) i woulda realized what you were talkin of specifically. i really do
pay attention.......sometimes
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(cant wait to *hear* whatcher spreken)

> to be clear, i wasn't trying to be clever, nor was i referring to the 
>(for
> me) 'normal' playable loop of guitar/amp/speaker/pickup feedback;
> i was mentioning the electronic feedback loop that i've got built into my
> instruments, wherein a line-output from my amp is sent back to the input 
>on
> the guitar, whilst the guitar output is still connected to the amp in the
> normal way.
> i have a very fast momentary switch on the face of the instrument that 
>allows
> for toggling between output (normal) and input (electronic feedback 
>loop).
> when the loop is engaged, the broad potential range of the feedback 
>signal's
> pitch/timbre/rhythm is manipulated not by the instrument's strings, but 
>via
> *any* control in the path, eg volume, tone, any ctrls on pedal-devices
> etc.....
> additionally, i've discovered that the last actual *played* notes (while 
>the
> guitar is set to 'output', that is) ---depending on their distortion
> lvl/waveshape--- will certainly deeply affect the beginning of the
> feedback-loop's harmonic/timbral arc and shape.....
> 
> if you have a mixer at hand, you can experiment w/this by feeding any
> channel's output directly to its input --- ie, no 'instrument' in the 
>path
> --- and then massage all eq's, faders, etc that are in the channel path;
> obviously, if you then add/insert delay-based/looping devices into the
> channel path, well..... have fun!
> but:
> when yer first mutzing around w/all this, be sure to *KEEP YER HAND ON 
>THE
> MASTER FADER*, so as not to blow up your monitors.....
> 
> anyways, this is another kind of looping that i employ.
> 
> best,
> dt / splattercell
> 
> http://www.splattercell.com
> http://www.egroups.com/group/davidtorn
>