Re: Anybody recognise this? / Aarset gear

[Douglas Johnson <dhjohnson@mindspring.com>]

Does anybody know how or where I can hear an example of this "turkish 
sound," either on CD or on the net?

On Feb 11, 2005, at 5:28 AM, simeon harris wrote:

>>> From: simeon harris
>>> probably old news now, but i managed to figure out what all the 
>>> Aarset
>>> boxes were....
>
>> not old news for me, thanks Simeon!!! I had been wondering the last 
>> time I
>> saw him ... but even with knowledge about the hardware, I'm stumped 
>> at how
>> he makes some sounds, e.g. that turkish-fretless-clarinet-whining 
>> thing ...
>
>> -michael
>> www.michaelpeters.de
>
>
> that turkish sound, as far as i can tell (and i have stood 3 feet away 
> from him while he's been doing it!), is a combination of the EH 
> microsynth set on a low resonance filter without any added octaves or 
> square wave, an ebow, a volume pedal, some nice dalay and reverb and a 
> fantastic left hand technique that involves sliding the finger towards 
> the fret to cause each note to develop slowly. i've tried to mimic 
> this on many occasion, but there's a special knack to it which i 
> havn't managed to figure out yet - but it's a lovely sound, to be 
> sure!
>
> oh, and i can't take all the credit for figuring out what all the 
> boxes were - i did get some help from the chaps over at the harmony 
> central fx forum for a couple of them - those guys sure know their 
> stuff!
>
> sim
>
>