Re: The Big(ish) Idea

[Adrian Bartholomew <adrian@bartholomusic.com>]

well i think that an auto stutter ALONG WITH manually operating it with ur foot covers all bases. PLUS i could put a rate knob that would vary the rate of the auto stutter.
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Adrian Bartholomew
Leawood KS
On Sep 19, 2005, at 5:31 PM, Kelly Coyle wrote:

> Why not just put a momentary switch on a good-quality tremolo? Like the Fulltone that has a "shape" adjustment that changes the curve of the trem -- you can get very abrupt shifts or gentle ones, and, of course, faster or slower. Save yourself some ankle wear.
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> On Sep 19, 2005, at 5:24 PM, loop.pool wrote:
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> > Phil Wilson wrote:
> >
> > "Basically I want to make a foot operated device that allows a signal to pass
> > only when  the button is pressed. Kind of a Poor-Mans-Morse-Glitch Pedal.......
> > ......it is a push to make type switch so initially the signal is dead, however,
> > when the button is pressed the sound is allowed to pass to the output."
> >
> >
> > I have thought of a similar pedal and wished for one, Phil.
> >
> > This might be a cool addition to such a beast:
> >
> > Have two momentary buttons side by side with a switch that makes them
> >
> > either
> > 1)  turn the sound on when you want it turned on or
> > 2) pass the sound and turn it off when you want it turned off
> >
> > Both buttons would do the same function which would allow for some one to do very, very rapid
> > two foot manipulations of the pedal (like the glitch effects that are so popular in modern electronica now).
> >
> > It would be just as hip to cut the sound OFF as it would be to turn the sound ON with such a button.
> >
> > Do you see what I mean?
> > ******************
> > One of the techniques that I use with my line 6 pedal is putting it into record and then really rapidly, but randomly
> > hitting the button that has the forward/reverse/half speed/double speed funtion.
> >
> > When I truncate the loop it then has these little random chunks of backwards/forwards/1/2 speed/double time.
> > If I make this as some kind of melodic drone it provides a random loop that is nonetheless harmonically consonant
> > with whatever I lay on top of it.
> >
> > to have a real time 'GLITCH' pedal in line to add the same kind of randomization to the mute/unmute quality of the music
> > would really be awesome.
> >
> > throw the whole damn mess into a Repeater and then play it like a chromatic instrument over three octaves.
> > Now that's my idea of a good time.
> >
> > Now,  who to build it......................lol
> >
> > Rick