Re: Vortex in a rock band

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

That's great advice for any effects programming.  I
found I used to do all my tweaking alone just
listening to my guitar.  Now, I start there, but more
often than not I program a "B" version of my sound
that's designed to fit in a mix of other instruments. 
What sounds thin by its self can often be exactly what
you want when mixed with drums bass and synths.

--- a k butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> >Speaking of rock gigs, have any of you ever used a
> Vortex in a rock 
> >band, live? I find that many oif the patches that
> sound great in the 
> >living room just disappear amid the bass and drums.
> 
> hi Tim
> 
> I didn't have a problem in a rehearsal studio type
> situation,
> but if you mean playing with a "professional" pa
> then I'd
> think about making easy uncomplicated sounds that a
> "sound guy"
> might be able to live with.
> 
> Generally the fine details of a patch are always
> going be somewhat 
> lost when you blend your guitar with other sounds.
> An echo at low 
> volume will tend to disappear completely.
> In any case, what sounds good on solo guitar isn't
> always going to 
> work in a band context.
> 
> the supplied vortex presets are probably worth
> avoiding
> 
> Try going for simpler echoes,
> turn up the echo volume, and turn down the no. of
> repeats.
> Use simpler values for echo divide ( like putting
> them both = 2)
> 
> ...and plenty of Vortex extreme modulation brought
> in with the pedal :-)
> 
> andy butler
> www.andybutler.com mp3 and home of the Vortex
> Database
> 
> 
> 


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