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Effects that you wish existed

#61
Well - I guess I'll try again. I posted this recently in another thread, and as seems so common: no response...

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OK: want an idea for a new one? ..Here-ya'go.

Back when I used to play in the seventies (I took a couple decades off...), my big'ol Peavy head - and others I'd used - had this effect built-into them that I used to use.

It seems that the amp would respond to very-very low frequencies with a compression-like action. It would do this in a way that would like bump the volume down when I would thump or bump - or even grab and wiggle - strings (you could see those 4X15s pumping in and out of their baskets too!). I'd make another note tremelo by grabbing the E-string (assuming the note that's playing wasn't on the E), and pushing and pulling it toward and away from the pups. Also I could just bump and push the strings with the side of my picking hand (I only used plectrum back then).

Even when just playing fairly 'regular', it contributed an intense, interactive effect that I really liked!

I miss that. Someone should offer one that has that audio effect, without trying to wreck speakers, like the ol' Peavey.

Joe
 
#66
Derek the Cello said:
My friend and I have been trying to figure this out for a while, it'd be much more useful on guitar than bass, but it's good effect for either. A piano-type damper pedal that sustains notes for chords and lets the notes ring out for an adjustable amount of time or until you stomp it, which would take way too many effects in chain to have it done without having an entire board for it :/
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actually the boss ME-50B has a sustain effect in the form of a expression pedal. I havent tested it with chords though, but i think it would work. of course, this has 50 effects in it and costs $300, but it has the ONE you want, lol. boss might have a single effect that does this if they have it in the multi effects

Hoyt said:
I want this : http://www.sourceaudio.net/hothand/phaser_flanger.php

Except I want to add an expression pedal and make it bass specific....:bassist:
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holy crap that concept is crazy, at least with the ring thing, i think the expression pedal ruins the idea

opivy3056 said:
a pedal that makes it sound as if you were playing under water (in theory, not actually)
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i dont remember which effect it is, but you can get a sounds similar to what i think it would sound like with like a phaser or something
 
#67
Sir Edward V said:
actually the boss ME-50B has a sustain effect in the form of a expression pedal. I havent tested it with chords though, but i think it would work. of course, this has 50 effects in it and costs $300, but it has the ONE you want, lol. boss might have a single effect that does this if they have it in the multi effects
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It does have a sound hold/sustain function, but it only works with single notes. It doesn't track for chords, and it doesn't exactly work like a damper pedal on a piano.
 
#70
Fito Moreno said:
Let's say you have a concept pedal that you know can be made. Where or who do you go to in order to make it real? I have an idea for a pedal but how can I turn it into a proto or real pedal?
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You can always try 4ms. I know there are possibly others, but I will have to think about it.

I really want to print this thread out and send it into all the boutique pedal designers. Maybe something will come out of it??!
 
#75
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=theremin&search=Search

There you go. FWIW, a handful of people have in fact mastered this instrument, and are able to play it as accurately and sensitively as any classical instrument. Hordes of others just fool around noisily, which is great fun for the person doing it, if not for the listener. :)
 
#79
opivy3056 said:
a pedal that makes it sound as if you were playing under water (in theory, not actually)
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Actually, it can be done rather easily!

My reissue Morley Power Wah can make that sound if you kick it back to the full toe-up position. It's a pretty cool sound, and it reminds me of the "submerged" guitar playing on the song "Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails.

The sound becomes even more realistic with a little chorus. :smug:
 

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