Is self-ocsilation harmful

[katri]

I got my first delay pedal today and I managed to get some strange sounds out of it and I was wondering how harmful this will be to my amp.

Also what delays do you use for self oscilation??

Dan

 

[bongomania]

At higher volumes, feedback (which is what self-oscillation is, technically) can rip up speakers. Watch your levels.

 

[EADG mx]

I turn down the gain somewhere in my signal chain before doing it. No problems.

 

[Jeff Martinez]

Am I the only one who has always thought the the term "self oscillation" sounds like like something you do while watching Cinemax late at night.

 

[rratajski]

The feedback from the oscillations on my walking delay makes the attenuator light up like a mofo. I really have to watch my levels b/c I can't afford to blow speakers/attenuators/tweeters/etc. I tend to keep my repeats at about 2:00PM and my delay time on the slower side to keep the oscillation tamed. If I turn the delay time up to simulate a verby sound, I have to roll back the repeats for sure.

 

[Chriss62]

Am I the only one who has always thought the the term "self oscillation" sounds like like something you do while watching Cinemax late at night.

Just be sure to put a sock over the gain knob.

 

[Joe Gress]

Is there any safer way to get self oscillation like a delay without the added chance of insanity to your speakers that a delay will do?

 

[excane]

Am I the only one who has always thought the the term "self oscillation" sounds like like something you do while watching Skinemax late at night.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Jared Lash]

Am I the only one who has always thought the the term "self oscillation" sounds like like something you do while watching Cinemax late at night.

Yes, now stop it or you'll go blind.

Plus it's harder to twiddle knobs with hairy palms.

Is there any safer way to get self oscillation like a delay without the added chance of insanity to your speakers that a delay will do?

Compressor with good peak limiting?

 

[Jim Nazium]

I hope it's not harmful. I do that every morning.

 

[RCCollins]

Compressor with good peak limiting?

I know what you mean, but dangit I just can't get this compressor to self-oscillate!

 

[sleepy_monkey]

Practice safe oscillation!

 

[rcubed]

If you have a Carbon Copy, you can go into crazy oscillation but control the volume by turning down the mix knob.

 

[excane]

Yes, now stop it or you'll go blind.

Plus it's harder to twiddle knobs with hairy palms.

A father walks in on his son "doing the deed" and yells "Son, STOP OR YOU'LL GO BLIND!!"



The son says "Dad I'm over here!!!"



I couldn't resist.

 

[Joe Gress]

If you have a Carbon Copy, you can go into crazy oscillation but control the volume by turning down the mix knob.

I have nearly killed my ears many times using that thing for oscillation. It takes a very quick hand to control it.

 

[RCCollins]

Malekko 600s have the expression-controlled regen with allows for some nice control of self-O

 

[sleepy_monkey]

Couldn't they make a compressed oscillation pedal that wouldn't get so loud? Or is the point of oscillation to be out of control?

 

[dannybuoy]

How about a Boss LMB-3 at the end of the chain, and just stomp on it when things get a little crazy? Or maybe even a volume pedal, then you can back it off as you need to.

 

[Rattman]

Am I the only one who has always thought the the term "self oscillation" sounds like like something you do while watching Cinemax late at night.

Yes.. Indeed, that same thought crossed my mind as well.. something a bit pedestrian perhaps.. such as "Girls Gone..Wi....errrr... "Basses Gone Wild" kinda thing late-night-waste-of-time thingie on "Spike" and other channels..

 

[katri]

I'm using a delay I only got today, it's a subdecay echobox proto, the way I can get it to S.O is by maximg the time and the repeat knob, the only problem is, if I turn it off and then back on they oscillation is still there, the only way to stop it is to turn the repeats knob all the way down, is this the same with other delays??