Hello! I hope this isn’t too n00by a question, but I have been trying different delays to try to recreate this effect at 3:45:
I am not even sure what to call it - it samples the sound in a very short repeat, then you are able to change the pitch of the repeated sound. Seems like a delay would do the trick but I don’t know what parameters would “hold” the sample in memory separate from the original input. In the video it looks like a single pedal is doing all the work.
I love my original Mod Duo and am having a blast experimenting with all the combinations but this sound has eluded me - maybe I am thinking about it incorrectly.
Hmmm… my first thought is something like a freeze fed into a delay. I’m not sure if the freeze will preserve the attack, or if it tries to smooth out the captured audio.
Yes, my thoughts too - I had tried the freeze pedalboards but they seem more for an ambient “hold” like a pedal note rather than the stuck delay sound. I tried the granular options but they didn’t seem to do what I thought either.
It’s like it samples a very short snippet of the sound and then the control can raise or lower the pitch - almost like using it for the Karplus Strong style of synthesis.
There’s got to be a delay that “grabs” one cycle in its buffer and then lets you play with it… which is what I thought Granulator would do but I guess not - unless I am using it incorrectly. I just bought TTAP hoping it would do that but maybe I need to experiment more…
Hmmm how about a stuck/freeze first, fed into an avocado (to break it up, maybe granulator would work too), fed into a pitch shifter/whammy/harmonizer.
Wow I didn’t know about that Boss mode, thanks, I will look into it and will also contact the guitarist directly if I need to. Seems lots has changed since my Ibanez AD-80 days…
Let us know how it goes and if you find a workable solution!
I’m finally getting familiar enough with the MOD ecosystem to start to think in ways that take advantage of creative routing, etc. but even after 2 years I sometimes get stuck on trying to do stuff that seems obvious in hindsight (ie. giving any plugin “trails” using a simple utility switch and running in parallel).
To be honest I’m not that familiar with SOS but I think it’s just a simple looper. The early ones probably only do 1 sec or so which would give you enough of a snippet to create a drone. He turns knobs on it so guessing it’s the time knob that changes the speed of playback maybe.
So really you want a way to loop for 1 sec and maybe just stick the whammy on behind it and assign a knob on the Dwarf to the treadle.
I’m free in the morning so I might see what I can come up with
Good look mate, I’m more of a sad Nerd than pedal consultant.
Did have a go on the Dwarf earlier. Most of the delays were not happening. The duck delay was close but the repeats increase with the change in pitch so a bit more dance EDM. Feedback 100% and then modulate the time to give you a change I pitch.
However obviously if you stick the whammy on behind it as long as you can create a short sample or repeat gets you very close.
P. S I recon it’s a DD3 by the way. It had a HOLD switch
