italoop
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This is a different thing from the usual YouTube projects... not a demo nor a gear comparison... nahh
This is about getting different fx processors to work together with a goal... be it a classic studio sound or an original textural idea... on to the most creative bounds of sounds.
It's the real thing, folks!
This is a "work in progress" thread...
adding new examples in time, hoping a creative discussion springs out of them. A RIG doesn't have to ba a guitar system only and doesn't have to process guitars only.
Let's go beyond the 6 strings as there are other magnificent instruments.
A request...
have some deep love for yourself. Pretty Please.
Listen thru a decent set of speakers or nice headphones. Streaming to those computer speakers isn't legal!
And so it goes....
A timeless texture! 1980s classic rock guitars... with chorus and delays.
No... this won't be another TSC example... NOPE. This is more about the "other" rock thing rather than the pop-ish stuff. Those chorus sounds... from the TC1210, Pro-Chorus, STD-1, PCM70, H3000 made history.
This one features the Korg DL8000R, set to work for this classic sound created by those guys who tweaked a lot in the day. And the PCM81 adds its beautiful warm delays... each machine does a single thing here... shining at its best.
RIGS L.A. 1980s Rock Guitars
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This one is as classic as Homer Iliad and Odyssey!
Back in the '80s and '90s most recording engineers tracked guitars with THIS dual delays thickening technique. No modulation... just BALLS OUT!
The Korg DL8000R is a killer at widening works. It splits the stereo field like a sharp knife.
Add the PCM81 to the picture... still providing the juicy Lexicon delays... no diffusion and no modulation here. It's a simple not_over_processed example, good to start with.
RIGS Classic Rock Thickening
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More R'n'R ! ! !
More thickening techniques. This can only be done with rack gear. Pedals would be a serious headache....
And it's more of a studio thing but you can do it with a SwitchBlade or with any analog mixer... it takes quite some AUX Sends and/or channels Direct Outs though.
It involves MONO... just to make it hugely stereo, spread or moderately "sided".
The signal is split in two bands here by the MPX-1. PCM can also do that but I prefer to use the MPX as the PCM has higher luxury effects on board to be wasted for just that.
The lower band is processed thru the PCM80, adding a couple of modulated delays panned mid sides, not full L/R... or they would clash with the other band.
The higher band goes into the PCM81 and is thickened by the same classic dual delays technique (L.A. studios) as in the first clips above. Panning is full L/R.
Listen to how the pick stands thick and spread to the sides.
You can create unbelievable scenarios with this technique... even with 3 bands!
HUGE!!!
Tons of guitars processed in this way ,in those records you have at home.
RIGS Frequency Split Gtr Wall
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The same frequency split trick as before... on a clean guitar.
Notice how the stereo spread breathes wide and narrow... and the pick is huge!
A mixer and 3 processors...
Might be nice to do it on a single Orville or H8000 and use the 4 outputs for the mixing.
RIGS FreqSplit Clean Guitar
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You love sounds! You're addicted to them! You like creating them! You want them to be unique, different, one of a kind! You want the right tools!
You want to do sound design...
Here's is a pretty tough and mighty rig, not too big. Easy to manage... running up to 4 algortihms... large ones... and in multi-channels audio!
The Mighty Eventide Orville and the King H8000... a lifestyle in sounds.
This one is a quad audio clip, mixed down to stereo... unfortunately. You should listen to it on 4 speakers to realize what it really is.
The Orville plays "Ambient Guitar 1"... the mildly pushed distortion preamp pushes a bunch of ring modulated delay taps thru a Plex module... getting the rhythm guitar part in a steady rhythmic pulse and creating nice panning movement, thanks to the frequency shifters working in asymmetrical way.
The second Orville DSP is taking a break...
The H8000 covers the "Europa" pad, tweaked from the original version... now running on shorter delays forward shifters, mid boost and high cut. Shorter reverb adds the space to it.
The other H8000 DSP brings pure fuzz brutality to the party... screaming harmonics and low frequency nastyness... the "Square Tubes" crazily pushed (+37 dB gain!), eq_ed and compressed... thru 2 delay taps+feedback tap, all set to thicken the bastard... all thru a final reverb. This thing screams like an animal on fire. Bad one...
No parallel mixer stuff for the dry sound... nope... no "nice and beautiful" rack rules here. Gtr straigth into the boxes and get all their juices to the computer.
So it goes...
RIGS Cyber Music
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This is about getting different fx processors to work together with a goal... be it a classic studio sound or an original textural idea... on to the most creative bounds of sounds.
It's the real thing, folks!
This is a "work in progress" thread...
adding new examples in time, hoping a creative discussion springs out of them. A RIG doesn't have to ba a guitar system only and doesn't have to process guitars only.
Let's go beyond the 6 strings as there are other magnificent instruments.
A request...
have some deep love for yourself. Pretty Please.
Listen thru a decent set of speakers or nice headphones. Streaming to those computer speakers isn't legal!
And so it goes....
A timeless texture! 1980s classic rock guitars... with chorus and delays.
No... this won't be another TSC example... NOPE. This is more about the "other" rock thing rather than the pop-ish stuff. Those chorus sounds... from the TC1210, Pro-Chorus, STD-1, PCM70, H3000 made history.
This one features the Korg DL8000R, set to work for this classic sound created by those guys who tweaked a lot in the day. And the PCM81 adds its beautiful warm delays... each machine does a single thing here... shining at its best.
RIGS L.A. 1980s Rock Guitars
*******************************************************************
This one is as classic as Homer Iliad and Odyssey!
Back in the '80s and '90s most recording engineers tracked guitars with THIS dual delays thickening technique. No modulation... just BALLS OUT!
The Korg DL8000R is a killer at widening works. It splits the stereo field like a sharp knife.
Add the PCM81 to the picture... still providing the juicy Lexicon delays... no diffusion and no modulation here. It's a simple not_over_processed example, good to start with.
RIGS Classic Rock Thickening
*******************************************************************
More R'n'R ! ! !
More thickening techniques. This can only be done with rack gear. Pedals would be a serious headache....
And it's more of a studio thing but you can do it with a SwitchBlade or with any analog mixer... it takes quite some AUX Sends and/or channels Direct Outs though.
It involves MONO... just to make it hugely stereo, spread or moderately "sided".
The signal is split in two bands here by the MPX-1. PCM can also do that but I prefer to use the MPX as the PCM has higher luxury effects on board to be wasted for just that.
The lower band is processed thru the PCM80, adding a couple of modulated delays panned mid sides, not full L/R... or they would clash with the other band.
The higher band goes into the PCM81 and is thickened by the same classic dual delays technique (L.A. studios) as in the first clips above. Panning is full L/R.
Listen to how the pick stands thick and spread to the sides.
You can create unbelievable scenarios with this technique... even with 3 bands!
HUGE!!!
Tons of guitars processed in this way ,in those records you have at home.
RIGS Frequency Split Gtr Wall
*******************************************************************
The same frequency split trick as before... on a clean guitar.
Notice how the stereo spread breathes wide and narrow... and the pick is huge!
A mixer and 3 processors...
Might be nice to do it on a single Orville or H8000 and use the 4 outputs for the mixing.
RIGS FreqSplit Clean Guitar
*******************************************************************
You love sounds! You're addicted to them! You like creating them! You want them to be unique, different, one of a kind! You want the right tools!
You want to do sound design...
Here's is a pretty tough and mighty rig, not too big. Easy to manage... running up to 4 algortihms... large ones... and in multi-channels audio!
The Mighty Eventide Orville and the King H8000... a lifestyle in sounds.
This one is a quad audio clip, mixed down to stereo... unfortunately. You should listen to it on 4 speakers to realize what it really is.
The Orville plays "Ambient Guitar 1"... the mildly pushed distortion preamp pushes a bunch of ring modulated delay taps thru a Plex module... getting the rhythm guitar part in a steady rhythmic pulse and creating nice panning movement, thanks to the frequency shifters working in asymmetrical way.
The second Orville DSP is taking a break...
The H8000 covers the "Europa" pad, tweaked from the original version... now running on shorter delays forward shifters, mid boost and high cut. Shorter reverb adds the space to it.
The other H8000 DSP brings pure fuzz brutality to the party... screaming harmonics and low frequency nastyness... the "Square Tubes" crazily pushed (+37 dB gain!), eq_ed and compressed... thru 2 delay taps+feedback tap, all set to thicken the bastard... all thru a final reverb. This thing screams like an animal on fire. Bad one...
No parallel mixer stuff for the dry sound... nope... no "nice and beautiful" rack rules here. Gtr straigth into the boxes and get all their juices to the computer.
So it goes...
RIGS Cyber Music
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