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Loopers-Delight-d Digest				Volume 97 : Issue 143

Today's Topics:
  Re: the GT-5 LOOPS!                   [ Dpcoffin@aol.com ]
  Re: the GT-5 LOOPS!                   [ Dpcoffin@aol.com ]
  [Fwd: UNIVOX. EC80A]                  [ Kim Flint <kflint@annihilist.com> ]
  re: roland PS-3; very cool            [ andre <andre@monmouth.com> ]
  Cool old FX                           [ pycraft@elec.gla.ac.uk (Michael Pyc ]
  Re: Cool old FX                       [ matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias  ]
  RE: Ambient effects -- something wil  [ Erik Ljones <eriklj@stud.ntnu.no> ]
  RE: Ambient effects -- something wil  [ pycraft@elec.gla.ac.uk (Michael Pyc ]
  RE: Ambient effects -- something wil  [ Adam Levin <alevin@ari.net> ]
  Re: new instruments                   [ matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias  ]
  Can somebody check some sounds?       [ The Man Himself <altruist@shoko.cal ]
  Andre's AU clips                      [ Michael Peters <mpeters@koeln-digit ]

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:35:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dpcoffin@aol.com
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Re: the GT-5 LOOPS!
Message-ID: <970822223534_465308698@emout04.mail.aol.com>

GT-5 Update--does anybody else on this list HAVE a gt-5?:
<<Each one can be completely different except in the delay
settings-->>
Actually, it seems each patch must have the fx loaded in the same order, even
tho some can be off and they can be set up differently...

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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 12:11:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dpcoffin@aol.com
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Re: the GT-5 LOOPS!
Message-ID: <970823121153_417358796@emout11.mail.aol.com>

<<I'm not familiar with the GT-5.  Is it an effects processor or what?  The
synth and ring mod modes sound interesting.  How much do they run?>>

The GT-5 is the third-generation of COSM trickle-down from the VG-8. It's an
all-metal floor unit with a bunch of footswitches and a built-in EV-5
pedal...seems to have all the best fx from the two prior products, the GP-100
and the GX-700 (where DO they get these COOL names?), and the most flexible,
imaginative programming options of them all, but not the front-panel preamp
knobs or multiple I/O features of the GP-100--there IS a programmable mono
loop, tho, which is fabulous combined with the totally configurable fx order.
The ring mods (there's an "intelligent" option that preserves a sense of
pitch), acoustic guitar emulation (like their new Boss pedal), and mono HRM
synths are truly rich, and all can access the distortion stomp boxes and the
COSM amp/speaker emulations, slow attacker, wah, EQ, comp-lim, reverb,
chorus, pan-trem. Besides the delay thing, there are two other "hold"
functions,  "Feebacker," a synthized mono sustain with octave-up fade-in--a
pretty cheesy emulation but not without possiblities for the twisted
mind--and synth note hold. It can, in short, sound almost as wild as, and a
bit more real (in high-gain mode) than, a VG-8...costs about $800.
There's a good long description of it in the Roland Users Group Mag with Joni
Mitchell on the cover.
dpc

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Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 12:53:10 -0700
From: Kim Flint <kflint@annihilist.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: [Fwd: UNIVOX. EC80A]
Message-Id: <v03102801b026414a1ff1@[207.171.196.44]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Can any of you tape loop fiends help this fellow? He's not on the list, so
email him directly.

thanks,

kim


>>From kflint  Sat Aug 23 18:01:49 1997
>Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 22:14:49 -0700
>From: "Peter G. Miller" <pgmxpf@nbnet.nb.ca>
>Reply-To: pgmxpf@nbnet.nb.ca
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: kflint@annihilist.com
>Subject: [Fwd: UNIVOX. EC80A]
>
>Message-ID: <33FFC0F9.6DA1@nbnet.nb.ca>
>Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 22:04:57 -0700
>From: "Peter G. Miller" <pgmxpf@nbnet.nb.ca>
>Reply-To: pgmxpf@nbnet.nb.ca
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; I)
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: kflint@annihilist.comm
>Subject: UNIVOX. EC80A
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
>Kim:
>
>I was delighted to see a web page devoted to tape loop recording et al.
>I have a problem which I hope your or your collegues can help me with.
>
>I have a mint UNIVOX tape echo machine which I discovered exactly where
>I left it twenty years ago. The guitar player in the group heard me
>talking about it and is obessed with using it onstage. The problem I
>have is that the tape cartridges that I have (2) are both worn out
>completely. One was supplied with the unit by Univox and is called a TC1
>tape cartridge and the other by a company called Appellon music of
>Japan. I can't seem to locate any replacement carts anywhere. I am
>considering rebuilding one of the carts myself but I've been told that
>the tape used is similar to that used in avaition voice recorders.
>
>In any event if you or any of the folks you know can point me in the
>right direction in this regard I would appreciate your correspondance.
>
>Best Regards, from New Brunswick Canada..
>Peter..
>

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Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:17:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: andre <andre@monmouth.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: re: roland PS-3; very cool
Message-Id: <199708242317.TAA04945@shell.monmouth.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

hey 

hope you're all well... i just wanna recommend a cool used find that i've
just copped - the boss PS-3 - it's a 2sec delay with 2 outputs for 2 diff.
pitch shifted tones, also some weird almost backwards effects. but coolest
of all - you can plug a standard expression pedal into it and get an instant
'whammy pedal' - with sudden pitch shifts or just using the pedal to zone in
on an interval - very cool.

can anyone point me to info re: the roland ps-3 digital pitch shifter
delay??? i have looked at www.rolandus already. i didnt' get a little manual
- can anyone xerox that for me - please private email -we'll work something out.

thanx,a n d r e'

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:39:32 +0100
From: pycraft@elec.gla.ac.uk (Michael Pycraft Hughes, PhD)
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Cool old FX
Message-Id: <14880.199708250739@rank-serv.elec.gla.ac.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi, 
Does anyone know if the schematics of old analog FX pedals (Mutron, Univox,
et al) are available anywhere?  I'm wantin' to build me an FX unit, and I'd
like to get close to some "classic" sounds without actually shelling out
for originals to analyze.  I know many amp designs are virtually public
domain. what about pedals?

Thanks,
Michael

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 06:56:18 -0300
From: matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias Grob)
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Re: Cool old FX
Message-Id: <v01520d02b026f8f0b0f6@[200.254.32.140]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>Hi,
>Does anyone know if the schematics of old analog FX pedals (Mutron, Univox,
>et al) are available anywhere?  I'm wantin' to build me an FX unit, and I'd
>like to get close to some "classic" sounds without actually shelling out
>for originals to analyze.  I know many amp designs are virtually public
>domain. what about pedals?
>
>Thanks,
>Michael

you know theses sites?

http://www.wcug.wwu.edu/~jamie/schems.html
http://www.eden.com/~keen/

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 14:07:51 +0200
From: Erik Ljones <eriklj@stud.ntnu.no>
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: RE: Ambient effects -- something wild and crazy, please!
Message-Id: <2.2.32.19970825120751.006feaec@pop.stud.ntnu.no>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

At 09:36 12.08.97 -0400, David Kirkdorrfer wrote:
>I don't need the standards: chorus, flange, delay, pitch-shift.  I'm
>looking for DRASTIC effects rendering a guitar very UN-guitar-like.  I
>have a Vortex already -- now I quest for something more wild.  

This guy just made me aware of a new effect called a pixellator from DOD.
For some reason I don't like this company, but the effect was described as
creating "wild sonic landscapes this side of delirum" or something along the
lines of that, so I might check it out anyway. I think it is packaged with a
bunch of the standard effects though....I really don't need another 50 types
of digital distortion, if you know what i mean? Does anyone else have any
more information on this? 

Erik Ljones (Norway)

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:11:57 +0100
From: pycraft@elec.gla.ac.uk (Michael Pycraft Hughes, PhD)
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: RE: Ambient effects -- something wild and crazy, please!
Message-Id: <19359.199708251211@rank-serv.elec.gla.ac.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Erik:

>This guy just made me aware of a new effect called a pixellator from DOD.
>For some reason I don't like this company, but the effect was described as
>creating "wild sonic landscapes this side of delirum" or something along the
>lines of that, so I might check it out anyway. I think it is packaged with a
>bunch of the standard effects though....I really don't need another 50 types
>of digital distortion, if you know what i mean? 

It's a digital UNDERsampler, created jointly with the guitarist from Trnt
Reznor's band (can't remember the name).  Shouldn't be many other FX with
it - probably just a digital distortion - ie using the digising process to
distort.

Michael



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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 09:02:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Adam Levin <alevin@ari.net>
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: RE: Ambient effects -- something wild and crazy, please!
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970825085807.7476A-100000@ari.ari.net>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Erik Ljones wrote:

> 
> This guy just made me aware of a new effect called a pixellator from DOD.
> For some reason I don't like this company, but the effect was described as
> creating "wild sonic landscapes this side of delirum" or something along the
> lines of that, so I might check it out anyway. I think it is packaged with a
> bunch of the standard effects though....I really don't need another 50 types
> of digital distortion, if you know what i mean? Does anyone else have any
> more information on this? 

I believe it's one of the effects included on the G10 rack unit which I've
seen running for $240-$275. In addition to the pixellator and ring
modulator it includes the usual bag of tricks. Check out DOD's web site at
http://www.dod.com/ for specifics. This is the succesor to the G7 which
got some pretty lousy reviews on Harmony Central. So far no reviews of
the G10 have been posted yet. 

-Adam

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       out of seeking liberation from cyclic existence, gradually one 
                           becomes a Hearer."
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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 20:07:06 -0300
From: matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias Grob)
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Re: new instruments
Message-Id: <v01520d03b027a3b1cb0a@[200.254.32.138]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>Matthias, sounds really neat.  But where in the hell did you buy such a
>nifty clay pot (just any pot wouldn't do).

Here in Brazil you can get them at any market place, because thats how
people keep water cool. They look nice, with a painted patern.
The size is not very critical, the bigger the bassyer. The top whole should
be small enough to be able to close it with the palm.
The whole in the side you have to drill yourself unless you find a pot
especially made for percussion, which is much more expensive and not
necessarily better (I would not want one).

Bira would certainly like to sell a number of them to US. Maybe you know of
some stores that would like to carry them?

There must be a lot of "alternative" clay manufacturing in US, maybe you
find one that is actually happy to create something that interesting...

Right, Sarajane?

Just do it
Matthias

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 16:41:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: The Man Himself <altruist@shoko.calarts.edu>
To: loopers-delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Can somebody check some sounds?
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.970825163907.13104A-100000@shoko.calarts.edu>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Hello all --

I'm looking for a few people to test some sound files I'm attempting to 
upload onto my web site.  What I need are people who can download files 
in AU format.

The files are at http://shoko.calarts.edu/~altruist/sounds.html

Each file contains much loopage, and is in the 1000K neighborhood.

If there are any problems or anomalies, please mail me and let me know.  
Thanks very much for your help.

Best,

--Andre

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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 13:06:34 +0200
From: Michael Peters <mpeters@koeln-digital.de>
To: "'Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com'" <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Subject: Andre's AU clips
Message-ID: <01BCB220.E24B1400@porto.koeln-digital.de>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Andre (Man himself) wrote,

>I'm looking for a few people to test some sound files I'm attempting to 
>upload onto my web site.  What I need are people who can download files 
>in AU format.
>The files are at http://shoko.calarts.edu/~altruist/sounds.html

No problems downloading and playing the files. Wonderful!! Where can I buy your CD Andre?

Michael Peters
mpeters@compuserve.com

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