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Erik dP
Silver Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 06/17/2005 : 17:22:42
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Here are three tricks you can do with your pedals:
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RV-5 with DD-2 (or DD-3, DD-5? or any other pedal with dry out + effect out)
Connect DD-2 dry out to channel A of RV-5
Connect DD-2 effect out to channel B of RV-5
Connect Channel A (out) of RV-5 to your amp.
Channel B (out) is left unused.
Result: You get a smother smeared out echo, with a tone control, mixed with your direct sound.
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AW-2 with DD-2 (or DD-3 or any other pedal with a hold function). Use no distortion.
Put AW-2 after your DD-2 in the chain. Set AW-2 with a rather slow periodic wha. Set DD-2 in hold-mode, 800ms.
Hit the low E-string and press DD-2 after one second. Adjust AW-2 sensibility to just kick in at DD-2's pulsing hights. AW-2 speed may also have to be adjusted.
You can now play over the pulsing sound and with the right sensibility of the AW-2 your solo playing will kick AW-2 into wah-hights (almost sounding un-affected by wha).
Result: Automatic diggeridoo (=Australian tribal instrument if you don't know.) with possibility to play solo over.
3) This is not really a trick. It is more for knowledge.
There are some complaints in Harmony Central that the Humanizer setting of AW-3 is useless as Boss has added in a (lousy) distortion on it. If you turn down your guitar volume to 4 (out of 10) the distortion is gone if you play single notes/solos.
Result: Using wowels "o"-to-"a" will now be an alternative "down" setting with a different attack (and release).
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Edited by - Erik dP on 06/17/2005 17:44:19 |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2005 : 19:42:48
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Thanks Erik, I just tried the AW-2/DD-3 combination. It's brilliant and a whole lot of fun  |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2005 : 07:44:53
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This is a trick to do with DM-2 (I don�t know if it works on DM-3).
Set the feedback at maximum, echo-volume at middle, delay-time nearly at the shortest possible.
Hit a note, the DM-2 is going into some weird occilation. Turn the dely-time knob slowly down and up, down and up. Your�e going to get some amazing sounds that will last forever.
It is possible to play above all this noice.
Do it at a relatively low amp-volume until you can control the process. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2005 : 07:47:52
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Coupling three choruses in serie with slow (but not the same) rate. Great sounds will come out of this. You can do the same with Flangers.
Two or three delays with different time settings is also nice. You can experiment with different feedback-levels. |
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Erik dP
Silver Member
Sweden
150 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2005 : 18:51:28
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Here is one more that I havn't completly invented myself. I just read the basic idea (not BOSS related) with no details, but I cannot test it myself as I dont have a DM-3. It should work though.
DM-3 + DD-2/3 (or any other delay with dry/effect out)
Connect the dry output of DM-3 to a mixer. Connect the effect output to DD-3. Connect the effect output of DD-3 to the mixer. Mix the channels to your amp.
Dial in only one short repeat on the DM-3.
Result: The length of your DM-3 delayed sound can be controlled with the DD-2/3, giving longer delaytime for the DM-3 sound.
(Hope it works  )
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redundant
Silver Member
Turkey
247 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2005 : 20:54:16
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| yes you can get those wierdo sounds w/ a DM-3. First learned that some 20 years ago, & tried some variations just last week (yep - still have the same one - 'll never sell it. |
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arcanon1313
Silver Member
USA
414 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2005 : 03:16:14
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I've tried the trick that Goran posted, but with my DD-3. Awsome post dude! it sounds like a huge machine that slowly shuts down. I put my D-time at minimum, F-back at max, level max, and mode to long or hold (works better in long mode) as feed back occilation starts turn D-time up the occilation slows. again really cool idea. |
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red_riviera
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
111 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2005 : 19:07:20
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The 'anything up to 4 octave instant jump' trick:
Boss PS-3 and a latching footswitch eg FS-5L (might also work with PS-5 over the 2 oct range)
Use mode 11, with the mix at full, voice A at all the way left, voice B at max. Connect footswitch to Exp input and hitting the footswitch will switch you from -2 octave to +2 octaves instantly! |
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idoru
Copper Member
Australia
38 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2005 : 09:01:05
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Today's lesson: "Fun with the SYB-3".
Req'd: LS-2, delay, fuzz/distortion (optional) and a volume pedal.
1) With the LS-2 in A+B Mix mode, hook up (in order) the volume pedal, SYB-3, distortion to taste, and delay in one of the loops. Leave the other loop clean.
2) Turn the SYB-3 bypass volume all the way down, so only the synthesizer sounds. Stick to modes 1-4 if using distortion after the SYB-3, otherwise any mode is good. Long decays sound better with delay.
3) Set the delay with a high feedback and a lengthy repeat. On a DD-3, feedback 3 o'clock and delay time 12 o'clock (800ms mode) is a good start. Turn the effect volume down a bit below unity gain, just in case.
4) Leave the volume pedal in the off position when playing "normally". Sweep it on to trigger the synth sound for as long as desired (eg: long enough to hear the full decay cycle) before cutting the volume. The synth will echo over your playing without requiring you to use the (rather bland) hold mode.
chris/bass/idoru
http://www.idoru.com.au |
Edited by - idoru on 07/20/2005 09:02:05 |
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kulten
Gold Member
France
516 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2006 : 23:56:53
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1) the SYB-3 has a "noise" effect.
well, let's change it into a real "noise generator".
select SAW waveform with NOISE (mode 5 or 7)
plug sound source, not louder...
I have notice that the SYB-3 SAW tracking is not good, but the "noise" sound tracking is OK, so the sound source can be louder enough to trig the "noise" sound, but not enough to trig the "synth" sound :
http://site.voila.fr/syb3/NOISE.mp3
let's have ROLAND SH-like "noise" sound !
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2) the SYB-5 can run all alone with its LFO mode, trigged by its own feedback :
see how to plug :
http://site.voila.fr/syb5/syblarsen.jpg
just turn the synth output full clokwise then slowly turn the dry output, and when you have a feedback TURN OFF THE DRY OUTPUT and listen to the synth sound :
http://site.voila.fr/syb5/autosynth.mp3 |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2006 : 01:07:09
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Another self oscillating pedal that has been mentioned a lot here is the DM-2. Based on your ideas with the SYBs here I connected the ouput of the DM-2 to the input of the SYB-5. The sounds are completely insane and very hard to control properly but fun, lots of fun  |
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lordofmushrooms
Bronze Member
France
66 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2006 : 12:44:56
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I've noticed yesterday evening while playing that my pedal setting could produce a really weird sound (with a bass) :
FT2 > CS3 > SYB5 > ODB3
When all of them are switched on (with SYB5 on first position) it creates an oscillating sound that just plays by itself, you ear the overdrive like a background sound and the sound of the SYB pops out occasionnally. This is really strange and funny ! |
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LuminaryJCP
Bronze Member
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 01:53:14
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| A good one i've found is with a dd-3 and an hr-2. Put the delay after the HR-2 and set the d-time to medium witht the knobs all set to about 12:00. On the hr-2 set both voices to octave up and octave down respectively. Levels both between 3:00-max. Use with no distortion and palm mute notes sparatically, you will hear a "liquid" sound, like dripping water. Play a melody and it will sound kind of like a music box when playing slowly. very cool and ambient sounding. |
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lordofmushrooms
Bronze Member
France
66 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2006 : 19:47:21
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I've just tried a few combination of pedals this afternoon and found this : It sounds like drops of water echoing in a cave, it's really interesting
I'll graduate the knobs from 1 to 7, 1 being the minimum, 7 the maximum and 4 the middle position.
Guitar ==> SG-1 ==> PH-2 ==> PS-3 ==> PN-2 ==> Amp (with a lot of reverb).
SG-1
Sens at 2
Attack at 7
PH-2
Rate at 4
Depth at 6
Res at 4
Mode 2
PS-3 (or another delay pedal)
Balance at 4
Feedback at 6
D. Time at 6
Mode 2
PN-2
Rate at 7
Depth at 7
Mode on tremolo square wave
Play the Harmonics very soflty, and you will get that weird liquid sound.
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jam_nineworkz
Copper Member
Philippines
15 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2008 : 04:10:44
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i dont know if this was posted before or original but here it goes...
warning: just noise! 
needed: pedalboard with lotsa pedals especially modulation type pedals like phasers and flangers...
and the main act: a Boss DD3
you don't even need a guitar (but i guess you could make a loopbox so you can actually play over it, more on this later)
1. setup you pedalboard, put the DD-3 LAST in your signal chain
2. the OUTPUT of the DD3 goes to your AMP
3. the CABLE that goes to your guitar (this is the cable going to the INPUT of your first effects pedal making sorta like a loop) plug it to the DRY OUTPUT of the DD3 (basicaly you won't be playing the guitar, just fun noise, but as i've said i think u can design a loopbox for this?)
4. now stomp on any pedal (example your distortion or phaser)
5. any stomp would make a noisy feedback! and any knob on any pedal that is ON will manipulate "SOMETHING" on the feedback tone/note be it a tone or drive knob on a distortion pedal or my favorite is on a phaser or a flanger, weird spacey feedbacks/notes!
6. experiment on combinations of pedals/knobs!
try it!!!  |
Edited by - jam_nineworkz on 01/28/2008 04:11:28 |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2008 : 05:57:12
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I like to prop up my wobbly kitchen table let with a FBM-1!  |
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Tricks to do with your Boss pedals
