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the-destructor
Silver Member
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 Posted - 01/17/2009 : 04:00:51
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I drink WAY TOO MUCH. Those of you who "claim to know me" know this. Do you REALLY want to claim that???
Anyhow, contemplative Chris has several "scenarios" I've drunkenly mapped out using the forementioned method, but have not had the time to put to the test yet.
I'm curious as to how many of you may have already thought out this scenario or utilized it.
My main go to would be a distortion blend, but I have much more deviate intent in mind as well.
Thoughts, feelings, tell me I'm a dumbass, tell me how good my Mom was. Yea, I KNOW SHE'S GOOD!!!
Hey now, I came outta there, I SHOULD be able to get back in ANY TIME I WANT.
Squatter's rights. 
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
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Posted - 01/17/2009 : 05:23:22
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Interested to know what you discover. I have an LS-2 also, and have not begun to delve into its many possibilities. Although mine came with instructions, I really am short a few patch cables
Hope you share some good patches/connections. |
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DarrinPA
Silver Member
USA
221 Posts |
Posted - 01/17/2009 : 06:56:05
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| I have used a tubescreamer on A [green] and a more heavy distortion on B [red] and the outcome was very good. A lot of clean and defined sounds from the Tubescreamer mixed over a high gain distortion was something I was looking for. It's not something I'd do live but I have used in recording to get some good sounds. The signal needed to be compressed to even it out, but it's definitly worth trying. |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 01/17/2009 : 07:11:54
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I'm sure this doesn't answer the question.. if there was a question in there  but when I got my LS-2, threw 2 chains on it, & started to blend for the first time, I found it very uniquely strange.
At 12:00 A & 12:00 B level positions, the channels were mixed alright but I perceived each one very distinct from the other.. not unlike a guitar panned hard left & a bass hard right, but in mono. In other words, the channel signals were mixed together but they didn't sound mixed at all.. more or less, each was distinct & prominently heard in a separated way. Its hard to explain but whoever has an LS-2 has heard it & is weirdly unexpected. |
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Leeroyfunk
Silver Member
United Kingdom
400 Posts |
Posted - 01/17/2009 : 20:31:59
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OD in loop A, with nothing in loop B makes a great natural overdrive sound: The dry guitar (loop B) also helps retain the low end that overdrive pedals can cut out - You don't need to link the B loop send to return, either.
The weirdest effect i found was to put a compressor in loop A and nothing in loop B - You get a very peculiar "swell" effect: No idea why it works, but it does - A very "squashy", i.e. over-the-top compressor works best. |
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DarrinPA
Silver Member
USA
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Posted - 01/18/2009 : 01:04:21
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| Defrag, it's odd that you mentioned that. Perhaps it has to do with the phase of the pedals but I didn't get that very seperated tone that you mentioned. Mine blended very well. I had to use my pitchshifter to get it to sound like two seperate signals. |
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visserman
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Posted - 01/18/2009 : 16:56:45
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Originally posted by Leeroyfunk
OD in loop A, with nothing in loop B makes a great natural overdrive sound: The dry guitar (loop B) also helps retain the low end that overdrive pedals can cut out - You don't need to link the B loop send to return, either.
The weirdest effect i found was to put a compressor in loop A and nothing in loop B - You get a very peculiar "swell" effect: No idea why it works, but it does - A very "squashy", i.e. over-the-top compressor works best.
the compressor idea is an interesting discovery. I will put this one to the test myself.
Apart from the mixed sounds of effects, the LS-2 in the mix mode is great for acting as a minimixer. Very useful if there is only one amp around but two players. I use this mode daily and it is just as good as having an amp for each player. |
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Leeroyfunk
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/18/2009 : 17:15:01
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Originally posted by visserman
the compressor idea is an interesting discovery. I will put this one to the test myself.
It's very odd - I tried it out because I read somewhere that a compressor in a parallel side-chain would give more subtle compression: I found this was certainly not the case (with my old DOD 280, at least) - You get the initial attack of the note, then it cuts out and slowly swells back in again. With a bit of practice, it's not far off a Slow Gear type sound... but much cheaper. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 01/19/2009 : 11:47:48
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When I read your post Leeroy I was also thinking about the Slow Gear.
Interesting to hear that you use a DOD 280 for that particular sound.
I used to have a DOD FX80 [which is the version which came after your compressor]. Now that compressor took away so much of the orginal signal that I did use the LS-2 to boost the orginal signal back up. Felt this particular compressor did have a nice brightness but I did not like the fact it took away so much of my orginal signal. Forgotten how I used the pedal in combination with the LS-2, but it may be the particular combination of LS-2 and DOD compressor which gives you the sound you described here before.
I have not tried your trick yet [time man!!!] but will do it with the CS-1 and CS-3 and see if I can get anywere close to the sound of a Slow Gear. Have a feeling the CS-3 may do it since it is so versatile.
Anyway, thanks for your comments.
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LS-2 A/B Blend Mode
