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  • June 13, 2010 at 5:37 pm #80355
    risingorion
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    Hello people!!

    I am trying to create a space here in the forum (maybe it would be a different area or something different, I have no Idea, I leave to the EHX people to decide.

    What about at least we use this topic to discuss ideas on how to get a certain sound using effect pedals?

    I mean, do anyone have idea of how to get a sound of a Bagpipe using effect pedals?
    It would be great to discuss different ways to get a certain sound?

    By the way, I heard it’s possible to get a bagpipe close sound with a pitch shifter, a compressor and some fuzz, but never able to try it properly?

    Cheers

    August 1, 2010 at 2:38 am #101915
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    Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, the two guys in Big Country, got their bagpipe-like tone with similar setups.

    Adamson:

    MXR M-129 Pitch Transposer
    Korg SDD-2000 Digital Delay
    MXR Stereo Flanger
    Fender Showman amp set to distortion

    Watson:

    MXR M-129 Pitch Transposer
    Korg SDD-2000 Digital Delay
    Boss DD-2 Digital Delay
    Boss OC-2 Octaver
    Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
    Boss TR-2 Tremolo

    The MXR M-129 had four main transposed tones: chorus, octave up, octave down and octave and a fifth up, along with rate and depth knobs.

    The esteemed Bill Ruppert used two different setups for his Uillean Pipes Effectology video.

    The drones were guitar -> Hog on Freeze mode -> Stereo Electric Mistress -> Cathedral.
    Melody was guitar -> Big Muff PI -> HOG -> SMMH -> Cathedral.

    (Here’s the discussion thread: http://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/2710/ )

    So, if I were doing this from scratch, I’d look at combinations of transposition + flanging/chorus/distortion (or a combination) + reverb. I’d look at ways to killing the attack (easy using the HOG), and I might even use compression for more sustain.

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    I’m a big fan of my eBow, incidentally, It makes killing the attack irrelevant, and allows one to sustain endlessly. I was just speculating about doing this using only pedals. As it is, if I want to get rid of the attack, I normally just use a volume/swell pedal, coupled with some sort of ducking reverb….

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