Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai tips, tricks, and clips

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December 2, 2008 at 7:32 am #77310

julian
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Here’s a template for writing down settings
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6415/smmhpresetsheetblanklw6.jpg

this stuff is all lifted from HC’s SMMH lounge
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?p=24027419#post24027419

a lot of this stuff is from me and Fender&EHXforever;, among others

So here’s a compilation of stuff from that old thread

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Here’s a clip with SMMH’s pitch-bending-modulation-played-as-volume-swells-looped with reverse notes overlaid:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=750566&content=songinfo&songID=5777328

Volume swells looped

Blend: 12:00
Decay: minimum
Filter: maxed
Repeats: maxed
Delay: maxed
Hazarai: 300 mS + Mod

Reverse notes

Blend: maxed
Decay: 9:00
Filter: 3:00
Repeats: 9:00
Delay: 12:00
Hazarai: Reverse Echo

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shoegazery clip

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5774178

Heres how I did it: LBM + SMMH in 3 second echo with an oscillating reverb sound looping E and G chords.

Then I did arpeggios in 300 ms + mod with a really deep pitch shift.

Then overtop of that I did 1 sec + reverse mode lead with the polyphase on.

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5 part demo:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5775148
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5775211
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5775224
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5775258
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5775293
just the 1 second echo mode demo:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5775293

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Here’s a clip with the SMMH’s stereo flanger (very Polychorus sounding) in a loop with reverse echo notes overlaid.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=750566&content=songinfo&songID=5777333

Stereo Flanger

Blend: 3:00
Decay: 9:30
Filter: 12:00
Repeats: 1:00
Delay: minimum
Hazarai: 300 mS + Mod

Reverse Echo Notes

Blend: maximum
Decay: 10:00
Filter: minimum
Repeats: 1:00
Delay: 1:00
Hazarai: Reverse Echo

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You can do also do ring mod in reverse echo mode. Crank the decay, turn the delay time down to about 8:30, and play with the repeats knob.

If you play with the settings in reverse echo you can also get a really trashy almost bit crushed tone. Because the decay works like a fast multi tap of each long reverse delay you do, it can get really freaky bowie.

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Here’s a soundclip using SMMH’s chorus-and-delay-played-as-a-looped-riff overlaid with some freaky Reverse Echo FX.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=750566&content=songinfo&songID=5780022

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Melx :wave: here’s a clip playing bar chords through a BMP into the SMMH.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=750566&content=songinfo&songID=5780413

First two bars are the loop played forward,
then I reverse the loop by turning the Decay know full counter-clockwise,
then I play around with the Filter knob to get a kind of parametric EQ/wah effect,
then I play with the Delay knob to slow down and speed up the loop,
and then I finish by returning the loop to its original form by turning the Decay knob full clockwise.

I hope this gives you some idea of what you are looking for

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Here’s a clip using a Boss PS-3 into the SMMH.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=750566&content=songinfo&songID=5781285

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Ok, so I just realized something really cool. If you want to have pre delays and reverse reverb- here is a cool trick

1. Plug in the Stereo Memory Man as you normally would in mono
2. Record a chord part of a riff.
3. Unplug the output cable
4. plug a patch cable into the mono output jack, then plug the other side into the right input on the other side
5. Now plug your output cable into the right output
6. you now have your left channel jumpered into your right channel
7. now reverse your loop
8. now choose a delay setting you like, and notice it is now affecting your loop.
9. hold down record for the duration of the loop
10. unreverse the loop

Jumpering the left onto the right channel has some other cool effects. You can get even weirder effects having double modulated delay or double reverse delay (some of the echoes will play in forward)

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Oooh, here is another nice setting:

pseudo-swells

set to multi-tap 1 sec or 3 sec
blend all the way up
decay all the way up
filter at where you like it
repeats all the way up
delay controls the length of the swell-set it low then go from there- less delay time = shorter swell

Because you are just having echos that are going very fast and getting louder, it sounds swell like, but with a tremolo attack

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ooh, here is another trick.

Because the tap tempo normalizes the pitch of a loop, you can quickly go up or down an octave hands free and back again with the preset knob.

Have your delay time somewhere other than 12 o clock in loop mode. Save that setting as a preset.

Now record a loop. Lightly tap the preset button and it will pitch shift to whatever setting you have.

Now you can overdub.

When you tap tempo, it returns you to your original pitch

December 2, 2008 at 7:48 am #87869

julian
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I just put together some short clips of The Flanger Hoax (FH) running into the Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai (SMMH) to demonstrate the versatility of the FH. In fact, I did not record a clip of the FH using any flanger settings. :freak: The FH is capable of much more than just flange.

FH_SMMH_demo1: FH is set for ring modulator / SMMH is set for quick stereo delay

FH_SMMH_demo2: FH is set for self-oscillations / SMMH is set for stereo slapback delay

FH_SMMH_demo3: FH is set for auto-wah / SMMH is set for a quick stereo delay

FH_SMMH_demo4: FH is set for tremelo / SMMH is set for reverb only

FH_SMMH_demo5: FH is set for deep pitch modulation / SMMH is set for stereo reverse echo with repeats

FH_SMMH_demo6: FH is set for phaser / SMMH is set for stereo 300ms + modulation with repeats

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more clips:
http://www.soundclick.com
DOD 250 + Stereo Clone Theory + SMMH
Frequency Analyzer + LBM + SMMH Madness
Cosmic Brook
Polyphase + LBM +SMMH 1 & 2

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heres a cool reverse echo thing

Blend -Maxed
Decay -7.00 oclock (zero )
filter- 9.00 oclock
repeats -7.00 oclock(zero)
Delay 11.00 oclock

Its a weird reverse , I think pretty cool ,
Let me know what you guys think ,
You can tweak the filter to your liking.

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it’s very different than the DMM but it’s more useful for my purposes. you can sort of approximate the DMM in the 300 ms+ mod mode. i do an A/B between this and my DMM here:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=758582

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reverse setting
decay all the way down, repeats at 9, delay between 12 and 3.

Try arpeggiating and doing slow finger style stuff and let as many notes as you can ring out. The reverse echo really textures everything you play. Don’t think of it as a tempo echo, but more as a texture echo, like how you’d use an analog delay on the verge of self oscillation.

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More clips:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=758582

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Been fiddling with my SMMH more, and it’s definitely growing on me! Just thought I’d bump up a good thread.

Also, here is a setting I use a lot. It’s kind of a leave it on all the time setting. Subtle ambience 😎

Blend: 9:00
Decay: Off
Filter: 10:00
Repeats: 8:30
Delay: 12:00
Mode: 1 sec, echo

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Ok, I recorded a couple clips just now to show some of the settings of the SMMH. I used an Ibanez AS80 Artstar (ES-335 copy) w/ GFS Mean90s – both pups engaged. Played through the Line 6 KB37 which is basically a toneport built into a MIDI controller. If I was more motivated, I would have plugged into my POD XT Live and ran the Stereo outs. Maybe another time. The settings on the KB37 was the Double Verb (Twin model) w/ 2×12 “black face” cab. I placed the virtual mic up to the cab. On the Loop clip I used the “4×12 1978 Brit Celest 75 cab”

Oh yeah, a big bottle of white wine was involved. Didn’t finish it, but put a heft dent in it. Ooops.

Hope you enjoy it. Thanks to Fender&EHXforever;for posting the settings for the chorus and flange. I just got the unit and it would have taken me a bit to find those settings again. Peace.

The first one up is a Chorus sound: Chorus

Next is the Flange:
Flange

Here is a function where you play w/ delay and when you step down and hold the tap/record button, you get a cool reverse delay in addition:
Fade in Reverse

Lastly, here’s a loop I did. It’s basically one track of just a straight signal, then a cool oscillating slightly reversed delay, and a third track that is strictly 100% wet signal reverse delay.
Loop

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Hazarai = Echo 300ms + Mod
Blend = 1:00
Decay = 3:00
Filter = 12:00
Repeats = 11:00
Delay = Clockwise maximum

December 2, 2008 at 8:04 am #87870

julian
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You can tap tempo in 300 ms or 1 second modes to achieve longer delay times

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I just tweaked my multi 1 sec + reverse preset to sound a little more analogue. This, I think is going to be my main mode now I figured out you can use tap tempo.

Blend – 10 O clock
Decay – 10 O clock
Filter – 11 O clock
Repeats – 10.30
Delay – Not sure as I tapped it in, but it’s around 450 milliseconds

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Reverse Echo-
1 30, 1 30, 1 30, 3, 8

I don’t really know what to do with it yet though

Echo- 3 sec

10-11, all the way to the left, 12, all the way to the left, 9 30
that’s a nice usable one.

300ms with mod

3, all right, all right, 9, all left
12, all right, 1 30 ish, 1 30 ish, 9

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Reverb only:
Blend=12:00 (variable)
Decay=12:00 (variable)
Filter=12:00 (variable)
Repeats=minimum
Delay=minimum
Hazarai=3 sec or 1 sec

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Subtle Ambience

Blend: 9:00
Decay: Off
Filter: 10:00
Repeats: 8:30
Delay: 12:00
Hazarai: 1 sec, echo

Washy Delay

Blend :1:00
Decay : 3:00
Filter : 12:00
Repeats : 11:00
Delay : maximum
Hazarai : Echo 300ms + Mod

Post Rock Delay

Blend – 10 O clock
Decay – 10 O clock
Filter – 11 O clock
Repeats – 10.30
Delay – Not sure as I tapped it in, but it’s around 450 milliseconds

Reverb only:
Blend=12:00 (variable)
Decay=12:00 (variable)
Filter=12:00 (variable)
Repeats=minimum
Delay=minimum
Hazarai=3 sec or 1 sec

Volume swells looped

Blend: 12:00
Decay: minimum
Filter: maxed
Repeats: maxed
Delay: maxed
Hazarai: 300 mS + Mod

Reverse notes

Blend: maxed
Decay: 9:00
Filter: 3:00
Repeats: 9:00
Delay: 12:00
Hazarai: Reverse Echo

Reverse Echo Notes

Blend: maximum
Decay: 10:00
Filter: minimum
Repeats: 1:00
Delay: 1:00
Hazarai: Reverse Echo

Cool Reverse Echo

Blend: maximum
Decay: minimum
Filter: tweak to taste
Repeats: minimum
Delay: 11:00
Hazarai: Reverse Echo

Stereo Flanger

Blend: 3:00
Decay: 9:30
Filter: 12:00
Repeats: 1:00
Delay: minimum
Hazarai: 300 mS + Mod

Pseudo-Swells

Blend: maximum
Decay: maximum
Filter: variable
Repeats: maximum
Delay: less delay time = shorter swell
Hazarai: 1 sec or 3 sec

Oscillation

Blend: 12.00
Decay: 3.00
Filter: 9.00
Repeats: 3.00
Delay: 8.00
Hazarai: 1 sec multitap

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My favorite setting on the SMMH right now:

Mode: reverse echo
Blend: to taste
filter: to taste, I usually maybe 11 o clock or so
decay: down all the way
repeats: set between 9 and 1 o clock
delay time- set between 100 and 300 or so milliseconds to taste

hit a chord and listen to that beautiful “random filter” like sound as the chord decays

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This is a quite good preset. Not that useful for individual notes or anything, but soo much fun for volume swells. Dial in a nice clean sound, switch to the neck pickup and swell some chords. Tonal heaven.

Blend: Around 12 o’ clock. Doesn’t matter too much.
Decay: 12 o’ clock.
Filter: 12 o’ clock.
Repeats: Just above 12 o’ clock, there should be 15 repeats.
Delay: Adjust according to taste and how long you want the swells to continue ringing, but mine is around 11 o’ clock.

Mode: Multi tap, 1 or 3 seconds.

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Ok, time for me to contribute another setting. I found this weird, synth-like sitar setting just a bit ago.

Blend: 12:00
Decay: 9:00
Filter: 12:00
Repeats: 2:00
Delay time: 8:00
Hazari: 1 Sec Mode

The delay time is tricky to tune in *just* right. Too much and you end up with a feed-backy ring-mod type sound. Too little and it just won’t sound all that different. Just right and you have a sitar.

I got the best results on the bridge pickup of my Strat and with the SMMH going into an LPB-1 with the boost at about 11:00. It sounded fine without the LPB1 as well, but the LPB1’s extra gain helped it get a little more chimey.

It sounded pretty good with dirt and fuzz as well. Big Muffed Sitar FTW!

Well that’s it for condensing pages 1-30.

If someone wants to do the rest before I get around to it, be my guest!

December 2, 2008 at 1:49 pm #87904

Milan
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I’m sure most of what’s in this has already been posted in the settings above, but I’d still like to link to the video ProGuitarShop did of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrtct-zdU7Q

That video is both what first got me interested in the SMMH, as well as showed me some cool sounds that I didn’t expect a delay to do.

December 2, 2008 at 1:53 pm #87906

electro-melx
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I’m sure most of what’s in this has already been posted in the settings above, but I’d still like to link to the video ProGuitarShop did of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrtct-zdU7Q

That video is both what first got me interested in the SMMH, as well as showed me some cool sounds that I didn’t expect a delay to do.

that’s an excellent video! thanks for sharing….yup, the hazarai much much more than a delay, I use mine for so many different things……it’s a cool box of fun.

December 2, 2008 at 10:06 pm #88091

Ned Flanders
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Heres a tip that ain’t in the manual. Have it on 300ms+mod and use the tap tempo switch to set the time, this way you can reach about 600ms.

December 2, 2008 at 10:34 pm #88104

hilikus
Member

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Heres a tip that ain’t in the manual. Have it on 300ms+mod and use the tap tempo switch to set the time, this way you can reach about 600ms.

This is correct, great hidden feature huh

December 2, 2008 at 10:38 pm #88108

L_Z_Nut
Member

I noticed that yesterday while I was fooling around with mine.

December 4, 2008 at 4:17 am #88378

julian
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Here’s an interesting interview with Mike Matthews about the SMMH:

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2008/Mar/One_With_Everything_The_Story_of_the_Stereo_Memory_Man_with_Hazarai.aspx

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S+H setting pic
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/theyreonlynoodlesmichael/Photo0430232-1.jpg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUFhJwde5w

300ms+mod from left to right 12, 12, 12, 7, 7.

Plus a whammy on Harmonizing mode 5th up 4th down i think?

and a touch of delay

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i have a nice ambient/shimmer setting in the reverse mode:
blend:max
decay:max
filter:could be anywhere, set it for your taste
delay:half
fedback:half

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Pseudo analog:

11, fully off, 9, 10.5, 12, one sec echo

INFO on modding the SMMH so you don’t have to hold down the button to record

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1990930

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Here’s a video of me using the looping with the the SMMH. You can change the delay as you go. I started with a 330ms delay, then cut that in half, then removed it in successive loops.

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Multi-Tap 3 Sec

Blend – 2:00
Decay – 9:00
Filter – 12:00
Repeats – 12:00
Delay – minimum

And now the pedal sounds like a “frozen” flanger

On this page someone did another Mod for their SMMH

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1744297&page=38

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Here’s a weird spacey, echoey, feedbackey, steel drum type sound. The filter can be set to your taste I guess. Works best with some OD and single coils.

Blend: 1:00
Decay: 9:30’ish
Filter: 11:00
Repeats: 3:00’ish
Delay: 8:30
Hazarai: 1 sec echo

You might have to move it around a bit and find some sweet spots for your set-up. Sounds pretty cool with a whammy on the Harmony Oct dwn/Oct up setting.

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Got my SMMH yesterday afternoon after pondering and debating and pondering
and debating and finally just got it.

Here’s my first improv with it:
http://pod.ath.cx/ics/hazarai-hazard.mp3

guitar w/ octave divider + effects

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the basic setting i use for rhythm and lead parts might fit the bill.

On the 300 mS + Mod Mode:
Blend 10:00 Decay 12:00 Filter 12:00 Repeats 12:00 Delay Cranked (or to taste)

its a really nice sounding subtle delay with slight modulation. perfect for leads.

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another clip
http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/mickeyg1991/?action=view&current=Movie11.flv

And that’s it, I compiled all the settings and clips and other tips from the old HCFX thread.

woot!

December 4, 2008 at 4:29 am #88380

Headless Body of Agnew
Member

Claps hands in appreciation.

December 10, 2008 at 3:36 pm #88875

Small Stone
Member

I asked this in the HCFX forum, now I’ll copy/paste it here…

Questions:

1. Can I use it in the effects loop of my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe? I read some people saying there was a volume drop in the effects loop…

2. There are two inputs. Can I use the main input for my guitar signal and the other input for plugging, say, a synth so I could loop some beats?

Thanks, SMMH experts!

I WANT AN SMMH!!!

December 10, 2008 at 5:09 pm #88876

julian
Moderator

yeah you can use both inputs, I believe if you’re using just the mono out it sums them
I’ve never put the SMMH in a loop, though I have played it straight into my friends HRD at practice once no problems (though I did use my pedals for dirt)

Edit: wait, actually I used my SMMH into the PA that time, because I require an amp with 2 separate channel inputs and one of the inputs on his HRD was broken.

December 10, 2008 at 7:50 pm #88883

Small Stone
Member

Thanks!

Still doesn’t tell me if there’s a volume drop in the effects loop… anyone?

December 10, 2008 at 7:58 pm #88885

electro-melx
Moderator

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Thanks!

Still doesn’t tell me if there’s a volume drop in the effects loop… anyone?

I’ve never used mine in my loop, but if you don’t get a reply this evening I’ll put mine in my loop tomorrow and see what happens.

December 10, 2008 at 8:41 pm #88893

Small Stone
Member

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Thanks!

Still doesn’t tell me if there’s a volume drop in the effects loop… anyone?

I’ve never used mine in my loop, but if you don’t get a reply this evening I’ll put mine in my loop tomorrow and see what happens.

That’s really cool of yours! Thanks!
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