freeze is sounding like it’d be instant post-rock, esp if combined with the cathedral.

The Boss PS-3 is also good for organ sounds (more sigur ros type organ sounds than parliament/funkadelic type organ sounds) and for faux-strings sounds [modes five and seven, respectively]. It’s certainly no HOG or POG but it does its thing and it does it well.

as far as cello sounds, have you considered using a bow on your guitar? it takes a little bit of practise but is one of the more impressive things to pull out live.

can’t help you with the woodwinds though.

So I was putzing around with a microcassette recorder at work today (because I want to be Dale Cooper, obviously) and I realised microcassettes have two readable spots on them because the head is offset from the center of tape (ie, they have the backing felt under each roller rather than just in the center).

Since my company is moving towards digital audio recording solutions, i’m going to have a fair number of players/recorders/decks at my disposal- any DIY guys/forumers want to make one of these into a tape delay with a lovely -70db noise floor? it’s looking like it’ll be easier than a VCR or walkman-based delay.

just use normal effects and an XLR to 1/4″ TS adapter (or sends and returns on the mixer but that’s a little more challenging in a live setting)

does it happen every time you record? on every channel (like, if you were to record an empty loop for track one, then record on track two, is track two too loud)? if you use a fader while it’s in playback mode, is it cutting out sound all the way when the fader is at zero?

correct.

Five Stars:
2880
Small Stone (v1) – amazing on guitar and vocals

Four Stars:
Big Muff Pi (NYC/Modern)
Small Clone (Russian)

Three Stars:
#1Echo – not really impressed by this. I’m kind of a delay aficionado though so whatever.

One Star:
2880 Footswitch. I really don’t bother with this, other than to make the initial loop- everything else I end up reaching down to the actual 2880. I’ve detailed my thoughts on this one in the various 2880 threads At least it can use a standard guitar cable…

Here’s how I understand effects loops; there are some people who disagree with me on this but in general, this is how they work:

Your amp has three sections: the Gain/Distortion section, the EQ section, and the Power Amp Section. Imagine it like a string of pedals- Guitar -> (Distortion)-> (EQ) -> (Power Amp) => Speaker Cab

Effects loops are the input and output of the different sections.
So for your particular amp it goes like this:

guitar -> (Distortion) -> [Effects loop 1] -> (EQ) -> [effects loop 2] -> (Power Amp) => Speaker Cab

And consequently, like most pedal lines, its order should be determined by your mind (no compressor in loop two unless you REALLY feel it’s necessary) and your ears (everything else).

Also the ‘instrument level’ thing is referring to things like Germanium-transistor pedals- they need the high impedance load of a guitar signal driving them directly from the pickups, the 1K ohm load from the output of another pedal won’t cut it. A preamp (gain stage or eq-based [ie, from either one of the fx loop outs on yr amp]) is going to be the same kind of low impedance that a pedal outputs.

Hope this helps explain it.

Sam