Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by northern_dirt » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:39 pm

phibes wrote: There's an amazing article on geofx explaining how to do it yourself.  You can really add an expression pedal to any pot on any effect if you want.  And it's really fucking easy.  I'll post the article when I have some more time to dig it up.  All the tremolos I've tried with the expression pedal built with it sounded pretty lame.  Adding one to your favorite tremolo is the way to go.

Adding expression pedals to analog delays is beyond sex.
Yeah Ive been thinking about doing that to my DMM..
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by mezcalhead » Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:37 am

There are a couple of trem pedals with two different settings so you can change speed from one to the other.

I would also guess that you could change speed on the fly using tap tempo like in the Cusack Tap-A-Whirl .. ah, yes you can on the T-A-W, check about 1:30 onwards.

Wait, I'm not sure if we're talking speed or depth here .. if you want to alter depth, I'm not so sure about that ..
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by phibes » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:21 am

Anything can be altered.

http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/xprnped.htm

This also works great with pitch shifters.

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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by northern_dirt » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:14 am

mezcalhead wrote: There are a couple of trem pedals with two different settings so you can change speed from one to the other.

I would also guess that you could change speed on the fly using tap tempo like in the Cusack Tap-A-Whirl .. ah, yes you can on the T-A-W, check about 1:30 onwards.

Wait, I'm not sure if we're talking speed or depth here .. if you want to alter depth, I'm not so sure about that ..
no just speed..
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by northern_dirt » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:16 am

"Snakedriver" and "Heat" both have the trem speed changng off of JAMC's "Sound of Speed"
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by sevti » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:40 am

you can order a tremulus lune with a expression input for speed from the 4ms site ( http://www.4mspedals.com/tremulus.php )

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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by northern_dirt » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:40 am

The Vox Wibravox and the Seymore duncan trems are now on my Gas List..
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by northern_dirt » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:43 am

sevti wrote: you can order a tremulus lune with a expression input for speed from the 4ms site ( http://www.4mspedals.com/tremulus.php )
Oh wow, thats tits.. Ill have to think about this now..

Then again whats wrng with getting 5 trems anyways
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by TheodorJ » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:55 pm

fuzzjunkie wrote: I would suspect that most of the Spacemen 3 trem sounds were from manually changing the speed on the amps and keyboards that they used.

For the at least one JAMC record (Munki) I know that a Lovetone Wobulator was used:

http://www.lovetone.com/wobulator.html

I've used a Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe for 10 years now and as Shadowplay mentioned, there are expression pedal jacks (send and receive) built in. I use an Ernie Ball volume pedal to control the speed change. There is a smaller, cheaper version available now, but the expression parameter, along with the symmetry a few other controls were left off.
I think the Spacemen 3 tremolo sounds actually come from their guitars. They used a lot of old Vox guitars as far as I know (Phantom and Ultrasonics), and they have tremolo (and other effects) circuits built in.

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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by tremolite » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:59 pm

Spacemen 3 were known to use the Vox Repeat Percussion, which was in some of those crazy Vox guitars. There's been some modern remakes by Ronsoundand Earthquaker.
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by aen » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:10 am

Ok dudes and dudettes, I breadboarded a trem/boost/od last night.  Hope to get it in a box in the next few days an put it to the test...
I prefer their older stuff.

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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by echobaseone » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:57 am

SUITE!
I've been wondering what a Dwarfcraft Tremolo might be...
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by Maggieo » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:25 am

aen wrote: Ok dudes and dudettes, I breadboarded a trem/boost/od last night.  Hope to get it in a box in the next few days an put it to the test...
:-* aen!

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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by northern_dirt » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:06 am

I don't know Maggie.. some of the roadies ive seen I really don't want them playing with my knob..
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Re: Trem pedal with expression pedal input?

Post by aen » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:10 am

echobaseone wrote: SUITE!
I've been wondering what a Dwarfcraft Tremolo might be...
I has wanted to do a double trem, but i think the OD is exciing enough... for now...
I prefer their older stuff.

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