Hi chaps, back to the straightahead gear-type postings.
Looking for an automatic volume pedal. Obvious reference point is the Boss Slow Gear but AFAIK it isn't quite what I want. My ideal pedal would do multiple envelopes, so that if I hit a slow arpeggio each of the constituent notes swells in one-by-one.
I only need two or three notes to do this but the Boss is limited to one. I've heard of a couple of pedals that supposedly offer this but hands-on is better than makers' spiels...
Best, NP
Slow Gear / autoswell recommendations?
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Slow Gear / autoswell recommendations?
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Re: Slow Gear / autoswell recommendations?
I think the new ehx attack decay does that, I have no idea how that is possible but its in the sound demos
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Re: Slow Gear / autoswell recommendations?
That’s what the poly mode on the EHX Attack Decay does.
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Re: Slow Gear / autoswell recommendations?
Thanks for the replies, guys. On paper the EXH box does just what I wanted. I turned up this excellent real-world demo on YouTube by one Elliot Knapp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AVsNrWVT84
But Elliot likes the pedal more than I do. My planned application would really show up the glitchiness: I think I'd be better off with a pad reverb and a swell pedal. That said, the glitching Elliot highlighted sounded like it could be pretty interesting in the right hands.
Best, NP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AVsNrWVT84
But Elliot likes the pedal more than I do. My planned application would really show up the glitchiness: I think I'd be better off with a pad reverb and a swell pedal. That said, the glitching Elliot highlighted sounded like it could be pretty interesting in the right hands.
Best, NP
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Re: Slow Gear / autoswell recommendations?
Sonuus Voluum.