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ITT: school me on dreamy modulation.

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Space Station is the king if this. I know they're pricey, but to to reproduce this effect, you'd need a volume swell, a reverb, a delay and a harmonizer. And you can get one of the space station modes on the Digitech EX-7.

Otherwise, when I think of dreamy, I tend to think of reverb/delay and chorus or a really subtle phaser. Maybe throw an EHX Freeze in there? :idk:
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bigchiefbc wrote:Space Station is the king if this. I know they're pricey, but to to reproduce this effect, you'd need a volume swell, a reverb, a delay and a harmonizer. And you can get one of the space station modes on the Digitech EX-7.

Otherwise, when I think of dreamy, I tend to think of reverb/delay and chorus or a really subtle phaser. Maybe throw an EHX Freeze in there? :idk:


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I'm wanting a shallow vibrato ala boards of Canada. Like a warped record type sound. Pitch Pirate sounds really cool, maybe not dreamy enough.
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hazelwould wrote:I'm wanting a shallow vibrato ala boards of Canada. Like a warped record type sound. Pitch Pirate sounds really cool, maybe not dreamy enough.

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FX500?

soft focus is comp>delay>reverb>some weird chorus/flange thing.
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hazelwould wrote:I'm wanting a shallow vibrato ala boards of Canada. Like a warped record type sound. Pitch Pirate sounds really cool, maybe not dreamy enough.


what about Pitch Pirate->Delay->Reverb? ;)

Anyway - dreamy modulation combined with reverb and/or delay is probably the only way i could use a chorus or a flanger
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Warped record? I think the more extreme choruses can do that, so maybe try a pitch pirate or a Mind Warp or a Sea Machine. If you blend it in just right and maybe put much reverb in front it it would kick ass.
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Re: ITT: school me on dreamy modulation.

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'Verb in front of chorus... Interesting. I always put reverb last. Must try this.

To your original point though - the Digitech PDS Chorus Flanger seems like a sweet one to try.
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futuresailors wrote:FX500?

soft focus is comp>delay>reverb>some weird chorus/flange thing.

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I never really liked chorus after anything... it just turns into a flange sound with everything I've tried...
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the raytownian wrote:I never really liked chorus after anything... it just turns into a flange sound with everything I've tried...

Based on your avatar, it should be cool with you! :drool:


I'll look into those suggestions, thanks chaps! :)
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