AARP - tap tempo polyphonic pitch sequencer

[resincum]

w00t!!

[Willem]

This is looking great to replace my NASA Attribute

[doommeow]

Just found out about this today, but if it's not too late to get into the tourbox, lemme know

[UglyCasanova]

Going to use my AARP live next week for a remix of one of our songs, fast paced sequence, blasting at it with oscillating fuzz and thus creating the merger of noise and...electronica? Dubstep? Game changer, haha! This thing is whacky and just so, so much fun. Great job!.

[Teej212]

awesome dude! such a great feeling to hear about people finding cool ways to use this thing!

[doommeow]

Can't wait to try this out!

[UglyCasanova]

About 15 min out: AARP action.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mJuCSzQ9w[/youtube]

[Teej212]

damn that was a ton of fun to watch

[Teej212]

hey to all those involved in the tourbox. i apologize for being so unbelievably late in getting it started, but Ive been in mid term exams for the past month and getting to the post office with no car is a bit of a hassle. I got it out to UG today. excited to get this thing out there!

[Uncle Grandfather]

So...this pedal is rather amazing. The features are really smart and deep, and its incredible the amount of sounds you can get. I love the feedback knob I tried to give a taste of what it's like to sit down with it and twiddle away at the switches and knobs. Hope it gives an idea of what's possible.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zopo2zuOysQ[/youtube]

[Teej212]

cool thanks for the kind words, I tried to pack as much in there as I could! Really enjoyed hearing what you did with it!

4 minute mark is nuts dude, didnt know it could sound like that!

[UglyCasanova]

Cool demo, UG! I'm still loving the pedal. More people should try it. I'll make my own demo eventually too. I started making it twice but got hold up both times by personal shit. SOON!

Tips and tricks:

If you hold down the tap tempo footswitch and (very) slowly let go it sometimes causes the speed to glitch out and go super fast, far surpasing the range of the tempo knob. Playing over that is just so much fun. Add some feedback and you'll shit bricks. You can also make this happen (changing the speed, not shitting bricks) by frantically hitting the tap tempo footswitch in rapid succession, but I find that it glitches out easier using the first method. At least mine does.

Seeing as the sequence knobs go between different pitch steps you can finely tune them to where they are in between two pitch intervals, making them glitch/flick between pitches and warble like crazy. Fun at parties.

Not really a trick, but more of a function it took me some time to realize was there: If you hold down the reset button you hold the first step of the sequence. Comes in handy if you just need a pitch shifter without having to turn all the sequence knobs to the same position. The reset button is in such short proximity to the bypass switch that you can operate both with one foot at the same time.

[Teej212]

those are all good tips! I find the reset switch really helpful in making the sequence seem longer than it is...Ill let the sequence go through maybe six steps reset it and let it go through the full 8 and then reset it again for the last two steps in a "16 " step sequence.

another thing I like to do for a *somewhat* conventional sound is set all the knobs to 0 semitones and turn the feedback up to get some crazy chorus settings. I wrote the program so the "0" position in Major is a couple of cents above 0 semitones, and in the major mode its a few cents below. That way you can get either ascending or descending chorus.

[UglyCasanova]

Cool! I'm going to have to try that chorus hack, good sir

[Uncle Grandfather]

yeah that chorus effect is really nice and rich.
UC, I came across that speed glitch too when I was trying to figure out what the tap tempo stomp did and was holding it down and whoa! i broke it...wait a sec, that's pretty cool