the future is now, where's the cool shit?

[Teej212]

you forgot the interstellar orbital which is pretty unique. Also the afterneath and rainbow machine are pretty unheard of effects

[backwardsvoyager]

you forgot the interstellar orbital which is pretty unique. Also the afterneath and rainbow machine are pretty unheard of effects

i dunno if that really counts. digital delay racks and pedals like the Boss PS-3 were doing the rainbow machine thing 15+ years ago. the afterneath is a multi-tap delay voiced like a reverb which isn't exactly new either.
i think EQD's strength lies in making weirder effects easier to use and more appealing rather than actually opening up new avenues of sound manipulation, but that's still great.

[D.o.S.]

Unheard of for guitar players =/= unheard of effects, which is important to keep in mind.

[aens_wife]

I am not saying they don't make some cool stuff. But they aren't exacting heading in the directly of mind blowing, never been done effects.

Like I said, I dig them and I am glad they are so successful (I'd love to be half that big). But they aren't busting down any uncharted territory, just bringing the weird stuff to a bigger audience.

[PeteeBee]

There was some comment a few pages back about how ILF is somewhat a closed little world, which is strange because people such as myself find it by googling stuff all the time, but I think this has some merit in this conversation.

When I had my procession I jammed with three or four different groups of people, and every time it was a totally jaw dropping experience for them. It got lots of "I can't believe one pedal can sound that cool" type of responses. I ended up flipping it because it wasn't quite right for me, but everyone else I played with was blown away.
So much of the world just goes tuner, overdrive, delay. I love the band Creative Adult and think they get some really cool guitar sounds. Their pedal board is just delay, overdrive, chorus, delay, all in the boss/mxr world of pedals.
IDK man, I think there is tons of cool stuff, just have to turn the knobs more than usual.

[D.o.S.]

I'd love to be half that big

2ez

[aens_wife]

I'd love to be half that big

2ez

God damn it. How do I not see those jokes when I type the thing out???

[D.o.S.]

Probably because you don't have a juvenile mind ready to spring into action at a moment's notice.

[rainlet]

Personally, my path to getting cool sounds is using pedals in conjunction with live processing on a computer. I'm not sure why guitarists have such a prejudice against using computers, but the crazy shit you can pull out of Max/PD/ppooll (especially if you're doing noise/drone/etc) makes it awesome. It's a lot more learning than 'plug guitar in, turn knob', but if you're willing to put in the effort, there's endless possibilities.

But computers are for nerds, so

[aens_wife]

Probably because you don't have a juvenile mind ready to spring into action at a moment's notice.

I am married to Aen. I should be ready for all juvenile jokes. He elevates "that's what she said" jokes to an art form.

[behndy]

Probably because you don't have a juvenile mind ready to spring into action at a moment's notice.

I am married to Aen. I should be ready for all juvenile jokes. He elevates "that's what she said" jokes to an art form.

THAT'S WHAT YOUR FEMININE MATRONLY BIRTHING HUMAN RELATIVE INTIMATED.

....... am i doing it right?

[Chankgeez]

Probably because you don't have a juvenile mind ready to spring into action at a moment's notice.

I am married to Aen. I should be ready for all juvenile jokes. He elevates "that's what she said" jokes to an art form.

THAT'S WHAT YOUR FEMININE MATRONLY BIRTHING HUMAN RELATIVE INTIMATED.

....... am i doing it right?

[spacelordmother]

Personally, my path to getting cool sounds is using pedals in conjunction with live processing on a computer. I'm not sure why guitarists have such a prejudice against using computers, but the crazy shit you can pull out of Max/PD/ppooll (especially if you're doing noise/drone/etc) makes it awesome. It's a lot more learning than 'plug guitar in, turn knob', but if you're willing to put in the effort, there's endless possibilities.

But computers are for nerds, so

[Dungus]

Imagine EHX could take a peek inside their Octave Multiplexer and somehow tranform it into a functioning, non-turdhole sounding guitar pedal. I'd personally champion them as The Miracle Soundbringers of the New Modern Era. Chyeahh.

[Faldoe]

The affordable analog synth stuff - micro brute, ms-20 mini, seems like good developments.