Some have G.A.S., Guitar Acquisition Syndrome, but I have never been a collector and loathe the idea of guitars sitting about in cases for my eventual amusement. I especially loathe collectors who drive up the price and never play the guitars. Buying an axe for the investment is a hideous obscenity which prevents musicians from taking the axe to the outer spaces. As soon as a collector has the instrument, it may have apparent value but its effective value is zero.
(Ed: I thought there was only one outer space?)
That thinking is so limiting, m' man, so limiting!
Nah, our lust here is for devices which augment the sound in various demented and wholly unnatural ways. One of these is the ElectroHarmonix Octave Multiplexer. An octave doubler usually takes the played note and pitch shifts that an octave above or below so both can be presented at once. That makes an exceptionally good effect and 'multiplexer' takes that to something else. We don't know what else but we would be fascinated to discover it.
Another is the Boss SY-900 Guitar Synth and this one is a seriously expensive toy but, whew, the sound is extraordinary. It's not true guitar synth insofar as it does not take a MIDI signal and use standard synth processes but rather uses emulation to achieve a similar and deliciously tasty analog of that. The SY-900 may well have a more 'organic' sound because of the difficulty in translating a wiggle, rapid stretching and relaxing of a note, to MIDI. It can be achieved, at least to some extent, with the portamento wheel but that takes substantial keyboard mastery whereas on a guitar it's still a difficult thing for juniors to master but it comes with relatively little hassle after that's achieved. Perhaps that's also true with the portamento wheel on a synth but we have had not so much luck with that and the Korg TR has a portamento joystick which moves on X and Y axes so have a ball with that one. For me own wiggles, I'll stick with guitar.
All of this is lust with no plan or hope of obtaining these things but perhaps you see them and it spins some wheels a bit toward lifting your music from its oh-so-natural sound into something from other worlds. We much enjoy other worlds, particularly the one with the purple skies, green seas, and tutti fruiti grass. Oh yes, we love the red sand as well. Other worlds, man. Why be so limiting.
(Ed: I need to be natural)
Fine. Stick with your organic for twice as much for the same thing. I've hardly ever done much to wash produce because anything the rain did not wash away from the product is hardly likely to come off with tap water. Screw that. I'm sixty-five and don't believe I will considering any change to my ways with store-bought produce.
So, lust is great and makes for some swell dreams. Sometimes hearing what a device can do is enough.
If it came down to the reality of acquiring the SY-900, it would require logistical consideration as the Boss GT-100 guitar effects unit is required for multiple reasons. Therefore, the GT-100 and the SY-900 must be daisy-chained (i.e. wired in series) to obtain both effects with equal facility for live. The specific reasons for the GT-100 are its capability and that it obviates daisy-chaining devices which I avoid because of the 'noise' introduced by the number of connections. If there will be background hums, ground loops, etc then that often is where they will start.
So, most invigorating to know the looper fix will be here soon. The RC-50 been partially broken for quite a long time and this replacement should resolve all of those matters.
(Ed: I thought there was only one outer space?)
That thinking is so limiting, m' man, so limiting!
Nah, our lust here is for devices which augment the sound in various demented and wholly unnatural ways. One of these is the ElectroHarmonix Octave Multiplexer. An octave doubler usually takes the played note and pitch shifts that an octave above or below so both can be presented at once. That makes an exceptionally good effect and 'multiplexer' takes that to something else. We don't know what else but we would be fascinated to discover it.
Another is the Boss SY-900 Guitar Synth and this one is a seriously expensive toy but, whew, the sound is extraordinary. It's not true guitar synth insofar as it does not take a MIDI signal and use standard synth processes but rather uses emulation to achieve a similar and deliciously tasty analog of that. The SY-900 may well have a more 'organic' sound because of the difficulty in translating a wiggle, rapid stretching and relaxing of a note, to MIDI. It can be achieved, at least to some extent, with the portamento wheel but that takes substantial keyboard mastery whereas on a guitar it's still a difficult thing for juniors to master but it comes with relatively little hassle after that's achieved. Perhaps that's also true with the portamento wheel on a synth but we have had not so much luck with that and the Korg TR has a portamento joystick which moves on X and Y axes so have a ball with that one. For me own wiggles, I'll stick with guitar.
All of this is lust with no plan or hope of obtaining these things but perhaps you see them and it spins some wheels a bit toward lifting your music from its oh-so-natural sound into something from other worlds. We much enjoy other worlds, particularly the one with the purple skies, green seas, and tutti fruiti grass. Oh yes, we love the red sand as well. Other worlds, man. Why be so limiting.
(Ed: I need to be natural)
Fine. Stick with your organic for twice as much for the same thing. I've hardly ever done much to wash produce because anything the rain did not wash away from the product is hardly likely to come off with tap water. Screw that. I'm sixty-five and don't believe I will considering any change to my ways with store-bought produce.
So, lust is great and makes for some swell dreams. Sometimes hearing what a device can do is enough.
If it came down to the reality of acquiring the SY-900, it would require logistical consideration as the Boss GT-100 guitar effects unit is required for multiple reasons. Therefore, the GT-100 and the SY-900 must be daisy-chained (i.e. wired in series) to obtain both effects with equal facility for live. The specific reasons for the GT-100 are its capability and that it obviates daisy-chaining devices which I avoid because of the 'noise' introduced by the number of connections. If there will be background hums, ground loops, etc then that often is where they will start.
So, most invigorating to know the looper fix will be here soon. The RC-50 been partially broken for quite a long time and this replacement should resolve all of those matters.
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