In this episode of Electro-Harmonix Effectology, Bill Ruppert takes a look at guitar reverb tricks and demonstrates how to create some amazing effects.

While the focus is effecting guitars, the same effects can be used with other sources.

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Electro-Harmonix Effectology, Vol.7 Reverb Tricks

Welcome to Electro-Harmonix’s “Effectology” series, in which we create a remarkable collection of sounds using just a regular guitar and EHX effect pedals!

No keyboards,samplers or midi pickups were used.

In today’s episode studio musician Bill Ruppert demonstrates some old and new effects using reverb. Each one of the four sounds in this video has the reverb positioned in unusual places within the signal chainproof once again there is no correct way to order your effect pedals.

There is a clip of the new Cathedral Stereo reverb using the brilliant “Infinite” switch.Its really a beautiful sounding reverb.

EHX Pedals featured:Soul Preacher,Holy Grail,MicroSynth,English Muff’n, Stereo Memory Man.

For more information on these pedals and actual settings please vist the Electro- Harmonix Forum:http://www.ehx.com

In this episode of Electro-Harmonix’s “Effectology” series, Bill Ruppert, Professor of Effectology, recreates the sound of Pink Floyd’s On the Run from Dark Side of the Moon with effects pedals.

Pedals used:

• Micro Synthesizer
• Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai
• Frequency Analyzer
• Big Muff Pi
• Stereo Pulsar

For more details on pedals and settings, see the EHX site.

Microscopics’ Mat Jarvis shares a collection of extreme close up vintage gear porn of the Roland AP-2 Phase II, a superb phaser from the 70’s that is used on a lot of classic recordings. 

Unfortunately, it came with some vintage kinks:

I decided to treat myself for my birthday (Friday 26th) and bought a vintage phaser from eBay to add to my SX-150 in the Gas / High Skies studio. Of course the combination of the Post Office and being from 1975 killed it on arrival, but when it does make noise, it makes gloriously vintage noise.

I’ve had similar experiences with the post office with a Sequential Circuits Six Trak and a Kurzweill K-2500. Fortunately, both are now making “gloriously vintage noise.”

Got any “gloriously vintage noise” experiences of your own?

“Developing RSM pedals has been a multi-year program for us that has resulted in a platform on which we can develop in many directions”, states Duwe. “Our 24-bit hardware, firmware and software system will allow us to model many acoustic spaces, instruments and electronic modifications; at very little cost to the customer. One could easily be misled by the compact pedal form factor, but under the hood of our RSM processors you will find a lot of substantial FX for DJ’s, keyboardists and guitar amp effects loops alike.”

Behringer RSM pedals include chorus, phase shifting, flanging, reverb, delay, echo, octave, dynamic formant eq, acoustic modeling, rotary, harmonizing and synthesis modeling.

All pedals feature:

• Real Sound Modeling with advanced DSP algorithms
• 24-bit A/D/A conversion
• Rugged impact-resistant injection molded cases
• Sealed rotary controls
• Dual outputs for stereo or split-signal applications
• Ultra-bright On/Battery LED
• Battery or DC powered

US List $74.95

Remember the Beavis Board DIY effect pedal kit?

The OpenStomp Coyote-1 is a similarly open-ended effects processor, except that it’s for digital effects. 

Coyote-1 is an open source audio effects processor, built for guitar players. But there’s no law that says guitar players get to have all the fun!

With the Coyote-1, users can develop custom audio effects in software (like distortion, echo, chorus etc.), mix multiple effects to build “patches”, and exchange those effects and patches with the OpenStomp community.

A companion Windows application (OpenStomp Workbench) allows users to combine effects into patches graphically, and to move patches and effects between the Coyote-1 device and their PC’s disk.

The Coyote-1 O/S is open source so users can tweak it to behave any way they like, and the hardware is fully documented so that developers can take control of the whole pedal, dedicating all available system resources toward the implementation of unique custom solutions.

The OpenStomp has not been released yet, and no pricing is set. Details at the Howleraudio site. 

The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer is the latest guitar synth in a long line of guitar synths from Roland. The videos above offer Roland’s official introductions to the GR-20.

To use the GR-20, you:

• Attach the included GK-3 Divided Pickup to your steel-stringed electric (no drilling necessary).
• Second, select the type of sound you want using the Bank knob.
• Third, choose a sound variation using the Number/Value dial and start playing.

Details below.

Features:

• Complete guitar synthesis system with GK-3 Divided Pickup and GK cable
• Easy to use: select a sound category (Strings, Organ, Synth, etc.) and play!
• Quick editing via Attack, Release, Chorus, and Delay/Reverb knobs
• Digital pitch detection for lightning-fast tracking
• Includes Roland’s latest sounds like sax, strings, flute, brass, bass and percussion loops
• GK-3 mounts easily on any steel-stringed electric without damage to guitar
• GK-3 features an adjustable curve design and pickup cable length, plus an attachment plate for Les Paul-type guitars
• Patch Link enables system to work with MIDI-capable multi-effects like the GT-6