Mellotron MK II moving violins through Digitech Whammy

[kidglovesnomore]

I can't get over how beautiful the MKII string sample sounds... even with Youtube's compression clamping down on it!

[RothHandle]

The MK II moving strings will survive even Youtube...!

[erixoff]

Your strings/violins phrase on the RC-20 is very sweet !

[RothHandle]

Thank you...I wish I had something to do with it except pressing rec !

[PeterWestergar]

You can get a way more better quality midi pedal for $15 that does mor for you and use your plug ins which blow it away., i mean out of the water, trust me the thing is a joke i A/B'ed the stupid Whammy pedal with 4 different free plugs out there and it suxs, try it yourself.

I am saying all this cuz i dont think it is worth the price! :)

[PeterWestergar]

i forgot to add that the WHammy is MONO, does not use batteries, there is a also a 3rd party product to help one use there foot to turn parameters but you also can not still see them unless you kneel down to the point you can reach with your hands anyway, which you will end up needed after you break the thing from turning it after a while with your feet.

Sorry but this product is in the dark ages still.

[RothHandle]

Thank you Peter for your comments. I don't use a computer or plug ins when I record and I enjoy using the whammy in my studio and recordings. I also like to use old equipment like Mellotrons and Optigans. Instruments that definitely belong in the dark ages. But like the whammy they have their own charm and I like it. Maybe there is something about the imperfections that appeal to me.

Best regards,

Mattias

[Keijz74]

Your videos show the joy of using vintage gear anyway ;o)#

[RothHandle]

Yes but they are heavily censored ...there is no videos of me turning on an old piece of equipment and it isnt working...which obviously happens from time to time...

[Keijz74]

Reminds me of an early take of Bohemian Rhapsody I found. ( Tired sounding voice announces another take of "Fred's Thing", beautiful piano part, Freddie Mercury misses a note and says "FUCK!", and another voice says "but you're doing fine!") LOL :o)#

[RothHandle]

Its all about the bands support system...Gösta berlings saga are great at this. they really take care of each other. Makes all the difference. My first recording was a nightmare.

[erixoff]

I think that the Whammy can be used in a creative way. Just listen to some pitches up from David GILMOUR on Marooned.

[Toolsquatch]

I disagree slightly with what you said: you CAN use it to do interesting things with string sounds, the advantage that the whammy pedal give you is the ability to slide notes upward "naturally".

My friend uses a whammy, he plays keytar in his band and makes it sound exactly like a guitar; this pedal gave him that "missing ingredient" in guitar playing, which is that ability to slide notes upward if desired.

[RothHandle]

I love the whammy...I just don't think it works all that great on bigger clusters of sounds...I just think it works better on harmonically simpler material...

The fun thing with all of these different pedals is that everyone can find their own way of approaching it and using it in their music in their own way...

My introduction to the whammy pedal was hearing radiohead using it on fx returns...and that sort of sparked an Idea... // Mattias

[PeterWestergar]

i think there are bette software plug ins for free hat blow this thing out of the water, it should sell for 50€

[Toolsquatch]

That's the thing though: it's a plug-in, I prefer my effects to be real so I can actually manipulate them by hand and whatnot. Plus there's things that having a physical version of an effect can do that a VST can't like moving it around in a rig of pedals. Everyone's got their own preference though, I know there's also plenty of advantages to a plug-in as well.

[RothHandle]

I am not sure about how many pedals I have but I know that a lot of my pedals will never be turned into a plug in...like the Rocktek super delay.

I use my pedals more or less like a modular synth system as filters et.c and I thoroughly enjoy pulling cables and experimenting. That is how I started recording and it has worked so far. Now me and my good friend Nicklas Eriksson are working on putting them all into cases together with my modular stuff to make it even more open ended...

[Toolsquatch]

NICE! If you ever want to buy a surprisingly useful pedal for creating interesting sounds, check out the Digitech Digiverb pedal: some of the strangest sounds I've gotten come from having it on either reversed or gated reverb and then tweaking the Level button.

[RothHandle]

Thanks. I'll look into it. How pricey are they ? I still use the Alesis Midiverb 2 for some stuff.

[Toolsquatch]

About $100 American, you can probably find it for less though.

[RothHandle]

O.k it´s on the list...

[RothHandle]

Great ! Thanks Peter. Personally I am not really a big fan of plug-ins and computers generally. I prefer to work with physical instruments and effects for good and worse. But...I think everyone should just use whatever works for them. If you are comfortable working with computers and plug ins you should. But...when they start selling whammy pedals for 50 euros...let me know.

[iphicrates123]

u owe me 2 minutes and 53 seconds of my life back..now

[RothHandle]

I am glad u liked it. rock on.

[Slumberek]

Hi ;)...I see that u have a lot work to do all the time, but ur job must be sooo interesting :P...I wonder how the thing is with Krzysztof's project now, do u have the lyrics yet? A few days ago I watch a short video in which Krzysiek said something like the record will come on autumnn...please tell me it will be sooner...