IMPORTANT PREFACE: Please exercise caution if trying the following on your own, and be sure to keep your volume levels low and safe.
Using audio effects with live looping tends to involve two arrangements: sending effects into the loop as overdubs, or post-processing the entire loop after the fact. But this video explores an esoteric and rarified third option, which is to place effects in the feedback path of the loop itself. This creates a wealth of possibilities for loop evolution and development... but it also opens the door to some potentially hazardous audio issues.
The HX Stomp is not the first device we think of when it comes to studying unusual looping techniques. But its deep architecture and sound design potential continues to impress and inspire as a platform for exploring such things. In this video, we delve into placing a wide array of effects in a loop's feedback path. We explore everything from reverbs, delays, and tremolos, to ring modulators, bitcrushers, and fuzz.
Download a sample patch of this setup for the HX/Helix ecosystem here:
(you MUST read the warnings/instructions)
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jykekv...
Spiral graphic by Yassine Ait Tahit
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0:00 Like it? Put a ring on it.
0:24 Effects, looping, and the feedback path
1:05 Popular vehicles traveling to obscure territories
1:25 VERY IMPORTANT: Lower the volume and save your ears/gear (for real)
1:53 Backing the feed into the back of the feed
2:25 Thanks to Bryan Tysinger for inspiring the concept in the first place
3:14 Reviewing and demonstrating effects placement before, after, and within the loop
8:48 Highpass and Lowpass filters
11:05 Bitcrusher
13:11 Ring Modulator
17:02 Pitch Shifter Round 1
17:54 Retro Reel Round 2
20:18 FlexoVibe
21:40 Harmonic Tremolo
24:43 Reverse Delay
27:09 Tremolo
28:19 Reverse Reverb
30:07 ADT
30:56 Fuzz
33:06 Pitch Shifter Round 2 and narration by Conrad Roberts
Deep thanks to the following Patreon supporters for helping to finance this tutorial:
(in alphabetical order)
Tyler Armstrong
Randolf Arriola
Richard Atkinson
Steve Ball and Tiny Orchestral Moments
Tom Barton
Dan Burke
Carda
Steven Clements
Phil Clevenger
Stephen K. Coyle
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Christopher Evans
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Christopher Fedak
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Pepe Flores
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Ross Garren
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Randy Greene
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Phil Heiliger
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Jeff Larson
Rebecca Lee
Ken Luke
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Gene Schwartz
Michael Smith
Donald W. Spicer
Aaron Solomon
Darin Stewart
Chris Stromquist
Nakarin Teerapenun
Nik Tembe
Mr. Thingamabob
John Townsend
Bryan Tysinger
Bernhard Wagner
Paul Weber
Hugo Westerdahl
Ben Wright
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1 авг 2024
