Arpangel » Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:56 am
I’m doing this more and more these days, instead of using pedals on sends, etc, I’m making custom pedal chains and putting them straight on the outputs if my keyboards.
It s sounding very good, I can change the character of a synth, if it sounds too clean, add some dirt with an analogue pedal, synths with no effects built in, just add what you want.
I’m finding that adding lots of pedals is like adding a life long patina to a keyboard, it turns into a massive vibrating organic thing and it requires little input to excite the chain, I’ve got two delays, and two multi-effects on the end of my Moog, what comes out the other end is like listening through a mist, and memories of time, it’s magical.
Astonishing! I m no keyboard player but this is truly amazing skill at work.
It makes me thing how many musicians - especially composers - can be incredibly more skilled than one would think from a casual listen to their mainstream or published work.
As an anecdote, I don t really know anything by Vangelis other than Hymn and I remember pointing that piece to an ex-gf of mine who is a very good classical player. She was quite unimpressed. I love the melody in that piece but as the playing goes, it is - I guess - fairly simple to play. Or at least it doesn t sound flashy. Hence her being unimpressed.