Re: square waves (as VST)

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

hi Mark,
;-)
hint,
the reason I'm asking the question is that I already worked out how
to get a vst delay to act as if it had a modulated oscillator.



...would you actually want to purchase a vst plug with those capabilities?

andy butler 

Mark Landman wrote:
> One critical difference between using the old Lexicon boxes square wave 
> mod vs. a VST or any newer fx box is the way the delay is done.
> 
> The Lexi's modulated an oscillator that clocked the delay, nowadays 
> delay lines just aren't done that way. If you look back thru the 
> archives Kim talked about this a lot when we were asking for pitch/time 
> changing effects on the Echoplex.
> 
> Years ago I had a Lexicon Prime Time II with expanded memory, and square 
> wave modulating a long loop was one of my favorite techniques. Adding 
> some short resonant feedback throbs via the 2nd tap (the Prime Time II 
> was a 2 tap delay line with great onboard mixing capabilities!) and it 
> was loop heaven. Since then I've tried to emulate that sound with many 
> fx boxes including Eventide and Kyma, and it's never sounded the same.
> 
> Having said all this, if this sound could be caught in a plug-in it'd be 
> great.
> 
> Mark
> 
>>
>> Qua Veda wrote:
>>> At the Y2K7 loopfest, Henry Kaiser explained that he used square 
>>> waves to modulate a PCM 42 (lexicon fx processor) to create his 
>>> loops.  I really liked his performance.  Did I misunderstand him?  
>>> Can anyone explain how this is done?   -Qua
>>
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