Re: Sought after effect

["Matt Davignon" <mattdavignon@gmail.com>]

Looking for something that directly modifies the audio, since MIDI is
for nerds. ;)
Up till now I've been using my Dr. Sample as a pitch bender - that's a
knob, and it's a little hard to get it 'back in tune' after a little
twist. Thanks for pointing out that little box though!

Matt Davignon
www.ribosomemusic.com

On Jan 21, 2008 1:51 PM, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill
<rs@moinlabs.de> wrote:
> > I'm looking for a stand-alone version of a pitch wheel from a synth.
> > It'd let me do expressive pitch bends on anything I plug into
> > it, but snap back into place when I let it go. That's it.
>
> What I don't get exactly is whether this thing should generate MIDI pitch
> bend info or pitch shift an audio signal.
> If the former: one solution is the Doepfer spare wheel together with the
> wheel electronics
> http://www.doepfer.de/we.htm
>
> If the latter: yes, the Kaoss Pad (any Kaoss pad) will do for that, 
>although
> if you're more into characteristic kind of eighties lo-fi pitch bending, 
>the
> KP1 will be your best choice.
>
>         Rainer
>
>