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Hey, small question for pedal users; What exactly would you recommend to achieve an effect like in Stevie Wonders Superstition or for the similar riff in Panic Station? I kinda thought it may be a Wah-Pedal, but I'm not really sure since I never really used effect pedals that much.

 

The main riff for 'Superstition' is a clavinet not a guitar and sounds fairly dry to me but you could probably get a similar sound out of a guitar with a tiny bit of overdrive and lots of pick attack. The similar riff in 'Panic Station' sounds more like a synth to me and can't hear any wah on the guitars; they're all pretty dry through the first half and then he kicks on a phaser and some drive for the big descending riff. Basically not really a question of effects but of instruments and (possibly) technique.

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The main riff for 'Superstition' is a clavinet not a guitar and sounds fairly dry to me but you could probably get a similar sound out of a guitar with a tiny bit of overdrive and lots of pick attack. The similar riff in 'Panic Station' sounds more like a synth to me and can't hear any wah on the guitars; they're all pretty dry through the first half and then he kicks on a phaser and some drive for the big descending riff. Basically not really a question of effects but of instruments and (possibly) technique.

 

Yeah, I know, but I still like that part more than what the actual guitar does and just like to jam along with it. Just a bit lacking with just my amp tone, but I only played it on clean up until now. I'll certainly try your suggestion!

 

And for the Panic Station riff I meant, it's this one (Probably should've mentioned that it's from the live version):

 

But yeah, I think it's Wah too. Never had the opportunity to play with one though, but if it's really that I'd love to get one, I just love that sound on the cleans.

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Yeah, I know, but I still like that part more than what the actual guitar does and just like to jam along with it. Just a bit lacking with just my amp tone, but I only played it on clean up until now. I'll certainly try your suggestion!

 

And for the Panic Station riff I meant, it's this one (Probably should've mentioned that it's from the live version):

 

But yeah, I think it's Wah too. Never had the opportunity to play with one though, but if it's really that I'd love to get one, I just love that sound on the cleans.

 

Ah right I'm with you. Yeah on that live version it's just a wah and a slight bit of drive. Instant pimpiness.

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since the whammy 5 doesn't have a dry output, what's the best way to split the signal after my tuner (which is currently before the whammy) to get a dry signal?

 

Some diy loop/bypass/AB box? Or, you are looing a exp pedal yea? Dont some o those have dry outputs?

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There was a discussion about it here

 

http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=87907

 

I think sustainiac on the harmonic mode, but he's probably running it through something as well to get the harmonics in that higher octave

 

Maybe even splitting the signal, but it's hard to say. I think sustainer/sustianiac and whammy would get pretty close though

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So, I just got me a bass, and I'm looking for a very particular sound. It's the harsh, square wave dubstep kind of sound from "Flux and Flow" by LIGHTS. I would link the song but I don't want to be fried for linking copyrighted content, so

 

But yeah, wondering what kind of thing I need to look for to get that sound

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So, I just got me a bass, and I'm looking for a very particular sound. It's the harsh, square wave dubstep kind of sound from "Flux and Flow" by LIGHTS. I would link the song but I don't want to be fried for linking copyrighted content, so

 

But yeah, wondering what kind of thing I need to look for to get that sound

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ashX58-RINI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

Do you mean this?

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This could be a way to do it, but it's not cheap:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEdGA-FmENY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuunY8BTqNs

 

The first video has Nathan getting his dubstep wobble on an all-bass original tune. Describing his pedal board set up for the vide, he says, “I ran my bass into a Boss SYB-5 and used the Midi-EXP for the expression input. I don't think the SYB-5 is intended for LFO stuff but it worked alright as a mid-rangy wobble. I'm still working on getting the lower frequency wobbles... BEF for the win. After the synth pedal I also added some distortion with an Ibanez Phat Hed overdrive (not the best distortion pedal in the world but it worked okay). Also, I made sure to keep some of the original clean output going through the mix.”
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I did some searching for that Boss pedal, and through the magic of related videos I found this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od3zejQGrnc

 

"Sugar Bytes Cyclop", eh. Sounds pretty beastly, I'll give it a try. Not sure about the pickup though, hopefully it's not essential to its operation, but I'll snoop around and give the program a try anyway. Thanks for the "lead", as it were :)

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I hope someone can help me with this live setup...

 

so i have this mixer:

http://www.carillonaudio.com/products/m-series/16/carillon-m12x-professional-12-channel-mixer/

and these speakers:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PA-Speakers-10-2-Way-1000Watts-/370724152876?pt=AU_Pro_Audio&hash=item5650e1a62c&_uhb=1#ht_3914wt_1156

 

but for some reason I'm getting very little output from the speakers, even when the mixer is on full volume. I've tried using TRS cables but that doesn't change anything... unless I'm doing something wrong.

Any advice?

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I hope someone can help me with this live setup...

 

so i have this mixer:

http://www.carillonaudio.com/products/m-series/16/carillon-m12x-professional-12-channel-mixer/

and these speakers:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PA-Speakers-10-2-Way-1000Watts-/370724152876?pt=AU_Pro_Audio&hash=item5650e1a62c&_uhb=1#ht_3914wt_1156

 

but for some reason I'm getting very little output from the speakers, even when the mixer is on full volume. I've tried using TRS cables but that doesn't change anything... unless I'm doing something wrong.

Any advice?

You will need an amp to drive those speakers from the mixing board.

 

For a basic idea:

http://pasystems.wikispaces.com/Set+up

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I'm actually afraid I can't help you too much past this point so this might be wrong.

 

From memory, in power amps, you want one that can deliver roughly 2-3 times the continuous power of one speaker per channel. I'm not too sure what it is in your case. It's most definitely not 1000W (which is peak power) but somewhere close (but not) RMS. If you can, look for something on the back that says "power capacity" or "IEC rating". I'd say as a guess, you would want an amp that supplies about 500W per channel (one channel each speaker).

 

Now, the real shit part in your case will be the impedance. You need to make sure that the power amp matches the speaker impedance. I can't see on the ebay thing what your impedance is so you will need to check the back of the speaker. It will be a number either like 2, 4, 8 or 16.

 

Once you've figured out that stuff, the rest comes down to budget and what not. I would speak to a professional shop on some opinions. Some smaller music shops won't have experience in this so try and find a pro audio shop which normally contains DJ, live lighting and PA, pretty distinct differences. ;)

 

To be honest, you could get away with a Behringer power amp but there may be better and/or cheaper options out there.

 

Google is always your friend.

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