Sick of modulation.

Keep us posted!


BTW - I tend to like vibe or phase in certain situations and a bit of modulation is generally always on when I use my big box dmm.

 

Tremelo is never cheesey or done to death....

 

Good. Most is way overused. My friend's boss (at a music store) sets his rig up with so much that he says that it makes him seasick. I say the modulation should be felt but not heard (most of the time) and used sparingly. After all, there's a natural phasing that happens just from the rotation of the string across the pickups. Looking deeper into the instrument instead of into artificial adulteration is really the answer.

 

Octaves. You need moar octave.

 

tremolo / vibrato / or an occasional rotating speaker thing

chorus / flanger / phaser ? almost NEVER ( unless I'm doing an 80s kinda thing )

 

I almost started a similar thread. I used to LOOOOOVE modulation. I have a Foxrox TZF, 2 high-end phasers, a vintage Electric Mistress, vibe, etc. but lately I can't stand them.

I am loving tremolo, pitch vibrato, and a tiny touch of rotary, though. Guess danocaster and I are on the same page.

 

tremolo is the only modulation i use consistently. the swirly stuff doesn't appeal to me that much, although a nice slow phaser is alright sometimes.

 

Modulation is only cool if you set all the knobs to 10.

 

Hey, I banished all forms of modulation to the pawn shop after serving hard time in one too many Police cover bands

But when Bob Sweet started building Univibe clones, I was drawn back to the swirly side

It was my ONLY modulation effect in a sea of boosters/buffers & overdives and all I felt I needed for years.

After playing an old Magnatone, I became fixated on vibrato. Subtle & organic - a real pleasant change from traditional tremolo, and not nearly so ear fatiguing as flanging, phasing and the dreaded chorus.

So, that's my answer; V I B R A T O

or, maybe, uh.. ring modulation?

 

I don't use it much...but for guys who can't stand the cheesy and processed sound of most mod pedals, ahve you tried putting them before your dirt?

Instead of the modulation making everything sound chessy, good dirt/fuzz can go crazy and get way more interesting.

 

Flanger Hoax before dirt is tasty.

 

+1

Exactly. "Modulation should be felt but not heard".

 

Tremolo is nice. I rarely use a chorus and I will occasionally use an envelope filter. I don't even own a flanger or phaser.