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Chuckie Acevedo
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 9:51 am |
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Can someone explain why we need effects and how they are used? Profex interests me in particular, what is it and how does it work?
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Chuckieboy
Sho-Bud Prolll
Fenders d8 t3
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 11:29 am
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I'll take a stab at it.
What effects do you NEED: NONE
Listen to Tom Morrell. Straight steel; straight amp (no reverb, no nothin' -- most of the times I've heard him) He sounds wonderful whatever instrument he plays through whatever amp or sound system.
Most steel players prefer a little reverb and/or delay most of the time. On slow songs, they may use a bit more. WHY? HOW? It softens the sound, similar to the way that even a lousy singer sounds ok in the shower. It's reverb -- little echos that bounce around and make the notes mesh better with each other. Delay is a more simple echo, one or more repeats and you can set the time between repeats. Those are the most basic and most common effects. The downside, particularly of reverb, is, while it softens the sound, it diminishes the clarity -- the punch. Using less reverb (or no reverb), with appropriate delay can give the same results, without sacrificing as much clarity.
Some use chorus, distortion, and other sounds to give more diversity to their performance. Often, individual floor pedals (or 'stomp boxes') or rack mounted effects are used. Some effects units are capable of multiple simultaneous functions. The Profex is among these multi-effects units; many steel players use the Peavey Profex/TubeFex/TransTubeFex units because presets designed for steel are available.
Hope this helps
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2000 Fessenden S-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Emmons D-10 9x9, 1971 Dobro
[This message was edited by Larry Bell on 30 January 2002 at 11:33 AM.] |
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B Bailey Brown
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San Antonio, TX (USA)
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 1:30 pm
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Well said Larry. Not much I would add to that, as you hit the nail on the head. I use a little digital reverb and some Delay out of my effects unit. I no longer use the reverb in the amp. I think the “digital” reverb is a bit cleaner, and if some singer or guitar player gets to dancing around and stomping his feet on an old flimsy stage, it won’t “crash” on you.
I have two additional patches on my effects unit, one using some Chorus, and the other using some distortion. I use both, but very “sparingly”, for a particular sound on selected songs.
As Larry said, effects are NOT “necessary” at all. Many players do not use them, and I have never noticed that it hurt their playing in the slightest. It is just another one of those “personal choice” things. 
B. Bailey Brown
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 1:51 pm
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Moved from 'Pedal Steel' to 'Electronics'.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 3:43 pm
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| What Larry said. |
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Chuckie Acevedo
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Fresno Ca
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 8:34 pm
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Thanks guys, so the Profex is the way to got then, Im going to have to listen to one with and without and make up my mind. Thanks All!!
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Chuckieboy
Sho-Bud Prolll
Fenders d8 t3
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Jerry Roller
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Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 9:01 pm
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Chuckie, as you know some rooms have great accoustics and some terrible and some somewhere in between. I use effects to try to make it sound as though I am playing in a room with great accoustics. I like no more effects than are necessary to try to accomplish this goal. I think the Profex II is a really fine unit. It is versatile and easy to use and there are some really good deals on this Forum for them often.
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