Ry Cooder compression

wt golden · From: Houston, Texas, USA

I was wondering if any one had any ideas as to what kind of processing went on in "Into the Purple Valley".
His electric tone is very compressed - I can't match it at all with my MXR dyna comp turned all the way up.

Maybe he ran the signal through a distortion pedal then through a compressor.?

Just thought someone here might have an idea.

thanks

Will

[This message was edited by Willy Golden on 24 March 2003 at 12:52 AM.]

Olli Haavisto · From: Jarvenpaa,Finland

Hi,
I don`t know what Cooder used but about the same time Lowell George was using two Dyna-Comps in series!Probably he had to use a noise gate also

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Olli Haavisto
Polar steeler
Finland

[This message was edited by Olli Haavisto on 24 March 2003 at 08:44 AM.]

Mike Neer · From: NJ

Ry was using a Fairchild Limiter, I believe. He has always used extremely high end gear.

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

Here's a discussion about Mr. Cooder's equipment that might be helpful.

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Brad's Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars

wt golden · From: Houston, Texas, USA

Thanks for all the insight. The quest for that perfect tone never seems to stop - although Ry seem to find it a lot!

will

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

I'm moving this topic to "Electronics", because that's where we generally talk about equipment.

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