Hi-hats through distortion pedals

[szvook]

What if a distortion pedal like the-Guyatone MM-X was used as bridge.

TD's hi-hat output into a distortion pedal and out into the hi-hat it self.

For experimental sound effects....?

Maybe for really nasty hi-hats, stuff like that.


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szvook

[puttenvr]

I don't understand this. In general effects can be connected before or after a sound source. Just like guitar players do.

But why should you put the pedal on the hi-hat input? You can affect the working of the mechanism

[szvook]

Originally posted by puttenvr:
"But why should you put the pedal on the hi-hat input? You can affect the working of the mechanism"[/B]

Just to see if any additional harmonics can be brought out though applying light distortion.

You are referring to the pedals mechanism?


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szvook

[puttenvr]

Originally posted by szvook:
You are referring to the pedals mechanism?

Yeah, and I don't think you would put in effects there. Perhaps I misunderstoud out into the hi-hat it self.

[mcconaghy]

Signal processors work on audio information, not trigger signals, so there would be no effect at all. What I think could happen is the trigger signal would be interrupted, maybe at random, maybe completely. I wouldn't try it myself.
Your best bet on using a distortion pedal is either the send/returns or the channel inserts on your mixer. Assign the Hihat to one of the individual outs, and put some fuzz that sucker!
Sounds quite nice, BTW, I use it one Snare, Kick and Hats very often. When sparsely used it adds a lot of punch to the sounds, and when you turn the unit up, better wear your earplugs, cause that snare is gonna scream!

[DJourg]

(Maybe should be under Wishlist)

I have always thought Roland should have included Distortion as one of their effects.

DJourg

[szvook]

Q: “You're not one of those people who thinks the pads are generating the sound of the drums, are you? Dude, that's what this reads like to me....” – HELL NO! This is mostly an edrum forum, isn’t it?

Sorry about that! It’s been a long day.

Basically I played an acoustic set at my friend’s studio and he had a couple of distortion pedals set up for the hi-hat. It sounded very cool. The response was nasty like and wicked.
We than ran the signal into a compressor and I was in distortion heaven!

So I wanted to see if there is a way to slap a pedal in the rig and use it some how with hi-hat signal. I guess I got caught up in the acoustics’ and carried the mentality to the edrums, I wasn’t think right, plus we started the play around with the acoustic set at exactly 4:20.


Q: ” Distorting the trigger signal will only give crappy triggering (which ain't cool), that's all, cuz' that's exactly what retrigger cancelling attempts to fix” - That is what I was trying to block out and thinking that there is way to avoid that exact response from the trigger. Thank you feefer for setting me strait!!!


Q: “Your best bet on using a distortion pedal is either the send/returns or the channel inserts on your mixer. Assign the Hihat to one of the individual outs, and put some fuzz that sucker!” - Yeah I think I will do that and see how it goes. I am getting the pedal next month. I have the sends/returns for the hi-hat running though my Lexicon MPX1 and I get very good effects, but I also want to try to have some distortion controlled by a pedal.


Q: “I have always thought Roland should have included Distortion as one of their effects.” - Yeah that would be nice, but with the way their effects are now and how they respond in a LIVE situation, I would be hesitant in using them than.
One more issue for Roland to chew, maybe.


Lads - thank you for the honesty


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szvook

[This message has been edited by szvook (edited March 17, 2001).]