I’ve carved it up a bit and let the delays take more of a role. We’ll see where this leads us. 2005-10-28

All these delay pieces have inspired me to go back to a way I worked a long time ago – slowly building up layers to create a soundscape and then cutting away sections to form a structure. Over the next few days I’ll be doing that with this track. 2005-10-27

I’ve brought back the EBow. This is using the harmonized delays and the four loopers. Other than that, no tricks, just a guitar improvisation. 2005-10-26

I was pleased with the way this setup worked with traditional backing, so I tried it with non-traditional accompaniment. I had the feedback machine play along with the track from the 23rd. 2005-10-25

After listening to yesterday’s track a couple of times, I thought it might go well with other instruments. I took all the delays and synced them to a tempo and added a fairly traditional rhythm section to it, playing a slow groove. 2005-10-24

Still exploring what can be done with a guitar and multiple delays. This one has four harmonized multitap delays going into four cycling loops with different lengths. Once again, most of the effects used are free: Harm-Z, Delayifier and Looplex. 2005-10-23

I used the same setup as yesterday, but this time, I played with my EBow and, finally, a new scale. I also dug out another old piece of gear – my SansAmp. I have the very first model, from when they were being built in the back room of Rogue Music on 30th St. in […]

This one is made of lots of looping and multitap delays put into a beautiful acoustic space. Still guitar-based, and still the same scale I’ve playing around with for days. Almost all of the effects I’m using are freeware – some of them are quite amazing. The C3 multiband compressor from Slim Slow Slider and […]

Upon review, I found that the tracks from the 16th through the 20th had some problems related to encoding them as MP3s, so I’ve remixed them so they work better in that format. By the way, if you use iTunes, I strongly recommend that you go into “Preferences” and under the “Playback” settings, turn the […]

I’m using yesterday’s setup with the MIDI guitar, but I’ve changed the synth patch to something a bit more simple. I also had to tweak the harmonizers a bit to get them better in tune with what I’m playing. This setup is fun to play with – I feel like I’ve got a new toy. […]