source audio stingray
multi-f ilter
out of step from the norm
My Source Audio Stingray isn’t featured
often as a step sequencer, but the Random
Sample and Hold setting with the Multi
Peak Filter certainly gives me that urge to
get rollicking in a cyclical motion of riffage.
With an expression pedal set to control
the onboard Drive parameter, I can rock
into a pseudo dirty organ dank-dank-style
reverse sawtooth wave that sounds like a
Vox Repeat Percussion running through an
angry overdriving step sequencer.
I know that there are many more pedals
out there that do this kind of thing, but the
four mentioned in this piece are the ones
I have had the most fun and experience
with. The purpose of this article was to
perhaps help those in a creative rut—it
happens to us all—who want to either add
that special something to the set, or propel
the guitar into the new sound waves of
tomorrow. Whatever your reasons are for
trying out these daring devices, one thing
is for certain . . . you will write a new riff
when flirting with step sequencing and
that is worth the price of a pedal and a
bit of planning any day. Plus, you will not
sound like everyone else doing it. Why let
the synth heads have all the tripped out
fun?
With the drive disengaged, Speed set
slower and the Mod Source set to Random
Sample and Hold, the frequencies fold and
lapse into vowel layers of dizzying diction.
I highly recommend this little stomper to
those that want to twist and save presets
without menu diving. Out of Step from the
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Step Into the Future: Step Sequencer-Equipped Stompboxes