Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight
From: Bill Allen (bill_AT_fastmail.fm)
Date: Fri Feb 28 2003 - 23:57:14 EET
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> Paul Winkler hat gesagt: // Paul Winkler wrote:
>
> > Guitar effects on a microphone is very hard to manage without uncontrollable
> > feedback. But I saw it done - on a saxophone yet! - by a trio called
> > Spongehead (guitar/bass, sax, and drums).
>
> Cool. I even have a record by them, on Shimmy Disc, I think.
>
> > The sax player used wah, echo, and an octave divider (which on a
> > tenor or bari gave him some very nice deep notes, allowing the sax
> > to function as the bass player on some songs!). I don't remember if
> > he ever used distortion. He played through a big guitar amp, i
> > think.
Chris Wood of Traffic used to use a pickup from whom I can't recall that
was attached to the neck of his saxaphone. You can hear some of the studio
stuff he did with it on John Barleycorn Must Die and Low Spark of High
Heeled Boys.
Bill
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