Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 01:30 -0400, Tim E. Real wrote:
> On July 18, 2010 03:57:06 pm Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > A lot of kids wish to have a kill switch for their guitars.
> > A kill switch is a short circuit, to 'stop' the audio signal.
> >
> > I'm not fine with this solution, but the kids argue, that e.g. an
> > interruption does cause unwanted noise, especially for over drive
> > sounds. IMO even using opto-electronics won't solve the issue, because
> > the noise of the transistor overdrive effect still would be hearable,
> > while for a short circuit there is silence.
> >
> > Has anybody an idea to solve this without a short circuit?
> >
> > I'm really not a fan of short circuits. Note, it's not possible to do an
> > interrupt all the times behind the latest noise generator and even an
> > interrupt could cause noise itself, while a short circuit indeed is a
> > good way to cancel sound.
> >
>
> If you play a Gibson you can set the neck pickup volume to zero and
> the bridge pickup volume to full and then toggle the pickup switch,
> rapidly if desired, like Eddie van Halen on You Really Got Me.
> Tim.

Yes, but this could cause noise by the switch or by effects, e.g. the
sustainer. I guess the kids prevent any noise by a short circuit,
perhaps even the sustainer then will be 'killed', if so, OTOH I guess
this won't be good for the effects and amps. As some people mentioned
before, it would be better to use some kind of gate at the end of the
effect chain. I really wonder what happens to e.g. a sustainer or to the
pre-amp of the guitar's amp when doing a short circuit. I guess because
of a short circuit there really will be silence. I also wonder if just
interrupting would cause that annoying noise, believing the hype, it
should cause annoying noise. Btw. for all this Japan avant-garde a
Gibson switch or a foot switch isn't good, they do need a momentary
switch. Because it's really used by kids, I wonder how old the equipment
would become. A short-circuit protection won't protect against impulses,
OTOH just interrupting might also cause impulses.

Thank you all :)

Ralf

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