HW: Effects that Hawkwind use

Captain Bl@ck starfield at SUPANET.COM
Mon Aug 20 14:36:53 EDT 2001


In answer to your query:

I take a line-out from Dave's guitar amp and feed it into Input 2 of the
second EMS I use. The signal is then ring-modulated against a not-quite-pure
sine-wave, and fed through a filter. The cut-off of the filter is then
tweaked in real time using a joystick...

...which is more or less the way Del did it on Doremi and Space Ritual.

NEXT!

Can anyone out there do me a CD-R set of the Canterbury gig please - it
sounded great on stage but its always useful to hear it from the point of
view of the audience.

Captain Bl at ck.


----- Original Message -----
From: Alastair Lee Sumner <als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: HW: Effects that Hawkwind use


> I have a feeling Captain Black might know the answer to this question.
>
> There is an effect that was used in the early 70s on the Space Ritual and
> also on Doremi I think. It is most noticeable on the left channel when you
> listen to Orgone Accumulator and Upside Down. It is hard to descibe but
> sounds like an echo of the guitar or sometimes like an echo of the sound
of
> the entire band or something and goes ta ta ta ta ta. It kind of sounds
> like the volume is being repeatedly turned on and off.
>
> I noticed a similar effect at the last Croydon gig and it was more
> noticeable for me on Saturday at Canterbury. I think it was during
> Levitation or Magnu but I definitely remember it during Hurry on Sundown.
>
> Can anybody tell me what it is? It is very hypnotic and sounds amazing
> along with the lights. Sorry I can't descibe it better, I just hope
> somebody knows what the hell I'm on about.
>
> Alastair.



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