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Post by georgeharter on May 11, 2011 22:27:34 GMT -5
 I am not poor, but the thought of dropping $500 plus for a full EHX H.O.G. rig stops me dead. A lot of what is available in the synth I have no use for either , but I LOVE that Freeze/Gliss mode and WANT IT! Is anyone familiar with this? And...if so, what can I try without spending big bucks for one (wonderful, admittedly) effect. Actually, it is sort of against my principles to recklessly spend that sort of money(for ONE effect only) since my house would be full of $300 antique fuzz boxes if it weren't. T.I.A. georgie p.
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Post by georgeharter on May 11, 2011 22:29:25 GMT -5
I find my self anxiously hoping for a EUREKA!!! moment. ggg
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Post by andy on May 12, 2011 8:52:15 GMT -5
I've had a look at some clips, and I think that sound is pretty unique as far as guitar pedals go.
You could try a Digitech whammy to provide some of that portamento effect, and some very short delays might re-create some of the tonal characteristics. An Ebow or sustainer pickup could give that constant sustain too, but if you're trying to avoid buying the HOG, you may end up spending more trying to get that sound from just effects.
Now, this is only my personal opinion, and we are guitarnuts here, but I find that once the 'crazy electronics on guitar' thing goes beyond a certain point, it really becomes a bit of a white elephant. You can get those sounds by applying various effects to a signal. You can warp the original sound into something which doesn't sound anything like it did to start with. You can hook enough bits of electronics together to create big swirling soundscapes. But guys have been using synths to do that stuff longer I have been breathing. A decent synth will cost you less than a HOG by the sounds of it, will give you all the features it has and many more, and you won't be stuck with just a cheezy organ sound to play with either.
If it is sound constuction you are after, I recommend a good synth. Subtractive synthesis is a very powerful and facinating world if you are willing to delve into how it works, and as far as a listener is concerned, it won't matter that a synth sound originates with a guitar- they'll just hear the synth sounds they have been hearing for years already.
If the whole mad scientist thing appeals, and you just dig the idea of a crazy pedal, or string of pedals though, then have at it, I say! Just get thinking in terms of infinite sustain, and portamento, though to slide different notes in different directions, which I think I was hearing in the clips, might be best handled by the HOG itself. Anything else at this point will probably be only an approximation of that effect.
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Post by ashcatlt on May 12, 2011 10:06:47 GMT -5
^'Course then you've got a whole knew instrument to learn.
A Roland GK based solution would give you all sort of options, but would almost certainly end up costing more than the HOG.
Does Behringer have a clone of the thing yet? Does the EHX POG do it? It's supposed to be like "Lite" version of the HOG.
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