Re: [microsound] Re: no-input mixing board

[wsoderberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]

dunno if this counts, but at the vintage 8o's public access studio that i
work at, i use the output of a hi8mm videotape recorder being fed the
program output of the mixer then connected to 4 separate inputs back on the
mixer... industrial hi8mm decks using both pcm & afm audio, that gives me 4
channels of (no input?) feedback and 2 gain controls on each channel...
sounds like a moog as ya work the eq & pan controls... am i wrong (quite
possible) or isnt that what an analog synth uses, feedback circuits with
various controlling potentiometers in the signal chain?

~will "not self-promoting for once" s.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Headley" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:53 PM
Subject: [microsound] Re: no-input mixing board


> I don't know who first did it, but for what it's worth Toshimaru Nakamura
> first called this playing-style "sampling Toshi-self". I would guess he
did
> not coin the phrase "no-input mixing board". My guess: either Jon Abbey
(of
> Erstwhile) or somebody at The Wire.
>
> Based on my own experience I would think it's a fairly recent innovation.
> You need a really clean mixer (i.e. not noisy). Older or cheaper mixers
are
> too hard to control and don't give nice smooth feedback. I have a tiny
> four-channel Behringer that works great. Run one out back to an input
> (preferably with a gain control), roll off all the low and mid and max the
> high. Then slowly bring the volume up. Best not to play through a loud PA
as
> it will quickly get out of control. I also add delay and pitch shifter
stomp
> boxes in the send/return. It's really hard, even with compression, to
record
> this way direct into a computer. Minidisc handles it beautifully even when
> maxed out.
>
> Another trick: run a portable CD player (or iPod) with sine waves into one
> of the other channels. If the frequency is fairly close to the "no-input"
> channel feedback you get some interesting modulation effects.
>
> Rock on!
> --
> http://www.gregheadley.com
> http://www.28angles.com
>
>
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