[microsound] Re: no-input mixing board

[Greg Headley <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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