Swell effect for guitar ?

Steve Young · 27th November 2006, 03:40 AM

The Line 6 POD XT has a " swell pedal " effect - but like many of you , I don't really like the POD .

Has anyone ever encountered a good swell pedal or the swell effect in anything else ?

And I don't mean a volume pedal that one controls with the foot - but a swell effect that be adjusted but then acts on its own .

Thanks for any ideas .

max cooper · 27th November 2006, 04:04 AM

You need a pedal called the "Slow Gear"

It was made in the late '70's but I don't remember if it was Multivox or Big Jam who made it.

Or maybe have someone mod an envelope filter to affect vol. instead of tone.

Alex Wyler · 27th November 2006, 04:25 AM

I use this sound all the time. It's best to have control of the swell with your foot.

Guitar> volume pedal> modulation delay> amp

I like to use about 350ms of delay with the top rolled off around 8kHz
Feedback set to about 55% and modulation rate set for 4Hz with just a little depth...just so you hear the delay line wobble a bit which makes the swell have some movement. A whammy bar moving veryy lightly up and down will be similar if you don't have a delay unit that modulates.

Pasta4lnch · 27th November 2006, 05:24 AM

I really dug the "swell" fx from the pod too. I actually dug a lot of the fx from the pod. quick. easy. sound good . . . I got all the pro boxes Mod/Echo/Filter. The only one I got new was the Mod pro (I use it constantly) the others I got used at great prices (I rarely use the Filter pro - cool stuff but not very usable for me)

they are prretty quiet and they sound really good - VERY easy to edit. My only gripe is the MIDI synch is a pain in the ass but I have a MIDI bug in my system so it might be my comp . . .

(the swell effect is on the mod pro.)

alnico · 27th November 2006, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by max cooper

You need a pedal called the "Slow Gear"

It was made in the late '70's but I don't remember if it was Multivox or Big Jam who made it.

Or maybe have someone mod an envelope filter to affect vol. instead of tone.

The Slow Gear is a Boss effect pedal...

Meriphew · 27th November 2006, 08:57 AM

The Line6 DL4 delay pedal has this feature. Guyatone SV-2 Slow Volume does it as well.

the russian · 27th November 2006, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnico

The Slow Gear is a Boss effect pedal...

A very cool pedal, indeed. An E-Bow with a volume pedal and a little analog delay is what you're looking for, though. Line 6 effects are great. As an 'analog pedal-nazi', I really want to hate them, but I can't. The distortion modeler whomps on Amp Farm, IMO. The filter mod is kinda tacky, I must say. Fun, but tacky. Love it!

baikonour · 27th November 2006, 09:55 AM

[quote=the russian;990202] Line 6 effects are great. As an 'analog pedal-nazi', I really want to hate them, but I can't. QUOTE]

same here and I have the same feeling toward the pod xt...It's a great, great box .

max cooper · 27th November 2006, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnico

The Slow Gear is a Boss effect pedal...

Someone else definitely made a "Slow Gear" first. I had a plastic one. I wasn't aware of the Boss version.

The one I had was white and had a big rubber button on it.

Looks like those Boss Slow Gears are about $300 now.

Seriously, how hard is it gonna be to make an envelope filter do this?

Steve Young · 27th November 2006, 05:05 PM

Thanks for all your comments and info .

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27th November 2006, 03:40 AM	#1
Steve Young Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville Posts: 30	Swell effect for guitar ? The Line 6 POD XT has a " swell pedal " effect - but like many of you , I don't really like the POD . Has anyone ever encountered a good swell pedal or the swell effect in anything else ? And I don't mean a volume pedal that one controls with the foot - but a swell effect that be adjusted but then acts on its own . Thanks for any ideas .

27th November 2006, 05:24 AM	#4
Pasta4lnch Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 1,177	I really dug the "swell" fx from the pod too. I actually dug a lot of the fx from the pod. quick. easy. sound good . . . I got all the pro boxes Mod/Echo/Filter. The only one I got new was the Mod pro (I use it constantly) the others I got used at great prices (I rarely use the Filter pro - cool stuff but not very usable for me) they are prretty quiet and they sound really good - VERY easy to edit. My only gripe is the MIDI synch is a pain in the ass but I have a MIDI bug in my system so it might be my comp . . . (the swell effect is on the mod pro.) __________________ http://myspace.com/stevebuonanotte "There should be a single Art Exchange in the world, to which the artist would simply send his works and in return be given as much as he needs. As it is, one has to be half a merchant on top of everything else, and how badly one goes about it." -Beethoven F/S Voodoo Labs Super Fuzz & Proctavia

27th November 2006, 08:57 AM	#6
Meriphew Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle USA Posts: 2,175	The Line6 DL4 delay pedal has this feature. Guyatone SV-2 Slow Volume does it as well. __________________ www.myspace.com/meriphew

27th November 2006, 05:05 PM	#10
Steve Young Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville Posts: 30	Thanks Thanks for all your comments and info .

27th November 2006, 04:04 AM	#2
max cooper Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: tx Posts: 8,819	You need a pedal called the "Slow Gear" It was made in the late '70's but I don't remember if it was Multivox or Big Jam who made it. Or maybe have someone mod an envelope filter to affect vol. instead of tone.

27th November 2006, 04:25 AM	#3
Alex Wyler Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto, LA & Alaska Posts: 292	I use this sound all the time. It's best to have control of the swell with your foot. Guitar> volume pedal> modulation delay> amp I like to use about 350ms of delay with the top rolled off around 8kHz Feedback set to about 55% and modulation rate set for 4Hz with just a little depth...just so you hear the delay line wobble a bit which makes the swell have some movement. A whammy bar moving veryy lightly up and down will be similar if you don't have a delay unit that modulates.

27th November 2006, 09:55 AM	#8
baikonour Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: brighton UK Posts: 772	[quote=the russian;990202] Line 6 effects are great. As an 'analog pedal-nazi', I really want to hate them, but I can't. QUOTE] same here and I have the same feeling toward the pod xt...It's a great, great box .

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