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SOFTUBE USER’S GUIDE |
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Credits
Ulf Kilberg – mathematical modeling and research.
Niklas Odelholm – modeling and sound design.
Oscar Öberg – modeling. Torsten Gatu – inter-
face and framework programming. Arvid Rosén
– framework programming. Per Connman – pro-
totype modeling. Ulf Ekelöf – 3D rendering and
graphics.
you change notes. Hammer- ons or pull -offs are not
always enough to abort the feedback effect.
The feedback ends in mysterious ways...
Decrease the Tolerance control and make sure
that you end your notes deliberately. If you mute
the strings using your left hand, make sure that you
don’t end up with a harmonic instead. If you for ex-
ample play on the 13th fret, you might end up with
a 12th fret harmonic when you mute the strings,
which will cause the plug in to feedback on the 12th
fret harmonic note.
How to feedback on chords?
You don’t. Well, sometimes it works, sometimes
it doesn’t. If you need a feedback on a chord, you
could record it by using two takes. On the first take
you play the chord without the feedback effect, and
on the second take you play a single string from the
chord with the feedback effect. With some creative
mixing you can make this sound very realistic.
How do I control what harmonic the effect feedbacks on?
There aren’t any “intelligent” algorithms to decide
harmonic, it’s more of a “survival -of- the-fittest”
kind of thing. The strongest harmonic content of
the note from your guitar usually survives in the
end. The basic rule is that lower notes usually have a
high harmonic feedback, and high notes have a low
harmonic (or the fundamental) feedback.
How do I get that big Woodstock sound?
The Acoustic Feedback together with the White
Amp from Vintage Amp Room is a good start, you
can make the amp sound a little larger by setting
the mic in a far -field position, but to really get that
arena feeling you will have to add some stereo slap-
back delays and a bit of stadium reverb.