Stacking Distortions

While the concept of reordering your pedals to change the tone quality is nothing new, it can have exceptional consequences when it comes to those overdrive and distortion effects that deliver crunch, buzz, raunch, filth, and whoompf.

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Erich Hochstrasser
Envelope Filter Listening Party

Envelope filters have long been an excellent, if infrequently used device in the guitar player’s toolbox. They can add thick layers of funk or mild harmonic interest to a track by being touch responsive and vowel-like in their manipulation of the guitar’s sound. We’ll look at some songs that feature envelope filter along with some ideas on how the effect is being used.

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Erich Hochstrasser