HW: Effects that Hawkwind use

[Alastair Lee Sumner]

Thanks for the info. I've always wondered how it was done.

Alastair.

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:36:53 +0100, Captain Bl at ck <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
wrote:

>In answer to your query:
>
>I take a line-out from Dave's guitar amp and feed it into Input 2 of the
>second EMS I use. The signal is then ring-modulated against a not-quite-
pure
>sine-wave, and fed through a filter. The cut-off of the filter is then
>tweaked in real time using a joystick...
>
>...which is more or less the way Del did it on Doremi and Space Ritual.
>
>NEXT!
>
>Can anyone out there do me a CD-R set of the Canterbury gig please - it
>sounded great on stage but its always useful to hear it from the point of
>view of the audience.
>
>Captain Bl at ck.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alastair Lee Sumner <als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK>
>To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:21 PM
>Subject: HW: Effects that Hawkwind use
>
>
>> I have a feeling Captain Black might know the answer to this question.
>>
>> There is an effect that was used in the early 70s on the Space Ritual and
>> also on Doremi I think. It is most noticeable on the left channel when
you
>> listen to Orgone Accumulator and Upside Down. It is hard to descibe but
>> sounds like an echo of the guitar or sometimes like an echo of the sound
>of
>> the entire band or something and goes ta ta ta ta ta. It kind of sounds
>> like the volume is being repeatedly turned on and off.
>>
>> I noticed a similar effect at the last Croydon gig and it was more
>> noticeable for me on Saturday at Canterbury. I think it was during
>> Levitation or Magnu but I definitely remember it during Hurry on Sundown.
>>
>> Can anybody tell me what it is? It is very hypnotic and sounds amazing
>> along with the lights. Sorry I can't descibe it better, I just hope
>> somebody knows what the hell I'm on about.
>>
>> Alastair.