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Distortion Unit Evolution!
Source Audio Blog
Distortion Unit Evolution!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
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I know I have written before about the evolution of guitar effects, and technology in general. "Standing on the shoulders of giants" is a phrase that is always used to encompass learing the great lessons of those before us, and then building on top of those ideas. It's humorous that those to do just that are often seen as upstarts, and as such are often misunderstood.
I believe the inventor of the Piano received such a strange response, as did Leo Fender, Jim Marshall, Randall Smith of Mesa Boogie, and Line 6. I remember hearing a few very experienced guitar players at a Guitar Center mock the entire concept of "modeling", and it was only a few months later, at a recording session at 20th Century Fox Studios, that I asked a friend of mine who was the sound editor, what he was using - "Pro tools" was his quick answer - as if any other response would have been odd. Perhaps it is the experienced players and those who have invested decades into certain habits and technologies that are more fearful and dismissive of innovations than are players with a more youthful view of things.
How long will it bu until other companys are employing and/or licensing the "Motion Controlled" aspect of our Hot Hand pedals?
After Fulltone's Fulldrive distortion pedal hit the marketplace, there soon began to appear distortion pedals with the same layout - one switch for a boost, and another with overdrive, with seperate controls for each. Obviously, other manufacturers saw how important this was to guitarists, and they copied it. We are also guitarists at Source Audio - and we know how us guitarists think! Our Soundblox Distortion features tones that we have never heard on a pedal before - from full-on classic distortions that we all know and love (reminding me of classic Tube Screamer to raging Marshall sounds), to innovative blends of octave and synth/organ tones - and there are 21 great and usable settings - with separate sustain, drive and output controls for each. One aspect that I am crazy about is the ability to play full chords with distinct separation for each note - while using great amounts of distortion.
That aspect alone has great implications for your music - how could you have ever done that before???????????
That's the sign of a truly innovative effect!