Effects - Others

Mutron octave divider

Moogerfooger Ring Modulator

Type of pedal : Ring Modulator with LFO made by Bob Moogs new/old company Big Briar.

Description : I bought this pedal while recording with Deadwood Forest and wasn´t exactly sure what it did except that it was the first pedal in a long while that really surprised me. People have explained to me a thousand times what a ring modulator does in theory and I understand the theory but I very seldom use with the theory in mind. The Big Briar ring modulator is one of the most versatile and wonderful pedals I own. It is supposed to be an exact replica of the ring modulators found in old Moog Modulars. It produces the warmest tremoloes you´ll ever find especially on lower register instruments like baritone guitars and bass. It can make your guitar sound like dissonant bells or a modem going wild. I have used it on drummachines to give them a more random eq or rhythmic feel. Apparently Sonic Youth are big fans of ring modulators but I am not a big enough fan of Sonic youth to really know.

The Ring modulator when placed in the low mode cuts in and out like a tremolo either in waves or in square form. By using the LFO you can have the tremolo change speed somewhat randomly faster and slower which is very effective on droney ambient sounds. Placed in hi mode you all of a sudden have a very interesting little synthesizer. It can add notes to your drum machine rhythms or change the character of your guitar to a small buzzing insect.

he first band that I really used with was Andreas & jag on the track Everyone loves you . I used it on the Rhythm 55 making it go up and down in tone. After that I have used on a lot of stuff. On the Deadwood forest album we used it on the Mellotron Clarinet to add a bit of Vibrato

Z-vex Seek-Wha

Korg Kaoss pad

Digitech Whammy

Jen dynamic sustainer

Type of pedal : Stompbox guitar compressor.
Controls: Sustain, volume, tone

Description : This is one of those pedals that I used when I only had two pedals and then it got lost inside the pedal box and now all of a sudden I find myself using it as much as I did at the beginning. The first time I used was on a vocal part for the first song me and Andreas recorded, Lightfinder. Andreas sang he vocal part in my living room and was miked from above about a meter from his head. The Dynamic Sustainer picked up the reflexes hard wood floor perfectly and people commenting on the song when it was finished said, what is all that noise in the background ? It sounds like someone is making coffee. Welcome to the world of the Jen dynamic sustainer.

have used mostly for those roaring loud guitar moments when you want to go all Neil Young/Reine Fiske and Johnny Greenwood at the same time. So the band has been using it the most is Celestine and Mark Petterson where we have used for a lot of the solo parts. It isn't dynamic but it really gives the guitar a whole new weird energy that makes it cut through and make itself some room in the production…A bit of warning though…This is one noisy pedal

Boss Loop station