Multiwave Distortion Octave

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DonPetersen

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Hey.

This sound (3 first three blocks) are a clone of the Multiwave Distortion pedal by Source Audio.
This is one of the Octave settings.

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Cover'd said:
I've no idea if I'd ever use such a thing, but appreciate your efforts & work Don
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thanks.

and... it's just a bit of octave fuzz and much mellower than the 'stock' octave drive in the Axe.
singlecoils, neck pickup, a few bluesy licks with volume and tone adjusted to taste... mhhhhh...

;)
 
Don, that's so cool that you did this! Unfortunately when I try to save it as a block, Axe Edit crashes! Do you have a recorded sound of this?
 
I am using the 4 cable method with the ULTRA as an effects unit only. I wanted to save the blocks and then try them in my chain, but axe edit crashes...
 
try these
 

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Thanks! Sounds very industrial, dissonant, messy and cool all at once. I like playing 2 and 3 strings at once. All 6 are too chaotic! Lead notes are strange as well. Very post-apocalyptic!

Found this just now (is the sound after 3:00 what you're aiming for?!) -






and then there's our own Pete Thorn (octave distortion at 5:26)-
 
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the Multiwave Distortion offers 21 different algorithms.

I set mine to algorithm 10, sustain at noon, drive 3 o'clock and level at 1 o'clock.
I measured this setting and matched it with the Axe's Octave Dist.

it sounds best with singlecoils to me, and with the volume rolled back a bit to take the edge off.
 
Great! I am going to check it tomorrow :)

Is there a way to get a foldback distortion sound? I have to check out what that actually is, but it sounds pretty crazy in the Peter Thorn video.
Somehow I have the impression that it is not a type of clipping I can make with a drive block?

Jens
 
Jens said:
Great! I am going to check it tomorrow :)

Is there a way to get a foldback distortion sound? I have to check out what that actually is, but it sounds pretty crazy in the Peter Thorn video.
Somehow I have the impression that it is not a type of clipping I can make with a drive block?

Jens
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that's my guess as well.
I did measure a few good foldback settings, tho and will see how they translate to what the Axe has to offer.
Might not be a perfect match, but the results should be entertaining (if you're into that sort of thing). :D
 
DonPetersen said:
that's my guess as well.
I did measure a few good foldback settings, tho and will see how they translate to what the Axe has to offer.
Might not be a perfect match, but the results should be entertaining (if you're into that sort of thing). :D
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Don't worry, I am pretty sick (when I am not making money with mainstream jazz that is.... :) )

I found this picture description of what foldback distortion is for who ever is interested.

In the picture: 3 waveforms: normal, clipped,foldback distorted.

As I understand it, The idea is that the clipping is mirrored down so if the clipping is 3 db above it wont flatten out but be lowered 3 db I guess.

That's probably what generates all the nice weird extra tones and sounds that you get...

Jens
 

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Don't worry, I am pretty sick (when I am not making money with mainstream jazz that is.... :) )

I found this picture description of what foldback distortion is for who ever is interested.

In the picture: 3 waveforms: normal, clipped,foldback distorted.

As I understand it, The idea is that the clipping is mirrored down so if the clipping is 3 db above it wont flatten out but be lowered 3 db I guess.

That's probably what generates all the nice weird extra tones and sounds that you get...

Jens
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the MWD can get even 'worse' and fold back the already folded peaks yet again. :)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.sourceaudio.net/whitepapers/multiwave_distortion.pdf
 
Thanks! Always nice to learn something new.

I was just making a mental note to use a crossover to make a 2 band distortion yesterday evening :)
The description in your pdf was more or less exactly what I had in mind.

Jens
 
thanks very much Don.. this is a really cool fuzz, one of my favorites from all your contributions.
 
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