{"id":2725,"date":"2018-09-28T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delaydude.de\/?p=2725"},"modified":"2018-10-25T16:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T14:21:55","slug":"lofi-aka-charakter-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaydude.de\/en\/lofi-aka-charakter-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"LoFi aka character sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LoFi\"<\/a>While you are searching for the perfect sound, you will find uncountable possibilities.<\/p>\n

But how does the perfect sound sound like?<\/p>\n

The combination of a Custom Shop<\/a> Strat, a pedalboard with high-quality boutique pedals and digital effects that offer numerous options of adjustment into a Two-Rock<\/a> or Dumble amp is definitively a versatile setup that ought to sound perfect just because of its price.<\/p>\n

But a high price does not automatically create a nice sound and even if this or a similar setup is used by thousands of guitarists, it may not sound perfect to everybody.<\/p>\n

Mostly, the sonic character sounds are the interesting one that automatically provoke certain emotions.
\nMusicians like Kurt Cobain<\/a> of Jack White<\/a> wrote fantastic songs, recorded with cheapest guitars, standard Boss pedals and crappy amps.<\/p>\n

LoFi sounds<\/h3>\n

Especially those character sounds can be used pretty intentional to transmit certain emotions.
\nI, for example, love playing a Danelectro<\/a> DC59. This guitar prevails an airy and open semi-acoustic tone, which, to me, is absolutely unique.
\nBut I guess, nobody would disagree when I say that this piece of Masonite with strings on it, is a high-quality instrument.<\/p>\n

Regarding analog delays, this lack of perfectness caused by a slightly hiss also makes the difference.
\nAnalog sounds are still very popular and every nuance from a vinyl\u2019s crackling to the murmur of a music tape creates a very own sonic experience.<\/p>\n

Of course, sometimes there are besides noise that no one really likes.
\nEverybody who ever used a digital effect and an analog pedal in a daisy chain, knows, what I am talking about.
\nThe high-frequency whistle that will occur is definitively not musical.<\/p>\n

But to get back to analog delays: even digital emulations of analog delays offer the possibility to add hiss or even overdriven murmur infinitely variable to the signal.
\nAll these acoustic elements create the whole organic and vivid sound with its very own character.<\/p>\n

Regarding the un-perfectness of the \u201cperfect\u201d sound, the Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl MKII<\/a> is a pedal which provides a special LoFi switch.
\nThe tone becomes darker and an audible hiss is added to the signal.
\nI my honest opinion, I like this pedal because of this optional white noise.<\/p>\n

Synthesizers may seem to be one step ahead: they use the white noise intentionally to form the sound.<\/p>\n

Distortion<\/h3>\n

Basically, guitarists like us are not looking for the \u201cperfect\u201d sound that is free from irregularities.
\nThe most famous distortion contradicts the principle of the \u201cperfect\u201d tone.
\nIn the end, it is nothing more than unwanted limitations of dynamic created by insufficient, in other words, unperfect electronics.
\nAnd to be honest with ourselves, we must confess that even a clean tone sounds best when the tubes of the amp are slightly driven into saturation.<\/p>\n

Maybe it makes sense, to distinguish between a sound that is technical perfect and a sound that feels really good while you are listening to it because in the end, all things that are perfect are mostly pretty boring.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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