Rear Window 3

Published on Jul 28, 2015 John L Rice

"I did two videos during the Fall season of 2014 titled "Rear Window" and "Rear Window 2". This video is very similar to the second one where I routed the output of the last effect pedal in the chain into a pair of mixer inputs instead of the mixer's effects return input to allow generating (mostly) controlled feedback.

So all sounds you are hearing in the first part of this video were created by manipulation of feedback resonance/howl in the mixer and the effects pedals and was done as you see it here, a real-time experimentation (with some edits to chop out the less interesting sections).

This video also contains a 'bonus' part two. I had forgotten to press record on the Marantz PMD-661 flash recorder I use to capture audio coming directly out of the mixer and when I was done with this take I was to tired and annoyed to try again. During editing though I listened to it and even though the video camera audio quality wasn't very good, I still kind of liked it. Not really good enough to be a video of it's own but maybe interesting enough to be a bonus track? ;-)

Equipment list in order of connection:
Mackie 802-VLZ3 mixer effects loop output
TC Electronic Hall Of Fame Mini reverb pedal
MXR/Dunlop Octave Fuzz pedal
Electro-Harmonix Ravish Sitar pedal
TC Electronic Flashback delay pedal
TC Electronic Hall Of Fame reverb pedal
Mackie 802-VLZ3 mixer stereo channel input

Part two adds:
Novation Ultranova keyboard synth (lead/melody noodles)
Korg microStation keyboard synth (ambient rhythm and piano notes)"