From schwartz.adan@epa.gov Mon Apr 15 15:13:59 2002
Subject:Re: using guitar effects with keyboards

You're right that most stomp boxes aren't designed for the high
output of a keyboard. It means turning your keyboards way way down.
This presents a problem if the stomp box doesn't give you
enough "clean" gain to compensate. I've tried alot of of stomp boxes
where the box is overdriven even at low volumes, and the only way to
deal with that is to either send a weak signal to the amp or to
compensate with some clean gain after the effect box. In my
experience, its a matter of trial and error finding something that
will work. Most music stores will let you take an effect box into
the keyboard department where you can play around with keyboards.

Then there's the problems with buzz and unwanted (unless you're in an
industrial noisepop band) am radio signal pickup, but that's a
different story.

Also, I have it on good advice from guitar players that, when buying
an analog effect box, you should test out the particular unit you'll
be taking home whenever possible. I follow this advise because I
figure guitarists may not know much about anything else, but they
must know about that!

Adan

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "ggareth" wrote:
> I've noticed that a few of you guys are using guitar effects (tube
> overdrive etc) to spice up the sound of your clones.
>
> But isn't the output of a keyboard much greater than a guitar? The
> input of a typical stomp box is designed for a guitar so what does
> this mean in practice for us keyboard players? Do stomp boxes
> require modification? Can anyone explain for me....?
>
> Gaz