Re: [Harp-L] Re: Volume Pedal?

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As Richard Hunter said, the wah pedals with the foot controller don't
work. The only wah effect that works with the harp aside from the
digitech unit is the Maxon AF-9 (It's an Auto-Wah pedal and more
useful to me).  It's expensive but very much worth it if you want
that wah effect.



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>---- Original Message ----
>From: turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Volume Pedal?
>Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:21:43 -0400
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>>"Jonathan Metts" wrote:
>><...has anyone had success using a wah pedal with harmonica? 
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>>I've never been able to get a wah wah pedal to work well with the
>harp,
>>and I've tried several brands.  However, I've managed to get a very
>nice
>>sound from the autowah effect in the Digitech RP200.  The patch
>setup is
>>published at my website at:
>>http://hunterharp.com/effectset.html
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>>An autowah effect has an advantage over a wah-wah that's often
>ignored
>>by harp players, but deserves highlighting. 
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>>Because an autowah effect is triggered by an incoming sound, and it
>>responds more powerfully to a louder sound, a player can control the
>>amount of effect by playing louder or softer.  For harmonica, that
>means
>>the effect is under breath control. This is much more natural and
>>expressive for a harmonica player than the foot control offered by a
>>wah-wah.  
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>>The expressive possibilities are amazing -- just try running a long
>>single note through an autowah, using variations in volume to bring
>the
>>effect in and out of the note.  When you kick in a throat vibrato,
>the
>>autowah accents every ripple in the vibrato.  The sound literally
>pulses
>>along with your breath.
>>
>>Regards, Richard Hunter
>>hunterharp.com
>>
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Chris Michalek

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