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(expressional) control over the attack and you have the
option of turning the attack delay on and off at will!
Although it takes a little practice, it is much easier than
using your pinky on the guitar's volume knob, and therefore
additionally leaves your right hand free for whammy bar
moves or other techniques.
Fade Out
Well, it's just the opposite of fade in really. Strike the chord
and smoothly come back on the pedal. Nuff said.
Decay Acceleration
Just as you can use the FV for attack delay, you can use it to
accelerate the decay. This is attack delay turned round if
you like, and is the same for the attack delay as fade out is
to fade in. Although it is possible to use the guitar volume
control for this, the GT-3/5 has no effect that can
adequately do this for you!! Here's something the FV has
which is unique on the GT-3/5!! Push the FV forwards pick
the note and then roll back on the pedal. Make sure the note
no longer rings by muting the string and roll the pedal
forwards again ready for the next pick. Now, I'll bet not
many of you had considered Decay Acceleration...
Tremolo
The FV can produce a tremolo effect. This is fairly easy to
recreate. Just rock backwards and forwards on the pedal as
you play. Although for faster or more accurate variations
you can use the tremolo/pan effect or a wave pedal, it is
easier to synchronise with the song tempo—mainly because
your ear is the controlling factor here. You can also add
more expression here by very easily changing the tremolo
depth and rate, in an extremely variable manner. Don't
forget you don't have to use it full depth, you could rock
back and forth over just a small sweep.
Swelling & Reverse Swelling
The FV can be used to creating a swelling effect. This is
done quite simply starting off with the pedal back a bit and
then pushing it forwards, you can reverse the action to
produce a diminishing effect (reverse swell), as well without
going as far as a fade out.
Feedback Control
Sometimes, (in certain situations) feedback will start to
develop, sometimes controlled, sometimes uncontrolled.
Certainly if you experience uncontrolled feedback backing
off the volume pedal may help tame it.
It must be said that you aren't going to be able to create a
Slicer effect from a standard FV. If you really do wish to do
this then you will need to look at the Control Assigns that
are covered in section 23.
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Section 18
Modifying the Sweep Range
Normally the volume will change over the full sweep of the
pedal. However, it is possible to limit the active range so
that only part of the sweep alters the volume. It is also
possible to alter the amount of volume change (i.e.
Minimum/maximum volumes) that occurs over the active
sweep range. I shall explain all of this fully below when we
discuss control assigns.
Summary
One more thing I would like to say is now and again you
should let your imagination go. With one simple setting and
one simple pedal you can instantly switch from attack delay
to tremolo then reverse the swell slightly before swelling up
and fading out. We can play with the volume, toying with it,
or we can be brutal and use it to really attack a piece.
Combining this sort of playing with other effects can result
in an absolutely stunning roller coaster of a sound. Put the
EXPRESSION into what most people see as a mundane
piece of equipment. Learn to feel it.
On a final note, using the foot volume to produce
Attack Delay (Slow Gear) or Tremolo can overcome some
of the limitations of the GT-3's grouping of these effects
under SFX, allowing you to use another SFX effect at the
same time. Thus using the FV for attack delay and setting
the SFX for Pan you can get both simultaneously!
As you can see the FV is much more useful than it would
first appear. In fact when I started writing this I only
expected to have to write about a quarter of what I have!
Foot Volume
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