Please help me figure out what effect this is.

[Aentons]

It's sounds like a bit crusher or ring modulator but I don't think it is. Everything on the Internet says she only uses 2 reverb pedals. A Line6 Echo Park and a Boss RV6.

You first hear it at 2:42. The effect I'm after can really be heard at 3:50 to 3:56.

Here is the live version which shows that it is a guitar. You can hear the effect but it is much less prominent.

 

[Laundryroom David]

Sounds like a momentary octave up/harmonic up but I’m just listening on my phone’s speaker so …

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Phone speaker in a sorta noisy area rn, so it’s hard to say, but it sounds like a fully wet shimmer reverb to me

 

[Laundryroom David]

Phone speaker in a sorta noisy area rn, so it’s hard to say, but it sounds like a fully wet shimmer reverb to me

Yes

 

[Aentons]

Hmm, interesting. I'm not sure I have a shimmer reverb to test with.

 

[Paradox916]

Running one reverb into another can sometimes give you the kind of washy shimmer depending on what pedals and types of reverb used , it sounds like the second reverb might just be used as a momentary sort of deal…. Just a guess. Have you tried running a two reverbs, to try and duplicate it? Maybe try running one in front of the amp (like a overdrive) and one in the loop, push the amp to just the edge of break up… that’s where I would start with the info at hand… could be a fun experiment.

 

[Aentons]

Running one reverb into another can sometimes give you the kind of washy shimmer depending on what pedals and types of reverb used , it sounds like the second reverb might just be used as a momentary sort of deal…. Just a guess.

Right, I was thinking it may be some sort of degradation artifact thing like when you run a delay before a distortion pedal.

I don't think it's momentary, I seems to be always on but the degradation gets stronger with harder picking and more atonal note combinations

 

[Robert]

Definitely sounds like some reverb -> distortion dissonance happening.

That sound always makes me think of the guitar solo on Marilyn Manson's version of Sweet Dreams.

 

[Aentons]

It's all over this track

And this one too

 

[Laundryroom David]

It's all over this track

And this one too

Sounds like neck pickup, reverb into distortion there. The earlier clip still sounds like a different effect to me, but who knows. Not my cup of tea and yet a fun exercise nonetheless. Music is cool.

 

[scheffehcs]

On “Elegy” it sounds like shimmer reverb on a guitar that’s feeding back. On “Beyond Love” it’s distortion and reverb - then she plays a note, lets it ring, then plays a half step down (or up) at the same time. Creates a dissonant sound especially with distortion. Not sure if that’s what you’re talking about though.

 

[Nostradoomus]

Definitely sounds like some reverb -> distortion dissonance happening.

That sound always makes me think of the guitar solo on Marilyn Manson's version of Sweet Dreams.

Reverb first is so good. Gotta have 2 verb pedals always

Skip to 5:20 or so here for the tones that got me hooked on that sound, this is delay first I believe but same deal.

 

[Robert]

Bardo Pond uses the effect quite a bit:

It's scattered all over this one as well, probably one of the first times I heard it:

 

[Deperduci]

could just be the tuning of the guitar for the last nudge, waaaaaaay back in HS days 1 of the guys got to goofing around with plucked harmonics, it'd give this... feeling either the amp or the string was about to end it all. fed in to a reverb and SD or DS-1... or maybe she just has something from parsit studios hidden in that fog

 

[Nostradoomus]

Bardo Pond uses the effect quite a bit:

It's scattered all over this one as well, probably one of the first times I heard it:

Love me some SP. Haven’t heard bardo pond before but will check it.

 

[jwin615]

Agree, Reverb into dirt and pinch and plucked harmonics. Dissonant stuff is 1/2 octave harmonics with bends and a few string scrapes.
Probably using the expression input on the Boss to go ful wet at times.
Harmonics into a full wet shimmer will get you real close to high pitch ring mod territory.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Sounds like a line 6 spider 2 on insane with all the effects on

 

[Aentons]

Sounds like the consesus is that it is a digital reverb into distortion with dissonance between two notes causing the beating and bitcrushed type digital artifacts. I'll run with that and do some experiments. Thanks for the help!

 

[spi]

Love me some SP. Haven’t heard bardo pond before but will check it.

Bardo Pond is great if you like droney, spacey jams. Check out the albums Dilate or On the Eclipse for good starting points.

 

[Feral Feline]

Sound in the OP — What if it's reverb overloading the next reverb's input causing the distortion?