Jrockpsycho
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Is it possible to combine an auto filter/wah kind of effect with a tremelo so the filter/wah opens and closes as the tremolo opens and closes? Is this already a thing? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you
Trem/auto wah thing?
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Papi Fuego
Look at the vfe old skool. Kinda like that, maybe
Jrockpsycho
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That just sounds like a regular tremolo.
Bricksnbeatles
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Putting an auto Wah after a tremolo should do that regardless of which type you choose
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Papi Fuego
Jrockpsycho
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But how do you sync them so they open and close together? Like if I built a trem and an auto wah how would I get them in sync with each other? Would they need expression jack or something? Is there a single pedal that does this? They both seem like pretty simple effects, you would think combining them would be easy enough.
Bricksnbeatles
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The auto Wah (envelope filter) opens and closes based on the dynamics of the signal. Tremolo modulates the dynamics
Jrockpsycho
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Ahhhhhh yes!! Thank you!! This is the info I needed.
Betty Wont
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Look at the Electric Druid filterfx. It is an LFO wah with settings that combine those features.
Feral Feline
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Look into the MadBean Tapanatorator series of builds.
The Tapanatorator itself is a master LFO that sends signals to separate phaser, wah, & tremolo builds to sync them up.
You could skip the phaser and build just the wah & tremolo with master controller in one box; they'd be synced but the trem itself isn't envelope-based, IIRC.
If you want an envelope controlled tremolo check out Jon "Midway Fair" Patton's Blue Warbler (PCB available from JMK).
I'm sure there must be a way that a single envelope can be used to trigger both the filter and the tremolo. If not, possibly just splitting your signal and running an envelope-filter in one path and an envelope-tremolo in parallel could get what you're after. If so, JMK also has a PCB for that, the Paralyzer.
If you want to run the filter and tremolo in series rather than parallel, I'm sure you could hack that together with a Paralyzer, using the separate envelopes to trigger, but running the audio path in series. Of course, getting two different vactrols to behave the same so the wah and tremolo are activated at the same time may take some time tinkering on the breadboard.
Perhaps some combination of all of the above would work, maybe you don't need it to sync up perfectly maybe you do — you weren't specific in the OP about what you're trying to accomplish so I hope at least some of the info here helps.
Oh, and since the Tapanatorator series of projects is discontinued, you'll have to build them on vero, but all the info/docs are still on MadBean's site.
Commercial products — there are probably a few if you dig enough, but the Pigtronix Tremvelope is the only one that comes to mind.
The Tapanatorator itself is a master LFO that sends signals to separate phaser, wah, & tremolo builds to sync them up.
You could skip the phaser and build just the wah & tremolo with master controller in one box; they'd be synced but the trem itself isn't envelope-based, IIRC.
If you want an envelope controlled tremolo check out Jon "Midway Fair" Patton's Blue Warbler (PCB available from JMK).
I'm sure there must be a way that a single envelope can be used to trigger both the filter and the tremolo. If not, possibly just splitting your signal and running an envelope-filter in one path and an envelope-tremolo in parallel could get what you're after. If so, JMK also has a PCB for that, the Paralyzer.
If you want to run the filter and tremolo in series rather than parallel, I'm sure you could hack that together with a Paralyzer, using the separate envelopes to trigger, but running the audio path in series. Of course, getting two different vactrols to behave the same so the wah and tremolo are activated at the same time may take some time tinkering on the breadboard.
Perhaps some combination of all of the above would work, maybe you don't need it to sync up perfectly maybe you do — you weren't specific in the OP about what you're trying to accomplish so I hope at least some of the info here helps.
Oh, and since the Tapanatorator series of projects is discontinued, you'll have to build them on vero, but all the info/docs are still on MadBean's site.
Commercial products — there are probably a few if you dig enough, but the Pigtronix Tremvelope is the only one that comes to mind.
