Stompbox Sound Clips

Last updated 5/2/04

Most of the soundclips below were recorded through a Zoom 9030 effects unit to add a touch of reverb and then through a Bulldog Speaker Cabinet Simulator directly into the sound card in my computer. I didn't take any great care with what I actually played, as I am only trying to convey how they sound. A few of the soundclips below have somewhat of a low output, but you should be able to hear all of them well enough if you have speakers that boost the signal coming from the soundcard. A couple of them are pretty loud, so beware. Most were originally recorded in .wav format and then converted to .mp3 format using a program called dBpowerAMP, but there are a few that I recorded a few years ago that I left as .wav files. I tried to find the best compromise between file size and sound quality and I didn't normalize the soundclips when converting them to mp3 format because I wanted to keep as much of the original dynamics as possible. Most of the clips were recorded in one sitting with my green Ibanez S470-FM electric with mahogany body and flame maple top. The pickup positions are generally either the neck or bridge humbuckers, and on some clips I switch between pickups to hear how changing the pickups affects the tone.

The settings shown below are likened to something like telling the time on a clock, or at least where the hour hand would be pointing. As shown below, 7:00 indicates control fully counter-clockwise. 12:00 indicates control straight up and 5:00 indicates control fully clockwise.

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