Experimental pedals are making guitars exciting again
Chase Bliss
The Habitis not just another guitar effects pedal.
Its a “musical sketchpad and echo collector,” and its awesome.
Guitarists have always been the ultimate sufferers of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome).
Chase Bliss
“For example, I never heard pitch-shifting as good as with Habit.
Most of the other effects are something you dont get anywhere else.”
Generative music is when some kind of automatic unit creates sounds based on a set of rules.
Chase Bliss
The different length loops cause the sparse music phrases to drift together and apart.
The Habit keeps a constant rolling buffer of whatever you played in the last three minutes.
The results are extremely musical and can be inspirational.
“Generative pedals are somewhat of a partner you play with.
It is creating something out of your music that you then play with.
A digital player you jam with, so to speak.
You interact with the pedal/your music, says Carlucci.
It was the instrument of rock and roll, punk, and death metal.
Awesome players all, but not really cutting-edge stuff.
Some even use desktop software like Ableton Live to create loops and build songs on-the-fly.
In a way, this is fitting.
Electric guitarists have always been an experimental bunch.
“If you like things on the experimental side, I think youll dig this pedal.
Its highly controllable but not always predictable.
You dont have to look at a screen or use a mouse.
