Feedback Loops with a Mixer and Two Pedals (Mackie 402-VLZ3, Boss DD-6, and MT-2) | Simon Hutchinson

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Create dynamic feedback loops on a cheap mixer and pedals. With just a few pieces of equipment you can make wonderful, interactive, and unpredictable sound systems. Over the summer, I've been thinking a lot about feedback and how simple devices can create complex sounds when fed back into themselves. Alongside checking out a lot of great music, I've been reading about 1950s "Cybernetics" and 1990s Japanese "Noise Music", and considering the expressive possibilities of resonance and feedback. In this video I show a simple way to put together a noisy feedback loop setup with inexpensive equipment I had sitting in my drawer. Further Study: Sarah Belle Read's Tutorial on No-Input Mixing - https://youtu.be/oUhfkaVUPY8 La Synthèse Humaine, Feedback Loops Explained and Demonstrated on Serge Synthesizers - https://youtu.be/MnYkqlSIr_I Norbert Wiener, "The Human Use of Human Beings" (1950): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Use_of_Human_Beings David Novak, "Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation" (2013): http://www.japanoise.com/ #noinputmixer #noise #noisemusic #synthesis #feedback 0:00 A Bit of Noise 0:30 Intro / Inspiriation 1:25 "Improved Means to an Unimproved End" 2:15 Positive Feedback 3:32 Adding a Pedal to the Loop 4:45 Double Loop (Figure-8?) 5:40 Making and Playing Some Noise 11:42 Closing thoughts, Next Steps 12:38 Playing Us Out If people only interact with media that reinforces their worldview, what's the result of that feedback loop? Don't miss a video, subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonHutc/?sub_confirmation=1 All my videos are fueled by coffee. You can buy me one here: https://ko-fi.com/simonhutchinson Follow me: Official Website - http://simonhutchinson.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CybrSHutchinson facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SimonHutchinsonComposer/ itch.io - https://simonhutchinson.itch.io/ Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/simon-j-hutchinson I’m a composer, sound-designer, and new media artist with a global perspective on music technology. This channel contains performances, experiments, and instructional videos for artists and audiences searching for new ideas and avenues of musical expression.