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Friday, November 9 • 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Guitar Pedals as Sound Design Tools FULL

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In this Workshop, Dustin Ragland and attendees will explore the compositional and improvisational possibilities that arise out of processing acoustic percussive instruments with guitar pedals.
The market for boutique guitar pedals is exploding. Alongside beautiful analog circuitry, DSP development is taking the potential and sound quality of these pedals into sonically uncharted territory. How can we approach this rich field of sound creation beyond using guitars and the sound source? Dustin Ragland uses mic’d percussion as a basis for showing alternative uses of new, experimental guitar pedals.
In this workshop, participants will explore the practical use of analog signal processing on acoustic percussive instruments, including the drum kit, small percussion, and analog drum machines, as well as how to analyze a pedal for certain musical gestures, creating multitrack drum recordings, building loop and sample libraries and creating live performances around pedal-augmented percussion and analog instrumentation.
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Dustin Ragland

Dustin Ragland writes and performs music as Young Weather, and works at the intersection of music technology, education and performance. Combining his background in ancient languages with his 12 years of experience as a touring and session drummer, Ragland has cultivated connections... Read More →

Friday November 9, 2018 3:30pm - 5:30pm PST
EastWest Tracking Room 2 EastWest Studios
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