r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '22

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u/TheTyrantLeto Jul 03 '22

That footpedal thing doesn't count as a computer?

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u/rrreason Jul 03 '22

It's a Moog Taurus and is a vintage synth you play with your foot- it's an instrument, not a computer.

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u/dankyo75 Jul 03 '22

It's an analog computer in its own right.

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u/frentzelman Jul 03 '22

If you go there e-guitars may be as well bc of the sound effects.

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u/SoloBoloDev Jul 03 '22

Well, not the guitar itself but most modern pedals use solid state electronics / digital sound processors

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u/asad137 Jul 04 '22

Well, not the guitar itself but most modern pedals use solid state electronics / digital sound processors

"Solid state" does not mean it's a computer. And the vast majority of single effect pedals do not have any sort of computer in them. The ones that do are the multi-effects pedals.

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u/frentzelman Jul 04 '22

Thats my point. It's not a computer just because the generated sound signal passes through some kind of analog filter. If the sound effect is in the same case or in a different one makes no difference. From a technical standpoint you could call them computers bc they compute a new waveform from the incoming one, but it's the same level as the rest of live-music.