Chapter 4: Wah and Envelope filter
supplementary content/information
This page corresponds with your copy of Chapter 4: Wah & Envelope Filter. This page focuses on the history of wah and envelope filter along with various wah audio clips to accompany your reading.
Wah and envelope filter pt. 1
Page 2 - Sugar Blues and tuxedo junction
page 5 - Sivad
Page 4 - burning of the midnight lamp
Page 7 - Scratch & Sniff
page 6 - Higher Ground
Page 8 - Brecker Brothers
The examples below are meant to open a window into the possibilities in the live performance world with wah and envelope pedals. Try to take the basic ideas encapsulated in these clips and expand upon them, explore them, and use them as a jumping off point to develop your own methods and strategies for using these types of pedals in your live performance.
Page 9 - How it works: Wah
These clips are simple illustrations of the full spectrum of sounds within a standard wah pedal from the heel down position to the toe down position.
Page 10 - Spotlight: Dunlop CryBaby
page 11/12 - Wah controls
In the clips below, you will hear how the Q parameter affects the sound of the wah. Notice how less Q makes the effect more subdued and less overt. Also, take note of how faster lines translate with different levels of the Q parameter.
These examples show the different sonic profiles of wide and narrow sweeps of wah pedals. Notice how the more narrow sweep limits the degree to which the “wow” sound is articulated.
