Tremolo Effect

[vaxwell]

Tremolo is the most annoying effect I believe. Their is a Green Day song that is a very good example off of "American Idiot" I'm pretty sure that they use a step sequencer set to 1/32 note steps and a compressor.

Technically, tremolo is the rapid repetition of one note in music or a rapid alternation between two or more notes. You can achieve this effect by alternate picking single notes, but it's hard to get up the speed that effects pedals can get up to.

Here's an article on wikipedia about tremolo/vibrato effects units
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato_unit :)

And the Behringer website has a great section that lets you hear their effects pedals in action (they have a tremolo box in the 'modulation' section and the 'combinations' section)
http://www.behringer.com/04_ultranet/toolz.cfm?lang=ENG
You'll have to find the stompbox section (secod row, first up), and click on 'More' and the website will open up a new window with the stomp boxes. :)

EDIT: Wow this is creepy - is it just me, or is my reply showing up as the first post in this thread? Errr... It is jb007's thread, initially, anyway. :)

[jb007]

thanks guys.

And by whammy effect, I meant like with a whammy pedal, not whammy bar. You'd think that tremolo effect and whammy effect would be related since whammy bar and tremolo bar are the same thing. :confused:

[jb007]

What exactly does this effect do, and is it anything like the whammy effect?

[Pekker_Head]

Tremolo is the most annoying effect I believe. Their is a Green Day song that is a very good example off of "American Idiot" (I believe thats the albums name).
It basically repeats your sound very fast or very slow (and in between) and sometimes has a "Tap Tempo" switch.

A less of a good example is Bucketheads (another head not me ;) ) Jordan the intro somewhat sounds like a Tremolo.
No its different from a Tremolo bar as they higher or lower the pitch, I believe a tremolo as an effect just repeats it.

[bobthecow]

The difference is this...

A tremelo bar(aka whammy bar) turns your note either sharp or flat, or can even drop it down quite a few notes.

A tremelo effect turns you note into something like this. Say you play your low e string, instead of it being eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, it will be e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.

[vaxwell]

And by whammy effect, I meant like with a whammy pedal, not whammy bar.

Ooh, check this, then - Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Wah (http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=269&pmh=products/picks) (there's a link down the bottom called 'rock this sound' that'll let you hear it).

Basically a Wah (whammy effect) let's your change the pitch of the sound depending on how much you depress (push on, not call names ;) ) the pedal. You can kind of get a 'whakka whakka' sound. Whereas, the tremelo effect does not change the pitch of the note, it simply breaks it up into rapid pulses of the same note.