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simonkey · Post by **simonkey** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:31 pm

\\\\\\\here's one for the sound design minded here on the forums ... I've always been haunted by the shimmering guitar sound during the verses of U2's Lemon, and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas of how to recreate using VST effects, pref. freeware! I know there's delay, some form of mdulation (pitchshifting?) and a pretty wet reverb going on, but the details escape me .. I keep ending up with something that sounds like bathwater going down the plughole. At a great distance. In lo-fi. Any help appreciated!

musicL · Post by **musicL** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:55 pm

My wet dream is this for vst:

http://www.soundtoys.com/soundtoys/crystallizer/

This along with a tremlo would give the exact lemon effect.. :harp:

..drooool.... everybody go spam them for a vst version. I have already.

Besides this, pitch shift original guitar sound one octave up, tremlo sync with a vst plug, reverb and it's a rough approximation...the eventide he uses is a magic box of tricks that has that (plus another billion other lovley ones). There is nothing vst that can compete

simonkey · Post by **simonkey** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:20 am

Um, that does look rather tasty doesn't it? What a waste its only for Pro Tools! So the Lemon sound is a held chord with tremelo and reverb to smear the sound a bit? I always thought it (being the Edge an' all)was a staccato chord with echo which is probably why I couldn't get close to the original ...

musicL · Post by **musicL** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:47 pm

make sure you pitch shift up before hand though!

talynidm · Post by **talynidm** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:51 am

everytime i hear the words "pro-tools" it makes me a sad little monkey....

U2 Lemon Sound