DHP-33/55 owners - your shimmer patch?

[Loar]

Okay, here's the deal: I've got a DHP-55 that up until recently seemed to work fine for shimmer on the stock Stringpad patch.

For some reason, possibly related to a system reset, my patch no longer smoothes the delayed signal such that it sounds like one nice shimmer.

Does one of you (who has a decent DHP shimmer patch) happen to feel like sharing your settings, or the patch?

I know that the DHP patches are pretty intense, but even some sort of clue as to why this is not working for me now would be helpful.

Thanks, guys!

 

[AughrimFurey]

The DHP-55 does not do a good shimmer. The 33 and 55 are totally different machines. I had a DHP-55 and sold it to get an IPS33b (same as the DHP-33).

 

[Loar]

The DHP-55 does not do a good shimmer. The 33 and 55 are totally different machines. I had a DHP-55 and sold it to get an IPS33b (same as the DHP-33).

Okay, so a second question for you: on the DHP 33, can "shimmer" essentially be obtained from a preset, or does it require some fooling around?

And for that matter, do you get use out of it for anything else, or solely for shimmer.

I may have to justify doing what you did, and I want to make sure it's worth it.

 

[AughrimFurey]

It does require some fooling around, but the details of creating a patch preset can be found around the net (U2 recording Yahoo group). I no longer have the IPS33b (sold it for a Fractal Audio Axe-FX), but it was much easier to get a good shimmer out of it than after hours of tweaking on the DHP-55.

The IPS33b (DHP-33) is good for whammy as well as detune to get a 12-string sound from. The whammy on it is very good (think original whammy).

I think it is worth it to make the change. I spent days with the DHP55 (actually, I had the Studio 5000 which is a DHP55 on steroids) and could not get a good shimmer with it. Within minutes of getting an IPS33b and putting in the settings I found on the net, I quickly got a good shimmer.

 

[Muad'zin]

I have a DHP33 and tried to create a shimmer patch using the details from the U2 recording Yahoo group. I set everything to the listed settings. For some reason I can't seem to get it right. I want just the shimmer, but part of the original can still be heard no matter what I try.

 

[TheEdge U2JT]

You need to have reverb post shimmer to smooth the sound. I have used both a Lexicon and Yamaha SPX90 and it both worked well. Just running direct out of a DHP33 or IPS33B will sound choppy.

The DHP33 is a nice unit. You can also program it to get the trem/shimmer tone from Lemon.

 

[Muad'zin]

I do have a Line6 Verbzilla, which I could place behind it, but that seems like an awful lot of work when I can just use the shimmer setting of the Verbzilla. That way I can use the DHP33 for actual harmony work. I do love Iron Maiden like guitar harmony.

Hmm, decisions, decisions....

PS. Is it possible for you to post the settings for that Lemon like trem/shimmer?

 

[TheEdge U2JT]

I do have a Line6 Verbzilla, which I could place behind it, but that seems like an awful lot of work when I can just use the shimmer setting of the Verbzilla. That way I can use the DHP33 for actual harmony work. I do love Iron Maiden like guitar harmony.

Hmm, decisions, decisions....

PS. Is it possible for you to post the settings for that Lemon like trem/shimmer?

I have a verbzilla too. Although it does give you something sounding like shimmer, the attack and sustain is no where close.

I'm sure if you run it as a reverb post DHP33, it would help even out the tone.