Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper V1 sound clips

I did these soundclips for the Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper V1 several years ago. Austin from Lightfoot Labs sent me early versions to make soundclips during the development phase of the original Goatkeeper. Although the Goatkeeper V2 is new and improved with additional features and improved sound quality, these clips still give you a basic idea of what the Goatkeeper is all about, which is tap tempo, sequenced tremelo.

The sound quality of these clips are not very good as I recorded directly into a crappy soundcard. So please excuse the quality.

Here's a clip of me playing Radiohead's "Planet Telex", giving an idea of how the Goatkeeper sounds as a classic tremelo, set to sine wave.

Planet Telex Riff

Here's the ProCo RAT going into the Goatkeeper (square wave): Recorded on the production model, the Goatkeeper alternated between divisions of 8 and 16, on a very fast setting. Even with the RAT on a mild distortion setting, the super fast stutter bends the notes making it difficult to make out the chords. Towards the end, I tapped a slower setting to allow the listener to hear the goatkeeper settings more clearly.

2 Stage Stutter

Here's the MJM Foxey Fuzz going into the Goatkeeper (square wave) with the stages set at 1-3-mute-8.

Pinched Harmonics

Here's clean guitar going into a generic Line6 chorus into the Goatkeeper (ramp up). This has the goatkeeper set at increasing divisions (can't remember exactly, but probably something like 3-4-6-8), with no attention paid to rhythm.

Ramped up Ramblings

Here's the Keeley BD-2 Freak Fuzz going into the Boss PS-5 into the Digitech Digiverb and into the Goatkeeper (ramp-up). This was recorded on a beta model. The Digiverb was set on a very slow reverse reverb setting and turned on only on a few select spots during the clip, when a real rushing swell was needed. The PS-5 is set on T-arm (whammy) with the Goatkeeper set with a ramp-up at maximum depth and divisions at 1-6-3-8.

Screeching Swells

Here is the MJM Foxey Fuzz going into the Boss PS-5 into the Goatkeeper (square wave). Recorded on a beta model, the stages were set at 1-6-2-1, with a square wave at maximum depth. After the tempo increase, the PS-5 was used for some whammy effects.

Fuzz Pitch Shifted

This is a clean guitar going straight into the Goatkeeper with a user-set waveform. I set a very quick ramp-down waveform, with the stages set at 1-1-1-2.

Ultra Short Staccato

Here's the Zvex Machine going into a Moosapotamus Dirty Bird into a Goatkeeper (square wave). This was recorded on a very early breadboard version. The Machine and Dirty Bird were used to create a mostly static, white noise, allowing the Goatkeeper to be the main driving force of the passage.

Tremmed Noise

Here is a clean guitar going into the Boss PS-5 going into a generic Line6 fuzz and into the Goatkeeper. This was also recorded on a very early breadboard version. The PS-5 was set on harmony and the Goatkeeper stages were set at 16-16-8-4.

Harmonized Trem