Also the tracking's pretty good. Most other synth pedals have a much worse lag time. Many of them might have a better tracking time, but also have fa really lousy sound quality or something like that. One of the reasons that I like the EHX pedal is that the tracking's pretty good. None of them are really perfect, at least all of the one's I've tried as of late. I've heard of a few others that are better, but it's fast enough to not hold me back live or in the studio.
It's not really an "octaver." The pedal really is a synth pedal, where it generates brand new soundwave signals. Other octave pedals take the original signal and regenerate that sound wave an octave up or down, or two or three. I hope that makes sense... The EHX can be used as an octave pedal, but it's really not it's purpose. It'll probably sound better then the octavers on a multi-effects unit, but not as good as a real octave pedal.
thanks for the demo; i mostly play indie, and sometimes electro rock, with very simple electro bass lines mostly played in a synth. i'd like to play those part also in my bass, this kind of bassy synth sound
/watch?v=jvmIK1YepUA&feature=relmfu
Can this pedal replicate this kind of sound? i also have a Bass Big Muff, can it help? plugged before or after the microsynth?
@SweBass - First I should mention that it's always better to put a digital synth first in line and almost all analog synths, too. I personally always do this, as putting an analog synth (like this one) after other effects just muddies it up and makes for "bad studio mojo," which is my slang for stuff that are just generally bad ideas. However, I really suggest playing around with it and putting it in all parts of your chain and just see what works for you.
Second, this pedal is great for some of those 70s P-Funk, Bootsy sounds, some of those early 80s synth sounds. It really produces those great retro-sh lo-fi synth bass sounds. Some of the other demos out there have some really good examples of sounds that I don't use as much (or at all), but really work for them to. My point is that if you're looking for modern "electro" or house bass, this isn't probably the best pedal for that.... unless you put a couple other effects after it.
Maybe toss a good EQ to boost the highs between the Micro Synth and the Bass Muff, too. The Wah would have to have a pretty darn high resonance (more 'extreme' sounding of a Wah) to really get the effect, too. It wouldn't be crazy versatile, but I think it would be a great starting point.
@SweBass Fourth (and final) - I haven't really explored that sound on bass much, so please let me know what works for you. I'd be interested - I love this sort of crap! Also, I find that a whole lot of those bass lines rely on a big envelope filter, wah, filter sweep, LFO or any number of other similar effects that cut off all frequencies of the signal above a frequency that somehow varies. Some also use HFOs and band-pass filters, too. The EBS Stanley Clark Wah ....
@SweBass (Fifth and truely final - continued from last post)... EBS Stanley Clarke Wah may be a good option, as it has LP, HP and band pass settings. That'd be a quick, but crazy versatile set up, and loads of fun to play with.
Lastly, just remember that there aren't any real rules to music except one: It's gotta either make you smile, make someone else smile, or put a few duckets in your pocket!
Also the tracking's pretty good. Most other synth pedals have a much worse lag time. Many of them might have a better tracking time, but also have fa really lousy sound quality or something like that. One of the reasons that I like the EHX pedal is that the tracking's pretty good. None of them are really perfect, at least all of the one's I've tried as of late. I've heard of a few others that are better, but it's fast enough to not hold me back live or in the studio.
JoshWMyers 1 month ago
It's not really an "octaver." The pedal really is a synth pedal, where it generates brand new soundwave signals. Other octave pedals take the original signal and regenerate that sound wave an octave up or down, or two or three. I hope that makes sense... The EHX can be used as an octave pedal, but it's really not it's purpose. It'll probably sound better then the octavers on a multi-effects unit, but not as good as a real octave pedal.
JoshWMyers 1 month ago
nice ! is this pedal usable as a simply octaver (like ebs octaver, mxr m288..) ?
how is the tracking, and sounding(too much synth?)
thx
ExiledGeist 1 month ago
hey Josh.
thanks for the demo; i mostly play indie, and sometimes electro rock, with very simple electro bass lines mostly played in a synth. i'd like to play those part also in my bass, this kind of bassy synth sound
/watch?v=jvmIK1YepUA&feature=relmfu
Can this pedal replicate this kind of sound? i also have a Bass Big Muff, can it help? plugged before or after the microsynth?
cheers
SweBass 4 months ago
@SweBass - First I should mention that it's always better to put a digital synth first in line and almost all analog synths, too. I personally always do this, as putting an analog synth (like this one) after other effects just muddies it up and makes for "bad studio mojo," which is my slang for stuff that are just generally bad ideas. However, I really suggest playing around with it and putting it in all parts of your chain and just see what works for you.
JoshWMyers 1 month ago
Second, this pedal is great for some of those 70s P-Funk, Bootsy sounds, some of those early 80s synth sounds. It really produces those great retro-sh lo-fi synth bass sounds. Some of the other demos out there have some really good examples of sounds that I don't use as much (or at all), but really work for them to. My point is that if you're looking for modern "electro" or house bass, this isn't probably the best pedal for that.... unless you put a couple other effects after it.
JoshWMyers 1 month ago
@SweBass Third, I think that you could really get some great electro lines in if you had this chain of effects:
Bass ---> [EHX Microsynth] ---> [Bass Muff] ---> [Wah] ---> Amp
Maybe toss a good EQ to boost the highs between the Micro Synth and the Bass Muff, too. The Wah would have to have a pretty darn high resonance (more 'extreme' sounding of a Wah) to really get the effect, too. It wouldn't be crazy versatile, but I think it would be a great starting point.
JoshWMyers 1 month ago
@SweBass Fourth (and final) - I haven't really explored that sound on bass much, so please let me know what works for you. I'd be interested - I love this sort of crap! Also, I find that a whole lot of those bass lines rely on a big envelope filter, wah, filter sweep, LFO or any number of other similar effects that cut off all frequencies of the signal above a frequency that somehow varies. Some also use HFOs and band-pass filters, too. The EBS Stanley Clark Wah ....
JoshWMyers 1 month ago
@SweBass (Fifth and truely final - continued from last post)... EBS Stanley Clarke Wah may be a good option, as it has LP, HP and band pass settings. That'd be a quick, but crazy versatile set up, and loads of fun to play with.
Lastly, just remember that there aren't any real rules to music except one: It's gotta either make you smile, make someone else smile, or put a few duckets in your pocket!
JoshWMyers 1 month ago
well explained, hoping get mine next week! Thanks...
FretlessMouse 6 months ago