Quatschmacher
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Shameless plug for this most excellent one-stop octave and gated dynamic fuzz pedal: If I were sensible, I’d keep this and sell my Octabvre and Doom instead and pocket the sizeable cash difference.
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I managed to get close to the Ain’t Nobody sound with pedals. It sounds like a narrowish pulse wave. I used an Octabvre into a Mastotron (pulse width quite narrow) into a downsweep 24db filter on the Manta. I favoured the jazz pickup on my PJ as it seemed to give the the sound some thinness. I ran that into an aggressive noise gate on a Sentry. The main stumbling block is getting the filter sweep to reset quickly enough. Playing very tight staccato with the noise gate helped but it think I need to try a bit of compression at the front so I can get the gate tighter.
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Marc Doty’s reviews are the most comprehensive and are essential viewing if you’re interested in the models he has reviewed.
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Casting director seeks black female bassist
Quatschmacher replied to Ninja's topic in Bassists Wanted
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These are the demos to watch to get a proper idea of all this can do: It’s a playlist of 10 videos detailing the different aspects of the synth.
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This is a fantastic little synth. I bought one for my son. It’s a very capable machine. Doesn’t have full ADSR but is capable of great sounds and has a very powerful sequencer. That demo does no justice to it at all.
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Big Favour - Aguilar Octamizer Internal Measurements
Quatschmacher replied to CameronJ's topic in Effects
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That’s not actually true, unless you mean top-heavy fractions; there are a fair few keyboard and module synths that are cheaper than the Future Impact eg, Korg Monologue (£230 new, £180 used).
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Yep, I very rarely drink and have never taken anything nasty that would tax it, so it’s in prime condition. -
And that’s a real shame as it really is fantastic. I was playing it again this evening and am having second thoughts…
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Is everyone just hanging on for price drops or just skint?
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MXR Bass envelope filter - £100 posted - SOLD
Quatschmacher replied to milford59's topic in Effects For Sale
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I know. Maybe the universe is telling me to keep it.
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Then the Behringer is a good choice, depending on whether you want a built-in keyboard or not. You’re right though, we are spoilt for choice.
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This video makes me want to keep it:
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If your computer is fast enough, I’d suggest getting the full version of Ivory II. You could (and should) disable the network cards when running it in order to get the most latency-free performance.
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@Ceebass, what is your budget?
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They just respond to standard midi messages for pitch bend and mod wheel. Just hook up any controller keyboard via midi. If you want to alter the pitch bend range then you need to send a SysEx message which is easy. Presets are quite useful. The sequencer on the monologue is fantastic and really easy to use. In addition to notes, you can sequence four tracks of parameter tweaks. Do check out the Roland SE-02 too. It is pricier at about £470 new but I’ve seen it for £300-350 used and it has presets, a sequencer and 3 oscillators. It has built-in delay too.
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Synthogy now does a slimmed-down iOS version of its fantastic Ivory II Piano (the original is one of the best computer piano libraries around). That’s worth checking out.
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The monologue does great bass sounds. The envelopes are a bit more limited as they aren’t full ADSR but there are plenty of great sounds available. Have you checked out the Behringer Model D? £285 for a Minimoog clone!
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See edit above. No, PC in this context means “program change”. You could do it with a phone, tablet or a dedicated stomp box or a synth; basically with anything capable of sending a midi program change message.
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That’s a shame. What about if you had velcro on top of the brick and carried the hub loose in a pocket and attached it during set-up pre-gig? Of course it’s appropriate for live use. You can switch presets using it. Also, if you’re ever only likely to use no more than two presets per song but want access to more sounds during the course of a gig, you can set the hub up such that it writes the presets to the hardware preset buttons when you select them. You could design your preset pairs (at home) and choose which ones you want to be on the left and which on the right. Then before each track you simply send the two PC messages and voila, your new presets are available on the hardware stomp switches. You should also get an expression pedal to make use of the hub’s ability to alter a parameter within a preset (ie to bring in an LFO or add resonance etc).
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Open string tracking can be iffy anyway as there are more harmonics present which can confuse the tracking. Octavers are sensitive to dead spots on the neck. These are things you may not notice when playing with effects. The best way to hear if that’s the issue is to play into a fuzz/distortion pedal and you’ll soon hear if the fuzz dies out quicker on certain notes. Are you soloing the neck pickup? That always yields best results for me. Also, active basses can cause glitching. My octavers all worked noticeably better with passive basses. (My Sterling and Octo Nøjs just wouldn’t work together at all!) The “girth” dial on the MXR is really fat and will probably overpower your headphone drivers. It even made my Beyerdynamic cans rattle (though they’re only the 32 Ohm ones). Given that this is my old pedal, I know the issue will be with the bass/strings and not the pedal. This pedal even overcame a couple of dead spots on one of my basses that my other octavers can’t cope with.
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You need to make space for your Hub and something that can send MIDI PC messages. Couldn’t the hub sit on top of the power brick?
