Quatschmacher
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Easier to just prefix the thread title with “WITHDRAWN” as they catch those quickly. It’ll also stop you getting any further queries before the mods get to it. -
SOLD - Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe - Free UK postage
Quatschmacher replied to Quatschmacher's topic in Effects For Sale
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Whilst I agree that the copy sounds a tad hyberbolic, Mike Beigel has created some of the world’s best-loved pedals (Mu-Tron III, Bi-Phase, Octave Divider, Q-Tron, Q-Balls) so it’s a fair bet this will be good.
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If you’re even vaguely thinking of getting one, do it quickly as his stuff sells out really fast and then it’s really hard to get. I wanted a Micro-Tron III but have never found one and now from that link I saw that they recently made a batch of black ones which are also now all gone.
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Even just voice memos recorded on a phone will give a rough idea. The Mastotron is great. (I’d have suggested checking it out at Wunjo but I bought the last one they had, though I’m sure they’ll restock.) It doesn’t do all the self-oscillation that the FFF does but does what I wanted it to do and more.
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I’m very happy with the Mastotron and won’t be parting with it but the FFF looks like it offers some other cool stuff. That’s very kind of you, thank you. It’s sadly a bit far as I’m in Sheffield. I’ll be down later in the year so if I still haven’t tried one by then, I’ll drop you a line. I guess I could always buy one online and return it if I don’t like it. There was also one on eBay recently but I was on the fence so didn't bid.
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I’d generally be using such a thing with an octaver before it and both running into a filter to get synth-like sounds. P bass with flats too. The other thing which gives these a synth vibe is the heavy gating (notes cutting dead as soon as you mute) as it is similar to the hard key-on/key-off gate of a keyboard. The Mastotron does this so I was wondering if the FFF did this too. Do you have any sound clips?
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Thanks to @GisserD for giving me the final bits of information/playing samples to give the push to try this pedal out and ultimately buy one. Anyone interested in aping synth sounds would do well to pick up one of these. The tight gate gives a very keyboard-type response to the notes (hard note on and off) and with it you can create interesting attack transients. It also does “regular” fuzz sounds if you want to rock out. Sadly the demos don’t really do it justice.
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Is anyone using or has anyone used one of these? I’d be interested to read your thoughts on it. I’m particularly interested in whether the gate can get really tight and how it fares in the creation of synth-type sounds (alone or in combination with other pedals). There doesn’t seem to be much written on the forum about this.
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Still not received it. I just checked out the Slowlight Quartet videos and really enjoyed them. Have you heard the album “Flight” by Dave Stapleton? I think you’d enjoy it
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Sadly I’m trying really hard to rein in my spending and am sticking to a one-in-one-out policy (and I’m currently waiting for one to go out).
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The Enigma is a great filter pedal by the genius that is Mike Beigel (of Mu-Tron fame). Good price too. I’ve always been tempted to get a second one and have it modified so that the distortion trimpot is controlled by an external knob and to have a master volume control added.
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That’s beautiful. The strings remind me of Ravel and do I detect an Avishai Cohen influence on this track? (I don’t mean to say it sounds derivative in any way; I mean it as a compliment.) There is some kind of glitch on my browser (safari on iPhone) which means it keeps looping without ever getting to the outro. Do you have a link to the track somewhere else as I’d love to listen to all of it.
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This is partly what swung it for me to keep it. I just ran a Mastotron into this and it is brilliant. Also, I had a longer play around with many of the other filter settings and tweaked them and found a few more great things in there. -
SOLD - Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe - Free UK postage
Quatschmacher replied to Quatschmacher's topic in Effects For Sale
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I’m sure if you’re reading this you’re already aware of this great envelope-controlled filter. If not, check the video review below. A host of synthy goodness and “standard” wah is available from this. N.B., this is the earlier, 5-knob version. Can post same day.
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One popped up on eBay in the uk a couple of days ago.
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Nope, it’s still possible to order one. If you’re thinking about it you might want to do it before July when they roll out the changes they’ve made (aluminium hardware replacing the chrome and different tuners).
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You can use a dedicated MIDI program change piece of hardware or app to better change between patches. Such as MIDImouse, Soleman or MIDI pad 2.
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Quite a bit more as the SonicSmith is a “proper” analogue synth, has a bunch of additional features and can be used with any instrument/voice. Whether it’s £600 more versatile is questionable if you only want to use it with bass.
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It looks like it should. It basically appears to just be a resonant LP/BP filter with an envelope follower and LFO to control the sweep. However, it doesn’t have a stomp switch but rather a normal on/off rocker switch so looks more suited to desktop use.
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Set up right, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t. I got some pretty fat sounds from it. The other main feature of the SonicSmith stuff is that you can use them to drive any synth that has CV and gate inputs (Minitaur, Model D, Sub37, etc).
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It is the same as the Squaver though without PWM and sub octave and a lesser-featured filter. If you like the basic sound that Zach got it his video then you’ll probably like it. There are some not-so-great “demo” videos of it floating around.
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Check out their Convertor.
