dannybuoy

[quote name='Higgie' post='223216' date='Jun 20 2008, 08:11 PM']I wish I had a decent way to record clips. I've managed to get some awesome sounds running: Boss OC-2>Modded Russian Big Muff>Mutron III>Atomic Echo Clone (Way Huge Aqua Puss clone) Sometimes I whack an MXR M-117R reissue Flanger in for good measure [/quote] You can record with pretty much any PC. Get a jack adaptor to turn your big plug into a smaller one and plug it into the mic/line in socket in your computer. There's a sound recorder that comes with windows that will do the job, but there's also loads of freeware audio editors out there! I'm gonna do that clip now whilst the missus is watching Corrie!

I've just got a really sick D&B bass sound out of my Supercollider fuzz going into a Tonefactor 442 analogue filter (which you can now buy as the Boomstick Bottom Feeder). Even though the fuzz compresses the peaks, it's still possible to control the envelope with how much you dig in, and it sounds like a really dark Renegade Hardware style filtered bass synth. Adding octave/modulation/delay to this would be awesome. I'll do some clips alongside drums sometime this weekend!

Here's some sound samples of the new Chunk Systems Octavius synth: [url="http://www.chunksystems.com/os.htm#sounds"]http://www.chunksystems.com/os.htm#sounds[/url]

[url="http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/effects-explained.html"]http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/eff...-explained.html[/url]

Try a Boss LS-2 so that you can blend 2 sounds together in paralell, one of your synths in one loop and a nasty fuzz in the other.

I just pre-ordered one from Wymore Guitars over the other side of the pond. The guy has 10 on order and will get them at the end of June. $150 + $27 delivery! It doesn't have the DI output like the Sansamp but to me that's a bonus as I want to run delay and modulation after the amp sim, I'm thinking EHX Stereo Memory Man, then into a stereo Radial DI box. A common complaint of the Sansamp Bass Driver is the scooped mids resulting in getting lost in the mix, but this pedal is supposed to fix that with it's dedicated mids knob, and can do sounds ranging from hard distorted metal to clean motown fliptop.

I really want a Tech21 VT Bass from the US, especially as they'll be around £150 when they arrive here and are only $150 over there. It's meant to kick the arse out of the regular Sansamp tonewise. I've been trying to get one delivered but everywhere's out of stock until July. In fact, if she can find any get her to grab as many as possible and sell them onto us lot for a small profit!

I've bought a couple of pedals from the US and have so far escaped any import duty. I have an Earthbound Supercollider coming this week, hopefully that will escape it too. Or maybe it's cos I'm getting them sent to my work address and my company is getting hammered for all the charges!

There's one on ebay...

Not sure if my Humphrey modded Badder Monkey simply has more gain on tap than the stock version, but it's got masses of overdrive available and doesn't do clean. More medium to high gain I reckon.

BSW is ok, but there's better out there. Next best thing after the Mutron and Meatball for not a lot of dough is a DOD FX25 or an EHX Q-Tron. Also very good but more subtle and less squelchy are the Boomstick Bottom Feeder or Emma Discombobulator.

Yeah, it's possible using a voltage doubler circuit. I believe the DHA pedals use one to double the 12v input to 24v to feed the tubes. I've had a DHA VT2 and it sounded awesome, really fat and warm and could get a nice clean sound as well as balls-to-the-wall overdrive - take a look at the new VT1-EQ-Drive pedal. I REALLY want one, but since I want to build up a big crazy pedalboard, size and power supply issues are important to me so I'm looking at getting a Tech21 VT Bass instead. Also check out the soon to be released Aguilar Tone Hammer and EHX Bass Metaphor, they could be the next big thing. Cream Pies are all out of stock now, but all the clips I've heard of them on bass sounded really farty to me anyway.

I just jam along to my record collection, turn down the bass so I can't hear it and make up my own bass lines. Much more fun!

If you can solder, I'd try out this: [url="http://www.buildyourownclone.com/graphiceq.html"]http://www.buildyourownclone.com/graphiceq.html[/url] It's a 10 band EQ in a tiny enclosure, and you can change the eq band values to suit your taste.

That colour scheme was my idea too - it looks bloody good Dave! I was gonna get a Sansamp VT Bass pedal as I want something smaller that runs off 9v, but this has got me torn...

I use the heavy duty sticky backed Velcro available from Homebase. Comes on a 1m x 50mm roll, sticks to the board and pedals no problem and is so strong I sometimes have to use a knife to get the pedal of the damn board!