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Empress. It’s the only one I’ve used that I can get one with - had various ones but always found them frustrating to use. With the input and output monitoring leds it really helps you keep on top of what it’s doing!

Praise indeed. Thank you very much!

Thanks! You got 2 out of the four pedals Close but no cigar!

And as promised....here's a track - hoping you can easily listen to it - let me know. Not the best live recording ever but you get an overall idea of the track and how the bass sits / works in the track. Suggested talking points (!): 1) What do you reckon to the sound and (I'm not gonna tell you straight off) what do you think I'm using to generate it? 2) What do you think to the actual bass part - does it work with the track / sound & feel more like a synth part? Could it be improved / changed?** **caveat - first gig with these guys and listening back this part (I think) needs some tweaks - at times it is too complex and interferes with vox and (where appropriate) it could with some more variations as well. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.... CLONE Live at Brewdog May 18.mp3

This thread is great! Love reading it, seeing where everyone else is at on their ‘synth’ journey. To that end can I suggest maybe we share some clips / ‘sounds in progress’ for discussion / appraisal? I know I’d love to hear what sounds you guys are creating and how you’re using them live / recorded... I’ll get the ball rolling shortly with a live track from the other week

I’ll try and do some OC2 this eve when I get home. Loving the Super Sharp Shooter lick - gonna figure that out as well!!

Can’t see it....any chance of a link?

Cool - not a disimilar setup to me so far (8vr pedals - boss / EHX / T16) into squelch pedals (3 leaf groove regulator or EHX W balls) or distortion / bit crusher. But the new Squaver looks great...any idea of cost? Yes you’re right about actual synths but I’m decided I’m not going that route so just going to have to work hard to get the best sounds I can from my electric....

Nice one - do you think it’s with hanging on for the new verisons then? Though presumably they will have a serious price tag attached to them? I did have a Red Witch - taken in a trade I think - but I moved it on quite quickly. As I recall it didn’t do anything that any other octave pedal with a bit of grit would do....if it had I would have kept it. The synthotron looks great but not easy to come by? Whats currently on you board for generating synth tones?

The Zyex lights are indeed light and low tension but still sound growly and great. They bow pretty well too. I think they’re great.

I love the idea of the Sonic Smith stuff but it’s not cheap and the Squaver gets absolutely destroyed over on Talkbass....I’m not prepared to risk wasting that much money. The Red Witch Zeus (which I see you’re looking for) was, IMO, ok but nothing special but the synthotron looks interesting (have you got one?).

You’d be better off using a specialist for work on your instrument. though I’m sure Steve Martin is good as I understand it he’s not an actual luthier / trained (but I could well be wrong). Ralph Plumb is based in Hexham and is a dedicated double bass / cello builder and repairer and is excellent. PM me for details . He’s done various bits of work for me and other pro players around the NE so that should give you confidence! Ian

Ive signed up but I can’t see that exact pic / promotion?

Cool but where?

It’s about $30 I think to buy and well worth it !

I think the ability to mess with the EQ and also change octave’s is a fantastic tool for being able to pull out bass from the mix. Especially when it’s hidden in a dense mix with lots of other things going on. The stereo pan is also really useful when using backing tracks with bass pan to one side and I’ve also found that a lot of the older Motown and similar recordings have-bass panned to one side(!). The ability to effectively change key as well is great when working with singers who do things in different keys!

Transcribe is only about 30dollars and I use it pretty much every day for teaching and for transcription. It’s such a powerful tool and I’ve not personally found anything else that approaches the quality of it. Highly recommend getting hold of it and probably best to buy if you can as it supports small company and a great product.... it would be a shame if it went out of business! I use a Mac desktop and a Mac laptop so I’m not sure how is with other platforms in terms of compatibility.