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From the official website - http://artecsound.com/effect/index.html If they don't say it's isolated then it isn't!

Man I'd get 2 Moogerfoogers AND an Octave pedal on that board!

That board is full of serious WIN!!!!

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1341233926' post='1715441'] Ooh that reminds me, I pretty much hate the Boss CEB-3, but my EBS died some months back. Anyone have any bass chorus tips? [/quote] get another Unichorus. It is a great pedal! The Analogman Chorus is lovely too. I use the Moog Clusterflux which is seriously expensive and serious overkill for most... before that I was always very happy with the EBS!

It was bought to my attention that as this thread gets longer it may become harder to find the links to the interviews etc... So I have updated the opening post with all the links and each time a new interview is published in the thread I will add the link to opening post for the purpose of quick reference. Shep

Great little set up dude. Really like it.

Time for some glitchy, ambient craziness! PLEASE BE AWARE - MY WEBSITE IS NOW CLOSED. THE INTERVIEWS CAN NOW BE FOUND HERE -> [url="http://simonpoulton.tumblr.com/sheponbass"]http://simonpoulton.....com/sheponbass[/url] Luke Bhatia is a guitarist who plays everything from the bass lines up and is the man behind the noise with Manchester favorites, From The Kites of San Quentin. The Kites' have a made a real name for themselves on the the Electronica scene over recent years playing a signature combination of haunting ambience, solid grooves and well layered sound textures. They perform (generally) as a 3-piece combinations of Guitar, electronics & vocal yet have a full sound comparable to many a 4 or 5 piece Electronica act.

[quote name='gub' timestamp='1341053796' post='1713228'] Just had a read through sheps blog and found it really interesting , new to the whole effects thing myself too ! [/quote] Thank you dude - Means a lot. I'm working on the next Signal Chain BASSics post at the mo! As long as people find it interesting/useful then I'll keep writing. To the OP - I can only mirror what everyone else has said. I'd stick with the multi effects until you have a really clear picture of what sounds you like and what sounds you have little use for and then when you have that, stick with it a little longer until you know what characteristics of the sounds you love are important to you - So if you decide you REALLY need an Overdrive, think about what tonal properties the OD you like has so you can make a sensible decision about what controls/characteristics the pedals you buy in the future have. Also worth noting that some multi units have far simpler and more instinctive control set ups and so a 'better' multi unit may be the way to go if you decide you actually like a bit of everything.

Great news!!

[quote name='Si600' timestamp='1340966180' post='1712091'] I am using it after the ODB-3, it goes through the EQ - COMP - ODB-3 - NG. The port allocations are: EQ to Input A, Output A to ODB-3, ODB-3 to Input B then Output B to the amp. I'll try using it inline with the engines the other way around as you suggest though and see what happens. Thanks again for sparing the time to assit [/quote] Hmmm... I recall trying this and finding odd results... I understand the 2 sets of inputs outputs were intended to allow you have one engine in line with your pedals and another connected to the effects loop of your amp so you can apply one engine (assumably the Noise Gate) after your amp EQ section. I'm unsure how it responds in the way you are using it. Give the inline a try (engine A effects the signal and then runs into section and let us know how/if it differs form the way you are using it? Shep

Ah - I have only just realised!!! You are using the noise gate BEFORE the noisy pedal!!! Ha. Yes.... put it after otherwise it will do NOTHING! I assume you were using the ins and outs of the separate inputs on the back to isolate the pedal? Wish I'd noticed that 1st! lol. Id suggest just putting the nova dynamics inline so only one input and one output is in use and use engine A as a NG and engine B as a compressor. So... BASS - GE7B - ODB-3 - Nova Dynamics (Noise Gate THEN Comp) - AMP I'd suggest starting with the attack at 9o'clock and the decay on minimum/zero... this means the gate will fade in fairly quick once the threshold is met and then it will open instantly when you start playing (so as not to cut off the attack of your 1st note).

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1340961791' post='1711997'] I agree with a lot of the above, any kind of gain pedal will amplify and highlight any noise already present. I don't know a great deal about gates, but I know that some (like the Boss NS-2 [url="http://bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/ns2.xml"]http://bossarea.com/...e=boxes/ns2.xml[/url] ) also has a 'noise reduction' circuit. It attempts to cut out hiss/noise whilst allowing the guitar signal through....but how well that works with hi-gain pedals I don't know, not used one Si [/quote] It does very little - My understanding (and from my use of an NS-2) it seems to be pre-programmed to identify common problem frequencies such as 50-60Hz hum and certain high level whistles caused by too many transformers being near each other. The reason I stopped using the NS-2 was due to a small suck of bass 'punch' which I 'assume' is part of it's treatment to the 50-60Hz area... it may not be that, but something was certainly lacking with that pedal! Hiss etc remained untouched and is just a byproduct of high gain effects.

A noise gate silences the pauses - It will not reduce 'noise' while other things are going on as there is no way for it to identify what you consider to be noise. The point of the gate is to get rid of the hiss and squeals etc etc in the parts when you are not playing anything to keep the silence silent. The Nova Dynamics (which i use) is the best live Noise Gate in a pedal format IMO. The instructions don't really help explain amazingly well, so sorry if this is exactly what you know but it makes sense to explain for completions sake... The Threshold dictates how soon the gate reacts so the lower the knob is set, the less volume is required before the pedal thinks it's time to gate. The Level dictates how much volume is dipped out once the threshold is reached. The Attack and Release knobs allow you to control and the length of the fade in and out to the amount set on the level knob. This means that when the last note you played dies off to the threshold level you can make the gate instantly choke the 'noise' to silence, or produce a natural fade out (and then back in) when you start playing again. Importantly here the term 'noise' means your entire signal!! One tip is to ensure the gate is BEFORE the compressor as your compressor is effectively making the hiss and low level noise louder as your notes sustain - thats the compressors job! If you gate well and then apply compression to the remaining signal you will hear far less noise. Another very important thing to point out is that the ODB-3 is supposed to sound like that! It is a gain-based pedal and it's job is to amplify and enhance the gain in your signal chain - that means his in the silence! If you don't have noise when that pedal is off and your noise gate usage is purely to silence this unit then I would suggest you want to go and get yourself a gated-fuzz pedal (ZVEX Mastotron etc) and set the gain low to get an OD tone and let the pedal do all the gating for you!!! The only way to remove the hiss and noise completely and all the time is to identify what frequency the noise is at and then use an advanced EQ to remove the guilty frequencies from your signal - Fine in a studio but far too much work when live! Hope some of that helps and I'm not just teaching you to suck eggs...

Boo! I run 5 foogers from my GigRig generator. The all draw different power amounts and the MF-101 seems to want at least 200mA to not get noisy. The Moog supply that comes with it gives 300mA to allow headroom. As mentioned it is tip positive - which is the opposite of most pedals and boss style stuff and they all require isolated supplies other than the Clusterflux which is happy to work without isolation (I assume thats part of the new board design and hopefully will be true of new foogers to come!). So - reverse polarity, isolation and 200-300mA is what you need. It's obviously easier (and cheaper) with these to stick to the retail power supply, but for me it was a red tip adapter (reverse polarity) and a Virtual Battery bother from GigRig (and can be used with other supplies, not just the Generator). Worth noting that my Moog Ring Mod and Phaser require exactly the same stuff, but the FreqBox is an arse and gets VERY noisy unless it gets lots of juice! The power supply for it gives it 300mA but I found ANYTHING less than that and it whinges (so Dan at gigrig modded a SupaNova adapter for me to give it over 1000mA).

I've had one in the studio for a few days... It's a great bit of kit and the way I'd go if I had too... But the flexibility I get from my current modulation and delay far out strips it. Yes it does other stuff... But I'm the way I currently use my set up its not for me. I'm sure I'll own one some day though!