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18 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

First dibs please, if you do decide to move your Pro on!

2nd dibs! 

20 minutes ago, CalDeep said:

I had the WMD Geiger as above. Had two weeks in a studio producing with my band, I used to nearly every day on something, by the 4th day I'd bought a pro...... Its a beast of a thing! Sadly not getting tonnes of use any more as 3Sigma have done a plugin model of it that is fantastic! 

If you want to part with the pro, fire me a PM! 

24 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

He even specifically mentions us bass-players in his NAMM 2018 launch of the Pro - by virtue of having a clean blend.

Nice.

For a period of time, he sold the regular (larger) GC in a 'bass version' too, and would even take back regular ones and mod them for bass. I understand that it just let a little clean through the signal. The GC regular and civi were never kind to low end, but then it's a bit crusher! It never bothered me as I ran mine (along with all the dirt effects) is an parallel loop along either a clean signal, or a sub octave. That said, as I prefer to play in projects without guitar etc. it's no issue to me to not always have huge low end.

Just now, Al Krow said:

I wonder where @CalDeep and your WMDs ended up?

I've had my WMD Civilian Issue for 5 mins, but having heard clips from your albums @pantherairsoft I'm already GAS-ing for one of its big brothers. The 2018 Pro version looks awesome...if anyone has one they've forgotten about which has been quietly disarmed in a cupboard somewhere...😊

The Pro came out after I'd stopped playing for a while - it looks insane, but I've never seen one in the wild. He does make some incredible toys though, I have no doubt that it rocks!

13 minutes ago, lee650 said:

Ahh I remember those boards! I was a fan of "our Helical Mind" at the time, and you actually inspired me,to get more into effects and electronic music. I actuslly bought one of your Diago boards at the time 😁

Thanks!

I was pretty fond of that 2-board set up... it felt like a compromise at the time, but on reflection, it was still ALOT of pedals! I have a few pics of the last version of that...

1 hour ago, 51m0n said:

That much Moog makes me sweaty in a somewhat embarrassing way 😍

 

 

There were two more at one point!

One of my biggest regrets in life was selling the Cluster Flux. That pedal was the single most creative thing I've ever made noise with.

2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Suddenly find myself paying much closer attention to your pedal boards for some reason! Maybe the multiple album releases have something to do with it... 😄 

So which board is your WMD currently sitting on? 

I used to be pretty active around here some years ago and ran a blog about effects etc... but I stepped away from bass after getting divorced and life getting messy. At that time, I sold my entire library of effects, including the WMD stuff (I used a Super FatMan from them as well).

This very thread will have more pedalboards of mine in it than I care to remember, but here is the big touring board I used with Our Helical Mind, and where the WMD stuff was a pretty critical part of the sound... It's a 2-tier board, so there are a load of other pedals you can't see that were controlled by the GigRig Quarter Master, or in the loop of other effects.

It looks cool, but try taking it on tour - it took 2 people to lift it (that board is 1.4m wide).

I ended up refining this set up and stripping it down to two smaller Diago boards that I linked together, which revolved around making due with fewer tones and using an Eventide Pitchfacter to replace a LOT of the pedals (that thing is insanely good).

Good times!

2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Fantastic! Love to hear where / when / styles of music you were using it on?

I'm already a little bit tempted to try one of the full sized GCs, but they come with a hefty price tag!

It was a few years ago, but in some capacity it played a part in almost every track you can find here - https://ourhelicalmind.bandcamp.com

We were just live drums and bass, so all the instrumentation that you hear is the bass, loading with effects. The Geiger counter was one of the core elements of all the distorted and synth tones (mixed with filters, modulation and pitch shifting etc).

12 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Loaded up my board with a WMD which I couldn't resist for very long when it came up used recently, as they're pretty rare over here. I thought it was going to be completely crazy based on some of the YT reviews and that I was going to be at risk of an IED blowing up in my face but, to my slight disbelief, it's turned out to have a surprising number of usable settings and first impressions are that it's actually a more versatile "gated fuzz" than the Mastotron which it has (at least for now) displaced from my board. But even in this Civilian mode, the WMD does make the Mastotron seem pretty un-savage in comparison.

I love the Geiger Counter. I used to use the bigger version as part of my huge board and it ended up being one of the most used pedals I had.

7 hours ago, danny-79 said:

Ok so I’ve been speaking to a friend of mine who basically said he can do it but needs to know exactly what parts are needed (I’m lost right about now) so I’ll copy paste this message might be a good idea but if you have any experience with this please share. Would it even be possible to add a external pot so it can adjusted on the fly ?

 

ive got two. (The first is out on loan, not seen it for a while I should get it back!) the second is brand new, it’s quite a decent volume drop, I have tried different guitars basses and amps all with the same results 

If you google ‘Phase 90 Volume Drop’ I’m certain you’ll find discussion on it. I’ve got no direct experience. I just recall it being discussed a lot in the past.

Given the number of awesome phaser options, it might be worth just picking up a pedal that does the job for you, rather than trying to force an existing one to work. Or, before you mod it, maybe just pick up a loop pedal with volume control (LS-2 or one of the million other options) and use that to bring it up to level. It’ll give you a chance to play with it for a while and work out how loud you actually need it to be before you change its level gain and realise maybe you wanted a small boost or something.

37 minutes ago, danny-79 said:

Just had a quick fudge around to get the Phase90 on. I’m still getting a volume drop when the phaser kicks in ? Any thoughts on that ? 

(And got some toppers seeing as all the  cool kids have them 😜😂)

The Phase 90 is pretty reputable for the volume drop - just a quirk of that older pedal design. IIRC it is something to do with the resistor on the output (I think it's 150k) and replacing it for a 180k is enough to level that out.

Also note that the very nature of a phaser makes it pretty hard for your ears to detect 'unity' gain, as such they tend to either sound a little quiet, or a little loud depending where in the phase sweep they are. 

1 hour ago, jimbobothy said:

… is that a Classic 2 board you have there? 

Indeed. This is a Pedaltrain Classic 2.

Refined set up for all things noisy/ambient/synthy.

Pretty happy with everything overall and it'll certainly do me for the current project...

The Vintage Microtubes isn't really my choice of OD sound (a bit too rock/metal) for the stuff I'm doing now, so I might swap that out some something a bit more ‘me’, however it does stack well with the Alpha Omicron. Also, the Xerograph is getting less use now that the Barbenera has taken prime spot for synth swells. It's a nice envelope filter, but it's not my favourite as a stand alone classic filter (that spot goes to the Subdecay Prometheus, which I miss very much!), so may be on the chopping block soon for something else.
 

For those of you interested in the signal chain...

• Instrument input > Onto Nojs >
• Darkglass Alpha Omicron >
• Darkglass Vintage Microtubes >
• Bananana Effects Matryoshka Bass Synth >
• Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe >
• Nemphasis Steam Bass >
• EBS DPhaser >
• Triungolo Labs Barbanera (+ Moog EP-3 Expression Pedal) >
• Source Audio Nemesis Delay >
• Neunaber Immerse Reverb >
• TC Electronic Polytune > Output to amp

Everything is mounted to a Pedaltrain Classic 2, cabled with EBS flat patch cables (gold) and powered by a Cioks DC7 power supply (which is easily the best power supply I've ever used).

Traded a pedal with Lee. Great comms and easy transaction.

Many thanks!

NOW TRADED

Hi all,

I recently picked up a few reverbs while assembling my board for a new ambient project. I was fairly sure the Slö was going to be the ultimate winner for me in this quest, however it just got pipped by the Nuenaber Immerse. Ironically, the Slö officially has my favourite Reverb tone of all time, in the 'Dream' setting - that thing is glorious (even nicer than the famous Neunaber 'wet' tone IMO), but the Immerse does a little bit more and the stereo inputs have won out for recording purposes. I've tried to justify keeping both so I can still use that 'Dream' tone, but I need to be realistic - lots of other toys to buy.

This pedal has a range of reverbs, modulation waveforms and different latching/momentary functions, which all meld together to create some gorgeous textures.

This is in excellent condition, boxed, with all the goodies (bag, pick, sticker etc etc). I'm asking £150 posted in the UK (you're also welcome to collect in Derby and I'll knock off a fiver), or, I'm open to trades on anything odd and textural (but not another reverb) for use with my new ambient project - glitchy (though not overly aggressive), bit crush, crazy tremolo effects, oddness - I'll consider it all. TRADED

Thanks,

Shep 

Video demo:

Bought a pedal from Peter. Good comms, easy transaction and super quick postage. Very happy!

Shep

Sold Ian my FMeron. Easy transaction and a top guy!

Thanks!

9 minutes ago, Volume said:

Oof! I’m tempted to have this back... hmm... 

I'm partly tempted to keep it for other stuff - it's very unique and literally the only pedal of it's type in existence as far as I can tell.

It does a huge range of sounds that I love too, but it's so wild that shifting into different tones/remembering settings if you want to use it for different stuff is a bit complex. It's incredible, just not quite right for 'how' I want to use it... and there are a few other things on my shopping list it'll help pay for.

I'd be happy for you to have to back, if only to admire your moustache for a few more minutes

3 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

In my first post I tried to explain the 4 signals.

1. Dry (top white knob); applied equally to the Okto (left) and the Nøjs (right) side, hence engaged with either footswitch.

2. Okto: standard synthy octave down. It has its own volume control and a tone knob (static low pass filter) (bottom two white knobs). Engaged with left footswitch.

3. Octavia style gated fuzz: This is the spitty synthy at-pitch fuzz which produces an octave up when playing high up the neck. Has a gain, tone and level control (top three black knobs). Engaged with right footswitch.

4. Octave-down fuzz: this is basically like feeding the octaver into a fuzz in series. Has a level and tone control (lower two black knobs). Engaged with the right footswitch. 
 

The left and right side run in parallel.

So you get series and parallel signals together. 
 

Thanks for taking the time to clarify that - doing so has earned you a sale! Drop me a PM and we can sort out payment details

Hi all,

I've only had this for a short while, but I already know it's not the right fit for me. Honestly, this thing is INCREDIBLE, but it's just not fitting in place for the project I picked it up for.

Loads of buzz and videos online for anyone looking for a very different synth pedal that does a touch of OC2 octave tone, a touch of Moog FreqBox vibe and some crazy envelope swells. Utterly mad. The pedal is in great condition, as per pics.

I'd like back what I paid for it little more than a week ago - £175. The pedal can be collected in Derby, or posted in the UK for £5. SOLD!

Any questions, let me know!

Shep

Is the octave always parallel to the fuzz, or can they be routed in series? The marketing talk makes it sound like octave down fuzz is totally doable, rather than fizz alongside an octave down.

Thanks

Thanks for this.

This sounds pretty cool.

I actually emailed Source Audio with my needs too and their suggestion of which way to go. Their reply is somewhat confusing...

”the Spectrum would do a much closer Moog LPF impression with its 4-pole Low-pass filter.  The EQ2 isn't a resonant filter so it probably wouldn't sound very close to the Moog.”

The website clearly states that you can control the Q of each frequency band, and the sound samples are clearly resonant. Odd.

1 minute ago, Quatschmacher said:

Yes, it’s resonant.  It’s got a very big peak on maximum. 

Now I’m very interested. As the EQ2 can replace my tuner as well - extra pedalboard space!

Have you seen a video/sound clip of it functioning in this manner anywhere? Would love to hear it with some fuzz and octave before it before taking a punt!

5 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Yes you can but the cutoff caps at 6KHz so you don’t get a full-spectrum sweep. Ironically the EQ2 works better for this as it’s just had a lowpass option added and the frequency range is 20Hz-20KHz.

That’s interesting! However, I’m assuming the EQ2’s LPF isn’t resonant/have an resonance control?

Hi all,

Question for those of you who have had hands on this...

Is it possible to use the Spectrum as a sweepable Low Pass Filter (adjusting the LPF cut-off frequency with the expression input). I've heard multiple clips of it tone shaping in the style of the Moog MF-101, but I'my eat to hear a demo of anyone using it for expression sweeps, like it commonly associated with the Moog LPF.

Can anyone comment on the functionality of that aspect, and most importantly, the tone?

Thanks.