Anyone tried a Ring Thing yet?

[thisnameistaken]

Since having the Bugcrusher on my board I've thought I could use a proper ring modulator, and I was looking at the Ring Thing and thinking that the patch memory might be useful, wondered if anyone here has tried it on bass yet? Or tried it at all?

[0175westwood29]

ive seen a few videos online looks awesome! so anyone out there tried it?

andy

[rOB]

Saw the title and thought you meant [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Ring_Thing"]this[/url].




erm...




You obviously didn't mean that.

[bartelby]

I can't decide which would be better, the patches in the EHX Ring Thing or the different waveforms on the Way Huge Ring Worm.

[Dosi Y'Anarchy]

I've tried the Ring Thing out a few times.

Theres alot of cool sounds in it. I cant really give any technical descriptions as I've only played it and tried out the presets without looking at the manual.

Basically. It does the ring-mod thing (duh) but you can press the left stomp switch for it to change to the key you're playing in.

The presets give a whole range of sounds from micro pog-like polyphonic octave up (sounds a bit more digital than the pog though), tremolo/vibrato sounds, whammy-like pitch shifting (with an expression pedal) - and alot of synthy sounds.


Its really cool, I personally wouldnt have a use for it but its alot of pedal for the money and you could definitely have alot of fun coming up with both wacky and no-so-wacky presets.

[xgsjx]

[quote name='bartelby' post='1362633' date='Sep 5 2011, 09:58 AM']I can't decide which would be better, the patches in the EHX Ring Thing or the different waveforms on the Way Huge Ring Worm.[/quote]
You need to get one just to go with your bass & claim Stingring!

[bartelby]

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1363068' date='Sep 5 2011, 04:49 PM']You need to get one just to go with your bass & claim Stingring! [/quote]

Out of any option I'd rather have the Lovetone Ring Stinger.

just need to find someone who can build one for me...

[Cloff]

Someone at the dutch bass guitar forum (basgitaarforum.nl) made a video with a lot of samples of the Ring Thing.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MrqSXnYPM&feature=player_embedded"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MrqSXnYPM...player_embedded[/url]

[thisnameistaken]

Hehehehe.

Oh **** it I'll get one.

It's just the idea of having 9 different kinds of wildness pre-programmed, more for colour than anything else. I don't really like typical modulation effects I find them a bit sickly, so this seems like it would be ideal for me.

Edited September 6, 2011 by thisnameistaken

[Spoombung]

Bump - has anyone here got one?

[Spoombung]

No interest in this, then...?

[thisnameistaken]

I never got around to getting one in the end. I've heard reports that it suffers a bit from noise on the carrier signal but haven't tried one myself.

[Doddy]

I've not tried the Ring Thing but I recently bought a Way Huge Ringworm. It's a cool pedal-it's got a lot of options
and sounds...I just need to find a place to use it now. I already had a Sinister Analogue Ramrod which is a lot
simpler but still makes some great sounds.
I like Ring Modulators, especially listening to how guys like Tim Lefebvre use them (he uses the Dod Gonkulator and
more recently the EHX Frequency Anslyser)

[lxxwj]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1315147581' post='1361848']
Since having the Bugcrusher on my board I've thought I could use a proper ring modulator, and I was looking at the Ring Thing and thinking that the patch memory might be useful, wondered if anyone here has tried it on bass yet? Or tried it at all?
[/quote]
Does this mean you're selling the bugcrusher?

[thisnameistaken]

Don't be silly. If the OC-2 is the meat then the Bugcrusher is the gravy, it's great for adding frequencies on to deep sounds, I use it on everything.

I do want to try the Mooer Lofi Machine though, it looks like it does a ton of cool stuff in such a little box. I've also got into using the ring mod in my M9 because it's nice to be able to ramp some params on the expression pedal. That's why I was looking for something with patch memory.

[Fender_Greg]

[quote name='Cloff' timestamp='1315310215' post='1364024']
Someone at the dutch bass guitar forum (basgitaarforum.nl) made a video with a lot of samples of the Ring Thing.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MrqSXnYPM&feature=player_embedded[/media]
[/quote]

A bit of an acquired taste then
If I'm being brutal.....I very much don't like a single sound from it!

[Dad3353]

Zon Sonus 4, eh..? Sounds more like a Legacy Elite to me; much 'woodier'. Possibly with a brass nut, judging from the sustain. Not sure about the pick, though. Horse leather or Shark fin..? Difficult to tell...

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='Fender_Greg' timestamp='1358553636' post='1941499']A bit of an acquired taste then
If I'm being brutal.....I very much don't like a single sound from it![/quote]

I don't think he did a very good job of demoing it, but yeah they probably are an acquired taste. It's a very destructive type of modulation, so you need to be going for an electronically-destroyed sort of vibe, really.

[Spoombung]

I agree it's not a particularly good demo, but it's programmability is the attraction for me; I could write a part in the music to show off the effect and recall the same setting instantly at a gig. Appealing.

[Spoombung]

I bought one. A little rough demo:

[b][media]http://youtu.be/ezEJQ-H6Hlk[/media][/b]

Edited February 15, 2013 by Spoombung