The world's most complicated pedal is....

[Bo0tsy]

... a Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer.

I bought one of these off of ebay a couple of months ago, and it's crying out for a PC interface.

Having said that hours, no make that weeks worth of patience and trial and error with all the various settings in the interface, and I've finally started to configure some of the synth, filter and fuzz tones that I need. It took me long enough to learn how to save your changes due to hidden parameters and permissions.

Anyone else had experience of this pedal?

Btw, I'm not slagging the Squeezer off, now I've finally got to grips with it, it is a wonderful and (eventually) very versatile pedal, but, why oh why, does it have to be so complicated !!

[TimR]

.... the brake pedal on a BMW X5. Never seen anyone who has worked out how to use one properly.

[Owen]

[quote name='Bo0tsy' timestamp='1339677139' post='1692487']
Btw, I'm not slagging the Squeezer off, now I've finally got to grips with it, it is a wonderful and (eventually) very versatile pedal, but, why oh why, does it have to be so complicated !!
[/quote]

I had one of those. It was the bomb. Even the presets were good. I could see endless possibilities. All of which were way beyond my programming ability.

[EBS_freak]

Indeed. Great pedal... but ultimately let down by it's user interface experience.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1339698580' post='1693011']
.... the brake pedal on a BMW X5. Never seen anyone who has worked out how to use one properly.
[/quote]

Beat me to my Audi quip.

[Kiwi]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1339707604' post='1693259']
Beat me to my Audi quip.
[/quote]

[i]"Hisssssss!"[/i]

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1339708325' post='1693279']

[i]"Hisssssss!"[/i]
[/quote]

Yep that's their normal facial expression, "how dare another car be on the road".

[phil.i.stein]

[quote name='Bo0tsy' timestamp='1339677139' post='1692487']
... a Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer.

I bought one of these off of ebay a couple of months ago, and it's crying out for a PC interface.

Having said that hours, no make that weeks worth of patience and trial and error with all the various settings in the interface, and I've finally started to configure some of the synth, filter and fuzz tones that I need. It took me long enough to learn how to save your changes due to hidden parameters and permissions.

Anyone else had experience of this pedal?

Btw, I'm not slagging the Squeezer off, now I've finally got to grips with it, it is a wonderful and (eventually) very versatile pedal, but, why oh why, does it have to be so complicated !!
[/quote]

i wouldn't part with mine for anything.

it's an enigma in a box, wrapped in another enigma ..

basically only used for fuzz / filter for me, i'd love to use it for synth, but it's more unpredictable than the global economy or the weather.

[3below]

Strange, I thought it was the Volvo brake pedal. In the case of bass pedals, it is the one I am connected to at any particular moment

[phil.i.stein]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1339711131' post='1693325']
Yep that's their normal facial expression, "how dare another car be on the road".
[/quote]

or, "i've got LED lights, move along peasant .."

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='phil.i.stein' timestamp='1339792689' post='1694587']
or, "i've got LED lights, move along peasant .."
[/quote]

I have bright "get the f*** off of my arse brake lights"

[phil.i.stein]

good man ! i block 'em better than any F1 driver.

[waynepunkdude]

Me too, I had one going crazy at my the other day, I finally let him past, half hour later I passed him on the hard shoulder with a police man talking to him.

[phil.i.stein]

weird how people's cars go to their heads

anyway, back on topic, this should have been posted in the Effects forum, as i would like to see other users post their settings/experiences, (other than the pure frustration of the interface, of course ..)