Bass Synth...

[pazsunday]

Hey,

I'm currently mucking about with a BOSS SYB-5 and a Digitech Bass Synth Wah and have found that the BOSS has terrible tracking but good sounds and the Digitech has excellent tracking but looses volume.

I really want to get a Deep Impact/Hysteria sound (i have the big muffs!), can anyone recommend a pedal that isn't absolutely impossible to find that can do this?

Cheers

[Kev]

crowther prunes and custard will get you the hysteria sound close enough. Big muffs will not.

[dannybuoy]

Try a Boss LS-2 so that you can blend 2 sounds together in paralell, one of your synths in one loop and a nasty fuzz in the other.

[pazsunday]

Thanks,

Looks like i'm going to go for a Prunes & Custard.

[Muppet]

If you can then try one out. I had one and it's a great pedal but it's not going to give you the instant Hysteria sound you're looking for.

[thisnameistaken]

Are we talking about the Hysteria intro or the rest of it?

The intro you can cop with any half-decent fuzz (the MXR Blowtorch nails it), the rest of it is doubled with a synth so you'd need either some insane string of pedals that degrades your signal (octave downs into octave ups, etc.) and eventually approximates a synth sound, or a square wave generator like the Robot Factory Pulse Synth, and then blend that with your fuzzed bass signal with a Boss LS-2 or similar.

It's a lot of money to spend covering one tune, though. I would just buy a Blowtorch.

[Clunge]

Blowtorch does it perfectly, though running something to give it a touch of grit beforehand really really helps a lot.

[umph]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='214960' date='Jun 8 2008, 04:34 PM']crowther prunes and custard will get you the hysteria sound close enough. Big muffs will not.[/quote]
well considering he used a sovtek big muff and a oc-2 on it i'm pretty sure it should do ;p i got pretty close with my octoplus and big muff

[cheddatom]

[quote name='umph' post='216691' date='Jun 11 2008, 10:37 AM']well considering he used a sovtek big muff and a oc-2 on it i'm pretty sure it should do ;p i got pretty close with my octoplus and big muff[/quote]

I think you're wrong about that. He uses a large array of random effects, digital modelling, and sequenced synths/keyboards all over that album AND live. I can't remember the exact combination used for Hysteria, and I can't check the muse message board for it 'cos i'm IP banned.

I could be wrong though.

[Kev]

[quote name='umph' post='216691' date='Jun 11 2008, 10:37 AM']well considering he used a sovtek big muff and a oc-2 on it i'm pretty sure it should do ;p i got pretty close with my octoplus and big muff[/quote]
absolute bollocks im afraid. he did nothing of the sort. it was done with a human gear animato and deep impact and/or a Roland synth i cant think of the name at the moment.

Edited June 16, 2008 by BassManKev

[Tusknia]

[quote name='Clunge' post='216617' date='Jun 11 2008, 08:05 AM']Blowtorch does it perfectly, though running something to give it a touch of grit beforehand really really helps a lot.[/quote]
+1

And BassmanKev, the synth your thinking of was the JP8000 but that was used on Time is running out and not Hysteria.

[Kev]

[quote name='Tusknia' post='317603' date='Oct 29 2008, 02:32 PM']+1

And BassmanKev, the synth your thinking of was the JP8000 but that was used on Time is running out and not Hysteria.[/quote]
the whole bassline is played with distorted bass with a synth on top, whereas time is running out was the synth alone

[fretmeister]

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='215157' date='Jun 8 2008, 11:05 PM']Try a Boss LS-2 so that you can blend 2 sounds together in paralell, one of your synths in one loop and a nasty fuzz in the other.[/quote]

Yes.

I performed HYsteria last Sat night.

Boss LS2. EHX Metal Muff on 1 loop, Digitech Synth Wah in the other. Blend to taste.

Sounded HUGE.

[SisterAbdullahX]

[quote name='pazsunday' post='214632' date='Jun 7 2008, 08:22 PM']Hey,

I'm currently mucking about with a BOSS SYB-5 and a Digitech Bass Synth Wah and have found that the BOSS has terrible tracking but good sounds and the Digitech has excellent tracking but looses volume.

I really want to get a Deep Impact/Hysteria sound (i have the big muffs!), can anyone recommend a pedal that isn't absolutely impossible to find that can do this?

Cheers[/quote]


Z-Vex Woolly Mammoth.

[Kev]

[quote name='SisterAbdullahX' post='330370' date='Nov 16 2008, 11:52 PM']Z-Vex Woolly Mammoth.[/quote]
= most overpriced fuzz available

there are several clones around i think that probably do a better job too, someone on here has one i think.....

Edited November 17, 2008 by BassManKev

[Mr.T]

[quote name='fretmeister' post='319094' date='Oct 31 2008, 02:45 PM']Yes.

I performed HYsteria last Sat night.

Boss LS2. EHX Metal Muff on 1 loop, Digitech Synth Wah in the other. Blend to taste.

Sounded HUGE.[/quote]

Hi,

What setting did you use on your Digitech BSW?