Behringer Mutron III clone (B-Tron III)

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Both of mine are still here, DPD have failed to collect four times 🙄

[Quatschmacher]

  On 31/03/2025 at 09:34, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Both of mine are still here, DPD have failed to collect four times 🙄

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Where did you buy from? Andertons?

[Kyndainverse]

  On 13/03/2025 at 19:42, Kyndainverse said:

It's been fun to play with, makes some great sounds with Low pass. Much more enjoyable sounds than I have managed to get out of my bassballs.

It was a bit of an impulse buy and I didn't realise how huge it would be. I'll probably send it back and get something small.
It does look cool and feels quality for the price. Even if it is giant.  

 

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I didn't send mine back. It's too much fun and didn't cost much.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

  On 31/03/2025 at 09:38, Quatschmacher said:

Where did you buy from? Andertons?

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Yeah. Not their fault, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. 

[Quatschmacher]

Shite. That is all. 

[bakerster135]

  On 02/04/2025 at 16:02, Quatschmacher said:

Shite. That is all. 

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😆 Oh dear...Please, do elaborate

[Cosmo Valdemar]

  On 31/03/2025 at 12:47, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Yeah. Not their fault, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. 

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5th collection attempt today, according to DPD they collected at 1 o'clock today.

It's still here.

[Quatschmacher]

  On 02/04/2025 at 16:05, bakerster135 said:

😆 Oh dear...Please, do elaborate

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Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

Edited Wednesday at 16:08 by Quatschmacher

[LukeFRC]

  On 02/04/2025 at 16:07, Quatschmacher said:

Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

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So even worse than my DIY clone?!

[Quatschmacher]

  On 02/04/2025 at 16:24, LukeFRC said:

So even worse than my DIY clone?!

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Your clone was good.

 

It’s frustrating as it sounds like it’d be pretty good if it responded properly. Does actually respond OK to slap, which my previous Micro-tron didn’t. 

[Quatschmacher]

Also had a scratch on the base. 

[ped]

  On 02/04/2025 at 16:07, Quatschmacher said:

Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

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I don’t suppose you can change the sensitivity internally. Just goes to illustrate how finding the best filter for your own style also needs to take into account the output and bandwidth of your instrument. 

[Quatschmacher]

  On 02/04/2025 at 17:41, ped said:

I don’t suppose you can change the sensitivity internally. Just goes to illustrate how finding the best filter for your own style also needs to take into account the output and bandwidth of your instrument. 

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Might be possible but nothing in the documentation to say so. 

[Kev]

Doesn't sound right, even the most basic of mutton circuit clones should have more than enough range to stop it from triggering.

[Quatschmacher]

  On 02/04/2025 at 18:35, Kev said:

Doesn't sound right, even the most basic of mutton circuit clones should have more than enough range to stop it from triggering.

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Yep. 

[Kev]

try another, maybe?  The scratch could be indicative of it already having been returned before for being a dud.

[Quatschmacher]

  On 02/04/2025 at 18:49, Kev said:

try another, maybe?  The scratch could be indicative of it already having been returned before for being a dud.

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No, it was fully factory sealed. 
 

Not going to bother if this volume drop is a “feature”.

[stewblack]

  On 02/04/2025 at 16:07, Quatschmacher said:

Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

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Wow. I used mine happily with quiet passive basses and really hot active basses. The gain works just fine.

Sorry you had such a bad experience.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I was excited when I first heard about this pedal in the dim and distant past, however I've now decided not to bother. On my all-boss gigging pedalboard I have an AW-3 which makes a wide range of funky sounds, and my recently acquired HX effects has a pretty decent sounding model of a mutron III that I have been having fun playing with.

[LukeFRC]

  On 02/04/2025 at 22:06, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I was excited when I first heard about this pedal in the dim and distant past, however I've now decided not to bother. On my all-boss gigging pedalboard I have an AW-3 which makes a wide range of funky sounds, and my recently acquired HX effects has a pretty decent sounding model of a mutron III that I have been having fun playing with.

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Autofilter will also get you there or thereabouts with some fiddling

[p4ul]

  On 02/04/2025 at 18:49, Kev said:

The scratch could be indicative of it already having been returned before for being a dud.

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Perhaps B-Ringer only made like five hundred units, and are just passing them round via DPD 🤪

[Quatschmacher]

Got the Mutron Microtron III I bought yesterday and, as expected, much better. 

[ped]

  On 04/04/2025 at 09:34, Quatschmacher said:

Got the Mutron Microtron III I bought yesterday and, as expected, much better. 

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How did you rate the Haz Mutron to the Micro?

[Quatschmacher]

  On 04/04/2025 at 09:35, ped said:

 

How did you rate the Haz Mutron to the Micro?

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Not had them side by side to compare and my memory is a bit impaired currently.

[stewblack]

So, last night I combined my Behringer Octave divider with the B Tron and produced the most wonderful squelchy synth sound.

Sat perfectly in the band mix.

Two wonderful pedals for the price of a cup of coffee. Win!