Mutron Clone or Clown?

[p4ul]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375857544552

 

Appols if a repost. Has any one used one? They also have a Micro Tron… cheap and cheerful or WOM?

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[stewblack]

Mines arriving today or tomorrow. I'll let you know.

[p4ul]

Nice one thanks 🫡

[stewblack]

Well I've been playing with it for a couple of days and it's a beauty.

Fantastic down sweep. Bubbly, warm, liquid tones all the way through to synthy oddness.

Considering how many envelope filters I already own I'm surprised to find one offering something different. 

It's not without it's idiosyncrasies; unusually labelled controls, and a depth control that goes too far - into distortion in fact. But it is so easy to get great sounds out of it that these quibbles are vanishingly small.

Add to this Ian at Red Rocket Music is a very approachable and helpful guy.

 

[stewblack]

Gigged it last night. I like it a lot.

[p4ul]

Brilliant, thanks.

 

well, it looks like I’m gonna have to get one of those then 💸

one can never have too many envelope filters to be fair 🤩

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[stewblack]

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[p4ul]

Snagged one on the new redrocket website @ 75 earth sponds, which is cheaper than the bay at 90 bay sponds. [if you were hesitating] 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375881207306  new slagbay listing.

Going to ruin destroy funk it up it next sunday at the Actors open mic! 

will leave maybe a review if I can be arsed as stew has already done one.

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[p4ul]

Well, 1st hour = it's a bloody brilliant little box! weird, mad and as fonky as fok

 

Gonna play with it some more, but very well worth it IMHO, very nimble indeed, and to paraphrase captain stewblack "Considering how many envelope filters I own and have owned its nice to find something different" 

 

One thing to note maybe, there is quite a lot of difference in its behaviour between active and passive circuitry, it gets quite unruly, rude even with an active bass up its fundament..no bad thing, just be aware that your passive funk settings with go "Full Flight Bootsy" with an active bass 🤘

 

peace

[mowf]

Curious how this, and indeed an original Mutron III, will compare to the new Behringer B-Tron III coming out soon.

[stewblack]

On 20/02/2025 at 16:04, p4ul said:

Well, 1st hour = it's a bloody brilliant little box! weird, mad and as fonky as fok

 

Gonna play with it some more, but very well worth it IMHO, very nimble indeed, and to paraphrase captain stewblack "Considering how many envelope filters I own and have owned its nice to find something different" 

 

One thing to note maybe, there is quite a lot of difference in its behaviour between active and passive circuitry, it gets quite unruly, rude even with an active bass up its fundament..no bad thing, just be aware that your passive funk settings with go "Full Flight Bootsy" with an active bass 🤘

 

peace

I love mine too. Glad you took the plunge

[p4ul]

22 hours ago, mowf said:

Curious how this, and indeed an original Mutron III, will compare to the new Behringer B-Tron III coming out soon.

B tron is a one way ticket to funky town (allegedly)

OG Mutron is billionaire territory

😀

will try to do a demo today and post

[p4ul]

 

 

 

 

Spoiler

Disclaimer - this is not a very in depth "review" more like me dicking about with a pedal and muffing the words, like if AI was awful, oh wait.. 🤖

 

Edited 17 hours ago by p4ul