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05-12-2009, 04:53 AM
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Hi!
I'm new to this forum, so I hope I dont violate any rules.
Also, if my english is poor, it's because I'm from Norway 
Anyway... I own a Octave pedal from Ashdown, but I dont use it as an Octave effect, I use it as a "preamp", as a part of my basic sound. No volume on the octaves, full drive, and slightly a bit distortion  Haha, it might sound crappy, or maybe you wont even notice it.. but I believe it's important to create a bit of different "signature" basic sound 
anyone else out there with an unusual setting on their effects?
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05-12-2009, 12:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | I used my distortion as a preamp/clean boost for ages. And used my stereo chorus as a signal splitter (never turned it on).
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05-12-2009, 12:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portland, OR | | | I've said it before, I'll say it again, Micro Q-tron in HP blended with an octave down for uber funkiness. |
05-12-2009, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | damn! i am not doing anything unusual with my effects 
i should get another couple of pedals for this 
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05-12-2009, 01:02 PM
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05-12-2009, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Des Moines, IA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rratajski Every setting on the Digitech BSW sounds like something chomping something else (ie - Pacman chomping a cherry; Fat kid chomping a chocolate chip cookie). | Ahaha, very true, but the octave alone on it sounds really good. |
05-12-2009, 02:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | If it works for a particular purpose for a particular person it's not funny or odd. It's functional.
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05-12-2009, 02:52 PM
| | | added to my ashdown octave, i put a small delay on my basic sound, just one repetition, on low volume gives the sound of a big room, but noone ever hear that the delay is on 
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05-12-2009, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Francisco | | | the voice settings on the Korg G5 synth pedal. i can't imagine anyone using them with a straight face. totally useless for me but provided instant hilarity when i wanted the irriate my old guitar player.
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05-12-2009, 04:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | I have a natural overdrive pedal that has all the settings but the level dimed, and all it does is add a touch of dirt.
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05-12-2009, 05:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: York/Canterbury (UK) | | | I use my dd-20 (boss giga delay) for everything but delay, with the delay set to 1ms and feedback about 3/4 you get some very interesting effects on all the delay modes, and other interesting things at different delaytimes/feedback levels. I can get a weird grindy hollow buzzy tone which combined with a fuzz makes an instant Shin-Ei companion fuzz sound, can get a constant oscillation thats volume depenednt on the strength of the incoming signal, an ott chorus sound, the possibilities are endless, i'm never letting it go, it's an integral part of my sound now |
05-12-2009, 08:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | One of the presets on my EHX SMMwH is completely useless - I just keep it there because it makes me laugh. It sounds like motorbikes and aeroplanes and explosions and gameshow buzzers all rolled into one.
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05-12-2009, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bobbass4k I use my dd-20 (boss giga delay) for everything but delay, with the delay set to 1ms and feedback about 3/4 you get some very interesting effects on all the delay modes, and other interesting things at different delaytimes/feedback levels. I can get a weird grindy hollow buzzy tone which combined with a fuzz makes an instant Shin-Ei companion fuzz sound, can get a constant oscillation thats volume depenednt on the strength of the incoming signal, an ott chorus sound, the possibilities are endless, i'm never letting it go, it's an integral part of my sound now | wait...how do you get that fuzz tone??!
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05-12-2009, 11:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Happynoj One of the presets on my EHX SMMwH is completely useless - I just keep it there because it makes me laugh. It sounds like motorbikes and aeroplanes and explosions and gameshow buzzers all rolled into one. | haha that sounds like fun........ maybe not if you had to pay for it
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05-12-2009, 11:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rochester, NY | | | When my DigiDelay was on my board, I'd set it to Mod Delay and turn the Time and Repeats to minimum and use it for subtle chorus. I can't do that with my DL-8 because the minimum delay time for modulated delay is 100ms as opposed to the DigiDelay's 10ms.
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05-13-2009, 01:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego | | | I'm basically using the BMS as an eq. As far as I know the BMS filter is a bandpass, and with the sliders all the way down the highs are cut and there is very little resonance happening. Ive tried using the Moog lowpass and FX25 for the same application but without any luck.
The guitar slider is at unity and all the other sliders are all the way down, or all sliders down except the 'stop freq' which is almost all the way down- I move it up about 1mm to the first sign of more highs coming through.
Im using the BMS like this in between the OC-2 and Devi Ever Bass Fuzz. The Bass Fuzz is a little sloppy otherwise, so using the BMS like this cleans it up and with proper technique I get a smooth synthy fuzz with no spit, attack or decay. Im also using this setting (with the slightest touch of highs let in) in between the OC-2 and Freqbox to clean up the attack of the Freqbox. Cutting the highs out like this does affect the character a little, but for the most part it stays the same and I get the desired texture from the waveshapping, but without the sloppy attack- sounds great!
I think I would be able to accomplish this with an EQ pedal in place of the BMS, but the BMS is a fun pedal and I haven't wanted or needed to take it off the board yet. |
05-13-2009, 01:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones I used my distortion as a preamp/clean boost for ages. | Still do.
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05-13-2009, 01:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: cincinnati | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones used my stereo chorus as a signal splitter (never turned it on). | guilty! haha
ive got an EQ pedal set to radio (first 2 and last 2 bands buried). i use all kinds of cheap distortion pedals as overdrives (dist down, level up). i know its old news.. but i often use my analog delay as a synthesizer ::chuckle::.
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05-13-2009, 02:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oslo, Norway | | Not all that far out, but I sometimes use my blowtorch or micro pog as a signal splitter.
Off-topic: come join the Norwegian Bassists' club, man! Norwegian bassplayers on talkbass.com |
05-13-2009, 02:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: York/Canterbury (UK) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by OrionManMatt wait...how do you get that fuzz tone??! | I use standard delay mode, so any digital delay should work, set delay time to 1ms, feedback about 3/4 and delay volume about half, but you can adjust those last 2 to preference. Then just put a fuzz before it, sounds like an FY-2 to me
I've never had another delay though so this may jst be a quirk of the dd-20 | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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