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10-28-2010, 10:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, New York | | | Best pedal for a basic square wave?
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What's the best pedal anyone can recommend for creating a good basic square wave sound. I never liked the tracking or sound on the SYB or BSW. I would like to get a BMS but what else do you guys use? |
10-28-2010, 10:19 AM
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Builder for FUZZROCIOUS PEDALS | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mount Laurel, NJ | | | I liked the SW on the BMS paired with it's octave down. I currently use a Moog Freqbox and like the SW setting on that. |
10-28-2010, 10:45 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rhode Island, USA | | | As much as I love my BMS, the "square wave" is just a basic fuzz. If you're looking for a real square wave and don't like the SYB, try checking out the Moog Freqbox. Yes, its a step up in price, but the Freqbox really is awesome. It gives you triangle, saw, square and pulse waves, plus it has a blend, and a few other goodies. |
10-28-2010, 01:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, New York | | | Hmm. Well I have several basic fuzzes but they seem to be overbearing sometimes, even with the LPF after it. What's a good tame fuzz for running OC2 fuzz filter? |
10-28-2010, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | | The square and pulse waves in the Octavius Squeezer are really nice. Actually the square in the Line 6 M9 is surprisingly nice too.
As has been said before, the BMS "Square wave" isn't, and it doesn't sound anything like a square wave. |
10-28-2010, 01:37 PM
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10-28-2010, 01:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, New York | | | Um yeah. Anything in an affordable pedal? |
10-28-2010, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by savinggrace  Korg G5 (if you can find one) | You can't get a simple square wave out of a G5, it doesn't do one.
Plekan: The most affordable option is the Boss SYB-3 or SYB-5 |
10-28-2010, 04:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco | | | You could try feeding one fuzz into another. That would certainly sheer off any round edges on your waveform. |
10-28-2010, 06:23 PM
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10-28-2010, 07:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Napa, CA | | | EH Bass Micro Synth as a great square wave and many, many other features.
Great pedal! |
10-28-2010, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by plekan Hmm. Well I have several basic fuzzes but they seem to be overbearing sometimes, even with the LPF after it. What's a good tame fuzz for running OC2 fuzz filter? | iron ether oxide fuzz 
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10-28-2010, 08:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lismore, NSW, Australia | | | I use a moog freqbox. On the pricier end of the scale, but also well worth it IMO
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10-28-2010, 08:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Laurent EH Bass Micro Synth as a great square wave and many, many other features.
Great pedal! | The BMS is indeed a great pedal but it cannot produce anything that sounds like a square wave. Quote:
Originally Posted by Shish |
Whoa! The OC-2 just got even better.  |
10-28-2010, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Shish | I've seen this before. Has anyone actually tried this on bass? |
10-28-2010, 09:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | | if i find someone who would agree to trade his OC-2 for my Bass Big Muff i definitely try it |
10-29-2010, 01:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, New York | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Shish | Know anyone who does this mod? I'm much too lazy for that.
Yeah the BMS is awesome and I want one but I'm not convinced it's a true square wave.
What kind of wave form is in the Qtron? I love that sound minus the quack. I just want more of it.
The SYB-5 was always too pingy for me. Too much laser gun attack even on the square wave settings and tracking was a disaster although if you are super careful it's doable. I just don't want to play like that.
Iron Ether is pricey too. I want it and their filter. |
10-29-2010, 09:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia | | | Is that mod hard to do? I have no experience with electronics but know a couple people who do.
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10-30-2010, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake of Bass Is that mod hard to do? I have no experience with electronics but know a couple people who do. | TBH I would want to replace the -2 oct knob with one that controls the frequency of the low-pass filter, instead of using a switch to bypass it. I wonder if that's possible. |
10-30-2010, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake of Bass Is that mod hard to do? I have no experience with electronics but know a couple people who do. | Not at all. I'll do it if you want to send me your OC-2 
Reading some of the comments below the video, it looks like the mods sound still bleeds through slightly when it's switched off which is a bit of a bummer...
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