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10-22-2009, 01:38 PM
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Any idea how to duplicate the "defretter" effect on the Boss ME-50B???? (other then buying a Boss ME-50B)
I'm wondering if that effect can be done with one effect or maybe a combination of effects.... 
Thanks for reading and for your input-
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10-22-2009, 05:46 PM
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10-22-2009, 06:06 PM
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10-22-2009, 06:13 PM
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10-22-2009, 06:27 PM
| | | | you mean the "mwah"? Maybe an envelope filter..? Good luck configuring one to get a semi-authentic mwah sound, tho..
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10-22-2009, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Headless Llama ummm...... a fretless would sound like a fretless... | ummmmm... a fretless would sound just like a fretless... I dont want to sound like a fretless... I want to get the sound the defretter does.... 
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Originally Posted by Oric | best thought so far...
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10-22-2009, 07:01 PM
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10-22-2009, 09:14 PM
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10-22-2009, 09:36 PM
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10-23-2009, 12:59 AM
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10-23-2009, 01:11 AM
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the chorus suggestions are good |
10-23-2009, 02:12 AM
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10-23-2009, 02:25 AM
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A wild stab would be some very light delay, just to thicken the note, and a little chorus.
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10-23-2009, 02:57 AM
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I'll stick my neck out and say a combination of the swell of a Boss CS-1, some sort of slow gear clone (if you can't get an original) like the Guyatone SV-2 and a small amount of reverb. Maybe chorus as well...I don't know, I've not heard it
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10-23-2009, 05:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Shirley, MA | | I've never actually tried the ME-50B, but a while back there was a thread about Pete Steele's (Type O Negative) setup, and whether the "fretless" sound on one of their songs was actually a fretless, or Pete's frequent use of heavy processing: Peter Steele of Type O Negative - Tone Question
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10-23-2009, 07:21 AM
| | | | I've only heard it once, and only for a couple seconds, myself, when a friend of mine was cycling through effects in his GT-6B, but I'm pretty sure there was some sort of detuner or chorus thing going on. Didn't hear enough of it to notice or remember any swell-type sound, but if it's trying to replicate a fretless electric, I think it'd more likely be mwah-related than volume-swell related.
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10-23-2009, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by gnasher1993 I may be wrong but is it the sound at 0:48 in this video? | Whatever that is, it sounds a like envelope filter+chorus..
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