So someone asked for some sound clips of the DOD FX32 meat box that I owned, and I have been very lazy on finally uploading them. I used two of my basses to record these tracks, my modified Musicman Stingray 5 and my stock Carvin LB5 fretless. You can see what is what with both of these basses in my profile. I played the SR5 in series mode active and passive, and the Carvin in active mode with the jazz neck pickup and the musicman soapbar both on full. The FX32 was set with the blend (meat) at 100% effect, low and low mid boost on full (rump and flank), and the volume (lbs) 1/3 of the way up. Crappy playing, crappy timing, but you'll get the idea of what this pedal is capable of. Also, you are going to need speakers or headphones with the ability to reproduce extremely low frequencies. My laptop speakers can't reproduce it at all, and my headphones can just barely, but with a lot of added distortion.
Here are the sound clips:
Musicman Stingray in passive mode Musicman Stingray in active mode Musicman Stingray in active mode (range test) This is played:
Open G 8 times
Open D 8 times
Open A 8 times
A on E 8 times, then G#, G, F#, F, and open E each played 6 times
E on low B 6 times, then D#, D, C#, C, and low B each played 6 times
Carvin Fretless tracking test in active mode This is played:
first a song
then open G slid up to 12th fret twice
Open D slid up to 12th fret twice
Open A slid up to 12th fret twice
Open E slid up to 12th fret twice
Open low B slid up to 12th fret twice
All in all, this pedal is pretty cool and can
really shake the walls if you want it to (mind you, I only had the volume up 1/3 of the way on the pedal it could probably do some structural damage if you have a huge/loud rig). It also has very interesting tracking. Where most octave type pedals shine when played above the standard range of a bass, this pedal tends to cut out more the higher up the neck that you go. The power supply is a little annoying (it uses the same 1/8" mono plug that the older EHX pedals, and certain Demeter pedals use) but not a deal breaker. If I still owned this one, I would definitely think about getting it rehoused and a true bypass mod done, or at least get the standard switch replaced. I'd also have the potentiometers labeled with more helpful labels than something that goes with the meat graphics. I wish that I had more use for this pedal in the music that I am playing, but I am sure that someone else will find this useful should they ever come across one and want to know what it sounds like before buying it.
Thanks for listening!
Questions? Comments? Snarky remarks?
Also, unfortunately I cannot make any other sound clips as the pedal will no longer be in my possession as of tomorrow. (It flies out to Iceland tomorrow)
Edit: oh yeah, the EQ on both the Stingray and the Carvin were set to flat (center detent).
