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View Poll Results: Which filter sound do you like? | |
Envelope 1
|    | 38 | 36.54% | |
Envelope 2
|    | 29 | 27.88% | |
What nut uses an envelope filter on bass??
|    | 37 | 35.58% |
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03-16-2013, 11:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Which envelope filter do you like? Sound samples!
Currently testing two popular envelope filters and I'd like to know which sound other folks prefer. To me, this is not a 'one is better', they are just different. To keep it unbiased, I won't reveal which pedals they are yet. You can PM me if you really need to know, though 
Equipment used:
Warwick Streamer Jazzman
DR Dragon Skin Strings
Hartke Bass Attack straight to my PC
All of these clips are done with a looper, so volume, playing intensity, notes, everything is identical.
Clean tone: http://chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/clean.mp3
Envelope 1: http://chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/env1.mp3
Envelope 2: http://chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/env2.mp3
I'm adding some 'real world' clips, this is exactly how the pedal will be used.
I have some recordings of my band with no bass tracks, so I can add whatever I want!
This is us doing Jimi Thing, with the bass way high in the mix so it can be heard
Pedal1: http://chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/jimien1.mp3
Pedal 2: http://chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/jimien2.mp3 New clip update March 17, 12:15am!!
These latest clips may have chosen the winner for me.
Pedal 1: http://chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/choenv1.mp3
Pedal 2: http://chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/choenv2.mp3
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Last edited by mmbongo : 03-16-2013 at 10:21 PM.
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03-16-2013, 11:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | Envelope 2 is interesting but I don't hear it cutting thru as well as envelope 1 |
03-16-2013, 12:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada | | | 1 sounded a little bit more aggressive. 2 sounded good just a bit mellow sounding for me. |
03-16-2013, 12:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | I think I like #2 better but I couldn't know for sure without playing them myself. The first sounded more vocal, more Framptonesque. |
03-16-2013, 12:14 PM
| | | | Sounded like #2 had a higher frequency range and a slightly higher sensitivity. I think I prefer #1 as well, would probably be more noticeable in a mix.
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03-16-2013, 12:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | | I didn't really like either of those sounds much |
03-16-2013, 06:09 PM
|  | Non Serviam | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Schenectady NY | | | I like the first one. The second one sounds kind of farty in the mids, to my ear.
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03-16-2013, 06:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Not a huge fan of either, but if I had to choose....number 2. |
03-16-2013, 08:47 PM
| | | | Is Envelope 1 an MXR BEF, and is Envelope 2 a Source Audio BEF? I think I like Envelope 1 better, especially in the mix.
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03-16-2013, 09:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FilterFunk  Is Envelope 1 an MXR BEF, and is Envelope 2 a Source Audio BEF? I think I like Envelope 1 better, especially in the mix. | Not telling just yet
Poll is currently tied at 10! Interesting!
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03-16-2013, 10:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | 2 new clips added!
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03-17-2013, 09:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | On the second set of clips I thought #1 sounded better although it did seem to loose some low end, #2 was a fatter sound but seemed like it was in danger if getting lost and/or muddy.
On the third set I liked #2 better, it's action was less subtle while #1 sounded somewhat unfocused. |
03-17-2013, 10:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portland, OR | | | I liked number two the whole way for the things you were playing. The smoothness of the songs seemed to call for it more. If the stuff you were playing was more staccato and jumpy I'd probably have gone with number 1. |
03-17-2013, 10:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | 55 voters and it's a 3 way tie! lol!
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03-17-2013, 10:39 AM
|  | Music is what feelings sound like | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mmbongo | I voted #2 in the OP poll.
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03-17-2013, 12:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: St. Petersburg | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RCCollins I didn't really like either of those sounds much | +1 |
03-17-2013, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Flabass +1 | Of course as always, please feel free to suggest an envelope filter you do like so I can check it out!
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03-17-2013, 06:14 PM
| | | | I think no 1 is the mxr bef and 2nd is the bassball. Soundwise I prefer 2 to 1.
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03-17-2013, 06:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | Allright, if you're a big boy and think you're ready to know which pedals these are, click here:
Pedal Reveal!! http://www.chuckamuck.com/sounds/envelope/reveal.jpg
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03-17-2013, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | Fascinating, neither of those two were on my radar, and they still aren't. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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