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05-11-2011, 09:18 PM
| | | | M5! M5! M5!
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Just got back from practice and I wanted to pass this on. I have no affiliation with Line 6, but I would wholeheartedly and enthusiastically endorse the M5. I'll go so far as to say that every bassist should have one.
Why the enthusiasm? First there is the best octaver available. It will even track a low E. Use it for all the modulation and synth effects that you might occasionally use. But the real killer is with the Pitch Shift effect. Set it to -1.0 and you have an instant Eb Ab Db Gb tuning - and it track very well. Now you can play all the open string runs if the singer or keyboard player want to drop a half step. Same thing with dropping a whole step. And the Holy Grail, set the pitch shift to -5.0 and your EADG bass is now BEAD. It really works. Players that prefer four strings but may need some low notes for certain songs can have it. Plus the M5 will even track a low D if you have a D-Tuner on your bass, instant low A.
Seriously, it runs with a OneSpot, gives you five string range on a four string and has a butt load of quality effects with the best octave down around. $199 is an absolute steal.
I really need to make a video, but I'm not sure if the iPhone will pick up the low notes well enough to make it worthwhile. |
05-12-2011, 12:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Tuguegarao City, Philippines | | | we'll wait for the demo! |
05-12-2011, 07:05 AM
| | | Still processing and the quality isn't the best, but here you go... YouTube - Line 6 M5 as a bass retuning effect
There is some chorusing in the video, but that's far less noticeable live. The mic on the iPhone picks up the high frequency content much more than low frequencies.
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05-12-2011, 07:37 AM
|  | Now a major motion picture | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hudson Valley, NY | | | Have you tried the m5 with other effects? I'm really thinking about getting one, but I'd need to figure out where to put it in my signal chain. A good place spacewise would be after my distortion, but do you think that the octave and pitch shifters would track in that slot? |
05-12-2011, 08:35 AM
| | | | Placement is definitely an issue. There are obviously tradeoffs to where you place it in the signal chain. I've had some success tracking distortion, but it's not perfect. I'd put it before the distortion. |
05-12-2011, 10:37 AM
|  | I hate. | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The state of denial. | | | That sounds pretty snazzy.
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05-12-2011, 11:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jax, FL | | | I've been really enjoying my M9 (the drythru delays are worth the cost of admission IMO), and am thinking of picking up a M5just so I can put it elsewhere in my chain for using the octaver. |
05-12-2011, 12:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Highland, CA (Inland Empire) | | | nice vid! |
05-12-2011, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by sillyfabe  nice vid! | My first video. I threw it together in five minutes and had the iPhone propped up with a rolled up paper towel and some duct tape. High tech all the way!! |
05-12-2011, 01:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Shakopee, MN | | | Can you give us a review of the compressors? |
05-12-2011, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CT | | | Can you confirm that you can only use 1 effect at a time?
I'd most likely use the compressor with other effects at least...
JMO? |
05-12-2011, 01:53 PM
| | | | The compressors are "meh". The Studio compressor is the best one for bass.
Yes, it's only one effect at a time with the M5. |
05-12-2011, 03:31 PM
|  | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | | When I first saw the M5, I was kinda "...meh..." about the only one effect bit, but the drop-tuning sounds like a win by itself.
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05-12-2011, 03:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Shakopee, MN | | | I think it sounds amazing! |
05-16-2011, 07:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mid-Atlantic USA. | | | How are the distortion effects? |
05-16-2011, 09:00 AM
|  | GO VEGAN! | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by AltGrendel How are the distortion effects? | +1
The video sounded rad! |
05-16-2011, 12:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Very cool. |
05-16-2011, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by AltGrendel How are the distortion effects? | I need to put together a distortion / overdrive effects demo. I'll try to do that in a couple days. The biggest complaint is that there are no effect blends on the distortions. The distortions are definitely meant for guitar so the default settings have the gain cranked up way higher than you would typically want for bass. I like the tube overdrive and the classic distortion the best. Anyways, give me a couple days to a week and I'll get something quick and dirty up to show at least the character of the M5's distortions. |
05-16-2011, 01:15 PM
|  | Wait ... What? | | | | | how does it handle Chords tuned down? |
05-16-2011, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Darknut how does it handle Chords tuned down? | Not 100% perfect, but it works surprisingly well. Most double stops and power chords work. Of course if you drop things a fourth, the lower you go, the muddier the chords just as if you were playing a fourth lower on "real" strings. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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