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12-07-2009, 09:49 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland Basses | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | M9 as a synth pedal
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Hey folks,
After waiting for a year for the Markbass super synth to come out, I just read some reviews about the tracking on the octaver in the Line 6 M9. That got the wheels turning, and I'm thinking that stacking up combinations of octave, filters, and even the dedicated synth patches should yield some pretty huge synth sounds. Plus, the ability to sync it's tempo and call up patches with MIDI is a big plus over the Markbass. Anyhow, just curious how all of you M9/M13 owners are digging it for that type of stuff.
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12-07-2009, 10:03 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar, D'Addario, Subdecay, Tonefactor | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | my friend abe has one and uses it for synthy guitar madness and seems to work quite well and sounds great.... i'm going to get one soon, and see how it goes... won't replace my analog stuff, but should add some nice new capabilities. |
12-07-2009, 10:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | I'm really digging the tracking on the M9. Very impressed with the Octaver and Synths. |
12-07-2009, 10:28 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland Basses | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | Sounds great! I had an FM4, liked the sounds and the tracking was pretty good. I'm really thinking that the key is going to be stacking them up 3 at a time, though. Especially in front of my regular board, I'm coming up with some ideas I can't wait to try. (Octave + Sawtooth + Throbber/Filter Factory is one I'm excited about). Also, I could never get the seek wah model adjusted right on the FM4, should be easier on the M9 I hope. |
12-07-2009, 11:29 AM
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Non-Stereotypical GC Sales/Training Manager...No more selling :( | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnDavisNYC  my friend abe has one and uses it for synthy guitar madness and seems to work quite well and sounds great.... i'm going to get one soon, and see how it goes... won't replace my analog stuff, but should add some nice new capabilities. | Come to my store and buy it!  |
12-07-2009, 01:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Raumati South, New Zealand | | | Yep, it's truly awesome! Tracking is really good and there are heaps of possibilities for stacking pedals/patches and the expression capabilities are great. Like John Davis said, I won't be replacing my BMS and I'll definitely keep my Octavius Squeezer but the synth sounds in the M9 totally hold their own.
Would still like to try a Deep Impact though...
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12-07-2009, 09:29 PM
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Beta Tester: Source Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago, IL | | | So I've never had a synth pedal of any sort nor do I really have a use for one. But this thread and then somebody posting on HCBX thread on how to get an 8bit nintendo sound, made me play with it a little bit tonight.
Pretty freaking cool. Tracks well, but I was trying to play the quick octaves (like the music on Super Mario Brothers level 1-2), the "synth" seemed to track the bottom octave unless I super cleanly muted that string when I played the top octave. Is this normal for a synth pedal? I didn't try it in any other modes though, maybe this weekend. |
12-07-2009, 09:41 PM
| | | | ive never heard of the m9 but i have never played a synth pedal that i thought was worth a crap. I like the features of the moogs but ive never played through one. The moogs have lfos, oscillators, and envelopes, which are what make real synths so RAD. I have a boss synth pedal and it sucks. i have 5 synths which i play sub bass through which are awesome and if anything comes close to the sounds that an ms2000 can make i would buy one. but as far as im concerned i have never played a synth pedal for a bass that wasnt a gimmick. |
12-07-2009, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Smallequestrian Tracks well, but I was trying to play the quick octaves (like the music on Super Mario Brothers level 1-2), the "synth" seemed to track the bottom octave unless I super cleanly muted that string when I played the top octave. Is this normal for a synth pedal? I didn't try it in any other modes though, maybe this weekend. | That's just the nature of the beast with monophonic effects. On the plus side, they will clean up your technique in a hurry.
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12-07-2009, 10:18 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar, D'Addario, Subdecay, Tonefactor | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | what store are you at chronicle? on LI, right? it's getting too cold to ride my vespa far these days, but ripping it on the northern state parkway is a blast... PM me, let's talk... i'd like to buy one of these from someone i sorta know, in that interwebz kind of way... rather than from a web shop... in a totally interwebz way....
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12-08-2009, 08:28 AM
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Non-Stereotypical GC Sales/Training Manager...No more selling :( | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NY | | | you have too many PM's :P |
12-08-2009, 08:52 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar, D'Addario, Subdecay, Tonefactor | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | just deleted some.... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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