MB super synth has god tracking the signal!

vene-nemesis · #1 03-22-2010, 04:08 PM

Im not kidding, how is it possible to have such an awesome tracking on a pedal, it sure is expensive but is both an octaver and a synth im in love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KIQtk7fT4

RCCollins · #2 03-22-2010, 04:23 PM

i'm still interested in this pedal but gosh, you'd think Markbass could have recorded that better. it sounds awful

newbold · #3 03-22-2010, 04:25 PM

Their pedals look like tonka trucks.

RCCollins · #4 03-22-2010, 04:53 PM

markbass gear has always made me think of Stryper, the "Yellow and Black Attack"

faceinbass · #5 03-22-2010, 10:50 PM

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that sounded like ass.

fokof · #6 03-22-2010, 11:33 PM

Curious to see the fingers while hearing the sounds to see how's the tracking/latency.

Sounds like a mike in a room instead of a DI.....

groooooove · #7 03-22-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by fokof

Curious to see the fingers while hearing the sounds to see how's the tracking/latency.

Sounds like a mike in a room instead of a DI.....

yup.

the recording sounds awfull. but the pedal seems to sound pretty good. but i still think a korg G5 is the champ. its sounds are better, and more usefull, than all the clips ive seen from the markbass.

and who wants to toy with software anyway? give me more knobs on the pedal itself

wolf7883 · #8 03-23-2010, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by newbold

Their pedals look like tonka trucks.

LMAO!!

Mark Olson · #9 03-23-2010, 10:51 PM

I don't like it. I don't like it one bit.

squarewave · #10 03-24-2010, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark Olson

I don't like it. I don't like it one bit.

What is it that you don't like?

I have a SuperSynth, and think it is equal or superior to the Akai DI and Korg G5 (yes, I've owned them).

whoatherechunk · #11 03-24-2010, 04:14 PM

squarewave: whats pros would you weigh over the akai after owning the markbass?

theavondon · #12 03-24-2010, 04:27 PM

A bit OT, but does anyone watch videos with the Google captions on? Because this one was pretty funny. I like a pedal that talks to me.

I couldn't really see myself buying this. But, it sounded sorta cool to me.

Jazz Ad · #13 03-24-2010, 05:21 PM

It's a lovely unit. Tracking is great, possibly better than the DI after you tweak it a bit.

Mark Olson · #14 03-24-2010, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by squarewave

What is it that you don't like?

I have a SuperSynth, and think it is equal or superior to the Akai DI and Korg G5 (yes, I've owned them).

The tone. I don't like the tones. I used to own the Deep Impact, bought it new long ago and had it for quite awhile, and I thought the tone of that unit was superior to what I hear from the Markbass. That's completely subjective. My favorite synth is the EHX Bass Microsynth actually, again because I like it's tones the best. I can play to accomodate the tracking, and superior tracking is certainly not the first thing I look for in a synth. Tone is, tones I find to be usable, and all of those presets on the Markbass would need at least extreme tweaking to be usable for me, if they even can be usable for me. Also I think the octaver just sounds plain horrible. Again, subjective.

Kipaste · #15 03-24-2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Olson

The tone. I don't like the tones. I used to own the Deep Impact, bought it new long ago and had it for quite awhile, and I thought the tone of that unit was superior to what I hear from the Markbass. That's completely subjective. My favorite synth is the EHX Bass Microsynth actually, again because I like it's tones the best. I can play to accomodate the tracking, and superior tracking is certainly not the first thing I look for in a synth. Tone is, tones I find to be usable, and all of those presets on the Markbass would need at least extreme tweaking to be usable for me, if they even can be usable for me. Also I think the octaver just sounds plain horrible. Again, subjective.

I would sort of have to agree with you. I love synth bass, and since my akai is no more, I waited for this pedal so much. And.. The tracking is good, but to me it's also all about the sounds. And in that department I just don't get what I'd like from the markbass. I have only spent an hour or so with it in the music store where it was connected to a recording computer. And in that time I failed to achieve the one sound I hear in my head. I'm still giving the markbass benefit of doubt though. And I did get some sounds that would be very workable in studio settings with a lot of compression, eq and other effects, but in that case I'd just use a keyboard and save me a lot of time.

It seems like synth bass pedals just aren't cutting it for me. DI got close but I simply won't shell out 600 for a new one. The microsynth is brilliant, but I just doesn't do those super fat square waves so no luck there either.

So, since the alesis micron or the new microkorg XL are just a bit more expensive and almost as portable as the markbass synth pedal, I just don't see the point.

savinggrace · #16 04-08-2010, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by squarewave

What is it that you don't like?

I have a SuperSynth, and think it is equal or superior to the Akai DI and Korg G5 (yes, I've owned them).

Can you expand upon this a bit?