MXR bass Envelope filter vs Boss SYB-5

[gconnelly]

looking at these two pedals. i dont know which one i should buy. also open to other pedal suggestions. i dont want to spend $2,000 on a Meatball or Deep Impact so a low price pedal is what i am looking for

[DeltaPhoenix]

Do you want a filter or a synth pedal?

[Dignan81]

I have had both pedals on my board. IMO, this is an easy choice of the MXR M82 bass envelope filter. I could get infinitely more use out of the envelope filter than the boss SYB5. I don't know what your style is so this could be just my opinion.

the Boss SYB5 was a bit useless for me. the tracking is kind of tricky. you cannot play any hammer-ons/pull-offs, you have to play the notes one at a time and very clearly otherwise it'll glitch out. perhaps you want that though. it has a few interesting settings but it definitely takes a while to get some good settings I could use and then once I did there really isn't any application for which I would normally need this pedal. I play in a cover band every weekend in redneck biker bars so it's mostly classic & modern rock, country, and blues.

i have had the MXR M82 bass envelope filter on my board for about a year. it is super funky and it took me absolutely no time at all to find some settings that I liked and were musical. I could use this pedal for a lot of different things and in combination with some other pedals like fuzz, octave, and chorus, I can get some pretty useful synth tones.

get the MXR M82, end of story.

[Laurent]

MXR M82.

[RickenBoogie]

They are not the same effect. One is a synth, one is a filter. Which do you need? Maybe spend some time researching the 2 effects.

[NKUSigEp]

Originally Posted by DeltaPhoenix

Do you want a filter or a synth pedal?

I'm considering apples, but I might want oranges.

I vote for the filter.

[RedMoses]

I have the SY and a filter, SY gets more use. One is Funky and the other gives you Synth Bass Key baord sounds, i guess it depends on what you will get more use out of.

[billymoore04]

Source Audio BEF or BEF Pro, never fails

[MilkyMcMilkMilk]

Boss Synth pedal was the worst pedal i ever bought. but some people like it.
those should be easy to find at a music store, try them both out. see what suits your playing style better.

[gconnelly]

i am a new player and this is my first pedal. i was just looking at these two pedals and i know that they are completely different. i just wanted to hear some reviews of the two pedals from people that have them to see what they are about and if they are very usable. thanks Dignan81

[mcnach]

Originally Posted by billymoore04

Source Audio BEF or BEF Pro, never fails

Absolutely. I have had many envelope filters, including the MXR. But the Soundblox BEF is the nicest sounding of the bunch.

[gconnelly]

also the Behringer BSY600 looks cool. does anybody have this?

[NKUSigEp]

A better place to get reviews is in the reviews section...and on YouTube demos.

Edit: seriously dude, check out YouTube. 90% of your questions will be answered there. Just search for the pedal you're interested in.

[gconnelly]

yeah ive checked youtube. just wanted another opinion(s)

[DeltaPhoenix]

Originally Posted by gconnelly

also the Behringer BSY600 looks cool. does anybody have this?

Yeah, it is a great synth pedal, especially for the price.
The thing is, you should run it into other pedals, like a chorus or flanger, etc, to add "movement" to the sound.

[karstetterpj]

I have both the syb and the mxr. Both are useful but very different. A lot of people hate on the syb but honestly if you throw an expression pedal on it, it turns into kind of a spacey wah pedal.

Mxr definitely brings the funk and is better with stacatto notes and hammer on/pull offs.

FWIW I have the mxr on my analog board and the syb on my synthy-computer board. I you had to choose one I'd say go with the mxr because it is more versatile but the syb definitely has its own usefulness, you just gotta find the sweet spot.

[scottfeldstein]

Originally Posted by mcnach

Absolutely. I have had many envelope filters, including the MXR. But the Soundblox BEF is the nicest sounding of the bunch.

I don't know about that. The MXR sounds awfully nice. I recommend it to people who want only that classic funk sound.

But the Soundblox is...another beast altogether. Wayyyy more flexible, wayyyy more tweakable. It's the one I go with these days.

[gconnelly]

this may be a little off topic but anybody know about the Moogerfoogers?

[Explorer]

There has been quite a bit written here on TalkBass about all the gear you're asking about, but I know that the search function can be a bit wonky.

I highly recommend you use Google to find relevant conversations, rather than asking everyone to retype what's come before. "site:talkbass.com syb-5" (or substituting whatever piece of gear you're interested in) will find all kinds of information.

Then, once you have a handle on what everything does and what it sounds like (thanks to reviews, YouTube, and clips posted here), you can ask more specific questions. "It's my first piece of gear! This versus that! Which one?!!!" sounds, when comparing completely different pieces of gear, that you don't yet even have a clear question in mind.

Happy reading!

[Gadgetjunky]

^^^^ what he said. Use google and add 'talkbass' into the search title. Bingo!!