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09-02-2010, 09:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | MXR envelop filter frustration
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I just got an MXR Envelop Filter. Because I have a very light touch, even with sensitivity set to max I have to really dig in to get that wah sound.
I played around with all the other knobs for an hour but "digging in" seems like the only solution when I finger pick (of course, if I use a pick, I get a massive funky wah tone).
I don't have this problem with the auto-wahs of my Korg PD4X and Digitech BP-80.
Am I doing something wrong with the MXR?
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09-02-2010, 09:15 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | Well an Auto-Wah and an Envelope filter are two different executions of the same idea. Part of the difference is that an Auto-Wah doesn't depend on attack, IIRC.
With any Env. filter, you've got to learn to play it, and I'd be willing to bet the MXR is no exception. |
09-02-2010, 09:16 PM
| | | | You're talking about the M82, right? What bass are you using? |
09-02-2010, 10:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | Yes, the M82. I played all the basses listed in my signature through it. Maybe all my basses have relatively weak output.
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09-02-2010, 10:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Portland | | | Hmm... Battery or wall juice?
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09-02-2010, 10:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: America's High-Five | | | My bet would be the power, too.
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09-02-2010, 10:10 PM
| | | | Yeah, unless you have a really, really light touch you should have no problem. Agree with the weak battery possibility. |
09-02-2010, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | Hmm...I use a 9V battery that my wife gave me. That's the only 9V one at my home. I'll buy a new battery and test it again. I hope it's the power.
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09-02-2010, 10:13 PM
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09-02-2010, 10:13 PM
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09-02-2010, 10:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Napa, CA | | | If the battery is not the problem, perhaps boosting the signal of the bass before the MXR M82 might help. Pedal could be bad as well. I have this pedal and have never had any problem. |
09-02-2010, 10:17 PM
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Done, fini.
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09-02-2010, 11:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | Couldn't wait till tomorrow. I drove to a gas station and bought a 9V battery. A new battery solved the problem. OMG, I'm in a funk heaven!
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09-02-2010, 11:30 PM
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