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07-05-2009, 10:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | In search of an Akai DI tone.
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If you know anything about me, the link I'm about to post is sadly predictable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0fELeOpenE&fmt=18
Before you react in a similar manner to "  Search.", you should know that I am not looking for a fuzz or distortion recommendation, but a pedal below $200 that can cop THAT overlaying synth tone the Akai is producing, track well, and be no bigger than about twice the size of a Boss compact unit.
Also, I am aware that on the original track, Matt does put a real synth over it, but that synth is not present in the Instrumental above. Listen to it and the song, and you can distinguish the synth itself immediately.
Off-hand, the Ibanez SB7 catches my attention. Any others? |
07-05-2009, 11:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wakefield, UK | | | Excuse my ignorance but are you looking for a synth pedal, I didn't quite understand your OP. Sorry...
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07-05-2009, 11:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | It doesn't have to be a synth, I just want it to sound akin to that setting. The SB7, for instance, is not a synth, so much as it is a distorto-filter, and yet to my ears (from TaySte's clips), it sounds more in the ballpark than many marketed "synths" below $200. |
07-05-2009, 12:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wakefield, UK | | | I can get fairly close to that with my TZ-2 before my Line 6 otto filter in twin pass mode with the sensitivity turned all the way down. The octave up of the TZ-2 really adds that extra synthy quality to the overall tone.
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07-05-2009, 12:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | I've got the fuzz covered. I'm interested in learning more about the Otto filter, however. I hadn't heard of it before. 
This is it? |
07-05-2009, 12:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wakefield, UK | | | That's the one. Do you want some clips of the 3 different settings?
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07-05-2009, 12:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | I heard the clips on the site just now, and I'm mildly interested, I must say. Do you have the means to make clips? If so, I would love you to, TZ-2 (or any other pedals which you think contribute) included please. 
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07-05-2009, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wakefield, UK | | | Yeah sure, I'll have to DI it 'cos my amp's dead.
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07-05-2009, 01:01 PM
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07-05-2009, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England | | | ZVEX Wooly Mammoth nails that sound better than anything else I've tried. I had a clone but just sold it because it's not a sound I tend to find myself using very much! |
07-05-2009, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Really? I find it hard to believe that it was able to nail the filtering resonance heard in the clip, but interesting nonetheless. |
07-05-2009, 01:26 PM
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Here's my attempt with a little combo of my own...Not sure if I'd use this live or just use fuzz alone. http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7793091
Unto making the list of what songs I would like to suggest for a setlist.. |
07-05-2009, 01:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | The filter is centered too far down into the low mids. Needs to be centered higher, and have a snappier attack. Clean blend with fuzz outside would also help.
Keep working on it.  |
07-05-2009, 01:46 PM
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Non-Stereotypical GC Sales/Training Manager...No more selling :( | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NY | | | Yes, I know the flaws and the blend would help but it's something I would need to set up for that one song...not worth the board space. Even with that setup, I loose my fuzz in the 3Leaf's efx loop so I'm not sure what I will do right now.. |
07-05-2009, 02:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wakefield, UK | | Ok so my sloppy attempt at Hysteria along with the TZ-2's ring mod don't mix at all well. I think I'm going to get a new fuzz that's simply a fuzz and nothing else. So, to be honest, the clips are useless. If you want clips of the Otto Filter on its own, let me know. Sorry 
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07-05-2009, 02:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | It's all good, man. I think I decided against both the SB7 and Otto altogether, because I think I may have found the formula, but I won't be able to report on it until September when I have the money to finally build a faux' real pedalboard. |
07-05-2009, 02:04 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Sounds pretty good Chronicle. Probably the closest I've heard without actually using a Deep Impact. I bet a Muse cover band would be a lot of fun. |
07-05-2009, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FreaqyFrequency It's all good, man. I think I decided against both the SB7 and Otto altogether, because I think I may have found the formula, but I won't be able to report on it until September when I have the money to finally build a faux' real pedalboard. | What's the formula? Care to share? I've learnt today that I can't get the Hysteria tone.
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07-05-2009, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO Sounds pretty good Chronicle. Probably the closest I've heard without actually using a Deep Impact. I bet a Muse cover band would be a lot of fun. | Indeed...and the chick singer is totally hawt too |
07-05-2009, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | There has actually only been one time I've ever heard even Chris himself nail the tone live, and that was in this performance.
It astounds me to no end that such a commonly sought-after tone seems to be beyond reach, even for the man himself. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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