Tiny pedals (1590A pedals)

[behndy]

just ordered the Malekko Omnicron Bit. was kinda curious, the Prymaxe demo got them a sale. looks NEAT.

[gscroggin]

Originally Posted by behndy

just ordered the Malekko Omnicron Bit. was kinda curious, the Prymaxe demo got them a sale. looks NEAT.

Cool, I dug that Prymaxe demo as well. Definitely interested in what you think of it. I'm curious about the Malekko Omicron A.D Attack Decay as well...haven't found any clips yet though.

[behndy]

yah. there's a coupon on Prymaxe for 10% off on orders $150.00 and up, free USPS Priority shipping = $135 total for it. that is a VERY good price if it's any good at all.

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by behndy

just ordered the Malekko Omnicron Bit. was kinda curious, the Prymaxe demo got them a sale. looks NEAT.

And you'll post once you got it to report how you get along with it, right?

[behndy]

*tips hat*

yes suh! i've been playing with the FrantaBit all day in anticipation.

i'll try to throw a little vid demo together when it gets here.

[seansv]

Got my mooer hustle drive. If you like the OCD on bass you will like this. It is definitely touch sensitive- dig in for more drive- but for me it isn't an always on sound. The LP setting sounds more like a low pass than a low peak ( which is what i thought it was on the OCD?) but both HP and LP are usable to me. /Slight/ low end loss, but not the kind I get with other guit ODs. I am probably swapping my boss os-2 out for this not because of more lows (the os2 is decent at this too, only slightly less) but because the texture of the drive is cool and the thing is tiny and unique. Can't help it. Hopefully I can post some in band context clips next show.

I am still waiting on my mooer rat clone. Supposed to be out apr 15.

[cultrvultr]

Originally Posted by seansv

Got my mooer hustle drive. If you like the OCD on bass you will like this. It is definitely touch sensitive- dig in for more drive- but for me it isn't an always on sound. The LP setting sounds more like a low pass than a low peak ( which is what i thought it was on the OCD?) but both HP and LP are usable to me. /Slight/ low end loss, but not the kind I get with other guit ODs. I am probably swapping my boss os-2 out for this not because of more lows (the os2 is decent at this too, only slightly less) but because the texture of the drive is cool and the thing is tiny and unique. Can't help it. Hopefully I can post some in band context clips next show.

awesome! How did you order it? eBay?

Has anybody ordered the flanger yet? Super eager to hear the Hustle and the flanger.

[DiscoFreq]

I finally played with my Hustle Drive and Black Secret (the Rat clone) yesterday (I already have them over a month :-/), tomorrow one of my reviewers will pick them up.

They both sounded good, I just don't have an OCD or Rat to compare (always more into obscure brands and pedals )

[Skrogh]

Originally Posted by BigBeatNut

I was *THAT* close to ordering one of those Now I think I'll wait to hear more from you.

So when you say it warbles, you mean it never tracks properly, or it tracks but then too quickly goes to warbling or ... ?

And I'm not quite sure what you mean by unnatural ... Can you compare it to a well-known octaver like, say, an OC-2, an EHX POG, or MXR deluxe ?

Looking forward to the clips when you have the time

Andy

It's a totally different beast than the OC-2.
What i mean by warble is, that in pitch-shift mode it sounds like there is a slight tremolo on, but the speed is note dependent. In harmony-mode this makes it sound out of tune.
(I'm pretty sure it's not a tremolo, but a bi-product of the time-stretch/compress technique, used for polyphonic pitch-shifting)
The detune-mode is really cool though. Goes from -40 to -40 cents, gives a nice natural chorus sound, without the vibrato.

That said, I played around with it some more today. I'm liking it a bit better today.

Hopefully I will have some time next weekend to record some clips.

[4StringsEnough]

Originally Posted by Skrogh

Just putting this here

Unfortunately the sound quality is not very good. It's sounding a bit to unnatural. The detune-part is decent, but the pitch-shifter warbels too much.
There is no tracking in this, so chords and single notes are transposed equally well (no jumps).
No clips until I drag it to my drummers place, he has some recording gear. I don't.

Thanks for the update. I have a few questions:

1. Is it polyphonic (tracks chords)
2. How does it sound compared to the EHX Micro Pog/Pog 2?
3. Can it do the intro/outro to Pearl Jam's 'Jeremy' without flipping out? :-)

Thanks!

[Skrogh]

Originally Posted by 4StringsEnough

Thanks for the update. I have a few questions:

1. Is it polyphonic (tracks chords)
2. How does it sound compared to the EHX Micro Pog/Pog 2?
3. Can it do the intro/outro to Pearl Jam's 'Jeremy' without flipping out? :-)

Thanks!

1. Yes it is polyphonic, as I said above (But that might have been a bit un-clear)
2. I have no reference, since I have never played with the POG, but I can say that the pitch-shifted tone is very un-natural, when you go above 3-semitones up.
The only thing I can compare it to its the Digitech Whammy. It tracks better than the Whammy, but sounds a lot les natural. (well actually it, like the POG, unlike the Whammy, doesn't track - but just shifts)
3. I'm not sure what you mean by 'flipping out', but yeah it can do 'Jeremy' decently. There is no octave-jumping, but as said earlier, the tone is not very natural.
Actually 'Jeremy' sounds more like the Whammy to me (or a guitarist doubling) - in a live situation you could probably get away with the pitch box.

[seansv]

Originally Posted by cultrvultr

awesome! How did you order it? eBay?

Has anybody ordered the flanger yet? Super eager to hear the Hustle and the flanger.

Ordered the hustle drive on eBay when it came up as a $48 buy it now, which later got fixed to 88. I got mine cheeeeep. The rat I ordered on aliexpress. It should have shipped yesterday or today. Gotta check up on that- don't totally trust that site. Next one I'd check out is the Ana echo or shimverb.

[BigBeatNut]

Originally Posted by Skrogh

The detune-mode is really cool though. Goes from -40 to -40 cents, gives a nice natural chorus sound, without the vibrato.

Interesting ... I'm guessing that -40 to +40 range comes from the dial on top ... Which makes me wonder whether that dial is detected/click-stopped or smooth like a volume pot.

---EDIT I did of course mean 'detented' not 'detected' .... $#%!@# iphone EDIT---

[caeman]

I have learned that my endorsee, Cave Passive Pedals, has put their B-Drive Grunt overdrive pedal in a 1590A enclosure. I will have one in the next two weeks to share pics and sound samples.

[Skrogh]

Originally Posted by BigBeatNut

Interesting ... I'm guessing that -40 to +40 range comes from the dial on top ... Which makes me wonder whether that dial is detected/click-stopped or smooth like a volume pot.

Clicks. 16 positions in total. Detune is from -40 to +40 cents in 5 cent steps (excluding 0 cent, but that would be kind of redundant too).
Tried it out with my synth-moded OC-2 yesterday. Gives a good synthy sound.

[BigBeatNut]

Originally Posted by caeman

I have learned that my endorsee, Cave Passive Pedals, has put their B-Drive Grunt overdrive pedal in a 1590A enclosure. I will have one in the next two weeks to share pics and sound samples.

I've read their website and I still don't get it. How can you have an 'overdrive' or 'boost' pedal without batteries. You're going to lose energy with a passive circuit ... you might be able to get the voltage back up with a transformer, but at the expense of less amps => higher impedance/resistance and less ability to drive long cables. I don't get how they could possibly work, but I suppose they must do, since you use them (?). Would love to know more.

[gscroggin]

Originally Posted by BigBeatNut

I've read their website and I still don't get it. How can you have an 'overdrive' or 'boost' pedal without batteries. You're going to lose energy with a passive circuit ... you might be able to get the voltage back up with a transformer, but at the expense of less amps => higher impedance/resistance and less ability to drive long cables. I don't get how they could possibly work, but I suppose they must do, since you use them (?). Would love to know more.

I believe they mentioned on their site that they use the power of Nikola Tesla. That must be why I ended up with an extra cat in a hat when I demoed one.



(+5 if you get the movie reference)

[behndy]

much better than the other magician movie that came out about the same time.

although the twist was kinda predictable.

[BigBeatNut]

Originally Posted by gscroggin

I believe they mentioned on their site that they use the power of Nikola Tesla. That must be why I ended up with an extra cat in a hat when I demoed one.



(+5 if you get the movie reference)

Great movie. Not really the kind you can watch a second time though (Re: the twist at the end. Once you've seen it .... )

[Vlad5]

Still loving the EWS BMC; my all time favorite bass guitar pedal, first pedal I ever bought, still on my board, and the only one to remain from my first set up...

If I were a pro-player, I'd beg to be an EWS endorser...

'BMC... That dude on Talk Bass uses one!'
-Click on the image to learn more-


Heh, heh...