Whats the best synth effects pedal for bass? - Page 2

4Mal · #21 12-18-2006, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by swooch

This thread came up on a google search for synth bass, so i decided to recussitate it and see if anyone kan comment on this ibanez synth bass pedal.

http://www.thomann.de/thoiw5_ibanez_..._prodinfo.html
(It's an Ibanez SB7.)

I just received one of those in a trade deal. It's pretty cool. In the Envelope Filter mode with the frequency & resonance set fairly low it's got a real 'organic' quality to the envelope release. Kind of a big dubby thing.

The Synth sounds are a little metallic for my taste but when combined with an Octave Down signal (my MXR Bass Octave) it is a robust very 'synthy' sound.

I have an in-coming Moog MF-101 and that will replace the Ibanez in a heartbeat. For the dough, the SB-7 is pretty cool though. The MF-101 is roughly 4x the price of the SB-7, so it should be better I'm thinking!

* I've had the Digitech BSW and for my money the Ibanex is a better sounding pedal. It does less but what it does, I like more.

I'm a 4 string guy by the way. How any of these work with a 5 string I have no idea.

EricF · #22 12-18-2006, 02:04 PM

Man, I was getting all giddy that the Deep Impact was going to be reissued. I wasn't paying ANY attention to the fact that this thread is ancient. Now I'm sad

Tedintheshed · #23 12-18-2006, 03:27 PM

I was fond of the FM-4 myself.

khevinn · #24 05-10-2007, 01:05 PM

If anyone after an Akai SB-1 Deep Impact is interested in trading some other pedals (specifically an EH Micro Synth or virtually anything EBS) please contact me at khevinn13@hotmail.com. I simply don't play music that requires such a drastic departure from clean bass tone as the Deep Impact offers, and I have a Deep Impact pedal with very little use just sitting here.

JanusZarate · #25 05-10-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by khevinn

If anyone after an Akai SB-1 Deep Impact is interested in trading some other pedals (specifically an EH Micro Synth or virtually anything EBS) please contact me at khevinn13@hotmail.com. I simply don't play music that requires such a drastic departure from clean bass tone as the Deep Impact offers, and I have a Deep Impact pedal with very little use just sitting here.

This isn't the forum for that... try the "Wanted" forum in the classifieds section of TalkBass.

khevinn · #26 05-10-2007, 02:17 PM

Sorry

anonymous9 · #27 05-10-2007, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jetpackbassist

man, i love the melvins.

(sorry. just listening to "stoner witch" and really diggin' it.)

+1.
My boss just told me to "turn that stoner s@$# down!"

Love that Junebug line.

Simo98 · #28 10-07-2009, 08:09 PM

Since this thread has already been brought back from the dead once, ill do it again

Anyone have any experience with the Behringer Bass Synthesizer Pedal, does it sound any good? do they last.

I dont think ill beable to afford a boss one, so would a behringer one be a good alternative?

Thanks guys.

escaraBAJO · #29 10-07-2009, 08:20 PM

Old thread indeed!

A friend of mine had the Behringer for about three months. It sounded good to my ears (not a synth fan though) and then died.

Simo98 · #30 10-08-2009, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by escaraBAJO

Old thread indeed!

A friend of mine had the Behringer for about three months. It sounded good to my ears (not a synth fan though) and then died.

cool.

im a warranty nazi, so ill take it back over and over to get at least the 1 year out of it

phatbass · #31 10-08-2009, 02:58 AM

I dig the Line 6 FM4 because it's programmable - I absolutely HATE knob twiddling during a set trying to chase a sound. It's a bit more expensive but they DO come up on the 'Bay, even here in Oz. You may have to wait a while.

From memory I paid about 200 Ozbux for mine...

fightthepower · #32 10-08-2009, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Simo98

cool.

im a warranty nazi, so ill take it back over and over to get at least the 1 year out of it

As long as you fill out the warranty card, and try to take decent care of the pedal, it should do ya just fine. They are a clone of the Boss and therefor sound just like it apparently. The main difference is the price, and metal vs plastic parts.

For straight up synth sounds, I don't think you could beat the behringer for the price. For synthy sounds more on the funky side, the Digitech BSW has some pretty good tones in it, and it tracks well also- better than the Boss or Behringer. (but not as fat sounding as them imo, and no true waveforms)

NortyFiner · #33 10-08-2009, 06:28 AM

Maybe it's just my perception, but it seems like a significant (growing?) number of people are using combinations of other pedals (like a fuzz in the effects loop of a filter) to create "synthy sounds" (as they say) without the actual use of a bass synth. Just curious at the trend as I look at people's pedal boards...

TheWoodShed · #34 10-08-2009, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by NortyFiner

Maybe it's just my perception, but it seems like a significant (growing?) number of people are using combinations of other pedals (like a fuzz in the effects loop of a filter) to create "synthy sounds" (as they say) without the actual use of a bass synth. Just curious at the trend as I look at people's pedal boards...

Despite the board space, it is almost cheaper to do this way it seems....

bigchiefbc · #35 10-08-2009, 08:25 AM

I don't want to ruffle feathers here, but I honestly don't think that 99% of those combos sound anything like a synthesizer. They may sound really freaking cool, and fill out the sound that YOU want. The problem is that when people listen to old Bootsy recordings or other funk bassists, they describe that sound as "synthy". But that's different from sounding like a synth

Lindsay · #36 10-08-2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Simo98

Since this thread has already been brought back from the dead once, ill do it again

Anyone have any experience with the Behringer Bass Synthesizer Pedal, does it sound any good? do they last.

I dont think ill beable to afford a boss one, so would a behringer one be a good alternative?

Thanks guys.

It sounds 'alright' and it's fun to play around with but the case is seriously flimsy - just cheap plastic. The DI is at the other end of the synth pedal spectrum i.e. it's well made and sounds great.

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Originally Posted by bigchiefbc

...but I honestly don't think that 99% of those combos sound anything like a synthesizer.

AMEN

bigchiefbc · #37 10-08-2009, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Lindsay

It sounds 'alright' and it's fun to play around with but the case is seriously flimsy - just cheap plastic. The DI is at the other end of the synth pedal spectrum i.e. it's well made and sounds great.

But at least its a real oscillator that gives you real waveforms, unlike 90% of the "synth" pedals out there. The DI ($500+), the Freqbox ($300), the OS ($500), the SYB3/5 ($75-100) and the BSY600 ($30) are basically it. Look at those price points and take that into consideration. I think the BSY sounds fantastic, and I haven't broken it yet (although I don't do crazy jumping and hardcore stomping around my pedals)

pjmuck · #38 10-08-2009, 09:46 AM

The EHX HOG or Micro Synth for bass are probably the most versatile pedals out there for this stuff. However, depending on what you want to do, for shear versatility and depth NOTHING beats a GK3B equipped bass slaving either soft synths + GI-20 or a Roland GR-20. Yes, there are tracking issues, but if you play your synth lines in the upper register and detune your sound patches down an octave, it works fine. (Or if you have a 6 string bass or a bass with piccolo strings, even better). I had just about every pedal mentioned in this thread, and I got rid of all of them. Now I use my GK3B bass and GR-33 exclusively as well as soft synths on my laptop, and I have access to any sound in the world. The cost for a used GK3B + GR-20 would run you about the same price as the market asking price of these Akai Deep Impact pedals. A bigger learninhg curve doing what I'm doing, but tons more fun, IMO.

Floridabwoy · #39 10-08-2009, 09:49 AM

I am a fan of the FM4 as well, coupled w. a vibrato, or fuzz you can get a great reese, womp, mutron sounds....

there are some far better synth experts than me however.

Lindsay · #40 10-08-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bigchiefbc

But at least its a real oscillator that gives you real waveforms, unlike 90% of the "synth" pedals out there. The DI ($500+), the Freqbox ($300), the OS ($500), the SYB3/5 ($75-100) and the BSY600 ($30) are basically it. Look at those price points and take that into consideration. I think the BSY sounds fantastic, and I haven't broken it yet (although I don't do crazy jumping and hardcore stomping around my pedals)

The SYB600 isn't programmable like the OS and DI but for $300 you could buy 10 of them, mount them on one board and have them all programmed differently.