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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2
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Set like this it just kills with my EMG JVX loaded Jazz bass. Not a crazy or super "out there" filter sound, but a really usable sound for a lot of genres.
Pretty cool and very versatile. The groove regulator is temporarily off the board. Off to rehearsal. Totally going to over use effects tonight.
I just finished the build on my new Stingray, and unfortunately the settings that absolutely kill with my Jazz simply do not work with my Stingray. Curiously, if I slap the Stingray the same settings as the Jazz work beautifully, but for fingerstyle playing the Stingray doesn't get the filter to open unless I REALLY dig in. I had a little of this type of thing with the Wonderlove, but not to this level. I suppose this is the first thing that I've found where I like the WLD more than the Chromatron. Looks like I need to do some experimenting with the rest of my bass arsenal.
Doesn’t seem to be an issue for me, I only use two basses with a pedalboard both Drakes. Run both passive with Aguilar DCBs.
Coming from the groove regulator where I didn’t have the wet dry option (blend) this has significantly more functional use. Plays a bit differently with the other pedals then the GR.
Sound wise vs the groove regulator? And have you tried the expression pedal?
I didn’t spend to much time A/B, think I can dial in all the usable tones I got out of the GR plus others. Maybe after the weekend I will have more time to compare them. Don’t have an expression pedal and while it would be cool takes up to much board real estate for the amount of times I’d use it.
Absolutely! We are away for the weekend but sometime next week would be greatIm local and have an expression pedal...
....wanna jam and try it out?
Any more final thoughts? I put the Chomatron in my Prymaxe cart and left it in there just to think about it. Of course they sent me an email to kindly remind me to complete my purchase. The form factor does really look like it would work out for me.
I too am curious about the expression out. I never had an expression pedal around when I had either of my Wonderloves. The big question: Can it replace my trusty Chi Bass Wah?!?
I too am curious about the expression out. I never had an expression pedal around when I had either of my Wonderloves. The big question: Can it replace my trusty Chi Bass Wah?!?
For wah my go to is a Dunlop Cry Baby Mini Wah. Tried using an expression pedal from the expression out of my Wonderlove, but I preferred using the Dunlp Mini. I'm not expecting the Chromatron to change this.
Band-pass filter together with blend (and possibly boost) should be just like a wah-wah, right?! All within the Wonderlove and Chromatron.
...and expression pedal of course.
Cheers,
Kalle
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Bummer...was hoping the expression out would be as tasty as the envelope filter. I guess Ill have to give it a try and see for myself. Was really hoping that thos would be a good solution to add a wah to my pedal board without the need to add another exp pedal...was hoping to get an exp pedal splitter instead.
I posted a quickie a few pages ago. Not high quality or anything, but it’ll give you an idea.
Thanks for your effort. But I, for one, got from that video no sense of the Chromatron's abilities or character.
Although I told my music store-owning friend that I would like him to order a Chromatron for me, I am among those who would like to hear a nice bass demo of the pedal. Preferably one by Spence, because he is pretty funky.
My mini-review of the Chromatron.
Mine came today. I'm a long-time Wonderlove ver. 1 user, which I use for my funk/R&B cover band, often in combination with a fuzz (in the effects loop) and/or an octaver to emulate analog moog synth bass lines (even though I also have a Future Impact on my board). I'm using a Dingwall bass NG2 bass with an on board (Darkglass Tone Capsule) preamp or my Ken Smith, also active.
Pros:
My settings:
Mine came today. I'm a long-time Wonderlove ver. 1 user, which I use for my funk/R&B cover band, often in combination with a fuzz (in the effects loop) and/or an octaver to emulate analog moog synth bass lines (even though I also have a Future Impact on my board). I'm using a Dingwall bass NG2 bass with an on board (Darkglass Tone Capsule) preamp or my Ken Smith, also active.
Pros:
- The first thing I noticed is that it's built like a tank, only more precise. The build quality is superior to that of the Wonderlove or any other 3Leaf Audio product, which are already at a very high level. It has more weight, the casing looks like CNC, and the internals are very well organized. The controls knobs require more pressure to turn them. which is good. They are also very fluid feeling. This is a very robust pedal.
- Sound: three things jumped out at me. First, more bass is retained in the signal. That means it can be mixed at max and you still have a very usable bass voice. Critical if using in a real world live band context. It is very solid and tight on the low end. Second, it is more dynamic and responds more organically and smoothly to playing style (like attack). Also good thing, because this makes it a more expressive filter than even the Wonderlove. Third, the sensitivity (now called "response") knob is more fluid and opens the filter up a little more gradually and later in the knob sweep than the sensitivity knob on the Wonderlove. It allows more fine tuning in terms of controlling when the filter opens. I think this important for those with active basses. Overall, the filter sounds deeper and more pronounced compared to the WL, if that makes any sense.
- It ain't cheap.
My settings:
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Your findings mirror mine all the way down to how we interpret the knob responses. It’s a wonderful pedal.
Regarding the build quality: Spencer mentioned to me that the pots and the footswitches are on physically separated PCBs which keeps the stress of getting stomped on away from the pots. Very smart and well executed.
