I finally snagged one of these in a trade this week after literally years of trying to land one for a reasonable price. Got a little obsessed there for a while
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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2
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I finally snagged one of these in a trade this week after literally years of trying to land one for a reasonable price. Got a little obsessed there for a while
Post back with how you like it, of course!
I have two BEPs... just in case something happens to the first one.
Peace of mind, even though I have the C4 with my "Piggie" patch and the BEPs aren't on a board. 5sg.
Greetings TB! i love my pwnzor. The Pwnzor would be something id be excited about if it ever gets back to production again. here’s the current setup
That's an incredible board, top notch quality pedals!
How do you use two compressors, pwnsor and cali76 in the same board? Can you share your pedal path?
Some people use compression at both the front & tail of their signal path, at the front to balance highs & lows & at the end to tame resonance spikes especially if resonant filters are being used in the chain
lol, I have the same combo of comps on mine too - I use the PWNZOR as my color comp, and the tx-l for transparent (although I really think the PWNZOR is more a tone enhancer, I absolutely love it! and agree he should bring it back, especially in this swirling world of "which comp should I buy?" syndrome..) compression.
Hello sir! The PWNZOR acts more as my tone enhancer on this set-up and the cali as the comp. runninbg them both gives you that good articulate punchy squeeze and it is delicious to ears . Cheers!
yes i agree sir. i use mine mostly as color enhancer as well as for extra squeeze. and the cali with pwnzor tougether sounds great. would be really cool if its in production again as its a great tool and an always on unit at my board. Cheers!
Alright folks, you raised my curiosity level high enough to pull the trigger on the PWNZOR that was sitting on the 'Verb for four days.
Wait what? There was a PWNZOR on the ‘verb? Man I suck at interneting…
Good choice. You won't be disappointed.
I didn't see it either... It must have been no shipping to the US.
Indeed, a seller in the UK with shipping set only for the UK as far as I could see. But they agreed to ship to Switzerland. I reckon if they had shipping set for everywhere that pedal wouldn't have stayed there for four days. Lucky me
As a self-admitted envelope filter junkie, and after owning/trying 40+ filters, here's my top 3, in order:
1. Pigtronix Bass Envelope Phaser - with honorable mention to the BEP's predecessor the EP2, which I still also have (modded with a volume knob by Dave Koltai at Pigtronix).
2. Line 6 Helix Auto Filter - Listed as a "Line 6 original," but seems heavily based on (and "about 90% there" to) a Lovetone Meatball.
3. Proton V2 - Had the Fromel V1 and upgraded to the V2, which I still have. Didn't really feel like V3 was that big of a change, so skipped that one. I've always regretted not getting a V4 before 3Leaf went dormant for a while, so definitely hoping I can snag one with this upcoming drop.
That said, if I had to choose a "there can be only one" filter, it'd be the Source Audio C4, because I've been able to program a lot of killer envelope filter sounds on it that are MIDI accessible: Bassballs, Filter Twin, a passable Bass Envelope Phaser sound, among other various clean and dirty envelope sounds (most of which are posted on the Neuro Community, for those that have the SA pedals). And in addition to being able to load Spectrum presets, the C4 has synth.
I've been eyeing that FTelettronica for a while now. Super tempted due to nostalgia for the Grinder, but holding me back is the fact that I probably wouldn't actually use it on a pedalboard due to size, and having the Auto Filter mentioned above. Still though.... I've got an itchy clicker finger for that one.
5sg.
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Thanks for sharing your HX settings as a recent convert I look forward to trying them out!
I too first fell in love with a pigtronix EP1. I had Dave Koltai mod mine too. I went to his apt in Brooklyn and he showed me the options and I had him do 3 mods to it right there in his living room. It was wild. Those were the days.
Someone once posted what all the 3Leaf filters are based on…anyone got that handy?
Proton 1 to 3 were based on the Mu Tron.
The Groove Regulators and Wonderlove are Meatball inspired. The Chromatron is its own thing, having morphed from the Wonderlove, and the Proton v4 is a slimmed down Chromatron.
The Groove Regulators and Wonderlove are Meatball inspired. The Chromatron is its own thing, having morphed from the Wonderlove, and the Proton v4 is a slimmed down Chromatron.
I would argue that the Wonderloves are closer to Mutrons in sound that Meatballs. But then the Meatball started design as a super flexible Mutron, so I guess it's all one.
In my experience with the Wonderlove v1 and especially the Chromatron, Spencer's filters are relatively clean and sharp.
In my experience with the Wonderlove v1 and especially the Chromatron, Spencer's filters are relatively clean and sharp.
