Artec SE-BEQ Bass EQ & Tuner

[caeman]

http://www.artecsound.com/effect/se-beq.htm
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Anyone using one of these? This intrigues me, as it could reduce my bass pedal board by one if the tuner was of good quality.

 

[geribassist]

I had one, I wasn't really satisfied with it. The tuner part is noisy (makes a kind of buzzing-humming sound when engaged) and it's hard to see when you're in tune. The eq part is a bit better, although I wasn't pleased with it either.

 

[jlozeroseven]

Tuner s*ucks but the EQ part is better.

 

[SBassman]

Why did you not like the tuner? Because it was hard to see or because it wasn't accurate?

 

[ga_edwards]

Tuner is not able to be engaged by the foot switch, it's a button you need to press with a finger. As such, I perfer to have a separate, higher quality tuner (Korg pitch black).
However, the eq is brilliant. I wanted something with different frequency choices to the more common Boss type bass eq frequency selection - I've always found the boss type, and it's many clones, a bit lacking in the lower mid 'mud' range, and 'biting' higher mids, around 1k range.

 

[SBassman]

Thanks.

I'm not following how the pedal works, then. Are you saying the footswitch is only on off for the eq, and that you need to press that other button to actually turn the tuner on?

 

[ga_edwards]

Thanks.

I'm not following how the pedal works, then. Are you saying the footswitch is only on off for the eq, and that you need to press that other button to actually turn the tuner on?

Yep. That exactly.

 

[SBassman]

That's something less than ideal.

 

[TerribleLiar23]

That's something less than ideal.

But you can engage the button, and as long as its engaged, its a tuner. So, turning it on and off then will activate or bypass the tuner. I have one, and I used it for awhile. Only switching because I'm using the Source Audio Programmable EQ, which just rocks.