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Baltimore Sonic Research Institute

TheLopp

TheLopp

Dec 30, 2013
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I just found out about this pedal maker and ordered a SKR Dynamic Bass Distortion.

I haven’t even found a homepage but found 3 pedals listed on Reverb. SKR, FZZ Bass Octave Fuzz and GFZ CMOS Glitch Fuzz. All sounded really good on the demos but the SKR nailed my tonal preferences.





If you have any info or something you’d like to share, please do!
 
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Hi! BSRI Audio is my company. Thanks for picking up a pedal @TheLopp :thumbsup:

Some of the cleaner tones in the SKR demo are on the brighter side because the lower distortion settings don't engage as much of the clipping amplifier and thus less high end is rolled off. You can still blend in lows from your dry signal and have the benefit of the LPF at 1K or 100Hz to keep the clean blend focused on your low end. As you turn up the gain you get significantly more bass in the drive signal and that's how I expect most folks would use the SKR. The mid to high gain tones are what I tuned the pedal for. But if you roll off highs with the filter control you can get a load of thick lower gain tones as well. Also my jazz/400+ was perhaps set a bit bright for this recording and the mic in the demo is a 57 so not exactly an ideal bass tracking setup.

Happy to answer any other questions if thats OK here. I know TB is rather strict about self-promotion so I wont bother with any of that.
 
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whoismarykelly said:
Hi! BSRI Audio is my company. Thanks for picking up a pedal @TheLopp :thumbsup:

Some of the cleaner tones in the SKR demo are on the brighter side because the lower distortion settings don't engage as much of the clipping amplifier and thus less high end is rolled off. You can still blend in lows from your dry signal and have the benefit of the LPF at 1K or 100Hz to keep the clean blend focused on your low end. As you turn up the gain you get significantly more bass in the drive signal and that's how I expect most folks would use the SKR. The mid to high gain tones are what I tuned the pedal for. But if you roll off highs with the filter control you can get a load of thick lower gain tones as well. Also my jazz/400+ was perhaps set a bit bright for this recording and the mic in the demo is a 57 so not exactly an ideal bass tracking setup.

Happy to answer any other questions if thats OK here. I know TB is rather strict about self-promotion so I wont bother with any of that.
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Cheers,

Just purchased a SINGULARITY from Atomic.

This pedal is not listed on your site and no demo's exist to my knowledge. I read through the sheet and expect it to slay!

Perhaps a few words about this pedal and if it's going to be available on your site or just at dealers??

Matt
 
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PhatBottomBass1 said:
Perhaps a few words about this pedal and if it's going to be available on your site or just at dealers??
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Hey - Glad you copped that! Singularity is technically not out yet but it was on the price sheet I gave them when they asked me about becoming a dealer and I had one on hand so they bought it. Its a companion pedal to my band's new record and is designed to be the whole bass chain from the recording sessions in one pedal. On the record that was a fuzz I designed but never released running into an EQ for a ton of bass boost and then a parallel low pass filtered clean blend. Ultimately its supposed to be a merch item on tours but I'll probably put them on the web site when the record comes out on 7/15.
 
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whoismarykelly said:
Hey - Glad you copped that! Singularity is technically not out yet but it was on the price sheet I gave them when they asked me about becoming a dealer and I had one on hand so they bought it. Its a companion pedal to my band's new record and is designed to be the whole bass chain from the recording sessions in one pedal. On the record that was a fuzz I designed but never released running into an EQ for a ton of bass boost and then a parallel low pass filtered clean blend. Ultimately its supposed to be a merch item on tours but I'll probably put them on the web site when the record comes out on 7/15.
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Sounded very cool when I read the sheet. Haven't got it wired in yet. Took off a pedal and waiting for another for the effects side.
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Thanks!
 
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Grindboar said:
@whoismarykelly

I’m looking for a distortion that would work in Hardcore / death metal settings - would you recommend the singularity or the ashmaker?
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I'd lean Ashmaker. Singularity is a composite of the various components I used to record my band's record and it sounds really mean but I designed Ashmaker to be the more practical distortion for live performance and its what I use most often when I play bass. I'd probably pick depending on how fast you play. If you're really railing away steady 8ths or 16ths at faster tempos then Ashmaker will hold things together more. If your tunes have more room to breathe then Singularity might be better for you.
 
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whoismarykelly said:
I'd lean Ashmaker. Singularity is a composite of the various components I used to record my band's record and it sounds really mean but I designed Ashmaker to be the more practical distortion for live performance and its what I use most often when I play bass. I'd probably pick depending on how fast you play. If you're really railing away steady 8ths or 16ths at faster tempos then Ashmaker will hold things together more. If your tunes have more room to breathe then Singularity might be better for you.
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Thanks for the insight! Ashmaker definitely sounds like the right one for me then.
 
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