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Bananana MATRYOSHKA

#301
I've very recently acquired a Mastotron (gated fuzz) and am finding that Matryoshka (and indeed my Markbass SS) --> Mastotron works well and provides for a more rounded / usable sound.

Can't believe it's taken me quite so long to discover gated fuzz!
 
#304
Al Krow said:
Q from me - has anyone got a good understanding / explanation of what the resonance knob does? I've not quite got my head around that one yet!
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Same as the resonance on an analog synth filter. The cutoff controls the frequency at which the filter starts seriously cutting the signal, and the resonance boosts the signal right at the cutoff frequency, sort of a feedback thing. If you crank the resonance the filter gets very squealy; you can dial in just enough squeal to give it some character. Turned all the way up the filter can be made to self-oscillate depending on which mode the pedal is in. In sample and hold mode for example, it will play sample and hold tones even after you mute the bass.

I don't know if I'm using the proper language for all this, but I hope it helps.
 
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Thanks for that. I was just wondering whether there was any way to control the attack / decay on the BM, but it doesn't appear that the resonance deals with this from what you are saying, in which case I'm not sure there is any explicit attack & decay control on this pedal?
 
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Al Krow said:
Thanks for that. I was just wondering whether there was any way to control the attack / decay on the BM, but it doesn't appear that the resonance deals with this from what you are saying, in which case I'm not sure there is any explicit attack & decay control on this pedal?
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I don't think so. With a analog synth, there is an oscillator which creates the initial waveform, and an ADSR device to control attack, decay, etc. In this system, the bass guitar string is the oscillator and the control mechanism is your fingers, and downstream from there the signal hits the pedal with its filter section. Again, that's how I interpret this thing, but I may be missing something.
 
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#307
Just throwing my name onto this thread because I realllllly want this pedal. I've listened to tons of other effects and this little thing (and I mean little!) is quite simply one of the coolest I have ever heard. Serious GAS on my part because I can find a place where it will get used with the music I play.
 
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Managed to finally get ahold of one. Apparently the fastest way is to order direct from him. He fills those before shops so don't buy into preorder non-sense.

In any event, I have only spent about 30 mins w it and it is mind meltingly amazing. Not that complex to dial in cool sounds and I kinda get the controls from the little details on his site.

Supposedly another batch in the works as well as some more abracadabras and other new things he is experimenting with. So sick!
 
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Was struggling to quite nail an usable live synth sound on this wonderful little crazy pedal. I managed to get hold of a second hand Panda FI for a good price and found it had all the usable synth sounds I could wish for (aside from an arpeggiator) under its bonnet! And really importantly for me as a gigging bassist, the FI has presets! A fellow bassist came along and made me an offer I couldn't refuse for my Matryoshka. I said a slightly sad farewell. There ends this particular tale for me.
 
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Al Krow said:
Was struggling to quite nail an usable live synth sound on this wonderful little crazy pedal. I managed to get hold of a second hand Panda FI for a good price and found it had all the usable synth sounds I could wish for (aside from an arpeggiator) under its bonnet! And really importantly for me as a gigging bassist, the FI has presets! A fellow bassist came along and made me an offer I couldn't refuse for my Matryoshka. I said a slightly sad farewell. There ends this particular tale for me.
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Presets are huge. Stomp boxes are typically 1 or 2 trick pony's realistically in a live situation.

The matryoshka is so tiny and packed w sounds it has me wondering if it would be possible to mount it to my bass or somewhere thay I can get to it easily. A tweakers gotta tweak...
 
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ilansgroove said:
I shared it on the Enzo thread as well ... but this is something i got to with both the Matryoshka and Enzo in parallel ...

Dropbox - enzo and matryoshka.mp3
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Wow...sounds phenomenal...so HUGE. I can totally hear the bananana in there. I'm less familiar with the Enzo, but have watched vids so I can kinda pick out that as well.

Consequently...I too...ended up finding a Future Impact used and snagged it. Currently I have both the matryoshka and the FI on my board. I do feel like the matryoshka sounds better overall, but that's mostly because you have to program the FI and I've barely scratched the surface there. I have been exploring the user generated patches and the best made ones slay the matryoshka and with the click of a stomp switch or two you can change from a piercing saw tooth lead to an analog dub bass bomb and just about anything in between and beyond.

If you are looking for a great synth sound in a TINY box that you can tweak to get a few great sounds by twisting knobs, then the matryoshka is calling your name. If spending 5 hours a night learning about synthesis and experimenting with REAL synth controls to generate presets doesn't sound all that bad to you, then there is no question that you should go with the Future Impact. The Future Impact is a time investment though...a significant one compared to any other effect I have ever owned (and I've owned some complex rack mount loopers)
 
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Rambazamba said:
I think it won't work with an envelope filter. If you put the synth pedal (doesn't matter which one) before the envelope filter, the filter will produce a fixed or static filter because the synth signal has basically no envelope. If you put the envelope filter before the synth pedal you won't hear the filter anymore because the synth pedal converts only the incoming pitch and no sound characteristics in a new digital waveform.
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That’s why you get an LS-2 and run them in parallel loops!
 
#317
Is this beautiful tiny little box still going strong? Finally I've found a distributor for Italy. Maybe it's time to get one?
I usually get my synth tone using an analog octave (COG T-16) into a gated fuzz (Shoe Pixel). Sometimes I add compression before the T-16 and/or a bit crusher after the fuzz. This is what I've always done, but I guess you can do much more with this thing.
 
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Hypercaffium said:
Is this beautiful tiny little box still going strong? Finally I've found a distributor for Italy. Maybe it's time to get one?
I usually get my synth tone using an analog octave (COG T-16) into a gated fuzz (Shoe Pixel). Sometimes I add compression before the T-16 and/or a bit crusher after the fuzz. This is what I've always done, but I guess you can do much more with this thing.
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Mine is still on my board. I use it mainly for the sample and hold function. My band thinks it's a cool effect on certain songs.
 
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