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u84six

u84six

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I'm in a band that makes slow, moody music. Are there any pedals out there that might be appropriate for that kind of stuff? Maybe a unique sounding flang with swells and reverb, or a distant fuzz with harmonic octave multiplyer, or some kind of all-in-one ambient effect? I'm not really looking to buy 5 pedals to get some cool sounds; I'm just wondering if there's a single pedal that can do stuff like this. Thanks
 
#2
You might like the VFE "Echo ohcE". Also there are various digital multi's that can run multiple ambient effects at once. Aside from those, I think you'd need at least two pedals, like a tremolo and a reverb, or an octave and a delay, etc.
 
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u84six said:
I'm in a band that makes slow, moody music. Are there any pedals out there that might be appropriate for that kind of stuff? Maybe a unique sounding flang with swells and reverb, or a distant fuzz with harmonic octave multiplyer, or some kind of all-in-one ambient effect? I'm not really looking to buy 5 pedals to get some cool sounds; I'm just wondering if there's a single pedal that can do stuff like this. Thanks
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I'd say a chorus and an analog delay so you can get some nice, spatial sounds from time to time. Multi effect units turn your signal into digital, so I'd avoid them.
 
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dharmashawn said:
of course there is the ol' IE Nimbus. Mine is a couple weeks old and I really dig it. You can even add just a touch if you fancy
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Hmm, I might have to try that out. I also heard good things about pog 2. They have a demo on youtube with some guy producing ambient swells with it. I'd like to find more single pedal solutions like that.
 
#12
As mentioned before the Echo Ohce is an amazing pedal for your request. I had one for a log time an it's an analog voiced delay, compressor and slow gear all in one! Awesome delayed volume swells FTW! Other pedals that I use and can comment on are:

Boss PS-3 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay
EHX POG2
Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Strymon El Capistan
 
#14
Eventide Space set to "Shimmer". Gorgeous stuff. Can also do a reverb where only the reverb signal is distorted (Mangleverb) and the dry signal is clean. Pricey, but worth every penny and as a reverb, obviously great for slow, moody stuff. Also has a great tremolo with at least two of the algorithims, and a lot of the others have some chorus/modulation available. One setting also allows for gating, expansion and compression. :)
 
#18
Heresy, perhaps- but i run 2 Behringer multi-FXs together, and use "slow tremolo / long delay" and "wide-slow chorus / wide-slow phaser" combos for great ambient-orchestral effects. they're approx $27 each, and they sound great, but ONLY with adaptors- they seem to despise battery use, making all manner of weird rhythmic clicks and random pops... the adaptors quiet 'em down and saddle 'em up perfectly.
 
#19
You won't get what ou want in one pedal. So, unless your prepared to have a handful of effects (modulation, delay, reverb) I'd suggest getting a multi-effect unit. The Line 6 M9 has great effects but, at least to me, the filters and dirt sound awful. I'd go with a Boss GT-10B in your shoes. There's quite a bit that you can do with the GT-10B in terms of ambient sounds that really can't be done with individual pedals.
 
#20
Kwesi said:
You won't get what ou want in one pedal. So, unless your prepared to have a handful of effects (modulation, delay, reverb) I'd suggest getting a multi-effect unit. The Line 6 M9 has great effects but, at least to me, the filters and dirt sound awful. I'd go with a Boss GT-10B in your shoes. There's quite a bit that you can do with the GT-10B in terms of ambient sounds that really can't be done with individual pedals.
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Yeah, I think you're right. If I want to get some nice ambient sounds, I'll either need a multi-effects unit or a few pedals. If I continue down this path I'll most likely get a few pedals because after hearing lots of them on youtube, the differences between fuzz pedals, etc, are huge! Some sound great to my ear, some not so great. So if I went with a multi-effects unit, there'd probably be sounds I wouldn't want to use.
 

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