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superheavyfunk

superheavyfunk

Mar 11, 2013
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#1
Hey all. To add another "Which OD?" thread to the hundreds that are already here, which drive do you think would help me cop this sound:

My first thought was (one of) the SA Beta but I've never actually tried one, so I dunno what it actually sounds like. My second and third thoughts were the Fairfield Barbershop and the Blueberry (or one of its clones), but again, I've never tried them. I've heard that all three of these have that "warm & compressed" sound and I think that's what I'm hearing in this track... What do you all hear? What do you suggest?

*Edit* The only drive I currently own is a Fulltone OCD. It's a really great drive pedal but a bit too hairy and open sounding to achieve this sound, I think.
 
#2
Reely cool trak but I don't know if any pedal can get those tones. To my ear those sounz are a result of a lot of DAW manipulation using envelopes, filters, reverse delays and a lot of mixed layers. For the distortion source or sources it could have been a pedal but I would bet more on a DAW model given the production style.
 
#3
Thinking about this some more, I think it might be a foldback-like distortion with some EQ applied (or maybe the tone rolled off?). Maybe a Prunes & Custard, or a SA bass distortion might get me there. Or that old Red Rooster pedal... who made that anyway?

bassbrad said:
Reely cool trak but I don't know if any pedal can get those tones. To my ear those sounz are a result of a lot of DAW manipulation using envelopes, filters, reverse delays and a lot of mixed layers. For the distortion source or sources it could have been a pedal but I would bet more on a DAW model given the production style.
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I think you're listening to the ambient/textural lines... I'm looking for the sound of the main melodic line.
 
#4
superheavyfunk said:
Thinking about this some more, I think it might be a foldback-like distortion with some EQ applied (or maybe the tone rolled off?). Maybe a Prunes & Custard, or a SA bass distortion might get me there. Or that old Red Rooster pedal... who made that anyway?

I think you're listening to the ambient/textural lines... I'm looking for the sound of the main melodic line.
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The SA Aftershock certainly can cover the basic sounds and I am getting some similar efx live by pairing with a Zoom MS60B. The foldover sounds are also on the C4 which also has some tasty fuzz and distortion tones if you are not looking for "organic tube overdrive" and it does include the envelope and filter effects as well as some of the modulations.

DAM RED ROOSTER better pony up your loose change on that one buddy.
 
#5
bassbrad said:
The SA Aftershock certainly can cover the basic sounds and I am getting some similar efx live by pairing with a Zoom MS60B. The foldover sounds are also on the C4 which also has some tasty fuzz and distortion tones if you are not looking for "organic tube overdrive" and it does include the envelope and filter effects as well as some of the modulations.

DAM RED ROOSTER better pony up your loose change on that one buddy.
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I had an Aftershock for a little bit... couldn't get down with the computer-designing aspect of tone sculpting so I moved it along. What effects are you using on the MS-60 along with it, though? I have a Manta, so maybe I can cop some of the foldover sounds from there.

As to the DAM pedal you linked to, that's not the pedal that I'm thinking of... maybe I got the name wrong but it was like the P&C in it's distortion/envelope kinda sounds.

EDIT: I found it - it's the Red Ripper by TC Electronics.
 

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