Effects for Psychedelic stoner

I've always wanted an envelope-controlled chorus (or phaser) where the envelope affects the sweep speed rather than directly affecting the sweep itself - so it's not constantly repeating itself, but giving each note attack that vowel-like thing. Ought to just build one I guess.

 

I would not describe any stoner rock as using a heavily processed sound. Most stoner rock bands are pretty raw rock bands with a heavy blues influence. Kind of like a more aggressive Southern rock. I wouldn't say anything other than dirt and a loud rig are necessary.

 

Op-amp Muff plus a dual-LFO Phaser like the Phase 99 should be plenty psychedelic/stonery (thinking mid-90s alternative/post-grunge personally)

 

Alexander Calavera is a phaser that does this (in the Dinamica mode), and I think the Pigtronix Quantum is a chorus that does it.

 

Pigtronix make a couple of envelope controlled phasers, and the Source Audio Manta can do that trick too.

My secret weapon is a Carbon Copy delay into a phaser (Small Stone or Phase 90). I don’t use the delay in the traditional sense, but mount it sideways, fit rubber surrounds on the knobs (like mini versions of the one that come with the Phase 90) so I can tweak them with my foot, and use it to make shrieking UFO noises. It’s like playing another instrument whilst playing bass at the same time, and you can vary it between subtle washes to full on sonic destruction!

 

Earthquaker Rainbow Machine
Red Panda Particle
WMD Geiger Counter
Mantic Flex Pro
Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe
Bananana Matryoshka

 

Tube amp or OD, a fuzz pedal, and a wah.

Phasers and envelope filters can be nice, too.

 

fuzz, OD, phasers pretty standard . Wah can work too, envelope filters not so much for me. i found them too difficult to sit in a mix and at loud volumes it can be hard to hear enough detail to control your touch and the effect. i recently added a tremolo to my board and love it. i got a pretty full featured one and it can add all sorts of trippy goodeness or pulsating noise and feedback.

 

Idiotbox's Super Bass-o-matic '76 might be good. There isn't much info about it, but it seems to be something like parked wah and envelope filter.

 

i find chorus and flange to sound cheesy, but then again the entire genre is quite cheesy anyway. Anything can work. Is it typical? No you don't hear much flange and chorus on bass in this type of music, i suppose if you apply it in a subtle way you can simulate a phaser or you can break the mold and flange proudly . You can also find an MXR Phase 90 or Phase 100 for pretty cheap.

 

fair enough, but probably one of the cheapest phasers you can buy regardless of where you are. there is also the Joyo phaser, it sells for about $40 here.