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EHX Analogizer

#41
I'm just "thinking" about the vocoder, because I saw somebody use it and it sounded cool (for their voice). The vocoder needs an additional signal that it uses to create the harmonies with your voice. I saw a guy use his keyboard (typical) but you could probably use your bass if you wanted to.

I'm sure it's just some passing GAS, since I'm not much of a singer ;)
 
#43
My two cents: it's gonna sound great after my source audio multiwave bass distortion. It's a great sounding distortion, but it's not quite grimey enough for some applications, and does have a pretty harshly digital sound that could use some warmth and fatness. I could always just buy an analog delay, but I'm never gonna use it full bore, I just want a slightly doubled sound. Good call from the above poster about using it for arco upright, I feel like that will sound pretty rad.
 
#44
In short I guess I'm trying to say that, like many ehx pedals, it's a niche product. Though there are few things going on in the pedal, it has a pretty specific application that not everyone needs or even cares about, but for some of us it will be a godsend.
 
#45
When I first heard about this pedal I thought it sounded like marketing gibberish- as a general rule I don't like any mystery sauce in my tone. But I have to say, that bass demo sounded fantastic. Though they didn't demo the dry signal for comparison.
 
#47
Can't say I'd go for this pedal, just don't see the need for me. But I wonder... has anyone around here actually bought and used the pedal for a while ?

I've used EHX pedals before and have had no problems with'em, but I have to side with Behnders on this one. No offense intended to anyone, but this gadget doesn't look.... credible.
 
#48
As mentioned by another poster, this seems to essentially be like (or inspired by) the front end of the original EHX Memory Man. Since that aspect of the Memory Man has long been hailed as a big part of that pedal's unique "mojo" when compared to other comparable analog delays, it seems to me there could be a pretty strong demand for it if it actually reasonably lives up to that legacy. I have heard many times of people intentionally driving their Memory Mans (Men?) while using very short delay times to just add character, ambience, and thickness (especially in the studio), which seems to be the precise market for this pedal. If this is able to give a reasonable version of that tone without having to spend $300 for the rest of the Memory Man then I will definitely have to try one once they are in stock around here!

As far as EHX-criticism, I can kinda go both ways. On the one side, they have a very unique approach to effect design, and seem to hit on really interesting ideas before anyone else really has anything comparable. On the other hand they all seem to be so functionally quirky- almost every EHX pedal I have excitedly bought has come with undeniable and seemingly silly quirks that I had to either learn to work around or simply give up on. The volume drop issue with the SMM w/ Hazarai being the most recent and stopped me from using what otherwise was a very unique and fairly affordable delay/ noisebox looper.
 
#49
caeman said:
Next month, they will release the Digitalizer. Are you tired of all that analog imperfection? The Digitalizer cleanses your signal of those sonic impurities and instills a cold, sterile, lifeless sound to your playing, nothing like the modern digital effects we produce which don't sound cold, sterile or lifeless.
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I don't think I need to read past this post. This thread ended with the above comment. GOLD. :D
 
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#50
Yeah, that's an old trick. I used to use a silly short delay on a fretless, it fattened it up and then became a chorus with the application of a little finger vibrato. I guess the gain knob would make this more obvious but I generally found it quite subtle, more of a studio trick than something you'd hear in a live mix.
As for Ehx, the Q-tron is still my very favorite envelope filter. They seem to make a lot of silly stuff, but really, that's kind of what effects are.
 
#54
behndy said:
i'm gonna **** up and do something noticeable on accident and get offered an endorsement deal with EHX.

"no, TOTALLY joking. LURV their.... repetitious.... poorly thought out.... designs.... um. can we start over?"
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The EH Attack Equalizer is Better than a Malekko Sneak Attack and I use 2 Malekko pedals all the time, Charlie Foxtrot and Downer. Because of the auto trigger on the Superego (regular) it's better than the FancY Gamechanger piano lookin sustain pedal which I lent to my keyboardist because it doesn't have an auto setting where your attack level decides what gets sampled, you have to down pedal missing the best part of the note. The Oceans 11 has the best shimmer I've found so far for the send/return of the Superego.
But I like a good I hate EH drinking party because their preset decisions and company fads are pretty funny. Then there are the pedals that just stop. (I can't use the Mel9 and C9 because they are intermittent.) Court jester of effect pedal companies.

This new thing might be another Steel Leather success. In a punk band playing a P bass, it's actually a good pedal for being heard.
 

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