EHX Bass Mono Synth

[ChubbyJerk]

Ooh, I want to try the Attack Decay.

 

[LSMFT6]

Ooh, I want to try the Attack Decay.

The Poly mode sounds interesting, looking forward to clips.

 

[Cardiff Giant]

I‘ve got an Enzo. Based on the reviews and videos I thought this would be the thing for me but first hand experience showed me that it isn‘t. Because I was so excited about it, I ordered it in the US when it wasn‘t available in Germany yet (where I live), so I didn‘t get around to sending it back and still have it. But I‘m sure I will let it go rather sooner than later. For bass it only sounds good in mono mode, poly and arp are pretty much useless. The things it can do in dry mode are a nice add on but I have better sounding dedicated pedals for those. And even in mono mode the tracking is only mediocre and there is not very much variation in the sound. The filter sounds really good but the control over it is quite limited and I particularly don‘t like that it doesn‘t retrigger until it has finished a full cycle.

The level of control on this new EHX synth is of course much less than on the Enzo but from the demo video I think that there is more variation in sound and as I said before I really liked the tracking on the Synth9 when I tried that and hope it will be on the same level for the Bass Mono Synth.

Same here! I was super stoked on the Enzo as well. Got it, plugged it in and it was pretty much useless. The tracking was so bad I thought it was broken. It's worth mentioning that I play in drop C, so I'm sure that factors in, but still. Returned it the next day.

 

[PaleRider]

Ooh, I want to try the Attack Decay.

Me too! This could be quite interesting in combination with the bass mono synth...

 

[Quatschmacher]

Also just a note, the Micro Synth is fully analog and this new Mono Synth is digital.

Wondering if there’s scope to update the Bass Microsynth to have digital controls to enable preset saving…

 

[Deleted member 165050]

Wondering if there’s scope to update the Bass Microsynth to have digital controls to enable preset saving…

Isn't that effectively what the HOG was?

 

[PaleRider]

Isn't that effectively what the HOG was?

Not really. I had the Hog and still have the BMS. The Hog is a polyphonic harmonizer, basically a combination of the Pog and the Superego plus a little extra. It has presets and MIDI and it is a huge box. The BMS is basically a monophonic octave-fuzz-filter combo in a box but you can get a good variety of synthy sounds out of it.

Wondering if there’s scope to update the Bass Microsynth to have digital controls to enable preset saving…

I always wanted to do this. The sliders on the BMS are all the same 100k linear pots, so it would not be too complicated to replace them with a bunch of digi-pots and add a microcontroller. I built a custom MIDI controller for myself with an Atmel that has 5-pin MIDI out as well as USB MIDI out and experimented with MIDI in on the Atmel as well. It is not too complicated. I only did not have the heart yet to make such a big and possibly non-revertable mod to a beloved pedal...

 

[Quatschmacher]

I thought it must be possible. They have another product (can’t remember which one though) which is a similar format with similar sliders and has the ability to store presets.

 

[PaleRider]

You probably mean the Pog2 but in contrast to the BMS that is a fully digital pedal.
It isn‘t that hard from a technical point of view to add digital control to an analog circuit but I guess in the case of the BMS the end result would be too expensive so that EHX doesn‘t look at it as an attractive product.
As we have seen in this thread what people are talking most about in regards to the Bass Mono Synth is the (relatively) low price. But who knows, EHX is pretty active nowadays in updating their older pedals.

I am really tempted to mod the BMS myself to have MIDI-controllable presets but it possibly could not be fitted in the same enclosure. I am good with electronics but making enclosures is a pain in the a$$ for me...

 

[Al Krow]

Listing in various UK shops now at £115 shipped.

Down to £109 from Musik Productiv

 

[Al Krow]

Ooh, I want to try the Attack Decay.

The Poly mode sounds interesting, looking forward to clips.

Here you go - a little clip with both the Attack Decay and the Bass Mono Synth. The fact that he just happens to be demo'ing it with a great bass didn't hurt either

 

[Krisfield]

This demo just confirmed to me, that this synth box is pretty cool. Cheers.

Big fan of The Afghan Whigs too.

Here you go - a little clip with both the Attack Decay and the Bass Mono Synth. The fact that he just happens to be demo'ing it with a great bass didn't hurt either

 

[CapnSev]

I’m loving what I hear.

 

[Veldar]

Sounds like a toy to me. But then again so does the boss syb-5 and I kinda love that about it

 

[KillerEddie]

At that price it’s on impulse buy territory. I have a BMS but don’t use it much this scratches that itch the Synth9 left me with. Ordering from Sweetwater as we speak. My only real question is: what will the box flap say?

 

[Shaggai]

OK, just like to say that I already have my pre-order from Sweetwater on this pedal.

The question that I'll ask the forum here is that from what I've heard on the various reviews/advertisements for it is that the sounds seems to be "out there." Is something like a Madonna bass synth just too simple to ask out of a synth pedal, or is it that I'm not thinking of the right pedal to get that sound?

 

[johnk_10]

i think the new bass mono synth sounds great from the demos. i'll be ordering one when the are in stock.

 

[Ba55Man1ac]

Ok, sounds good but someone needs to ask the important question... HOW SHALL WE ABBREVIATE THE NAME? Obviously BMS is out of the question. BMoS?

 

[Krisfield]

 

[PaleRider]

Great video!

I did notice a few tracking glitches here and there but from what I could tell from the sounds with dry bass mixed in there seems to be almost no latency, which is great.

The overall sound is really good, imho.