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Envelope filter for bass. Users wants and needs

#84
very interesting read :cool:

I've really struggled to get a reasonably useful setting for an AutoWah/Quack out of my BassPod xt, to the point of me being sorely tempted to buy a standalone pedal - hence my interest in this thread.

By adding a bit of compression I can control the trigger point and range quite consistently. I also blend the wet and dry signals in order to retain some depth to the tone, saved different patches of various settings, but all in all not an entirely satisfactory experience... :bawl:

Tho the "real thing" does not seem to be such a straight forward matter either... :p

btw, the effects are modeled on a Mutron III and a Line 6[SIZE=-2]® [/SIZE]Dingo Tron


Back on topic - waiting for criteria and suggestions of the perfect envelope filter. Has anybody a link to sound clips of various models ?
I know about the old bass player test with the EBS Bassiq, which sounds waaaay better than my Bod.....
 
#85
I use 2 filters neither mentioned here: the discontinued but available sometimes Ashdown Bass Envelope (for the smooth mwaa that handles octave down and distortions well) and the Ibanez Bass Synth, on 1st envelope, long setting for more extreem envelopes. This one I have in a passive loop (loop 2, loop 1 is octave down) using the active Boss LS1 loop on Mix so it's combined with non-envelope sound, with a Copilot Antenna ring mod before it too...the Antenna's mix doesn't let enough straight bass sound through...so I have the regular signal at noon and the envelope/ringer sound at 10am. I did find that the Boss LS cuts high end generally, so I've taken it out of the main pathway, and the Antenna has SO much high end it's fine to cut a bit out. The Ashdown's buffer sounds Great so it's in the main path near the end. The only problem with the Ashdown is it's size...
 
#96
My ideal filter would have a 3 way split up front. It would divide my signal into low, mid and high eq points. Each split (2 total) would have a knob to set the crossover freq. Then each would be sent into a seperate Mu-Tron like circuit, then into a fuzz (Muff maybe). There would be 4 footswitches. One would be a master bypass to bypass the pedal entirely. When it is engaged, the 3 other swtiches would control which freq's would be bypassed. So, for example, you could have just the high end running through a Mutron/Muff---or have just the lows, etc.

I am actually looking around at what is involved in making a pedal like this. Since I have zero working knowledge of effects design, I am talking to various people.
 

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