Frequency Analyzer pedal

[jahsekou]

anybody own one?

in your honest opinion should I stick with the Bassballs or move to this one??

 

[superbassman2000]

have you played one yet? if you like it when you play, and have a possible use for it, i'd say go for it. personally, i'd stick with the bassball, but i don't know...i'm not you!

i'd say for the price, i'd try it out first. they look a little too expensive to just buy blindly...

 

[Brad Barker]

the frequency analyzer is a ring-mod, right?

 

[Heckxx]

the frequency analyzer is a ring-mod, right?

correct. comparing the frequency analzyer with the bassballs didnt make sense to me..

actually, im kindof interested in how this thing sounds with bass. anyone have any experiences?

 

[superbassman2000]

its a ring mod...i would suspect that most ring mods sound very similar, and i think Tecx has one...maybe he's got some samples?

 

[Brad Barker]

correct. comparing the frequency analzyer with the bassballs didnt make sense to me..

yeah, i'm kind of stuck between an eq pedal and a turnip, myself.

 

[Tecx]

I have a frostwave blue ringer... But no, every ring mod is diferent, some work very wel on bass - other just don't (and some just suck)... In my experiance the F.A. always sounded very un-musical, now ring mod is a disonant effect - but good ones can still be musical. If you guys would like I could record some clips of what a bass sounds like ring modulated?..

Alex

its a ring mod...i would suspect that most ring mods sound very similar, and i think Tecx has one...maybe he's got some samples?

 

[Tecx]

Personaly I an all hot and bothered over a fuzz and a new hip...

funny man, too funny.

yeah, i'm kind of stuck between an eq pedal and a turnip, myself.

 

[jahsekou]

correct. comparing the frequency analzyer with the bassballs didnt make sense to me..

actually, im kindof interested in how this thing sounds with bass. anyone have any experiences?

ah ah ah....not a comparison my friend, I am just looking for a wide variety in sounds

 

[Basstyra]

May I up this thread ?

I just got a used, broken EH Frequency Analyzer, and repared it today. It costed me 69€ + 12€ for a new transformer + some work. So 81€ for an old lady, direct from the 70' (it's the original one, with a different box). I'm quite happy !

I read in a quite search that some consider the FA is the "worst ring mod ever made". But it sounds great to my ears !

I have some question : how do you think I could sell this original EHX pedal ? Do some of you use ring mod, when, how ?

 

[Basstyra]

Up !

I'm currently willing to sell my Frequency Analyzer. Do you know how much I should sell it ? It's a vintage one, frome the 70's.

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[JPrisus]

remember Excite Bike? Or Donkey Kong? or that Cannonball game?


That's what the Frequency Analyzer sounds like

 

[Basstyra]

I finally finished repairing/modding this pedal. It looks like this :
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I'll keep it, it's a great sound machine.

 

[4x4Given]

This will show how little I know.


I would have thought that a frequency analyzer was a passive device that could display the frequency(ies) present in a signal that was being passed to / through the device.

Usually lookgin something like one of these...

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But it appears that it is a device which modifes the signal, or at least certain frequency(ies) to produce a different sound.

Hmm.... And what does "mod ring" mean?

 

[Tecx]

Its called Ring Modulation because after your sound is modulated it "rings" classic ring mods gave most sounds a bell like quality.

cheers

Alex

And what does "mod ring" mean?

 

[Basstyra]

Frequency analyzer doesn't mean anything... It's just the brand name of the pedal.

The effect is called Ring Modulator, Ring mod in short.

 

[Brad Barker]

in case anyone is still curious, half a year later, i went with the turnip.


mmm, turnipilicious.

 

[jgsbass]

Its called Ring Modulation because after your sound is modulated it "rings" classic ring mods gave most sounds a bell like quality.

cheers

Alex

Its called a ring modulator because the schematic diagram for the circuit involves a ring. Has nothing to do with the sound produced, no matter how bell like the sound is.

 

[el_Kabong]

in case anyone is still curious, half a year later, i went with the turnip.


mmm, turnipilicious.

You eeediot, turnips suck! Beetroots are the true masters of tone!

 

[Joe P]

Its called Ring Modulation because after your sound is modulated it "rings" classic ring mods gave most sounds a bell like quality...

...But there's another reason, I believe: the original ring modulator circuits used a 'diode ring' (as opposed, for instance, to a 'bridge' interconnection) and a transformer to get the effect (which was originally considered an 'analog computation', rather than a 'sound effect').

Joe