Future Impact now available!! WAS: deep impact reissue!!! interested?

[hztjtao]

If the Panda Midi makes a knobs and sliders hardware version of a more intuitive editor, I’ll buy it in a heartbeat.

I almost flipped the FI due to the difficulty in using the editior which paralyse my musical thought process. But held it back as soon I knew a big update is coming, I’m so excited. Thanks Andras!

 

[GisserD]

so im reading a lot about new features in a new update. Does anybody know WHEN this update is going to be available?

 

[Peredur]

While we are discussing features, the FI works as a keyboard expander - so is there a way of plugging something into a midi port that would give us sustain on the triggered sound? Everyone is probably already doing it..........

 

[NicJimBass]

Curious to see if anyone has used their FI with a 13-pin cable, in some fashion? I got a decent deal on a Wilcox Lightwave bass with HexFX, and really want to see if there's a way to take the tracking of the FI to greater heights.

 

[AngelCrusher]

Had this pedal about 24 hours and it is incredible. Easily the most game-changing pedal I have owned. In that time I already got at least 20 sounds front the user bank that I can use on records. In other words, they sound and sit in the mix like an actual bass synth, and I know this since I was programming bass synth sounds that I needed to match with the FI.

The user patches here are fantastic. I think if someone bought the pedal and did not know about them, they would be losing out in a major way. The stock sounds are not bad, I found 5-6 I could use on a regular basis, but the TB presets have an incredible amount. I may end up with 20-40 useable sounds, which is just a ton for one pedal.

Also, I reached out to Panda since my main issue is what many have brought up - the retriggering where fast envelopes dont retrigger in time for the next note if you play too fast. It is something that I can work around, but of course I had to ask about it. Anyway, I received a prompt reply that in January the new firmware is being released and from how it sounds, the tracking may end up being FAR better than now. Honestly the tracking is already quite good, so this is something I am really excited about.

Been playing through an analogue oct2 for years so learning the technique for this pedal was not too bad for me. I am going to mess with the note on and off setting though. I notice that my old passive Fender P with steels seems to track a little more reliable than my Sadowsky p/j with flats. I play the Sadowsky with the P soloed. I am going to try it in passive and engage both pickups while tweaking note on and off just to see what happens. Not sure if flats are better than steels for this pedal, but in my experience flats usually provide a more solid signal in to a pitch detecting device. I think maybe using it in active mode with the pre engaged may cause some issues - not sure yet. It is nothing crazy but I’d like to use the Sadowsky so when I go clean I still have that more modern tone paired with flats, as that’s my favorite clean tone right now.

It is pretty cool to play this pedal with a 70’s P bass though. It just looks “right” when playing old school 80’s funk patches. Lol.

 

[bassvirtuoso]

Had this pedal about 24 hours and it is incredible. Easily the most game-changing pedal I have owned. In that time I already got at least 20 sounds front the user bank that I can use on records. In other words, they sound and sit in the mix like an actual bass synth, and I know this since I was programming bass synth sounds that I needed to match with the FI.

The user patches here are fantastic. I think if someone bought the pedal and did not know about them, they would be losing out in a major way. The stock sounds are not bad, I found 5-6 I could use on a regular basis, but the TB presets have an incredible amount. I may end up with 20-40 useable sounds, which is just a ton for one pedal.

Also, I reached out to Panda since my main issue is what many have brought up - the retriggering where fast envelopes dont retrigger in time for the next note if you play too fast. It is something that I can work around, but of course I had to ask about it. Anyway, I received a prompt reply that in January the new firmware is being released and from how it sounds, the tracking may end up being FAR better than now. Honestly the tracking is already quite good, so this is something I am really excited about.

Been playing through an analogue oct2 for years so learning the technique for this pedal was not too bad for me. I am going to mess with the note on and off setting though. I notice that my old passive Fender P with steels seems to track a little more reliable than my Sadowsky p/j with flats. I play the Sadowsky with the P soloed. I am going to try it in passive and engage both pickups while tweaking note on and off just to see what happens. Not sure if flats are better than steels for this pedal, but in my experience flats usually provide a more solid signal in to a pitch detecting device. I think maybe using it in active mode with the pre engaged may cause some issues - not sure yet. It is nothing crazy but I’d like to use the Sadowsky so when I go clean I still have that more modern tone paired with flats, as that’s my favorite clean tone right now.

It is pretty cool to play this pedal with a 70’s P bass though. It just looks “right” when playing old school 80’s funk patches. Lol.

What are your favorite 20 patches from our folders?

 

[Adamixoye]

What are your favorite 20 patches from our folders?

I still really need to go in and add presets. I've explored them before, but never tried to pick my absolute favorites.

 

[bassvirtuoso]

I still really need to go in and add presets. I've explored them before, but never tried to pick my absolute favorites.

Yeah, I've been rocking my same few patches for about a year now - I need to go in and test some new ones.

 

[tombowlus]

I still really need to go in and add presets. I've explored them before, but never tried to pick my absolute favorites.

Same here...

 

[AngelCrusher]

What are your favorite 20 patches from our folders?

I went through everything and here are the finalists for now. I will now pare these down since many are similar, but I can put all the analogue style ones in one bank and then some of the more effected style ones in another.

Once I get to where I am gigging with it and have a setlist, I will reorg again. It does not seem too hard, for example I could have 2 sounds for song 1 and after getting the first sound up, just scroll up a slot to the second and let it blink while I play and the hit the on/off when I want to switch. It seems like it will blink and wait for you to confirm with the on/off button indefinitely so it should not be too tough to easily build setlists with the numbering system. I can probably get away with just using it as a foot controller. One cool thing would be an expression pedal for vibrato. That would really be amazing. I feel like it should be possible with the new firmware coming.

 

[ExaltBass]

What are your favorite 20 patches from our folders?

Link?

 

[ExaltBass]

NPD

I can’t believe I made it fit!

 

[Jonny5bass]

Yeah, I've been rocking my same few patches for about a year now - I need to go in and test some new ones.

I’ve been rocking the same ones for a couple years now. I should probably do the same...

 

[AngelCrusher]

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NPD

I can’t believe I made it fit!

It sounds so fat going through the Noble. I would keep the cab sim off and by all means engage that sweet chorus pedal.

 

[maxmaroon]

Here's a new tune I finished featuring the FI. I used 5 synth tracks here with minimal processing. Really happy with the sounds.

 

[bassvirtuoso]

Link?

Future Impact Patch sharing thread

 

[ExaltBass]

Future Impact Patch sharing thread

Thanks!

 

[maisbass]

Had this pedal about 24 hours and it is incredible. Easily the most game-changing pedal I have owned. In that time I already got at least 20 sounds front the user bank that I can use on records. In other words, they sound and sit in the mix like an actual bass synth, and I know this since I was programming bass synth sounds that I needed to match with the FI.

The user patches here are fantastic. I think if someone bought the pedal and did not know about them, they would be losing out in a major way. The stock sounds are not bad, I found 5-6 I could use on a regular basis, but the TB presets have an incredible amount. I may end up with 20-40 useable sounds, which is just a ton for one pedal.

Also, I reached out to Panda since my main issue is what many have brought up - the retriggering where fast envelopes dont retrigger in time for the next note if you play too fast. It is something that I can work around, but of course I had to ask about it. Anyway, I received a prompt reply that in January the new firmware is being released and from how it sounds, the tracking may end up being FAR better than now. Honestly the tracking is already quite good, so this is something I am really excited about.

Been playing through an analogue oct2 for years so learning the technique for this pedal was not too bad for me. I am going to mess with the note on and off setting though. I notice that my old passive Fender P with steels seems to track a little more reliable than my Sadowsky p/j with flats. I play the Sadowsky with the P soloed. I am going to try it in passive and engage both pickups while tweaking note on and off just to see what happens. Not sure if flats are better than steels for this pedal, but in my experience flats usually provide a more solid signal in to a pitch detecting device. I think maybe using it in active mode with the pre engaged may cause some issues - not sure yet. It is nothing crazy but I’d like to use the Sadowsky so when I go clean I still have that more modern tone paired with flats, as that’s my favorite clean tone right now.

It is pretty cool to play this pedal with a 70’s P bass though. It just looks “right” when playing old school 80’s funk patches. Lol.

You should have no problem using your Sadowski in active mode. You just need to get familiar with the pedal, get the proper settings for your style, and learn how to adapt your style/technique with some of the patches. Definitely need to play clean and minimize string vibrations, etc.

I’ve been using it with my Fodera in active mode for a few years now with great success.

 

[AngelCrusher]

You should have no problem using your Sadowski in active mode. You just need to get familiar with the pedal, get the proper settings for your style, and learn how to adapt your style/technique with some of the patches. Definitely need to play clean and minimize string vibrations, etc.

I’ve been using it with my Fodera in active mode for a few years now with great success.

Yeah ive been playing through octave pedals for years so im good with the technique. I messed with the settings a little but have mainly used it in passive mode the past day and the results are real good.

It sounds like the new firmware could take the tracking to an entirely new level.

I asked about the slow retriggering on the faster envelope settings for those analogue sounds and he said I would be happy. If that is the case, this device will become even more legendary.

 

[maisbass]

Yeah ive been playing through octave pedals for years so im good with the technique. I messed with the settings a little but have mainly used it in passive mode the past day and the results are real good.

It sounds like the new firmware could take the tracking to an entirely new level.

I asked about the slow retriggering on the faster envelope settings for those analogue sounds and he said I would be happy. If that is the case, this device will become even more legendary.

I agree with the re-triggering. We all do here lol. I really hope it all comes to fruition.