• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

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

#6,904
Quatschmacher said:
Just noticed that FI is on a summer sale price of €269 for the whole of August. Price includes taxes and shipping. That’s about £230 delivered.



[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
Click to expand...

I ordered mine last night because of the sale.

I’ve been eyeing for a few months now, and prices online range from £300 uses to £500.

With the sale of £228 ish, I was on it!!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Quatschmacher
#6,905
nendo said:
I ordered mine last night because of the sale.

I’ve been eyeing for a few months now, and prices online range from £300 uses to £500.

With the sale of £228 ish, I was on it!!
Click to expand...
Used prices are fairly steady around £190-220 (Basschat, Facebook etc), but yes, no point doing that when a new one is so cheap right now.
 
#6,906
And another one ordered. I have fought the Temptation for a long time. With the new editor released and the sale the Temptation was just too great oh, and my C4 needs a new friend.. man this place cost me money. I thought I could cure the urge of buying pedals by building them. LOL. I need to start getting rid of some not collecting. But they all sound so good, and I'm on a Dunwich Kick right now.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Quatschmacher
#6,908
AlexanderB said:
And it seems my unit is still not shipped, six days later? At least I have not received any email stating so... :unsure:
Click to expand...
I’m not certain whether they send shipping confirmation emails. Don’t fret. It’ll get there. And bear in mind there’s a pandemic on still, so stuff is slow.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mdalamond
#6,909
mdalamond said:
And another one ordered. I have fought the Temptation for a long time. With the new editor released and the sale the Temptation was just too great oh, and my C4 needs a new friend.. man this place cost me money. I thought I could cure the urge of buying pedals by building them. LOL. I need to start getting rid of some not collecting. But they all sound so good, and I'm on a Dunwich Kick right now.
Click to expand...
It’s a great time to get on board now that the price is so good and the features are matured.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mdalamond
#6,910
Quatschmacher said:
I’m not certain whether they send shipping confirmation emails. Don’t fret. It’ll get there. And bear in mind there’s a pandemic on still, so stuff is slow.
Click to expand...

The order confirmation says there will be an email, when the pedal is shipped.

"Thank you for your order at MIDI products by pandaMidi. Once your package ships we will send you a notification email. Your order confirmation is below."

Well, I feel confident it is worth waiting for...
 
#6,911
mdalamond said:
And another one ordered. I have fought the Temptation for a long time. With the new editor released and the sale the Temptation was just too great oh, and my C4 needs a new friend.. man this place cost me money. I thought I could cure the urge of buying pedals by building them. LOL. I need to start getting rid of some not collecting. But they all sound so good, and I'm on a Dunwich Kick right now.
Click to expand...

I've definitely spent more on building DIY-pedals than if I'd just stuck to buying commercial-grade pedals, but something like this is a bit beyond most DIYers' abilities, well, more than a bit. I'll suggest rehousing it or custom paint job to get a little DIY-flavour on it.

I think you'll really like it — enjoy!
 
  • Like
Reactions: mdalamond
#6,914
I ordered on 8/11 but as Mr. Q suggested, I have emailed them and am awaiting a response. Longer than usual shipping is not uncommon these days but communication is key. In my case it really hasn’t been that long so I’m not concerned at this point but your situation has peaked my curiosity so I sent them an email just to see if they respond.
 
#6,916
It arrived today! :bassist:
Plugged it in immediately, and started goofing around. There are some redundancies, but lots of very unique stuff as well. Lovely delays! Many of the stock sounds seem giggable as they are.
In general, it sounds a bit smoother and less aggressive than my C4, as an initial impression.

An odd built-in effect is the time travelling feature. I just hooked it up, grabbed a bass, played a couple of notes. SWOOOSH. I look up, and 45 minutes had just disappeared. o_O :D
 
  • Like
Reactions: Randy Ward, cosmicevan, Quatschmacher and 2 others
#6,917
AlexanderB said:
It arrived today! :bassist:
Plugged it in immediately, and started goofing around. There are some redundancies, but lots of very unique stuff as well. Lovely delays! Many of the stock sounds seem giggable as they are.
In general, it sounds a bit smoother and less aggressive than my C4, as an initial impression.

An odd built-in effect is the time travelling feature. I just hooked it up, grabbed a bass, played a couple of notes. SWOOOSH. I look up, and 45 minutes had just disappeared. o_O :D
Click to expand...
Glad it got there. Yes, not all the stock sounds are to taste. Get yourself a compatible interface and you can load it up with a bunch of my patches from the database.

I’d highly recommend getting an expression pedal (and the means to hook it up) as many of my patches do cool things with expression.
 
  • Like
Reactions: AlexanderB
#6,918
Quatschmacher said:
Glad it got there. Yes, not all the stock sounds are to taste. Get yourself a compatible interface and you can load it up with a bunch of my patches from the database.

I’d highly recommend getting an expression pedal (and the means to hook it up) as many of my patches do cool things with expression.
Click to expand...

I need a new smartphone, but then I will definitely research the C4 and FI communities.
However, I do not see any MIDI setups or even an expression pedal in my future. I do not have the greatest multitasking capability to work an additional pedal. In one of the bands, playing from sheet music, plus doing sound for the band already keeps me on my toes. There, I might use a pedal for a handful of songs per gig.
In my other band, we play more improvisational, but I want to keep a fairly straight forward rig, not too derail my focus too much. Just using an expression pedal at home is hard to justify.
 
#6,919
AlexanderB said:
I need a new smartphone, but then I will definitely research the C4 and FI communities.
However, I do not see any MIDI setups or even an expression pedal in my future. I do not have the greatest multitasking capability to work an additional pedal. In one of the bands, playing from sheet music, plus doing sound for the band already keeps me on my toes. There, I might use a pedal for a handful of songs per gig.
In my other band, we play more improvisational, but I want to keep a fairly straight forward rig, not too derail my focus too much. Just using an expression pedal at home is hard to justify.
Click to expand...
You wouldn’t necessarily need to tweak it on the fly if you didn’t want to. I have quite a lot of patches set up to morph between two sets of settings on a pedal; you could simply find the sweet spot. It allows for different sounds within a single preset.

it is pretty useful for just bringing the volume of the synth in and out, killing the dry bass volume, stuff like that.

The beauty of MIDI is that you can make it as simple or as complex as you like and can tailor it to your own needs and abilities.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mdalamond and AlexanderB
#6,920
Hi all, I just purchased an used FI v1 and promptly updated it to the newest 3.60 firmware, I'm very happy of the pedal and I plan to explore all its features soon, but I have a doubt (sorry if it was already answered!)
I was just wondering if FI is capable to be used like a MIDI controller, I mean if you can control an external synth or device like a MIDI keyboard would (like a CV to MIDI converter)
I tried several MIDI configurations on both machines, but I fear it's not possible at all...
thank you!
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back