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

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Well, no video yet but at least we have confirmation of new classic 80s bass synth presets. They have obviously taken a cue from the overwhelming success of the MXR bass synth pedal. Take my money!
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I am really keen on trying out the pedal. With this new housing it even seems to be pedalboard friendly. Altough to justify spending this amount of money on experimenting (on something I don't actually need 🤪 #gas) I need it to replace some of my pedals. So here are a few questions to those who have newer models.

Can it replace my envelope/filter? Can it affect clean sound this way? Can I adjust parameters of the envelope on the pedal?

Can it replace my chorus? Can modulation applied on clean sound? Can I adjust parameters of depth, rate on the pedal?

Can it replace my fuzz? Can it affect clean sound this way?

I know it's not a multi effects unit, but it would be really useful to use these parts separately on custom patches not using the synth engine.

Waiting to hear more about the new updates!
 
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nedvigbendeguz said:
Can it replace my envelope/filter? Can it affect clean sound this way? Can I adjust parameters of the envelope on the pedal?
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Yes. It takes a bit of work to dial in the envelope response to match dedicated envelope-controlled filter pedals, but I’ve done it and shared pretty decent patches.

Yes, attack, decay, envelope follower response and ADSR depth can be adjusted from the panel.
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Can it replace my chorus? Can modulation applied on clean sound? Can I adjust parameters of depth, rate on the pedal?
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Yes it can, though it is a mono output. Only the dry/wet mix can be adjusted from the panel. You can set up patches to respond to MIDI so that you can make adjustments to LFO rate, mod depth, etc via a MIDI controller box.
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Can it replace my fuzz? Can it affect clean sound this way?
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Yes, there’s a decent amount of overdrive and distortion options that can be applied to the instrument audio input signal, though again, panel control for this is limited to drive level (providing overdrive is last in the active FX chain); MIDI control is possible over the deeper functions.

The editor software gives full control over all parameters.
 
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nedvigbendeguz said:
I am really keen on trying out the pedal. With this new housing it even seems to be pedalboard friendly. Altough to justify spending this amount of money on experimenting (on something I don't actually need 🤪 #gas) I need it to replace some of my pedals. So here are a few questions to those who have newer models.

Can it replace my envelope/filter? Can it affect clean sound this way? Can I adjust parameters of the envelope on the pedal?

Can it replace my chorus? Can modulation applied on clean sound? Can I adjust parameters of depth, rate on the pedal?

Can it replace my fuzz? Can it affect clean sound this way?

I know it's not a multi effects unit, but it would be really useful to use these parts separately on custom patches not using the synth engine.

Waiting to hear more about the new updates!
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It has all of those possibilities to cover other than "synth" functions, keeping in mind that a complete synth performs multiple functions by combining different blocks that we as bass players often view as separate effects type pedals. There are step by step instructions on how to achieve those functions in the manual for those geeky enough to dig in on pages 90-95. It may or may not replace what you are using for those specific functions for example the envelop filter sounds use more parameters that the usual pedal and are in different blocks. Another example is the fuzz and overdrive are of a slightly different texture that is used in guitar/bass pedals, to my ear it is a very useful sound but will never replace a TS for example. I have a few patches created for my own use that utilize those separated sounds as well as using the FI as a studio preamp with the excellent 4 band EQ.
 
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nedvigbendeguz said:
I am really keen on trying out the pedal. With this new housing it even seems to be pedalboard friendly. Altough to justify spending this amount of money on experimenting (on something I don't actually need 🤪 #gas) I need it to replace some of my pedals. So here are a few questions to those who have newer models.

Can it replace my envelope/filter? Can it affect clean sound this way? Can I adjust parameters of the envelope on the pedal?

Can it replace my chorus? Can modulation applied on clean sound? Can I adjust parameters of depth, rate on the pedal?

Can it replace my fuzz? Can it affect clean sound this way?

I know it's not a multi effects unit, but it would be really useful to use these parts separately on custom patches not using the synth engine.

Waiting to hear more about the new updates!
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The short answer to your 8 questions is YES to all of them. If you are really interested in details, please take the chance to download the excellent manual written by Peter, you find everything explained in it what you want to know about the FI.
 
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I use mine to control presets. I have it set to turn on a preset with the push o a button and turn it off with the next push. I have 4 banks of 12 presets at the touch of a button, labeled and easy to find with the mc6 .
I also can use it as a tap tempo for delay effects on the FI in page 4 for me. I also have each bank set to double tap a middle switch to engage the tuner if I need to as well.

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Speaking of MC6's,
Is it possible to have a single expression pedal send different MIDI CCs depending on the preset I'm on?
For example, I want the pedal to control the envelope follower (CC12) when I'm on one preset, but then switch to controlling Pitch (CC16) when I switch to a different preset.
I believe the Future Impact allows for this kind of external control (can you confirm?), but can the Morningstar actually re-map its expression output like that?
 
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yes you can.
Thanks for reaching out. The basic functionality of our expression programming is explained really well in this video :

In short, you define expression messages on the bank level. Each bank has its own expression presets. So maybe in bank one you have your expression pedal control CC1, but in bank two, it controls CC2. In bank three, it controls both, etc.

Let me know if you need more granular control than that. There's a more advanced, but more complicated, way of changing expression settings without changing banks.


Please feel free to let me know if you have any further question
 
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