Hard chopping tremolo

[Crowd crusher]

Hey now!

I'm looking to tap into the immense wealth of knowledge here...While I'm not new to the world of effects,I am new to tremelo...I've been trying to get my synth/fuzz sound dialed in for a while now and have bought,sold,and kept a ton of different fuzzes,synth pedals,envelopes and filters...I basically have a sound I really like with my DigiTech bsw into one of my fuzzes, wheather it be my hovercraft ionostrofear, boosted green Russian muff clone,harmonic percolater clone,etc. But now I need/want an lfo to modulate my signal...I'm looking for a super hard chopping trem. Basically want to cut the signal off,at points, but not looking for a stutter pedal. I'd go as high as 200$. But less is better. Any help is appreciated! Thanks

 

[gkbass13]

I just picked up a dwarfcraft devices "happiness", which might get you where you want to be. Their "twin staggs" looks really cool too. Very manipulative and choppy, but with lots of cool options to mess with.

 

[msiner]

The Boss TR-2 can be adjusted to be a square wave. If you are looking for something a bit more experimental and rhythmic, the Boss SL-20 slicer is something you might want to look at

 

[Brio]

The TR2 will do choppy and is simplistic in its control. On the other end of the spectrum is Malekko's Sneak Attack which will probably be more useful and musical if you're looking to push a synth sound.

 

[Crowd crusher]

I have been looking at the sl-20, haven't seen it do "normal" trem in any of the demos I've watched, just the patterns. I'll have to look into the others..I do like d-craft and malekko pedals...Thanks

 

[bassmonkeee]

Go with the Source Audio Vertigo and build your own Tremolo algorithm. I love my Vertigo. And you can get the pedal and an external tap tempo and still have money left over.

 

[Swimming Bird]

Used to have an EHX Pulsar which did this really well. Alderete reps the Hummingbird (old EQD?).

 

[Tourniquet Man]

Hummingbird or i use an idiotbox mad dr stutter which is more of a kill switch than tremolo. Doesn't get anymore hard chopping than that.

 

[groovebass5]

I have the EQD Hummingbird and it's an amazing hard chopping tremolo. Between the 3 speed settings and the depth control you can go from nice and subtle to full on helicopter style chop and even a quasi ring mod at extreme speed settings. I haven't used the expression output yet but it adds a nice feature to control speed too. I do sometimes wish for a tap tempo and subdivisions though for which I think the Source Audio Vertigo would be nice. I do highly recommend the Hummingbird though and you can find them for a really nice price on the used market at times too. I got mine for $100 shipped on Reverb!

 

[matante]

Whatever you get, make sure it has a volume knob. I would disregard the Boss TR2 for this reason.

If you can drop $200 I'd say a used Empress Tremolo or Fulltone Supa Trem should be considered.

 

[Rambazamba]

Check out the EHX Super Pulsar. If you're going in a synth/electronic direction, this will give you all you'll ever need:

 

[Crowd crusher]

The hummingbird was high on my list. But that super pulsar is insane!! Thanks guys

 

[bassbrad]

AdrenaLinn III is a real sleeper but does some amazing tremolo and vibrato that can be beat sync'd

 

[Sunset Shalom]

Gig FX Chopper is a unique one, has a built in expression pedal that can control the rate of the effects. It's also stereo and can do cool panning and combo effects!

 

[gully_jones]

+1 on the Hummingbird

 

[gsquare]

Cusack Tap-A-Whirl does a good job too, with a ton of waveforms and it will, I think, sync to an LFO. For some reason the Cusack stuff has been showing up on eBay really cheap used, worth checking out.

CoPilot Polypus is another worth checking out. Small footprint, LFO in, usually less than $150

I like my Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper the best, but they are hard to find and a little pricey

I've owned a few of the previously mentioned pedals as well, a lot of very good suggestions.

 

[Alien8]

Hey now!

I'm looking to tap into the immense wealth of knowledge here...While I'm not new to the world of effects,I am new to tremelo...I've been trying to get my synth/fuzz sound dialed in for a while now and have bought,sold,and kept a ton of different fuzzes,synth pedals,envelopes and filters...I basically have a sound I really like with my DigiTech bsw into one of my fuzzes, wheather it be my hovercraft ionostrofear, boosted green Russian muff clone,harmonic percolater clone,etc. But now I need/want an lfo to modulate my signal...I'm looking for a super hard chopping trem. Basically want to cut the signal off,at points, but not looking for a stutter pedal. I'd go as high as 200$. But less is better. Any help is appreciated! Thanks

Malekko Sneak Attack. Bar none the most tweakable trem with tap tempo. You can adjust the trem shape very exactly. Great pedal

 

[TrevorR]

Another vote for the EHX Stereo Pulsar. Switchable between triangular and square wave with a cool control to vary the shape of the trem within each cycle.

 

[FaithNoMan]

It's funny. I love bass, but besides distortion or sometimes delay, I look for these cool effects for my synth tracks.

Carry on

 

[fretless19]

I've got a stereo pulsar I'm quite enamored with.