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Markbass Super Synth

#345
My guess is that $279 is the factory set USA street price. I doubt it will go higher. It will probably be discounted even lower after the initial early adopters buy in. Remember, Musiciansfriend, Guitar Center, Music 123, and Woodwind&Brasswind are all the same company. These guys run specials with discount coupons all the time.

Greg
 
#350
Does your "Taurus" patch give you the massive bottom and nasty growl and sustain of the real thing?
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If you don't want to spend the more 7 times (!) on the Taurus 3 (I certainly won't)
It's not a Taurus pedal, so the sustain has to come from somewhere (on the Taurus you can just hold down one of the pedals) so you could always buy something like a Boss ME-50B and that can provide you with some sustain.
In my experience a real Moog Taurus is also very dependable on what sort of amplification you are using, if the amp doesn't provide enough bottom than the Taurus pedal isn't going to produce bottom even though it's capable of doing so.
It's like a bass, even the most expensive bass isn't going to show it's full potential on a cheap amp.
 
#356
I had about 30 min to play around with the SS last night and like most others who have reported, I'm largely impressed. It has some solid presets (I installed, but didn't have time to play with the software yet) and the easy of use advantage over my BMS will likely be the ultimate reason I stick with the SS.

But...I did encounter enough strange behavior to make me wonder if I didn't get a bum model. Has anyone else noticed the following:

1. If I was playing preset 3 for example and adjusted the Cut Freq, the sound would appear to revert back to something much closer to preset 1. This would happen globally--it didn't matter which preset I was on, if I tweaked the Cut Freq knob, my root tone would change dramatically. Normal? Am I just misunderstanding the Cut Freq function?

2. I'm guessing that this has to do with my the sensitivity settings on the presets, but I found myself hitting more dead notes than I would have imagined. I'm defining dead notes to mean, fully dry. Maybe this is a tracking issue (I'm not always clear on when I'm tracking correctly or not) but since everyone speaks so glowingly about the tracking relative to pedals like the G5 and DI (I never noticed tracking issues with the BMS) I'm thinking it must be something else.

In other notes, for those worried about the dry signal--it really didn't bother me at all--I hardly noticed it on most of the presets (except of course where it was all I heard per number 2 above). The Octaver was only somewhat interesting, but I spent most of my time with the Synth settings.

Thanks for reading--and looking forward to seeing more user settings posted!
 
#357
Chadwickw, regarding nr. 2, I think that has to do with the output level of your bass? It can be solved by going in the software to the "Dynamics".


Last night I played with the SS through my amp, before that it had been hooked up to my computer and I listened to the adjustments I made with a headphone.
Boy that sure did change a lot! The so called Taurus preset I had created sounded terrible! Unfortunately I couldn't make the changes to the sound I wanted to because the software is on the computer and the pedal itself has little options to make changes to the sopund (I now believe that to be the biggest disadvantage of the Super Synth)
I will try and tweak the pedal using the software and than go back to the rehearsal room to listen what it sounds like through my amp. (I'm using and EBS 650 with a 4x10 cab everything flat on the eq.)
 
#358
Anyone try powering this pedal with a Voodoo Labs PP2+ yet?

PP2+ works quite well with my EHX BMS, though I ran that at 24V. Which brings up another question... I wonder if the SS can run at 24? Guess I'll send an inquiry to the Mark folks unless someone else that has already done so can chime in here.
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c
 
#359
I have a question to those of you who are creating your own patches using the software:

When you're testing the sounds, is the signal coming through the computer's soundcard? Or can you modify the settings in 'real time' so to speak and hear them coming out of your amp via the pedal out, similar to the direct out of a protools or other recording device?

I've been really interested in trying a synth pedal, and primarily have been drawn to the ehx bms and akai di, but because of the former's limited potential in live situations and the latter's price, I haven't pulled the trigger on either, which is when I remembered this item. If it's possible to make adjustments with a laptop at rehearsal/soundcheck/etc, when needed, and hear the adjustment being made through my actual setup (bass->pedals->amp), then I think this might be the best option for me.
 
#360
kai_ski said:
I have a question to those of you who are creating your own patches using the software:

When you're testing the sounds, is the signal coming through the computer's soundcard? Or can you modify the settings in 'real time' so to speak and hear them coming out of your amp via the pedal out, similar to the direct out of a protools or other recording device?

I've been really interested in trying a synth pedal, and primarily have been drawn to the ehx bms and akai di, but because of the former's limited potential in live situations and the latter's price, I haven't pulled the trigger on either, which is when I remembered this item. If it's possible to make adjustments with a laptop at rehearsal/soundcheck/etc, when needed, and hear the adjustment being made through my actual setup (bass->pedals->amp), then I think this might be the best option for me.
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You are modifying the pedal in real time, so it will work for you.
 

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