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New Pedal: Osiris PHILter

#61
I got mine a week or so ago. Used with a back line without a lot of playtime beforehand and found the Osiris to be magic! Could not find a bad tone. Used a modulus bass with the tones all on center detent. Ran into the PA and into an Ampeg more or less flat.

Lots of options.
I play in a Dead tribute band, and easily got the Leshtones from the mid-‘70’s. However, I will use it for all gigs, simply because it has so many options that are easy to access. At home it sounds great with a Precision.

A great self-present for Xmas!!
 
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Brad Sarno ran test signals through the Osiris and it really maps how the filter reacts. When I got mine, I was hearing significant phase shift in some settings and his tests confirmed it. I'm now embracing tha considering it a feature, not a bug, and there so many good tones while balancing the phase shift between the direct and filtered tones.

 
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edwinhurwitz said:
Brad Sarno ran test signals through the Osiris and it really maps how the filter reacts. When I got mine, I was hearing significant phase shift in some settings and his tests confirmed it. I'm now embracing tha considering it a feature, not a bug, and there so many good tones while balancing the phase shift between the direct and filtered tones.

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Hmm.. pardon my lack of understanding the physics and sound of a phase shift, but how does this bug and/or feature affect the tone when balancing filter/dry signals? Could you describe it's utility?

Went for the Shakedown St Bday party Saturday night and it was a great show, thank you! Getting clear and powerful tone with that Starfire/Philter, and whatever tools you work with (heard some squishy envelope filter or something in there, too)
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JBflats87 said:
Hmm.. pardon my lack of understanding the physics and sound of a phase shift, but how does this bug and/or feature affect the tone when balancing filter/dry signals? Could you describe it's utility?

Went for the Shakedown St Bday party Saturday night and it was a great show, thank you! Getting clear and powerful tone with that Starfire/Philter, and whatever tools you work with (heard some squishy envelope filter or something in there, too)
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So, phase shift is an artifact of filters. In fact, phase shift is a necessary part of an EQ. A lot of the time, what people refer to as phase is polarity and when you have two signals that are out of phase, they cancel. Phase shift has a similar effect, except not at all frequencies, that is generally caused by different frequencies arriving at different times. A phase shifter effect uses this to create notches at certain frequencies that get swept up and down (the rate control).

The amount of phase shift induced is affected by the type of filter and its settings. At first, I was surprised because I thought that certain settings that should provide a big low end actually sucked out the low end, or parts of it. I was disappointed at first, but I found other ways to get the tone I was looking for and began embracing the tones that had swaths of the frequency response sucked out.

Ethan Winer explains this better than I can.

Equalizers and Phase Shift.

The squishy sounds were a Future Impact v.4 patch 26, basic synth sound.
Another big contributor to a great deep tone are the new Grace Design M303 direct boxes. They really are different.
 
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Hi Everyone!

I received my Philter a couple of weeks ago. It really does have some cool tones. My only gripe is keeping the power plugged in. Even the power supply the pedal shipped will occasionally fall out if there's any resistance on the cable. It doesn't seem to want to plug in all the way. I contacted the builder, and he said that's normal. Has anyone else experienced this?
 
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Dylan Goode said:
Hi Everyone!

I received my Philter a couple of weeks ago. It really does have some cool tones. My only gripe is keeping the power plugged in. Even the power supply the pedal shipped will occasionally fall out if there's any resistance on the cable. It doesn't seem to want to plug in all the way. I contacted the builder, and he said that's normal. Has anyone else experienced this?
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I haven't experienced it "falling out" and I think with resistance any adapter will pull out but perhaps try a longer and right-angled power supply? I'd try to keep it from having pressure on it, but I did accidentally pull it off a sub at a gig and it stayed connected and unscathed!
 
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Dylan Goode said:
Hi Everyone!

I received my Philter a couple of weeks ago. It really does have some cool tones. My only gripe is keeping the power plugged in. Even the power supply the pedal shipped will occasionally fall out if there's any resistance on the cable. It doesn't seem to want to plug in all the way. I contacted the builder, and he said that's normal. Has anyone else experienced this?
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That hasn't been a problem for me but I use a One Spot power supply. It's solid.
 
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Passinwind said:
Yep, most of the shows I caught were in the '71-75 era, and then the next year or three after the break. The handful of shows I saw with a semi healthy Pig were by far the highlight.

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I was lucky enough to blunder into this scene back in the day...

Someone yelled out "Play Morning Dew" and Jerry turned around, flipped them off and yelled back "YOU play Morning Dew"...

Grateful Dead Cafe Au Go Go01.jpg

Grateful Dead - 1967-06-10 Cafe au Go-Go.jpg

Pretty sure this was their first East Coast trip...
 
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I picked one of these up a couple of weeks ago and I'm super impressed. Years ago I owned an SF-2 and it was cool but almost too much. This pedal is so focused on the one signal path that I find it very easy to work with. I recently used it at a show where I played a Rickenbacker 4001c64 with one band and a Sadowsky MetroExpress Fretless JJ 5 string with the other. Loved every minute of it. It was so cool to Alembicize a non Alembic bass. This pedal will be a go to for many a show in the future.

Bones
 
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Any recs on where to place this in the signal path?

I'm running the following, but not sure if the Philter and compressor should swap places:

Peterson Stomp (tuner)>FEA Labs DE-CL (compressor/limiter)>Osiris Philter>Noble (tube pre/DI)>FOH (XLR) and amp (1/4" wet)

And if I add an octave and envelope, where would they best be placed in relation to the Philter?

Any advice would be appreciated!

(Apologies if this has been discussed, but I haven't found it.)
 
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August West said:
Any recs on where to place this in the signal path?

I'm running the following, but not sure if the Philter and compressor should swap places:

Peterson Stomp (tuner)>FEA Labs DE-CL (compressor/limiter)>Osiris Philter>Noble (tube pre/DI)>FOH (XLR) and amp (1/4" wet)

And if I add an octave and envelope, where would they best be placed in relation to the Philter?

Any advice would be appreciated!

(Apologies if this has been discussed, but I haven't found it.)
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I run mine right after the bass, since it’s more or less attempting to mimic what Phil Lesh had built into his bass. Although I’d love to have two of them, one for each pickup.
 
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