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Recommendations for a 'weird sounds only' board
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I'll never part with my EHX Superego+
It's main feature is that it freezes your sound. It also has 11 effects that can be applied to the frozen sound, as well as an fx loop to add additional pedals to effect the frozen sound. The 11 effects can be used on their own, and include delay, echo, filter, 2 trems, chorus, reverb, detune, flange, phase, etc.
It has the ability to be used with an expression pedal to change fx settings, or in lieu of an expression pedal you can use CV from a sequencer to modulate the settings. When combined with a sequencer it becomes a sonic beast. I feel like I keep finding different ways to use it, and oh man it sounds freaking great with monosynths, effectively making any mono into a paraphonic synth which is very exciting to me. Also plays well with just about everything I've put into the FX loop. Definitely my favorite tool for making weird sounds.
It's main feature is that it freezes your sound. It also has 11 effects that can be applied to the frozen sound, as well as an fx loop to add additional pedals to effect the frozen sound. The 11 effects can be used on their own, and include delay, echo, filter, 2 trems, chorus, reverb, detune, flange, phase, etc.
It has the ability to be used with an expression pedal to change fx settings, or in lieu of an expression pedal you can use CV from a sequencer to modulate the settings. When combined with a sequencer it becomes a sonic beast. I feel like I keep finding different ways to use it, and oh man it sounds freaking great with monosynths, effectively making any mono into a paraphonic synth which is very exciting to me. Also plays well with just about everything I've put into the FX loop. Definitely my favorite tool for making weird sounds.
Bass Synth equivalent of a Boss Metal Zone?Boss SYB 3 or 5. As the name suggests, its a Synth Pedal. One of the early attempts, its Sounds are rather "inorganic". Tracking is beyond wonky. Makes really, really weird Sounds. Also, they are cheap used, since nobody likes them.
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Source Audio C4. There aren't too many weird noises you can't make with it.
I keep forgetting about the Way Huge Atredies. I want one for synthy goodness all in one package.
Zvex Wooly Mammoth
EQD Bit Commander
Malekko Diabolik
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Bass Envelope Filter
DOD Meatbox
Digitech Bass Synth Wah
EQD Bit Commander
Malekko Diabolik
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Bass Envelope Filter
DOD Meatbox
Digitech Bass Synth Wah
Never thought about that, but yeah, really over the top sounding.
More like a more modern 90/00s Dance/Electronic synth. Nothing Smooth like our beloved Moog or Oberheim. And then, as mentioned, the Tracking is really bad, glitchting out constantly. And since its Monophonic, go for Chords... instant disaster.
Catalinbread bicycle
Mr. Black downward spiral
Malekko Polyamorator
These are all pitch shift delays that do things that I would describe first and foremost as weird.
Subdecay Vitruvian mod (pitch tracking ring mod) and Pixelwave (phase distortion synth) are both pedals I own that you can get weird with depending on the angle you are going for.
Mr. Black downward spiral
Malekko Polyamorator
These are all pitch shift delays that do things that I would describe first and foremost as weird.
Subdecay Vitruvian mod (pitch tracking ring mod) and Pixelwave (phase distortion synth) are both pedals I own that you can get weird with depending on the angle you are going for.
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Roland GR 88
Commercial User
I use an Ehx Tube Zipper, Digitech Freqout and an Ehx Attack Decay for deranged strings and other weird sounds. The Attack decay tricks delay pedals set at long feedback settings into sweeping
drones and has a fuzz circuit that destroys everything.
Today is NPD for me as well with an Eventide Micropitch to add some glory too.
*disclaimer* These all sit on my guitar board as the band I play bass with won’t let me get that bizarre.
drones and has a fuzz circuit that destroys everything.
Today is NPD for me as well with an Eventide Micropitch to add some glory too.
*disclaimer* These all sit on my guitar board as the band I play bass with won’t let me get that bizarre.
Weird sounds? Spend some time on the Earthquakes and Chase Bliss web sites
I think it's funny that you want weird stuff, and then list totally conventional pedals.
Anyway....One way to start is with a Zoom B1 Four, which is absurdly cheap and has multiple versions of all the conventional stuff, plus 2 bass synths, auto wah, slow attack, envelope filter, talkbox emulator, rotary simulator, pitch shifters... The biggest issue is that it maxes out at 5 effects per patch.
If you need something more robust or with more effects per patch, you should move up to a higher-end multi-FX.
If you have tons of cash to burn, look into Chase Bliss pedals. Pedals like the Generation Loss, Habit and Warped Vinyl make some very unexpected sounds.
Boss SYB 3 or 5. As the name suggests, its a Synth Pedal. One of the early attempts, its Sounds are rather "inorganic". Tracking is beyond wonky. Makes really, really weird Sounds. Also, they are cheap used, since nobody likes them.
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I have one of these. The tracking is pretty bad which makes it hard to play, but if you just want bizarro sounds it's worth a look.
Old Digitech Bass Synth Wah, if you can find one... decent octave + tons of weird tones in that little green box
