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Here are some attempts at a faux chorus after a question on the Gear Page:
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drewphishesp said:
@Quatschmacher that last one you posted with the manta and fuzz is my holy grail . how did you do it?
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It's up on the Neuro site. It's actually a repost of one I made and posted a while ago. Have a look at the signal path and digest it.

Voice 1 uses "mono input 1". Destination is "direct output". You hard pan voice 1 to processor 1. You then route mix 1 to "output 2 only".

Voice 2 uses "mono input 2". Destination is "filter only" (filter 2 in this case - see the following sentence). Hard pan voice 2 to processor 2. Then route mix 2 to "output 1 only".

Select either envelope to control filter 2 and makes sure its source is set to "input 1".

I also made a patch which replicates the Manta patch just using the C4's built-in octave and fuzz. Search "Manta" in my patches and you should find it.

Basically now the audio signal at input 1 (i.e. your bass's signal) triggers the envelopes and passes through to output 2 (the loop send). Now whatever is in the external loop gets sent into input 2 (the loop return) and gets filter applied to it before being sent to output 1.

I used an Emma Electronic Okto Nøjs in the loop (parallel octave and octave harmonic gated fuzz) and rolled the tone off my bass.

I have a few loop-based patches (see my Neuro feed) which allow the loop contents to be used when the C4 is "bypassed" (it's a preset which is actually engaged but just sends the entire loop to output 1 with no filtering applied).

I've also successfully used this method to run the C4's 2 processors in series.

I've also replicated the Manta patch using the C4's built-in octave and fuzz; the patches called "Manta Bass Afterimage" do this. Search my Neuro feed.
 
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drewphishesp said:
so if I download the manta patch you made will it sound like the sample? the effects loop stuff sounds like just a bit over my head. I do have an ebs octabass and bass iq in my pedal chain but not looped in with the c4
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The Manta Afterimage patches will sound close using only C4.

The Manta Loop patch will likewise sound close if you put your octave and fuzz pedals in the loop but obviously won’t sound exactly like my sample as you’d be using different pedals with different responses and outputs. Try it and see if you like it and tweak it to your taste.
 
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fivestringgecko said:
Ooo, now there's an interesting thought to get the creative juices bubbling. I need to explore this when I get a chance.

5sg.
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It's pretty cool. The main thing that stops it being as useful as it could be is that the mod depth is a global setting (as opposed to per-processor). Therefore you cannot, for instance have an envelope-only sound on one processor whilst having an LFO-only sound on the other (such as a standard phaser).
 
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Over the last two weeks I've really started diving into the C4, and it has easily found a place on my board. It was originally just a filter replacement, but now I've found some great phaser, envelope-phaser, and octave sounds. Not to mention some synth sounds that have helped keep me creative.

Anyway, I've been trading random tracks with some buddies online to keep occupied and playing lots at home. So today I decide to see if I could pull off a full track without any help from guitars/keys. Here's what came out, and there are prominent C4 appearances. All the bigger sounding synth 'pads' in each section are from the C4, as is the octave in the third section. The octave probably blew me away most, because I really would've thought Aggie Octamizer or something else analog listening back to the recording. It's got some great growl to it, and tracks like an absolute champ...

 
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Grahams Groove said:
Over the last two weeks I've really started diving into the C4, and it has easily found a place on my board. It was originally just a filter replacement, but now I've found some great phaser, envelope-phaser, and octave sounds. Not to mention some synth sounds that have helped keep me creative.

Anyway, I've been trading random tracks with some buddies online to keep occupied and playing lots at home. So today I decide to see if I could pull off a full track without any help from guitars/keys. Here's what came out, and there are prominent C4 appearances. All the bigger sounding synth 'pads' in each section are from the C4, as is the octave in the third section. The octave probably blew me away most, because I really would've thought Aggie Octamizer or something else analog listening back to the recording. It's got some great growl to it, and tracks like an absolute champ...

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A nice groove. :thumbsup: Some nice use of the C4 and stay-at-home time with the Coronavirus. Well done, sir.

The C4 is kind of addictive, isn't it?

5sg.
 
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fivestringgecko said:
A nice groove. :thumbsup: Some nice use of the C4 and stay-at-home time with the Coronavirus. Well done, sir.

The C4 is kind of addictive, isn't it?

5sg.
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It really is. And the synth patch I mostly used for backing that track is a community preset I think. So I'm sure this means I'll start diving into tweaking and creating my own...
 
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drewphishesp said:


Anyone come close to this? Holy grail tone for me I haven't found a patch that got there yet
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It’s one I intend to have a crack at at some point. I had a go on the FI on v2 and shared my patch files but haven’t attempted it since the update, which will probably make it easier to nail. Nor have I tried it on C4 yet.

Maybe someone could have a go at it on C4 for the Neuro Cover Song Challenge?
 
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In other news, I’ve finally got my head around writing my own drum parts in Ableton thanks to assistance yesterday from my friend, @GisserD so for all of you who are sick to death of hearing the same drum pattern on my patch clips, there is relief for you!

Here’s my first attempt at something with a pattern of my own.
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