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Source Audio Sorcerers Society (S.A.S.S) Part 3

#7,082
LSMFT6 said:
It’s a strange feeling, the C4 can do everything the Spectrum does and I have a C4, but I crave the Spectrum . . .
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It appears to be exactly what I asked for. An envelope filter and octaver that's a gateway to the C4. The filter, distortion, and LFO blocks certainly seem to fit that description. I'm looking forward to the bugs being worked out in the C4 beta run and picking up a Spectrum this fall.
 
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Eadger said:
It's been great for me so far. Initially, I was having some problems with hammer-ons not picking up the second note and staying on the initial one, but I changed some settings in the tracking options and haven't been able to get it to mess up since. Been really solid.

I know in the gear page forum, there are some that say they prefer the "faster" tracking mode...but I think the "accuracy" mode works better for me personally.....and is plenty fast enough to catch everything I play.
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I am really happy to hear this. We had some insight recently that tracking can be a subjective personal matter. Rather than find one thing that everyone can live with, we tried to give you the tools to adapt to your playing style more closely. Very happy we went this direction!
 
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DJCalamari said:
Octave down but no octave up? Might have to go for the C4. Looks aren’t everything but I dig the purple of the Spectrum.
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There is octave up in the distortion block. Lots of analog octave pedals do octave up that way.
 
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how is the clean octave up sound? does it have that ringing sound that some have or is it more natural sounding. so far the best sounding pitch shifter ive found is the whammy ricochet, so if anyone of y'all have experience and can pipe up that'd be great!
 
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If you are asking how natural and bass guitar like the octave up is... that is a strange question to ask of a ‘pure’ Synthesis device... it is less sing songy than say a Pitchfork or Pog - depending on the rest of your synthesis path. It is still a synth though not an 8 string bass emulator...

Not to pick on the EHX pedals, they are just the ones that I am most familiar with of the current crop. I am still a happy Pitchfork user though the C4 may make it obsolete.

For me the PF Octave up has worked well when blended in below the dry. As the prominent voice it does not stand alone in my setting. Not to say it couldn’t In some other setting though. I prefer the dual mode in my power trio setting and that I can get from the C4 almost automatically.

This week I’m starting in on the interval and mode based harmony stuff as harmonized lines have been a thing in my playing since Herbie’s Headhunters album and Paul Jackson’s take on Watermelon Man...
 
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sorry to be a bit late w/ the reply, but im not thinking in terms of an 8 string bass/harmonize style of thing. i was more asking about the straight pitch shifting, i may be wrong but doesnt the c4 also do pitch shifting? ive been looking for a midi controllable pitch shifter for a while (didnt get on with the ehx hog or the pitch shifting in the meris enzo (or the enzo as a whole)) so if the c4 can scratch that itch 'or' do a clean synth voice shifted up with good enough tracking that it can be used for soloing and layering then this will be a '2 bird 1 source audio branded stone' type arrangement
 
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MDH bass said:
sorry to be a bit late w/ the reply, but im not thinking in terms of an 8 string bass/harmonize style of thing. i was more asking about the straight pitch shifting, i may be wrong but doesnt the c4 also do pitch shifting? ive been looking for a midi controllable pitch shifter for a while (didnt get on with the ehx hog or the pitch shifting in the meris enzo (or the enzo as a whole)) so if the c4 can scratch that itch 'or' do a clean synth voice shifted up with good enough tracking that it can be used for soloing and layering then this will be a '2 bird 1 source audio branded stone' type arrangement
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Yes, there is both monophonic and polyphonic pitch shifting.
 
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Ok fellow SA Users Not sure what I am doing wrong here but I can not get settings to load into my Aftershock from Neuro app or the desk top app. I get things set up in the app but it will not load them into the pedal. So just need to know where to look for info or any other assistance you can offer And I did a search but got no useful returns
 
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Nighttrain1127 said:
Ok fellow SA Users Not sure what I am doing wrong here but I can not get settings to load into my Aftershock from Neuro app or the desk top app. I get things set up in the app but it will not load them into the pedal. So just need to know where to look for info or any other assistance you can offer And I did a search but got no useful returns
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If you've already tried following the manual's instructions for saving presets, and if you've tried factory resetting your Aftershock, I recommend you contact SA customer service directly.
 

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