Synth like drive

[GMC]

Seriously...get into the Source Audio eco-system. Their Aftershock has an amazing array of excellent dirt models, their C4 is an amazing synth / octaver / filter / sequencer/ 4 channel box of synth tones. Their new Ultrawave is the most synthy dirt pedal on the market (by a long way). It can nail Mastron, Titan II & your the Doom fuzz sounds plus way way more.
Seriously...if synth is your thang, then you need an Ultrawave and a C4 in your life.
My C4 has 118 different patches loaded (that’s more than my Eventide H9) and my Ultrawave Beta’s up to 18 patches already and I’ve only had it a few weeks!

 

[SethD]

Would something like the 3leaf Doom 2 achieve this? or are there any pedals set at a low gain setting that might work?

The Doom 2 at low gain settings should do exactly what you've described. Five seconds into the clip below, when Drive is at ~ 9 o'clock, sold me on the Doom 2 for that application.

 

[4Mal]

If I am not mistaken,the Boogie On Reggae Woman bassline was done on a mini MOOG. Not a fuzz pedal... I've been chasing bass synth sounds since the late 70's. You want synthy... here is a clue.

Not the assemblage of filters, dirt and eq there used to be.

 

[arepa_funk]

If I am not mistaken,the Boogie On Reggae Woman bassline was done on a mini MOOG. Not a fuzz pedal... I've been chasing bass synth sounds since the late 70's. You want synthy... here is a clue. View attachment 4193970 Not the assemblage of filters, dirt and eq there used to be.

Great board! Do you think the Spectrum is worth it if the factory settings are the only ones used? I'm interested in the pedal but I know I'm very unlikely to use the app and to search for other presets.

 

[sunbeast]

Great board! Do you think the Spectrum is worth it if the factory settings are the only ones used? I'm interested in the pedal but I know I'm very unlikely to use the app and to search for other presets.

Haha- You typed this on a computer in the amount of time it would take to save a user preset from the app (on your phone/tablet/computer) onto a Spectrum. They are quite limited from the factory mostly because of the limited onboard controls IMO, so I would at least suggest using the app to tweak settings and if you’ve already got it open you may as well just demo some user presets that may be better starting points than the stock one anyway! So in my opinion not worth it if you don’t intend to utilize the computer editing abilities/preset cloud (which are vast and kinda what makes the Spectrum competitive with other quality sounding filter pedals).

 

[4Mal]

Great board! Do you think the Spectrum is worth it if the factory settings are the only ones used? I'm interested in the pedal but I know I'm very unlikely to use the app and to search for other presets.

The spectrum is a great pedal. In some ways easier to use than the C4,though the C4 can do everything the Spectrum can. I'm sorta letting them duke it out at the moment...

To your question ...Yes and No. Yes the stock 6 patches are classic. However, the real power in the Source Audio pedal ecosystem is the Desktop editor. You don't need to go crazy. just a USB cable and point your browser to the community patches. You'll find 6 more in an hour that you'll prefer or you'll find that a bit more OC-2 in one of the stock patches stokes you up. So, do you have to do the computer thing no. Once you get a taste though... chances are you'll want to. ...and it is seriously easy. No geekdom required.

 

[arepa_funk]

To your question ...Yes and No. Yes the stock 6 patches are classic. However, the real power in the Source Audio pedal ecosystem is the Desktop editor. You don't need to go crazy. just a USB cable and point your browser to the community patches. You'll find 6 more in an hour that you'll prefer or you'll find that a bit more OC-2 in one of the stock patches stokes you up. So, do you have to do the computer thing no. Once you get a taste though... chances are you'll want to. ...and it is seriously easy. No geekdom required.

Thanks, super helpful explanation!

 

[AlvarHanso]

The C4 and Spectrum are great, and I would definitely recommend them. The forthcoming Ultrawave can also get you those specific Boogie On sounds. And it is more of a drive pedal than the C4 and Spectrum which are synth and envelope filter pedals, perhaps the best ones available. The Ultrawave has 40 drives, with combinations with morphing available, a built in compressor that can be sidechained as a clean channel as well, multiband distortion with an array of options from single band to 10 band distortion, with multiband tremolo as an option on top of that, and just an unbelievable range of sounds possible.

Mike Gordon used its predecessor the Multiwave Bass Distortion Pro on this version of Boogie On from 2010. He had just gotten the pedal prior to the tour, and he was clearly having fun. He probably used the Meatball with it, but it had that synthy drive behind it already for a fatter sound.


The new version of the pedal is a multi-headed beast of tonalities. Changing distortion types with the click of a mouse, you can hear distinct differences. It takes some tinker time, but it's worth it. You can download presets as with the C4 and Spectrum and use them as they are, or tweak and learn that way. The foldover distortion provides some crazy harmonic content that should be right up your alley. By itself or pairing it with an envelope filter like the Spectrum or the C4 (which could ct as a Spectrum, too, or full blown synth pedal), will get sounds that Stevie and Bootsy would have loved to have had access to in 1971-72.

 

[600 Ohms]

Funny you should mention that.

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