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What Envelope Filter should i buy?
- Thread starter Timmythetree
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I have the Moog 101 LPF and WMD Super Fatman (although I recommend the "WMD Fatman" without the super). I prefer the WMD for my envelpe needs and the Moog for tone shaping. The envelope sounds in the Moog are sub-par because the resonance can't go up high enough without losing low end. While there is a "Mix" knob to let you dial in the clean sound the knobs are interactive and no matter what I do I can't dial in the "wet" sound that is usable on bass. I used to own the MXR M-82 bass envelope and sold it in the classifieds. The MXR has a relatively dry band pass sound and the only way to get it "wetter" was to dial in my jazz bass to both pickups dimed, which I don't like while the effect is off. What I do like is the low pass envelope filter sound. I can get the LPF sound out of the Fatman and while it is not "wet" per se, it is very bubbly which sounds really cool in the tunes I use it for. The greatest factor in any envelope filter is the expression pedal, IMO the most important part. I usually have the expression pedal controlling the cut-off frequency.
I apologize for my scatterbrain rambling.
I have the 3Leaf GR2 on the list of filters to try and it is seems easy to use (the WMD is very versatile and is NOT easy to use).
I apologize for my scatterbrain rambling.
I have the 3Leaf GR2 on the list of filters to try and it is seems easy to use (the WMD is very versatile and is NOT easy to use).
Hey guys didn't know people were still posting on this thread. Well I bought the MXR and I will be getting it Wednesday.
rsmith601
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Yes, it is possible via a relatively simple modification. A few TB folks have done this already. Let us know.
I just bought a ModTone funk filter enveloped for 129 and it sounds amazing and is really simple with only 3 controls.
I used to own the MXR filter. It was nice but not what I was looking for. Maybe it's the pedals I had running into it but I could not get a good dirt into filter sound with it. I had an EMMA DiscomBOBulatar that was really nice too, plus it had a downsweep switch which was cool. It sounded great after dirt but clean it was really subtle. Right now I'm using and EP-1 envelope phaser. Which is a phaser(duh) but in envelope mode it sure sounds funky. I don't think It's my last filter pedal but it's not going anywhere soon. I really want to try a Source Audio BEF and I would kill someone for Mutron. For 150 bucks I would buy a the Source Audio and some beer with the change.
