What is your choice for bass synth??

eeewww who voted for the boss thing

 

Whoa... I love the way Bass Synth sounds I really dig my EH Bass Micro Synth but the filter section is a bit simple I find it best used after an envelope filter or if you want to go for some real craziness use a ring modulor before it... I've been going back to chaining up effects though rather then using one of them for basic synth sounds; it's the best way to go IMO. I've been digging the Lovetone pedals I recently got a chance to try out the "Flange with No Name" it actually gets synth sounds.

The Line 6 FM4 is a great tool the growly synth sounds are really cool and almost sound like distortion; very easy to apply when playing with a wailing guitarist. It's synth sound is great and very crazy, the mix knob is very useful and you could get some really cool effects if use a modulation effect like a chorus or flange...

The Boss SYB-3 is better for guitar infact I think it would be a cool thing to add to my guitar set but it sucks the B string even the E on the bass out like a cheap digital pedal...

I really recomend the Line 6 FM4 but I also recomend you chain pedals to get synth.

 

Plug in to computer..

 

Boss VF-1

 

You know if you want to get a dry keyboard bass sounds you could run a high<b>cut</b> filter and gate going into a sub bass synth, in your effects loop... You could use an envelope filter or a phasor with your input signal to get a more wet sound.

I'll keep posting other chains here.

 

excluding more expensive synths such as the eh microsynth, whats the best bass synth to get? Akai's deep impact looks good.

 

Well geez KB, you let out the best one. The only bass synth worth considering is w/o a doubt the Korg G5 bass synth. Nine presets 11 waveforms, CV input so you can control the depth w/ a volume pedal.....what more could you want? They sell for around $200 or less used....That Boss thing is a toy. Buy yourself a tool.
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Korg/G5_Bass_Synth_Processor-01.html
Check it out...

 

You find the Korg G5's on Ebay occasionally as well as Harmony Central. I bet if you offered a trade for your EH you might get a nibble? For the same price, the G5 will offer you a whole lot more flexibility than a Deep impact would give you.
You could maybe stick a DPDT switch in your EH for true bypass, no?

 

The G5 sounds more like a huge, thick Moog, Arp or keyboard bass than any others I've heard. It can also do that Herbie Hancock "Chameleon" sound as well as many others. I like it for it's preset ability and that you can actually control the effect with a ext. foot pedal if you like, worth the price alone. None of the other boxes can offer you this.
Here are a few scanned shots of a promo Korg put out w/ some sample settings...

 

G5...

 

Yup, Native Instruments Reaktor 3.04

 

Damnit now I want a Korg G5... Grrrr, my GAS is extreme. AHHHHH!!!!!

 

I saw one of those things at Guitar Center a few months ago. I thought it was kinda ugly. If I had known it was so good I would have bought it or at least tried it out.
I guess I'll have to join everyone else in the quest to find one!
If I can't, I might look into the Akai SB-1. That looks like a neat pedal.

 

get the Akai.... it looks like you can save several synth settings on it, and can switch through them pretty quick... plus it has true-bypass, and it's only 170$. I can tell you more about it after Xmas, my wife got me one! But I don't get to play with it until I open it...


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I am still playing around with it, I have to say that I really like it.... The only thing I have to compare it to was a Bass SYB3, and this is so much better... you can set it up with 9 different patches, and control all the parameters in each patch... and I think it really sounds great!


here is the website, you can download the manual

Without listening to many of the other synths, I really like the Akai for its sound and all the functions, plus the true bypass!


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