which synth pedals allow the most tweaking?

[JBasstorius]

i have the line 6 FM4- and i can tweak these parameters: freq, depth, speed, mode (sort of presets), mix ( clean & processed signals) i think this is pretty good for the price of the pedal, and i'm quite pleased with the results i get, and you can save 4 at a time on the footswitches.

but some of the other options i'd like to have are:

1. blend effects into one
2. ability to assign a parameter of my choice to an expression pedal (like blending effects gradually)
3. banks to access my saved presets in the order i choose (handy for songs)
4. an extension jack for more footswitches! ha
5. oh, and ethernet connection for downloading patches created by the user community

hehe, that would be great!

i've also tried the moog ring modulator which i love, and the noise swash (4ms pedals) is just mind boggling!

i have a boss PH-3 which i modded into a algorithmic sound generator, and i've big plans for a DS-1, more on that later.

off to lunch!

 

[Chris Ramlar]

you need the Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer
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[sengamc]

For maximum twiddle-ability, i think the EH Micro bass Synth.
But it hasn't got a memory facility, strictly twiddle.
Nodd

 

[groooooove]

korg AX3000b synth patches can do a lot of that stuff.

the synths sound okay but theres not a massive array of waveforms, ext.

 

[phatbass30]

you need the Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer
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+1!

 

[kevteop]

you need the Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer
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some of the other options i'd like to have are:

* blend effects into one

The O.S. lets you blend two signals (either synth + fuzz or synth + clean) and put them through a (low-pass or band-pass) filter, then post-filter you can mix in fuzz or clean signal.

* ability to assign a parameter of my choice to an expression pedal (like blending effects gradually)

Currently can't do this on the O.S. but it's a feature that the designer says is coming in a future firmware patch. There's a socket for it. I don't know which params will be foot-controllable, certainly the filter cut-off.

* banks to access my saved presets in the order i choose (handy for songs)

Yep, can do.

* an extension jack for more footswitches! ha

The O.S. could use another two footswitches really, or a way to change the footswitch scheme per patch (which it currently can't do) but in fairness it would have to be twice as big to have two more footswitches.

I keep mine in a bypass loop so I don't have to use one of its two switches for bypass - I either use them as NXT/PRV or set one up for NXT and the other for either MOD or TAP, which works out OK but I have to remember which footswitch mode I need for each song.

* oh, and ethernet connection for downloading patches created by the user community

The O.S. has an SD card slot for loading/saving patches. Apparently there is an effect exchange section on their website "coming soon" but I don't know when soon will be.

 

[Lindsay]

OS +1

you can tweak from here to eternity... makes my head hurt thinking about it. Roll on more downloadable OS presets, I say.

 

[JBasstorius]

how much do one of them squeezers go for? in Dollars. can you post up some audio or videos of things you've done with it?

 

[newbold]

I thought the FM4 has an expression pedal...my DL4 does and that is the best part about it.

OS looks like it has the most tweakability, but not for live tweaks.

I like my BMS but not as much on its own as part of my entire pedalboard...

...no saved patches, all knobs and expression pedals.

 

[kevteop]

I like my BMS but not as much on its own as part of my entire pedalboard...

You've just reminded me to run my O.S. into my BMS. Might make the "guitar" slider useful for a change.

 

[JBasstorius]

I thought the FM4 has an expression pedal...my DL4 does and that is the best part about it.

OS looks like it has the most tweakability, but not for live tweaks.

I like my BMS but not as much on its own as part of my entire pedalboard...

...no saved patches, all knobs and expression pedals.

the fm4 does have an expression pedal. same one as the dl4, but it's application is extremely limited (as far as i know).

and i am as much into live tweaking as i am into getting those good settings saved, ideally speaking the best thing would be to have the footswitches seperate from the main chasis and have the tweaking knobs accessible from a standing position, you know... so i won't have to crouch so much and loose visual contact with bandmates n' stuff.

 

[RCCollins]

You've just reminded me to run my O.S. into my BMS. Might make the "guitar" slider useful for a change.

i take it you prefer 0% dry tone?

 

[kevteop]

i take it you prefer 0% dry tone?

On the BMS? I never use that slider, no. Usually equal parts sub+oct1 or 10 sub, 7-ish dirt.

 

[Tekken]

JBasstorius,
an Akai SB1 Deep Impact can do the job.

PS
Also an envelope filter (with an fx loop) with octaver & fuzz in the loop