Why can't I find a filter pedal that I like?

[hintz]

Has anyone tried the Wonderlove/enigma Qballs on upright? I currently have an old EHX Microsynth, and trying to get a fuzz/octavey sound for the upright....any advice from the group?

the fuzz octave/low pass filter sound is what I get from the eh bass microsynth, on electric though. I will say the boss oc3 has a cool fuzzy octave/synth setting that might work, you can get the sound used on Gwen Stefani song "hella good" with this setting

 

[Philip Mackenzie]

I tried a dozen filters before stumbling upon the EHX Polyphase. Obviously it's a phaser, NOT a filter, but the effect is similar on the "envelope" setting (it also does standard LFO-controlled phase shift OR responds to an expression pedal) and it does a very decent job of bringing the funk without the volume issues I've had with every filter that had any life to it.
Pigtronix make envelope phasers too. It's another option...

 

[Feral Feline]

Has anyone tried the Wonderlove/enigma Qballs on upright? I currently have an old EHX Microsynth, and trying to get a fuzz/octavey sound for the upright....any advice from the group?

Awesome! I don't feel so alone here, anymore.

Ahm, my advice is somebody should send us each one, and then after we've played around with them for a few months, we both report back here with our findings: Pizz/Slap/Arco...