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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#11,001
Naack said:
I had the Dual Broadcast prior to this one (sold one to purchase the other) and I can say this is definitely the best of both world without sacrificing the charm of either. I also enjoy that it has trim pots for the fine adjustments and HPF ability.
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I like that it's two ODs in one. That is how the Protein is laid out.
I had the Grizzly off the board for a while, but then started playing it again. I always liked it, but I was always looking for just one OD. But, what it does, nothing else does, so I'm moving towards having 2 ODs on the board.
 
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#11,002
MikoFX said:
David commissioned instruments of the highest quality sparing no expense that he then provided to musicians of the highest caliber.
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I hope He finds medium caliber OK, too.
NickyBass said:
With the software and a computer, the Sub 25 can have a lot more presets available. And there are hidden parameters (sub-menus on the hardware) that are easy to navigate with the software.
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Congrats, great decision. My church still has not decided to purchase a 37, so I am on hold pending that decision. I wrote to Moog and asked if the 37 presets were portable to the 25, but they are not. I'd prefer to have a machine at home that I can share presets with the church equipment. If they stay uncommitted, I may go your route. Is there a software program available for the Phatty? Or just the 25 and 37?
 
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In the meantime, USPS put this in my mailbox today. Will get a workout on Bethel's Back to Life this Sunday.

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projectapollo said:
Congrats, great decision. My church still has not decided to purchase a 37, so I am on hold pending that decision. I wrote to Moog and asked if the 37 presets were portable to the 25, but they are not. I'd prefer to have a machine at home that I can share presets with the church equipment. If they stay uncommitted, I may go your route. Is there a software program available for the Phatty? Or just the 25 and 37?
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Thanks!
This is from the manual:
"The Sub Phatty's internal patch memory stores 16 user-rewritable presets. The free editor/librarian/controller plug-in allows your computer to store as many presets as you like and provides a graphical user interface for programming your own sounds."

I didn't really watch many videos on this. My plan was to start with the 'Activate Panel' setting so that I could learn what everything does and how each parameter interacts with each other. I typically prefer knobs to screens, but I do see how it would be convenient to have the presets stored. It would be nice to have each song stored for later recall...man, I didn't think of that. Hmm... But, I am thinking that the songs will have similiar enough timbre. I watched a ton of videos and people use these in so many ways. I'm not sure I would get everything out of the software anyway. But, I would think that the support for the drivers won't be getting the same attention as their new products. So, probably what you see is what you get??

btw, did you notice that the Oscillator mixers on the Sub 25 and Sub Phatty go to 12. That's two louder than the Sub37, innit? Most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten...Where can you go from there? Where? :)

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#11,007
scuzzy said:
Just finalized this. Routing towards end of chain for preamp/cab SIM to go to my iem mixer, and signal before that going to amp, which we are using the DI on, and the built in overdrive, which is quite pleasant! This Sunday will be it's first go on it's current state.

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Out of curiosity, could you describe the pedals on your board, how you use them, and what you like/dislike about them?
 
#11,008
The Sub Phatty arrived! I won't get to play it until later tonight, but I'm really looking forward to it. It will probably be a few weeks before I feel confident enough to use it at a service...or not...I don't really know what to expect. I suppose that it should be pretty quick to get a usable tone, but there's a lot of knobs to learn...
 
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Ithilome said:
Out of curiosity, could you describe the pedals on your board, how you use them, and what you like/dislike about them?
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Volume, compressor, tuner, preamp, cab SIM, self explanatory.

Have a boost pedal to match volumes when I play more than one bass, octave to add sub and/or upper octave, delay for swells/ambient sounds, dual overdrive for grit, ibanez phat hed for more grit, Oxford for different grit.
 
#11,011
NickyBass said:
New thread idea: "Worship Synth Pedalboards." :) Suddenly, I found a need for some of those pedals that I didn't think would work for bass.
Just Kidding.
Kind of.
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Please no lol. The two big worship threads are active enough as is. I do not need another to stay on top of :help:

Besides, many of the boards in this thread are effectively Worship Synth Pedalboards :) I rarely post my board since things tend to change, but I've been using a version of this for about a year now:
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I use a Khan VTDI with this board as well. And, when the music calls for it, an expression pedal. For example, we did Matt Redman's "For Your Glory" the other week and the expression pedal let me emulate those filter sweeps.

Anyway, my point is a lot of the boards here are already plenty synthy :)
 
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3 Leaf Audio Octabvre MKII
3 Leaf Audio Doom 2 (original)*
Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe with expression pedal

Bonus 4th pedal: Chase Bliss Wombtone MKII or Iron Ether Polytope v.2.

Many Bothans died to bring me this information. It's dangerous experimenting with different pedal formulae in pursuit of generating bass synth tones.


*I think the original voicing does low-gain bass synth better than the revoiced version. The more time I've spent with both Octabvres and both Doom 2s, the more I prefer the MKII feeding the Doom 2 (original). But listen for yourself here. I tracked a bunch of combinations. In my opinion the Octabvre MII combos best with the voicing of the original Doom 2 and the Octabvre MIII with the revoiced Doom 2.
 
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Erithon said:
Please no lol. The two big worship threads are active enough as is. I do not need another to stay on top of :help:
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Haha. I think it's best to keep it in this thread, since there are already a number of worship synth players here.
Most of my posting is in the two worship threads…will a few sprinkled over the rest of the forums…oh, and the classifieds…a ton of classified postings.
 
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#11,018
BassJuju said:
So since we are being synthy…

favorite 3 pedal combo for synth…

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Octave + Fuzz + Chorus is what I usually do.

Both Mk II and Mk III Octabvre's are great (I have them both). For a cheaper alternative I really like the MXR Vintage Bass Chorus (mini). For Fuzz, the Doom 2 is great (I have the revoiced one). I've also used the Clawthorn block (on an Hx Stomp), the Soviet Fuzz block (on a Quad Cortex) and Wren and Cuff Civil Wars and Tall Font Russians and they also sounded good. For Chorus I usually use a block on either the Stomp or Quad Cortex (depending on what board I am using).

I would contend that a good octaver is the most important of the three ingredients. Followed by the fuzz and the chorus last.
 
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BassJuju said:
So since we are being synthy…

favorite 3 pedal combo for synth…

go!
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When I had a bigger board and was more analog, it didn't get better than the Octabvre Doom 2, either with a Proton or Utility Knife at the end for modulation/filter.

MascisMan said:
Octave + Fuzz + Chorus is what I usually do.

Both Mk II and Mk III Octabvre's are great (I have them both). For a cheaper alternative I really like the MXR Vintage Bass Chorus (mini). For Fuzz, the Doom 2 is great (I have the revoiced one). I've also used the Clawthorn block (on an Hx Stomp), the Soviet Fuzz block (on a Quad Cortex) and Wren and Cuff Civil Wars and Tall Font Russians and they also sounded good. For Chorus I usually use a block on either the Stomp or Quad Cortex (depending on what board I am using).

I would contend that a good octaver is the most important of the three ingredients. Followed by the fuzz and the chorus last.
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Agreed with the above. Would say that a decent octave and then either filter or modulation are your bookends, and what in place in the middle determines whether you have a synthy-bass sound or a synth that you are playing on bass if that makes sense. A low gain, gated fuzz like the D2, Hiero BEAD, or if you're in Stomp world, Brassmaster or Clawthorne with Fuzz on will do the latter, and more responsive, OD-esque distortion will do the former.
 
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#11,020
Tomorrow's Pedal Rodeo.
I went full Bethel (Tone Hammer, RAT variant, MicroSynth) on the basic pedal selections to see what's up with that. Sounds great, actually. Simple, effective. The Tone Hammer will be set-and-forget off-rig, phantom powered.

Serving at one of our church plant locations. Their WL is very clued in on everything pedal related and has been a strong encourager and pedal coach to me. Once again, thanks to MikoFX for walking me through the RAT selection and settings.

Playing Elevation's Jehovah and Trust in God in Bb so playing 5-string. And Bethel's Back to Life which nicely features the MicroSynth in the choruses and RAT OD in the bridges.


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Quick observation on the compressor. I bought this Walrus Mira optical compressor new on sale for $99. It has dry blend and HPF (side chain), top mounted jacks. I like it the best over previously owned compressors (Cali76, Empress, Kelley Pro). Scubaduba has a very positive review on it, as well.
 
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