Can't take the Oct Up off mine or I'd cry.
Is this pedal actually available now then, or are we still waiting?
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XO Bass Micro Synth
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Can't take the Oct Up off mine or I'd cry.
Is this pedal actually available now then, or are we still waiting?
Seems we're still waiting. There were a few posts indicating a few places online were selling but I haven't found any.
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All I can say is this: it's about damn time. I've asked EHX about some of the details - true bypass, tone suck and all that good stuff - and, since it was a Friday, at about 8:30 pm (somehow, I was awake, after driving for nine hours; note: Michigan is a lot further from Wisconsin than you'd expect), I do not expect an answer until at least Thursday, though EHX usually responds to my good questions within two days. Not the ranty, "how dare you destroy eBay" questions, but, rather, the questions related to the functionality of the Polychorus.
You know, I think I may have been the only person in the world that was really disappointed that they pulled SO much functionality out of the POG for the micro. To lose the +2 octave, the detuned sliders AND the LPF was just too much.
I agree.
It's still a cool pedal for the simplicity of it... That low pass filter is godly, though.
Hey bigchief,
that came out wrong. I own neither POG just yet so I can't offer an opinion on that. I was only trying to say that a MicroBMS wouldn't work, and people seem to be asking for just that.
Dang, and now you guys mention the loss of LPF in the POG I guess I'll need to wait for a POG XO before getting one.
Monk
If you want one of these from a well known and trusted site, Tonefactor can order these in, in the next 3 days or so.
I heard as well from an EHX rep that the circuit is the same, don't know how they've done the power with it, maybe it is 24v.
But it clearly says 9VDC... but maybe there's some sort of voltage pump inside?
But then there's the issue of positive ground (which will be a BIG problem if they indeed did not modify the circuit)... and having a voltage pump technically means the circuit is not the same...
...HE LIES!
But it clearly says 9VDC... but maybe there's some sort of voltage pump inside?
But then there's the issue of positive ground (which will be a BIG problem if they indeed did not modify the circuit)... and having a voltage pump technically means the circuit is not the same...
...HE LIES!
See I thought voltage pump first but 24v is such an odd voltage especailly to get to from 9v
Either way I don't think I'm getting one
Yet the Godlyke Power Pump does it with ease.
Either way I don't think I'm getting one
Yet the Godlyke Power Pump does it with ease.
Does it? or is it just a doubler where it doubles 12v into 24v and 9v into 18v?
Nope... it has three settings controlled by a three-position switch: 12, 18, and 24VDC.
It's bulkier than the Diago equivalent, but works well. Unfortunately, the 24VDC pedal I tried to power it with happens to be a PNP-transistor-based design (The EHX Bass Micro Synthesizer). With the proper reverse-polarity 2.5mm barrel plug attached, it worked rather well... until I daisy-chained it.
Hence, my concerns about the power requirements for this new BMS. It had better NOT be another "positive ground" fiasco like the Nano Muff and Nano Clone! :scowl:
But my Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ will power it anyway.
Guys with a voltage changing circuit it doesn't really matter what you put in, with the correct topology you can get almost any voltage out with the right opamp. 9v to 24v is really not a big stretch of the imagination. . . What I do find a big leap is that EHX haven't added this "charge pump" circuitry to any pedal that they've current XO or Nano'd. Who knows - maybe the original didn't *really* require 24v? 
We can be smug bastards together
But my Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ will power it anyway.
We can be smug bastards together
Guys with a voltage changing circuit it doesn't really matter what you put in, with the correct topology you can get almost any voltage out with the right opamp. 9v to 24v is really not a big stretch of the imagination. . . What I do find a big leap is that EHX haven't added this "charge pump" circuitry to any pedal that they've current XO or Nano'd. Who knows - maybe the original didn't *really* require 24v?
Funny that you mention it... I tried that.
It'll run on 18VDC.
We can be smug bastards together
Members of TalkBass... witness the birth of an smug and unholy alliance.
Members of TalkBass... witness the birth of an smug and unholy alliance.
OH NOES!!!!!!
Isn't that a sign of the apocalypse in revelations?
But it clearly says 9VDC... but maybe there's some sort of voltage pump inside?
But then there's the issue of positive ground (which will be a BIG problem if they indeed did not modify the circuit)... and having a voltage pump technically means the circuit is not the same...
...HE LIES!
Not only does it say 9 VDC, but the big pic on EHX.com clearly shows that it's center - negative, just like most of your other pedals....
It'll be interesting to see what the deal is.
Monk
Eek!
Someone try it out before I sell my BMS. I'm even worried that if I sell my BMS I won't get another one that sounds like this one (it's got a weird relationship between the stop freq. and the rate slider). I think they were smoking crack when they made mine.
Someone try it out before I sell my BMS. I'm even worried that if I sell my BMS I won't get another one that sounds like this one (it's got a weird relationship between the stop freq. and the rate slider). I think they were smoking crack when they made mine.
Wasn't crak the main ingredient in EHX pedals?? My Hazarai sure has an overdose xD
