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Even though I sold mine I still think it isn’t a bad pedal. It’s very quick to dial in useable sounds. The onboard voices weren’t as pleasing as in other pedals (there are nicer sounding octave up and down voices out there) but the concept is great and I’ve struggled to find other pedals that use a triggered envelope (with a couple of recent exceptions (FI and Enzo). It could definitely be improved if the sweep were able to go in both directions within any given setting rather than just either up or down. Presets would also be a boon. In fact, EHX currently have a slider-based pedal which does indeed have presets so maybe...

Another Sheffielder! We are legion, it would seem. I recognised that carpet.

Thanks, @Al Krow. I’ve uploaded these to the shared patch thread on TB for all to access. I’ll add to it as I create more. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/future-impact-patch-sharing-thread.1199372/

I’m a big Chris Potter fan so this was a double-threat record. His solo on West of Hollywood is fantastic.

I bought James’s Future Impact on Saturday. He posted it within about an hour of my paying him and it duly arrived as expected. It was well-packed (and hence survived the heavy-handed treatment it received in transit) and works as it should. Clear, prompt and friendly communication throughout and a pleasure to deal with. I’d have no hesitations in recommending James to others or in dealing with him again. Many thanks!

The G2M sucked for me, even when playing straight into a hardware synth. Just too much latency. Industrial Radio is the lowest latency possible. The Imprint software takes the string energy information and imprints it into the MIDI signals so that one gets a more nuanced and bass-guitar-like feel, though this needs to be done via something like Ableton Live. I’m still considering going down this route. There’s the Meris Enzo which sounds good but I haven’t tried. Envelope options are a bit limited but seems capable of some great sounds and is polyphonic. I didn’t like the Boss SY-300. The oscillators sounded a bit crap and editing was a pain on the tiny screen. Octavius Squeezer sounds fantastic. Rare, though there’s a used one on eBay right now. Editing is pretty cumbersome to say the least though. The Future Impact is very good. I just bought one after renting one last year. It’s much better than I remember. Perhaps tracking is better on my Precision bass (I only tried it with a Sterling and Jazz last time). Some patches track better than others but it’s pretty satisfying. Patch creation has to be done on a PC or Mac and loaded onto the pedal. One can coarsely (settings of 1-9) tweak a few parameters of any given on the pedal itself; these are attack, decay, envelope depth, dynamics (envelope follower sensitivity), filter cutoff, resonance, balance (between synth and bass), level and effect level. I’d still recommend buying a synth too though. There are some great and cheap analogue synths our there for under £400, some under £200. Check out Novation Bass Station II, Korg Monologue and Minilogue, ARP Odyssey, Behringer Model D, Roland SE-02. A used Moog Sub Phatty or Little/Slim Phatty can be had in the same price bracket. I’m still getting some great synth-type sounds from my Octabvre, Mastotron, Manta and Enigma together. Also, Source Audio are working on a pair of pedals which cover octave, filter and synth oscillators and that ought to be pretty good.

Above link is to the whole album. There are a couple of interesting Led Zep reimaginings. The standout original track is this: Also worth checking out is his previous album with a great Jeff Buckley cover and some more amazing originals with throbbing OC-2-type bass on some tracks. Full album: Buckley cover:

SE-02 is only £349 at Wunjo. That’s a damn good price. I’ve seen them go used for that money.

Sonic Couture are having a sale in some of their plugins.

Some great deals on today: https://www.andertons.co.uk/b-stock-%3A-nord-piano-3-88-triple-switch-grand-weighted-hammer-action-78593 https://www.andertons.co.uk/roland-se-02-boutique-studio-electronics-analog-synthesizer https://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/product/korg_prologue-16_polyphonic_analogue_synthesizer/ session.de is also doing 10% off everything.

That’s a feature from the BOD and is quite useful.

I’m definitely interested in this. If it has the same great tracking of the MXR BOD with the sound of the OC-2, then along with the lovely blue livery and a small package, what’s not to like? Also, more headroom than original I’m hoping will translate into more gain on tap.