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OK so ignore the playing as i was fiddling with the controls more than worrying about the notes!

How is it?

Yes. I am not a singer. I assumed I could not be taught. No one let me sing in public unless there was a fire. The lessons appeared to have nothing to do with singing at first. But actually they were teaching me about the mechanics of singing. What to do with my throat, my mouth, my diaphragm. In other words the instrument. I have since sung in front of people and no one threw anything. I have sung harmony acapella with three others.

I have a couple of Barefaced 15s and I would take one of those to any sized gig with any band with complete confidence.

I've been in a band with the guy sat at absolute farthest from the front of house was fiddling with the desk. They can, but they really didn't ought to be allowed.

Hi sorry Q , I was speaking about the envelope filter in that response. Yes it has the three sub switch

It's not just you. I got horribly lost in confusing computer speak.

So I tried and failed to get my audio interface working. But don't give up hope. Anything is possible in an infinite universe.

Sadly no. I came at this without expectations. The case is kind of no frills. Sticker on front otherwise unfinished but where it counts, the sound, it's awesome.

I am not 100 percent to grips with all the controls yet. However I got a great sound from it. I can record clips if you like

From the blurb: "There’s also a three-position sub-control switch, a treble tone control, adjustable pulse width, and a wide fuzz depth control"

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Gigged it last night. I like it a lot.

A clone of the Zvex Mastotron, coming in at less than 50 quid, this is what bass player's fuzz dreams are made of. I've only just discovered Red Rocket Music. Don't know anything about them but I'm guessing they're a small business, UK based, and they make a bunch of copies, clones, tribute pedals - whatever you want to call them. I have two from their collection, and they both sit beautifully in the mix. The Mammoth has no loss of low end and a couple of ways to brighten up the signal if you don't want to descend into sludge. It produced a massive sound at tonight's gig and showed great versatility too, dialled back it just thickened things up, higher and it was monstrous.

Glad to hear it's still going. Not played there for years but I enjoyed it when I did.

This thread raises a question. How on earth do you remember them all? I can't remember the basses I have now never mind the ones I had 40 years ago

Thanks for the tip

Well I've been playing with it for a couple of days and it's a beauty. Fantastic down sweep. Bubbly, warm, liquid tones all the way through to synthy oddness. Considering how many envelope filters I already own I'm surprised to find one offering something different. It's not without it's idiosyncrasies; unusually labelled controls, and a depth control that goes too far - into distortion in fact. But it is so easy to get great sounds out of it that these quibbles are vanishingly small. Add to this Ian at Red Rocket Music is a very approachable and helpful guy.

There's a TC Nether for 20 quid on FB now. Any octave pedal combined with fuzz or distortion and chorus will do tla job. The SA C4 is excellent but you have to be prepared to build your sounds on a screen and hope they work in the band

Mines arriving today or tomorrow. I'll let you know.

Yeah I hear you. I've got some high end basses and I've played some even higher, but my favourites have nothing to do with their label or their price. Others say differently and that's their prerogative, but how a bass feels in my hands, how it balances on a strap, how it sounds and how it talks to me are the only things that matter. The label and the price are utterly irrelevant.

If you're specifically interested in building your own synth sounds, I recommend the Poly Blue by MXR.