I'm on the market for a new envelope filter, not that I needed of course, it's just for fun.
Right now I have a 3Leaf Proton which has me very satisfied, but I found three main issues on it:[list]
[*]The gain/threshold is quite high. I tend to play a bit on the softer side with passive basses so I have to set the knob at about 5 o'clock to get a good response. I don't like having so little headroom in my pedals.
[*]The overall sound is a bit dark. Again, the peak knob is at about 5 and the treble roll off is very noticeable. It's not really a bad thing, just the sound of it. With the sweep switch on the other position is the opposite: lows tend do disappear.
[*]This last one I'm not really sure because I don't know that much about envelope filters but I think the attack might be a bit slow. It takes too long for the filter to reach the peak.
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I'd like to complement my Proton with another pedal that has lower threshold, more resonant/higher peak and faster attack, but using the less possible knobs (no Wonderlove I guess, also too expensive). So far I think I like the EBS Bass IQ, I really dig the down position and the attack knob; I've also had a BassBalls and though I liked its sharp attack and high peak it gets a bit tiring too soon.
Any suggestions, opinions, experiences, please?