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[Burns-bass]

How do you find the DCX?

[jimbobothy]

… it’s a decent pedal, I currently run it clean at church as this seems to suit how I play there. At home I do like to add a little bit of hair/grit etc, but not much. It can go full on if wanted, but not my thing tbh. Adds a nice ‘vibe’ to the sound easily. Always a bit odd describing sound with words, but there you go 🤣

[Sibob]

On 09/11/2025 at 11:47, jimbobothy said:

… slapped this together for fretted duties this morning at church, going for the classic 1176 into LA2A vibe with a bit of channel strip chucked in (and some goodness from the Sfx unit 👍🏻

 

 

I do normally make things a bit neater, but it still worked 🤣🤣

What’s the SFX Micro Energiser?

 

Si

[Bagman]

I'm rained out of work today so it's going to be the big pedal board into the Ashdown CTM-300 very shortly

 

Neighbours prepare yourselves 

[jimbobothy]

22 hours ago, Sibob said:

What’s the SFX Micro Energiser?

 

Si

 

As far as I know it’s similarish to the Aphex Aural Exciter and Big Bottom pedal. I also think it sounds a bit like the Creation Audio Funkulator, at least how I had it set. Gives a nicer bottom end, with added highs, I have the high set lower amount as it gives a whine when it’s set too high, maybe a combo of a fault or having 2 comps lol!

 

 

 

[chilli]

 

My EUB / Guitar set up as of last week, a friend made me a silly offer on the MOOD so there's an empty space at moment, been thinking reverb maybe (after Echobox).

 

Starts at the MINI on the top right and works left, then Onward to Meris X (bottom right). Some pedlas may look a bit wonky, only 3 have velcro at the moment. Its desk top use rather than floor, makes editting easier on the fly.

 

Sounds f***ing awesome! 

[pantherairsoft]

3 hours ago, chilli said:

 

My EUB / Guitar set up as of last week, a friend made me a silly offer on the MOOD so there's an empty space at moment, been thinking reverb maybe (after Echobox).

 

Starts at the MINI on the top right and works left, then Onward to Meris X (bottom right). Some pedlas may look a bit wonky, only 3 have velcro at the moment. Its desk top use rather than floor, makes editting easier on the fly.

 

Sounds f***ing awesome! 

Subdecay Echobox is an awesome delay. Used to be my absolute favourite. The modulation sounds in it are lush.

[chilli]

13 hours ago, pantherairsoft said:

Subdecay Echobox is an awesome delay. Used to be my absolute favourite. The modulation sounds in it are lush.

Fantastic pedal, this is the third one I've owned now. Yeah the Modualtion is sweet, probably my favourite part of the pedal. 

[Bagman]

On 14/11/2025 at 05:46, chilli said:

 

My EUB / Guitar set up as of last week, a friend made me a silly offer on the MOOD so there's an empty space at moment, been thinking reverb maybe (after Echobox).

 

Starts at the MINI on the top right and works left, then Onward to Meris X (bottom right). Some pedlas may look a bit wonky, only 3 have velcro at the moment. Its desk top use rather than floor, makes editting easier on the fly.

 

Sounds f***ing awesome! 

there's a lot of pedals I have not seen or heard 

looks like fun 

[Steve Lawson]

here's the latest version of my pedalboard, all inside the MOD DuoX  

 

Every purple line is an audio path, and every blue one is MIDI.

 

It's one in (though it could be stereo) 6 out (three stereo pairs). 

 

The parallel audio paths include an ambient path that's all reverb/delay, one that's all pitch-to-MIDI, and one that's glitchy weird sh*t. 

 

it's all controlled via a Keith McMillen Softstep and Quneo, the MOD Footswitch and two Dunlop mini expression pedals. The only additional outboard at the moment is a Dunlop volume pedal, a Dunlop Wah (alternate between the mini bass wah and the Justin Chancellor), and a Nordstrand Starlifter. 

 

 

[Woodinblack]

9 minutes ago, Steve Lawson said:

 

 

Wow that is a lot! Mine is really simple compared to that, I think I need to experiment a bit more

 

[Steve Lawson]

Just now, Woodinblack said:

 

Wow that is a lot! Mine is really simple compared to that, I think I need to experiment a bit more

 

It's built up over time, using successive versions of the same platform (The MOD Duo, then the first version of the DuoX, then the more powerful version - I've got a MOD Dwarf as well that I really need to dig into further, but it wouldn't run all of this!) - so the development has been near-daily tweaking of it for close to a decade! I've saved some of the iterations of it, but not enough of them! Every now and again I hear a thing I recorded a few years ago and have literally no idea how I got that sound 😆

[Obra]

Latest development

 

 

[Woodinblack]

18 hours ago, Steve Lawson said:

The MOD Duo, then the first version of the DuoX, then the more powerful version - I've got a MOD Dwarf as well that I really need to dig into further, but it wouldn't run all of this!) 

 

Yes, it seemed a lot for a dwarf, that is what I have, mine is way simpler, but it is my daily gigging setup in a cover band so there isn't much out there needed!

[Steve Lawson]

57 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Yes, it seemed a lot for a dwarf, that is what I have, mine is way simpler, but it is my daily gigging setup in a cover band so there isn't much out there needed!

The Dwarf is capable of a lot, but the 8 core processing in the DuoX makes the parallel stuff possible to this level ☺️

[MrDinsdale]

I loved the dwarf for the level of potential nerdiness, got some great bass tones out of it although it was the drives that I struggled with a little. Crazy ambitious project, glad to see that quite a bit of that lives on in the Anagram. 

[Steve Lawson]

2 minutes ago, MrDinsdale said:

I loved the dwarf for the level of potential nerdiness, got some great bass tones out of it although it was the drives that I struggled with a little. Crazy ambitious project, glad to see that quite a bit of that lives on in the Anagram. 

Yeah, the anagram is an interesting project - VASTLY superior hardware (for bass) to the MOD stuff, and a much easier version of the software for people who want to build copies of analog boards that are largely linear, rather than exploiting the parallel processing stuff that the Dwarf/DuoX will do. 

If you're finding the drives tricky on the Dwarf, try pairing them with specific cabinet sims, and instead of assigning them to a pedal to turn on and off, leave them on and use an A/B switch to turn on the whole chain at once. That way you can stack multiple drives, or use a tube emulator before or after the drive as well as a cab sim (or two) to create a really bespoke drive - you can even use a crossover to have the clean sound of your bass below, say, 100hz, and everything above that go through the drive so you don't lose thump... It took me a while to get the hang of that! 

[MrDinsdale]

3 minutes ago, Steve Lawson said:

Yeah, the anagram is an interesting project - VASTLY superior hardware (for bass) to the MOD stuff, and a much easier version of the software for people who want to build copies of analog boards that are largely linear, rather than exploiting the parallel processing stuff that the Dwarf/DuoX will do. 

If you're finding the drives tricky on the Dwarf, try pairing them with specific cabinet sims, and instead of assigning them to a pedal to turn on and off, leave them on and use an A/B switch to turn on the whole chain at once. That way you can stack multiple drives, or use a tube emulator before or after the drive as well as a cab sim (or two) to create a really bespoke drive - you can even use a crossover to have the clean sound of your bass below, say, 100hz, and everything above that go through the drive so you don't lose thump... It took me a while to get the hang of that! 

Yeah I did play around with a lot of stacking and parallel routing, the Rude premium drive ended up being the closest I found for my personal taste. A clean blend with some EQ and careful compression got me close but I’m just really picky with drives.

 

I ended up selling it on a while back, just wasn’t getting much use vs my actual pedalboard. 

[Woodinblack]

Its a shame that there isn't a more powerful (or at least more core'd version of the dwarf, as they had stopped the ModX near the end. And a better display but however good it was, I don't think that most people were ready for that level of flexibility. 

I do feel if they had made the software development environment a bit friendlier, they would have had a lot more of a headsup in the market.

[Steve Lawson]

6 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Its a shame that there isn't a more powerful (or at least more core'd version of the dwarf, as they had stopped the ModX near the end. And a better display but however good it was, I don't think that most people were ready for that level of flexibility. 

I do feel if they had made the software development environment a bit friendlier, they would have had a lot more of a headsup in the market.

Absolutely. It's the *perfect* device for me, because after 20 odd years of pushing every effects unit I had to its limits, I finally found something that did all the things I previously couldn't, but having an Anagram-style interface that turned on and off would really help people get started with it 

[ordep]

board for the RnB covers band that I play with.

[bobbass4k]

I actually have a board for bass for the first time in several years. Mostly DIY ones I've made so I'll need to do some explaining. Currently bedroom auditioning pedals for a new band project so it's not very neat or portable.

 

 

I'll explain them in rough signal chain order, right to left, bottom to top.

 

Bugle - Simple Active EQ I think based on the EQD Tone Job (I needed one with side jacks)

 

SIlver with scratched graphics - Schalltechnik compressor

 

Revolver Ocelot - OC-2 clone

 

Mario - Parasit studios 1985, multivoice digital synth

 

Jet Set willy - Parasit studios multiwave mega, wavetable synth

 

Boss LS-2 - The dirt pedals in the middle row are on the two loops for blending together.

 

SIlver with white knobs - Traynor TS-50B clone (the tronographic rusty box is a ts50b clone)

 

Monochrome (right of middle row) - ss/bs TAFM clone

 

Bender - Brassmaster clone

 

Ma Beagle - Chunk brown dog clone

 

Small silver - Phase inverter for blending on the LS-2

 

Silver blue knobs - EQD Westwood clone

 

Black with blue knobs - Darkglass alpha omega clone

 

Duck tales (top right) - Chunk 00funk clone

 

Sci-fi lady head - Boss dimension c chorus clone

 

Space Koala - EQD grand orbiter phaser clone

 

Silver yellow knobs - Boss BF-2 clone

 

Water tribe - Fairfield shallow water clone

 

Acquisitions Incorporated - EQD afterneath clone

 

Futurama - Tremulous Lune tremolo

 

Multi stomp is doing all the delays at the moment.

 

Too much? If less is more then think how much more more would be.

 

[LukeFRC]

1 hour ago, bobbass4k said:

I actually have a board for bass for the first time in several years. Mostly DIY ones I've made so I'll need to do some explaining. Currently bedroom auditioning pedals for a new band project so it's not very neat or portable.

 

 

I'll explain them in rough signal chain order, right to left, bottom to top.

 

Bugle - Simple Active EQ I think based on the EQD Tone Job (I needed one with side jacks)

 

SIlver with scratched graphics - Schalltechnik compressor

 

Revolver Ocelot - OC-2 clone

 

Mario - Parasit studios 1985, multivoice digital synth

 

Jet Set willy - Parasit studios multiwave mega, wavetable synth

 

Boss LS-2 - The dirt pedals in the middle row are on the two loops for blending together.

 

SIlver with white knobs - Traynor TS-50B clone (the tronographic rusty box is a ts50b clone)

 

Monochrome (right of middle row) - ss/bs TAFM clone

 

Bender - Brassmaster clone

 

Ma Beagle - Chunk brown dog clone

 

Small silver - Phase inverter for blending on the LS-2

 

Silver blue knobs - EQD Westwood clone

 

Black with blue knobs - Darkglass alpha omega clone

 

Duck tales (top right) - Chunk 00funk clone

 

Sci-fi lady head - Boss dimension c chorus clone

 

Space Koala - EQD grand orbiter phaser clone

 

Silver yellow knobs - Boss BF-2 clone

 

Water tribe - Fairfield shallow water clone

 

Acquisitions Incorporated - EQD afterneath clone

 

Futurama - Tremulous Lune tremolo

 

Multi stomp is doing all the delays at the moment.

 

Too much? If less is more then think how much more more would be.

 

Like I think most of my list of diy pedals I want to build sometime to try are on there! (And only one and a half I’ve already built )