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[Al Krow]

4 hours ago, 0175westwood29 said:

Ok so couldn’t resist! Managed to get a  XS-100 

 

it’s turning up on Monday!! Hopefully able to have a bit of a play at practice!!! 

 

Nice one! And the good thing about your pedal purchases is that they're usually followed by some decent video footage! Looking forward to it - if this thing can pitch shift with tight tracking and lack of glitch-iness (I guess the best test is playing intervals with the clean sound underneath?) then its baby bro the XS-1 is getting added to my (growing, haha) "must buy soon" pedal list!

 

Currently no video footage with bass as far as I can see - all guitar clips. So could be a world premiere for you, as an incentive! 😉

Edited Sunday at 15:40 by Al Krow

[pantherairsoft]

4 hours ago, 0175westwood29 said:

Ok so couldn’t resist! Managed to get a  XS-100 

 

it’s turning up on Monday!! Hopefully able to have a bit of a play at practice!!! 

 Very keen to hear the feedback (particularly on pitch up swells).

[Baloney Balderdash]

6 hours ago, 0175westwood29 said:

Ok so couldn’t resist! Managed to get a  XS-100 

 

it’s turning up on Monday!! Hopefully able to have a bit of a play at practice!!! 

Same, but the smaller and cheaper little brother Boss XS-1.

 

The demos I've watched sound very promising, and it should be able to do a better job then the TC Electronic Sub'N'Up Mini I use currently to emulated an octave course 8 string bass -esque effect.

 

Am really looking forward to trying it out.

 

I should have it by Tuesday.

 

Edited Sunday at 16:55 by Baloney Balderdash

[thisisswanbon]

While it's not here yet so technically not my latest pedal - I have an actual OC-2 due to arrive tomorrow after years of trying and testing various clones!  Looking forward to removing the -2 control and seeing how the OG stacks up to my Octabvre mini!

[jimbobothy]

… I’ve got two OC2s, but would hesitate to modify them. I know they’d be better for it sonically, but I seem to prefer originality. Let us know how easy it is to do, and a before and after sound clip would be very interesting to hear if possible please? 

[pantherairsoft]

I once had an OC2 modded by Max @ sfx, to increase the output gain. It overcame the slight signal drop you get from the OC2 when the -1 octave was solo’d. It was a great mod. It still didn’t compare to the full on output of modern alternatives though.

[ped]

I’ve got an OC2 with the square wave mod which is great fun. Sounds brilliant in the loop of my env filter. I’ll record a clip…

[thisisswanbon]

13 hours ago, jimbobothy said:

… I’ve got two OC2s, but would hesitate to modify them. I know they’d be better for it sonically, but I seem to prefer originality. Let us know how easy it is to do, and a before and after sound clip would be very interesting to hear if possible please? 

I'll see what I can do for you pal...

 

Out of interest, has anyone had any success just putting a boost after the OC2 and kicking them in at the same time?  I hate tap dancing but it seems less likely to result in a broken OC2!

 

[Homatron]

1 hour ago, thisisswanbon said:

I hate tap dancing but it seems less likely to result in a broken OC2!

 

Using a line selector pedal like a Boss LS2 to boost the OC2 could achieve this with the same number of stomps as just engaging the OC2. 

[thisisswanbon]

Not a bad shout at all!…

 

just arrived obligatory photo

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:20 by thisisswanbon

[thisisswanbon]

Looks like it’s going back!

 

Absolutely nothing wrong with it, I actually prefer the tone to my octabvre. That being said, the octabvre is close enough that I’d rather just keep hold of it rather than buy two pedals doing the same job - I’ll stick it on the f/s section until richtone come back with return info

[pantherairsoft]

These babies showed up… Oscillator Devices Trash Pandas.

 

Incredibly powerful expression pedal splitters. I had planned on these being able to do what my Expressionator AND Source Audio Reflex could do… and you know what, they can…

 

BUT… silly me had not realised that to access the LFO engines you need to control them with midi, which isn’t part of my setup and I’m not going down that rabbit hole again, so I guess these need to be moved on.

 

After paying £50 in tax and duty, plus having to pay the same on return to get a refund, returning them is not an issue. Urgh. Expect them to be for sale soon. If you use midi, or don’t care about the LFO functionality, these are badass!

 

[Baloney Balderdash]

Not my specific unit, just a random Google image of it, but I got this a couple of days ago:

 

Absolutely amazing.

 

I use it for my always on 1 octave up effect, to emulate an effect somewhat similar to that of an octave course 8 string bass.

 

Much clearer and more natural sounding than the TC Electronic Sub'N'Up I used previously, even if I had that running with a custom made Toneprint, I meticulously dialed in myself, with pre and post octave engine EQ filters, specifically for my application.

 

Obviously the XS-1 octave up still sounds somewhat artificial, but it is still a substantial improvement over the Sub'N'Up, and with the octave mix at 50% or lower it does sound completely natural.

 

Gone are all the odd digital artifacts and occational glitches as well.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Baloney Balderdash

[MrDinsdale]

Just got my hands on the Damnation Dirt Mixer. I also borrowed a reamp box which is super handy for experimenting.

 

Back to the pedal drawing board…

 

 

So far I’m leaning towards the Venus and Dagger for a good balance between clanky boost and a crispy distortion tone. The Black Math is a lot of fun though and infinitely more useable with the Dirt Mixer. 

[pantherairsoft]

2 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Not my specific unit, just a random Google image of it, but I got this a couple of days ago:

 

Absolutely amazing.

 

I use it for my always on 1 octave up effect, to emulate an effect somewhat similar to that of an octave course 8 string bass.

 

Much clearer and more natural sounding than the TC Electronic Sub'N'Up I used previously, even I had that running with a custom made Toneprint, I meticulously dialed in myself, with pre and post octave engine EQ filters. 

 

Obviously the XS-1 octave up still sounds somewhat artificial, but it's still a substantial improvement over the Sub'N'Up, and with the mix at 50% or lower it does sound completely natural.

 

Gone are all the odd digital artifacts and occational glitches as well.

 

 

Hearing lots of good stuff about this at the moment. Very close to pulling the trigger on the 100.

[Baloney Balderdash]

5 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Not my specific unit, just a random Google image of it, but I got this a couple of days ago:

 

Absolutely amazing.

 

I use it for my always on 1 octave up effect, to emulate an effect somewhat similar to that of an octave course 8 string bass.

 

Much clearer and more natural sounding than the TC Electronic Sub'N'Up I used previously, even if I had that running with a custom made Toneprint, I meticulously dialed in myself, with pre and post octave engine EQ filters, specifically for my application.

 

Obviously the XS-1 octave up still sounds somewhat artificial, but it is still a substantial improvement over the Sub'N'Up, and with the octave mix at 50% or lower it does sound completely natural.

 

Gone are all the odd digital artifacts and occational glitches as well.

 

 

Here's a sample of the Boss XS-1 used for obtaining an effect somewhat similar to that of an 8 string octave course bass, using my 28.6" scale Ibanez GSRM25 Mikto Bass, tuned to E standard tuning (E to C).

 

Just random noodling through my "amp-less" setup, directly into my Zoom H4n handheld recorder, with nothing additionally done post recording, other than clipping/cutting some parts out:

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Baloney Balderdash

[Al Krow]

1 hour ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Here's a sample of the Boss XS-1 used for obtaining an effect somewhat similar to that of an 8 string octave course bass, using my 28.6" scale Ibanez GSRM25 Mikto Bass, tuned to E standard tuning (E to C).

 

Just random noodling through my "amp-less" setup, directly into my Zoom H4n handheld recorder, with nothing additionally done post recording, other than clipping/cutting some parts out:

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing that! Would you say it performs better at 8 string emulation with high rather than low notes?

[Baloney Balderdash]

30 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

 

Thanks for sharing that! Would you say it performs better at 8 string emulation with high rather than low notes?

Yes, absolutely.

 

For that simple reason that the octave strings on an 8 string bass will have lower output than the bass strings.

 

This way the artificial notes can be lower in the mix and sort of hide behind the real once, rather than having the artificial notes be the dominant ones.

 

That said I am not really looking to emulate an 8 string bass, I just happen to like the tone I get from adding an octave.

 

Edited 47 minutes ago by Baloney Balderdash