pantherairsoft Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) 22 hours ago, LukeFRC said: that's not something you see everyday is it? No, not so many of them around! I’ve wanted to try one for ages and the opportunity arose. I have A LOT of bitcrushers though, so I’ve promised myself, it either blows my mind, or I sell it on after I’ve had a good play. We shall see! UPDATE - It didn't really do it for me in the way I had hoped, and so, it's up for sale! Edited October 23 by pantherairsoft 1 Quote
bassbora Posted October 22 Posted October 22 Just out of curiosity which bitcrushers do you have and how do you rate them? I have been thinking about maybe getting a Frantabit next time Taylor has a build. 1 Quote
pantherairsoft Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, bassbora said: Just out of curiosity which bitcrushers do you have and how do you rate them? I have been thinking about maybe getting a Frantabit next time Taylor has a build. I owned a first run of Frantabit, but later sold it on when I was in dire need of cash. Other crushers I owned and sold: an old huge Bugbrand Bug Crusher, WMD Geiger Counter and the Civilian Issue version. I also spent a lot of time with the Ottobit Jnr. It sounds fantastic, but there was an unavoidable volume spike when engaging it, which ultimately led to me not purchasing it. I currently own: Super Frantabit WMD Geiger Counter Pro Red Panda Bitmap 2 Frederick/Bugbrand Bug Crusher Dr Scientist BitQuest The most versatile is the Bitmap 2 IMO. The Geiger Counter Pro is incredible if you want to mix distortion and other sonic chaos in. The Frederick Bugcrusher is a great way to get no-frills sample rate reduction though as long as you don’t want expression control etc. Edited October 22 by pantherairsoft 2 Quote
Raskolnikov Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) Boss mt2 metal zone. I’m using it as a preamp I love the eq. It sounds good with the drive turned down. i’m looking at their new PX1 multi effect next. An emulation of all their vintage petals. I might enjoy SY1 more w bass Edited October 22 by Raskolnikov 1 Quote
bassbora Posted October 22 Posted October 22 13 minutes ago, pantherairsoft said: I owned a first run of Frantabit, but later sold it on when I was in dire need of cash. Other crushers I owned and sold: an old huge Bugbrand Bug Crusher, WMD Geiger Counter and the Civilian Issue version. I currently own: Super Frantabit WMD Geiger Counter Pro Red Panda Bitmap 2 Frederick/Bugbrand Bug Crusher Dr Scientist BitQuest The most versatile is the Bitmap 2 IMO. The Geiger Counter Pro is incredible if you want to mix distortion and other sonic chaos in. The Frederick Bugcrusher is a great way to get no-frills sample rate reduction though as long as you don’t want expression control etc. How do you rate the Frantabit against the Geiger Counter? 1 Quote
pantherairsoft Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) 11 minutes ago, bassbora said: How do you rate the Frantabit against the Geiger Counter? The Geiger Counter is way more wild, as it’s basically a bitcrusher smashed into a super high gain distortion. The GC can do traditional SRR sounds etc, but that’s much easier on the pro. If you want classic SRR sounds, I’d go with the Frantabit. If you want more chaos and harsh industrial tones, I’d go GC. Overall, I think the GC Pro is one of my fav pedals of all time. It’s bonkers. Worth noting that the regular GC, however, does not have a mix (the pro does), and so a good portion of tones in the original will be lacking low end (as is normal for bitcrushing), with no option to blend the lows back in without a mixer pedal. With my playing this afternoon with the Super Frantabit, in degrade mode, the SSR is far more subtle than I remember it being (and more so than any other bitcrushers I own). I need to play with it more this week. Edited October 22 by pantherairsoft 2 Quote
0175westwood29 Posted November 4 Posted November 4 had to grab the latest offering from EQDs sounds great 3 Quote
pantherairsoft Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago An old favourite, updated with some modern additions, including a much needed clean blend. 1 Quote
Baloney Balderdash Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago (edited) Just got a Zoom MS-70CDR, old model, in the door, that I bought used, but it is in mint condition and works perfectly, cause the one I had sucked tone. I use it as kind of super 8 band fully parametric EQ, kind of a budget Source Audio EQ2, as EQ based cab sim, which I found I prefer to IR based cab sims (and yes, I realize I am missing out on the real dynamic frequency response of a real cab, that IR based cab sims are capable of, but it sounds great). Here are my settings for a faux bass cab sim, in case anyone is interested (using 4 of the 2 band "Bass Para EQ" model in series): Freq: 20Hz - Q: 2 - dB: - 20 Freq: 70Hz - Q: 4 - dB: + 4 Freq: 1kHz - Q: 4 - dB: + 3 Freq: 1.2kHz - Q: 4 - dB: +1 Freq: 3.6kHz - Q: 2 - dB: +6 Freq: 12kHz - Q: 1 - dB: - 12 Freq: 16kHz - Q: 1 - dB: - 20 Freq: 20kHz - Q: 0.5 - dB: - 20 I should probably add that this is followed by a HPF with -3dB cut off point set at 40Hz (something this pedal do not feature, though one could use the "AC Bass Pre" model on the Zoom for this function only, and just set it flat otherwise, I believe the "Depth" parameter of this model set to a value of "9" essentially is a 40Hz HPF). And this is the pedal, in case you are not familiar with it (just a random Google photo of it, not my specific unit): Edited 1 hour ago by Baloney Balderdash 1 Quote
LukeFRC Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 16 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said: Just got a Zoom MS-70CDR, old model, in the door, that I bought used, but it is in mint condition and works perfectly, cause the one I had sucked tone. I use it as kind of super 8 band fully parametric EQ, kind of a budget Source Audio EQ2, as EQ based cab sim, which I found I prefer to IR based cab sims (and yes, I realize I am missing out on the real dynamic frequency response of a real cab, that IR based cab sims are capable of, but it sounds great). Here are my settings for a faux bass cab sim, in case anyone is interested (using 4 of the 2 band "Bass Para EQ" model in series): Freq: 20Hz - Q: 2 - dB: - 20 Freq: 70Hz - Q: 4 - dB: + 4 Freq: 1kHz - Q: 4 - dB: + 3 Freq: 1.2kHz - Q: 4 - dB: +1 Freq: 3.6kHz - Q: 2 - dB: +6 Freq: 12kHz - Q: 1 - dB: - 12 Freq: 16kHz - Q: 1 - dB: - 20 Freq: 20kHz - Q: 0.5 - dB: - 20 I should probably add that this is followed by a HPF with -3dB cut off point set at 40Hz (something this pedal do not feature, though one could use the "AC Bass Pre" model on the Zoom for this function only, and just set it flat otherwise, I believe the "Depth" parameter of this model set to a value of "9" essentially is a 40Hz HPF). And this is the pedal, in case you are not familiar with it (just a random Google photo of it, not my specific unit): the 3rd party "rain" block you can add on that is cool Quote
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