![]() The lower register notes offered by five-string basses are a challenge for units like this, but with some experimentation we found that there were certain synth types that this pedal tracked well with, even when grooving all the way down to the bottom of the B string. Naturally, active basses raise certain issues based upon the strength of their active circuitry and pickup output, so adjustments need to be made depending on your bass. The Sensitivity control works wonders when it comes to dealing with glitches based on your instrument’s responsiveness (or lack of it). Each synth setting is notably different from the last, so there are plenty of interesting options available to the player, all of which sound highly usable to these ears. The sound quality is quite stunning - possibly the most considered and thorough synth sounds we’ve heard using a bass guitar as a trigger. When you want to recall it, simply press the switch. ![]() The Bypass switch turns the effect on and off, while the Preset switch allows you to store a preferred sound for easy recall set the pedal as you require, press and hold the preset switch for three seconds and your control settings are stored. The manual gives you an easy-to-understand breakdown for each synth setting. The CTRL control has a different interaction with each synth setting, from decay and attack times to envelope filter resonance, sweep depth, oscillator volume and modulation rate. The Sensitivity control also has an effect on the sweep ranges of several synth effects. If your playing isn’t triggering the synth, turn the control up - but if you’re hearing ‘false’ triggers and resonance, turn the control down a touch. Bear in mind that the ‘Mono’ reference means that only one note can be played at a time as a multi-oscillator monophonic device, only one note per oscillator can be played, so the unit can’t cope with chords.Īn LED indicator gives you a visual reference as to how ‘hot’ your signal is. Various modulation and filter settings contribute to distinctly different synth sounds, and the control set allows the player to extensively tailor the voicings. With 11 synth types and voicings to choose from, there is inevitably some experimentation required before you find the sounds you’re looking for. The pedalboard footprint is very modest too. EHX’s Micro Synth, with its array of sliding controls, was a benchmark for many years, and the new Mono Synth is typically rugged, with a metal chassis and well-sized controls, clearly labelled and intuitive. Perhaps things are about to change with this new pedal. The passing of time has seen more and more players taking to keyboards to get the sounds required. Combining short and long notes, and some delay, you can play wonderfully dreamy songs on this.Fiddling around with pedal controls on a gig, with something as temperamental as a bass synth, when the sounds you’ve spent hours mastering just aren’t working onstage, can be a major pain in the butt. Holding a note adds a soft pad to the background, enabling you to accompany yourself. Playing short notes will create soft rhythmic tones that change timbre with different playing velocity. If it sounds weird then I probably typed something wrongĪ dreamy layered patch. ![]() Mostly this is good for some gnarly lead solo stuff and not so good for pads or anything on the low endĪll the select 2 stuff is identical to the init because I just wanted simple vibrato on the mod wheel. ***Or change to 0 for less width/detuningĪgain most of the patch bits don’t matter, neither does the mod fx or delay much, experiment with these at your desire. ![]() **Or change to about 32 for more focus on higher pitch *Or change to about 6 for portamento on some songs like Black Omen Patch settings can be whatever you want, mine all affect the LFOs and I don’t use it for any of the songs with this patch so I wouldn’t worry about it All were created from INIT patches and made to emulate various synths (the first is an emulation of a Poly-800 II patch I created) Here are 3 patches used by my synthwave band REAPERS. ![]()
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