Members Kirk Markarian Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I am not a guitarist. I play experimental synthesizers, like my friend Kriista here. I play the Sidrassi Organ, primarily. Normally, my pedal chain goes like this: Sidrassi Organ > Ernie Ball Passive Volume Pedal > EH Deluxe Memory Man > EH Little Big Muff Pi > Digitech Digidelay > Output. Recently, I have been preparing my rig for playing out again, as it's been a while. So, for my birthday, I received a $200 American Express Gift Card. I promptly went to Best Buy to buy an iPod Touch. That didn't pan out, because I didn't want to pay out of pocket for taxes or apps. After a short debate with myself, I ended up at Guitar Center. I bought a used EH XO Microsynth. After plugging it into my 9-Spot, I was dismayed to find out that it didn't work. I tried changing the preamp setting, etc. I figured out it would need it's own power supply. Fine. I plugged it in, and finally got some sounds. It wasn't all I thought it was cracked up to be (so far). I wasn't feeling well, and went to bed. It did make a few cool sounds, but I wasn't sold yet. Yesterday, I pulled apart my setup, and after experimenting, removed my Little Big Muff out of the chain, as well as excluding the Digidelay. Now my setup was small. Just a volume pedal to delay to Microsynth. I found out that the way I was using the Muff, I was able to get the same tone from the Microsynth - a muffled, saturated tone. My heart started pounding, and I played around a little more. I found that the guitar slider basically acted as an overdrive - identical to the way I used the Muff. I could slide from clean to Muff! It eliminated my need for the extra pedal. Then I started fooling with the rest of the Microsynth. I now have an octave down slider, and an octave up slider to add to my signal. I now have a resonant low-pass filter to affect my sound. My tonal variations just shot through the roof! I am able to make bleeps, bloops and zaps that are entirely different that what the Sidrassi Organ can make on it's own. This pedal is a lo-fi dream! It's noise gate, the one that I see people complain about so much, really makes the sound stand out. I feel like I have an instrument that Boards of Canada would play, even though it's not as easy to play melodically as a keyboard would be. I've been pining for the Moog MF-101 Lowpass Filter, but now that I have this, it's on the backburner. The Microsynth combined with the delay can easily make seasickness sounds, and as I had mentioned before, the noise gate which cuts off MASSIVE sustain, really alters the kinds of sounds I can make with my Sidrassi, in a very positive way. I feel like I am channeling the pioneers of electronic music into new areas. Samples in about two weeks. I am leaving for a vacation in Canada tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 the ambient temperature surrounding this tale is quite low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kirk Markarian Posted March 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 oh well...I was excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 I love the Micro Synthesizer. It was the first EHX pedal I bought, and ever since I've become a total EHX geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 the ambient temperature surrounding this tale is quite low indeed, very cool. I am gassing for a big box Microsynth badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sp1keNARF Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 the ambient temperature surrounding this tale is quite low i would agree that it is a cool story. bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockstrongo Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 story. bro. shnarf shnarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted March 12, 2010 Members Share Posted March 12, 2010 Awesome. I've been gassing hard for one lately, even though I really have no idea what I'd use it for. I'll find a use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kirk Markarian Posted March 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 Here's a demo that is 3:45 in length, many variations of the filter in use. Listen Here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ponch Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 Awesome. I've been gassing hard for one lately, even though I really have no idea what I'd use it for. I'll find a use. me too i really really really want to get one, but not sure how ill find a use but i will some way or or another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members (⌐■_■) Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 I love my big box that and my dm-2 are my favorite pedals I play it with synths it can really boost and make wierd bass and lead lines but where it shines IMO is effecting pre sequenced lines and twisting them in to something entirely different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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