Members hangwire Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 I am slightly thinking of replacing my Arion Octave with an MXR Blue Box... as I am only using the Arion for weird sonic mess chords now, which I can do with a Blue Box... but also get a noise-fuzz on my board as well... I run a MixMod big muff that is really more of a distortion with clean signal blend... so I imagine running the blue box before it will give some nice sustaining clanky fuzz... but I have owned 2 in the past... both MXR reissues. one sounded great before my green muff back in the 90s the second one was always really muffled no matter where it was in the chain so what is the mod? how easy is it to do? how does it sound with other dirt after it is done? and long term, woudl youdo it again? any clones of the the ocatve fuzz anywhere? remember, suggest sonic youth type song freakout pedals.... not an Octron thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 the mod is really easy, I did have a link...I'll see if I can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belt Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 I can't find mine either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Yeah I'm interested in this too. I love my Blue Box ... it's totally sick ... but it does have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 here you go. http://www.noisefx.com/article/mxr_blue_box_mod i'd recommend putting the switch in, just incase you don't like what it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3red Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 you shouldnt need a pedal to freak out a song, thats fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 The mod is a case of clipping a capacitor. I put a toggle switch on mine, but it still doesnt reach it's full potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Ok ... this sounds great but installing the switch (which I would definitely want) scares me off. Does anyone do this mod for $$? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 you shouldnt need a pedal to freak out a song, thats fake I don't need a pedal to freak out ... trust me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Ok ... this sounds great but installing the switch (which I would definitely want) scares me off. Does anyone do this mod for $$? you could just desolder one leg, see if you like the result, if you don't you could just solder it back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belt Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 you could just desolder one leg, see if you like the result, if you don't you could just solder it back? huge + 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Alright, alright I might try it. I'm sure this is a stupid question, but if the capacitor can be removed with an improvement in sound what's it's purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members letsgocoyote Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 i haven't doen the mod, but i ahve read you loose alot of the bottom end sound. which i think would be lame. the blue box soudns cool, but it is quiet and glitchy. if you like the blue box sound, you can achieve essentially the same thing just by running a smooth fuzz infront of your arion octave. having owned the arion and played the blue box.... id say keep your arion so you can have a clean octave sound too. you may also like the fuzz after the arion of course. the problem with octave pedals is a volume drop. best thing to do is a tb loop on the octave and put a boost after it in the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jake.lind Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Alright, alright I might try it. I'm sure this is a stupid question, but if the capacitor can be removed with an improvement in sound what's it's purpose? It could be there for stability reasons, or maybe the way it sounds stock sounded the best to whoever ok'd the production of the pedal. There's a million and one reasons why it would be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted April 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 ...the octave and put a boost after it in the loop. essentially this is what it was in the 90s with it before the green muff so the mod increases volume, but at a loss of low end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 i haven't doen the mod, but i ahve read you loose alot of the bottom end sound. which i think would be lame. See ... I think the switch is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted April 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 See ... I think the switch is a good idea. but bottm end as in octave sound, or as in tone... because the tonecan be muddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted April 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 maybe i just want only the octave half of the ehx microsynth in a small box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squareking Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 maybe i just want a glitch computer fix'd http://midfielectronics.com/ http://www.noisefx.com/product_details/midfi_electronics_glitch_computer_fx0176 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Yeah I have been thiking about selling the Blue Box and getting fuzz & octave pedals ... but I think I'll miss the glitchyness. I haven't heard anything else that's quite the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted April 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Yeah I have been thiking about selling the Blue Box and getting fuzz & octave pedals ... but I think I'll miss the glitchyness. I haven't heard anything else that's quite the same. you want to do a 1 week trade? my arion for your bluebox...try it out with your setup and trade back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inabox Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 clones dont know of them, but they're various alternatives for octave down glitchy/freakout fuzz pedals MidFi Glitch Computer[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] 4ms Nocto Loco[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Copilot Fx Mantis 2[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coma Larkin Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 Pretty sure the cap bleeds off high end or sth. I just removed it entirely--makes the Blue Box cut through the mix much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rileykill Posted April 30, 2008 Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 you want to do a 1 week trade? my arion for your bluebox...try it out with your setup and trade back? Thanks for the offer but I think I'm gonna go ahead and pull the cap ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted April 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 30, 2008 while those clones are cool, I have a small synth that does all the really weird extra stuff... so I guess that is why I am looking at the cheaper $50 range for just an extra harsh fuzz to run into my mix muff that set to more of a distortion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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