Members Muff Wiggler Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 glad you liked the demo! it's just a small sampling of what the TX-2 can do. I've been actually using it with no input to make 'warm soft pad' samples...you can really do so much. I can make a guitar sample for you, hopefully tonight but in the next day or two anyway. I'm a lot better on bass though... would bass be OK? cheers edit: oh yeah, it seems the price is the same everywhere. Try BigCityMusic or AnalogHaven. SongBird is the place to get it in Canada. I think they try to keep all their dealers selling at the MSRP, not sure if there's better deals to be had but I found the same price everywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Honestly, I guess I can see why people like this thing, but I've heard several clips, and I'm in the "it sounds like total ass" crowd, and I don't mean that in a good way. I can get better raunchy, disgusting noise distortion with my DS-1, add in some Hot Silicon fuzz and it really nasty. Muff Wiggler, if you could provide some clips of this thing putting out such a wide variety of tones, I would love to hear them. Otherwise, I'm going to go on what I've heard myself so far, and say that the Butt Probe is an overpriced box of crap. Maybe thats what they were going for, and apparently people have bought the thing so more power to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members murtaghstyle Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Didn't jrak use of of these? (seriously) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stereotypy Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by murtaghstyle Didn't jrak use of of these? (seriously) yes.. i saw it on his board though i "missed" him.. i joined in more often here after he was gone.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muff Wiggler Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Wilbo, do you not hear the synth arp being slightly fuzzed, then very fuzzed? it's almost dry at one point in the sample. The point is you can get everything from nauseating fuzz down to very subtle treatments.I'll agree however - that like any sound - it's not gonna be for everyone. It happens to be a warm, interactive, lively and colorful sound I really really enjoy working with. It 'feels' and sounds very different from the 'quasi linear fizz' that transistor distortions do. I like both, but when you put them side to side, I like the TX-2's distortion much much more. Sorry but it doesn't "sound like ass" to me in any way. The Behringer preamp that I just got my friend to throw out sounded like ass.How we perceive a sound is one of the most subjective things in the world - that's why i'm glad there are so many options in the marketplace, and especially happy when I find new tones and colors, like in Metasonix.I'm saving my pennies because I want more of their gear. I can only imagine how incredible the VCO must be. At this point I'm convinced that it will be of the highest quality and sound incredible....plus I'm very curious to see how nice a Metasonix product can be when it ISN'T marketed as 'crap' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stereotypy Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Muff Wiggler glad you liked the demo! it's just a small sampling of what the TX-2 can do. I've been actually using it with no input to make 'warm soft pad' samples...you can really do so much. I can make a guitar sample for you, hopefully tonight but in the next day or two anyway. I'm a lot better on bass though... would bass be OK? cheers edit: oh yeah, it seems the price is the same everywhere. Try BigCityMusic or AnalogHaven. SongBird is the place to get it in Canada. I think they try to keep all their dealers selling at the MSRP, not sure if there's better deals to be had but I found the same price everywhere... i believe you are better on bass.. but for i play guitar it would be cool if you could do a guitar clip anyway.. doesn't have to be top notch playing.. i don't either just play 2 or 3 chords.. and show the range the probe interacts.. that would be really great!!!! thanks for your work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stereotypy Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Muff Wiggler The Behringer preamp that I just got my friend to throw out sounded like ass. let's fight behringer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muff Wiggler Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 ok I will try to find a chance to crank out some chords tonight......i have 2 young kids and never know how my evenings will work out, but if it isn't tonight it'll be in the next day or two so stay tuned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Feder Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by dZjupp sounds like a great pedal to take to church to play! perhaps a Gay Church? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gethsemane Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 for the record, i think this thing sounds awesome. i wouldn't mind having one on hand when we record our next demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stereotypy Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 no prob man.. i will wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Feder Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Muff Wiggler i have 2 young kids and never know how my evenings will work out, but if it isn't tonight it'll be in the next day or two so stay tuned.... Just wondering..do your kids ever play with your Butt Probe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muff Wiggler Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 haha as sick as this sounds... yeah my daughter does (son is still too young) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stereotypy Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 that's a pic i just found.. how do you "kick it in"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muff Wiggler Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 what do you mean? like 'where's the stomp on/off' switch? that would be the 'ream time' button in your pic (Mine says "Shove It!" instead of "Ream Time") - that's a bypass switch. There's a seperate power button (as you can see) so you can keep it warm and toasty even when it's in bypass mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stereotypy Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 ah i see... it looked like another input jack to me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dZjupp Posted March 16, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 i thought this thread was long gone, jeez, this has been awhile!!! that pic above is pretty frekin cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Muff Wiggler Wilbo, do you not hear the synth arp being slightly fuzzed, then very fuzzed? it's almost dry at one point in the sample. The point is you can get everything from nauseating fuzz down to very subtle treatments. I'll agree however - that like any sound - it's not gonna be for everyone. It happens to be a warm, interactive, lively and colorful sound I really really enjoy working with. It 'feels' and sounds very different from the 'quasi linear fizz' that transistor distortions do. I like both, but when you put them side to side, I like the TX-2's distortion much much more. Sorry but it doesn't "sound like ass" to me in any way. The Behringer preamp that I just got my friend to throw out sounded like ass. How we perceive a sound is one of the most subjective things in the world - that's why i'm glad there are so many options in the marketplace, and especially happy when I find new tones and colors, like in Metasonix. I'm saving my pennies because I want more of their gear. I can only imagine how incredible the VCO must be. At this point I'm convinced that it will be of the highest quality and sound incredible....plus I'm very curious to see how nice a Metasonix product can be when it ISN'T marketed as 'crap' I hear what you're saying man. Tone is subjective, and its even harder to tell if you're only going on sound clips from the internet. I'm glad you like it so much. I've always been quick to tell anybody that if it works for you, go with it. I'll give the clips some more of a listen at least, they're certainly better than the first clip I heard, which was just awful. I would definatley be curious to hear more if anybody has them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Muff Wiggler ok I will try to find a chance to crank out some chords tonight......i have 2 young kids and never know how my evenings will work out, but if it isn't tonight it'll be in the next day or two so stay tuned.... Sweet. I'm very curious now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jamison Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Clip doesn't work for me. edit: just kidding, it just took a few tries to get it to download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jamison Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Is the synth line running the whole time? It seems like it just fades out a few times, is that because is stops playing or is that something the pedal is doing? Also, I would would just like to say those weird little squeaking noises sound pretty dang sweet, but I like the normal distortion on the synth as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muff Wiggler Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 the synth is repeating the arpeggio over and over 'till about halfway through the clip, at that point the sequencer is stopping (Butt Probe is 'holding' the last played note somehow), starting, stopping, starting... I wanted to get a sample of how the Butt Probe can hang onto and seemingly oscillate around the last note that came into it... anyway after a few seconds of that stopping/starting, i leave the sequencer stopped thorugh the last 30 seconds or so of the clip, so you are only hearing butt probe at that point. synth->butt probe-> preamp the synth was a simple saw wave from VCO, through a LPF, into a VCA. No other effects or proccessing going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jamison Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 That is really cool. Now I am pretty interested to see if you can pull any good sounds out of it with guitar. Now I will ask you many annoying questions. Did I understand you right when you said you have to use it in the loop of an amp? Doesn't distortion usually sound like crap in a loop? Also, do you use it through a clean amp? Are you playing with the knobs on the pedal in the synth clip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Muff Wiggler the synth is repeating the arpeggio over and over 'till about halfway through the clip, at that point the sequencer is stopping (Butt Probe is 'holding' the last played note somehow), starting, stopping, starting... I wanted to get a sample of how the Butt Probe can hang onto and seemingly oscillate around the last note that came into it...anyway after a few seconds of that stopping/starting, i leave the sequencer stopped thorugh the last 30 seconds or so of the clip, so you are only hearing butt probe at that point.synth->butt probe-> preampthe synth was a simple saw wave from VCO, through a LPF, into a VCA. No other effects or proccessing going on. So are you twisting the knobs around to manipulate the sound, or is that just what it naturally does? I'm assuming you're doing something to manipulate the noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StompboxMan Posted March 17, 2006 Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 It's Official. The Meatsonix TX-2 Butt Probe is no more unless you can find one left at a Metasonix Dealer.www.metasonix.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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