advices for Source Audio Aftershock sounds

andbaggio

andbaggio

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Hey everyone, I would like to ask the help of anyone who uses the Source Audio Aftershock pedal. Wonderful pedal but full of options.

I play in a garage rock band. '60 rock, rock'n'roll, rockabilly, pre-punk era.

I usually use a simulated tube amp driver sound for most of the set and a fuzz for one or two songs.

Can you tell me which settings to try out to get a sound that has to do with that genre of music?

I have a GK 700 RB-II bass head, ampeg 410-HE and a Fender Jazz Bass

thank you for the advices
 
#3
Nighttrain1127 said:
Personally I would go on the SA Neuro app and listen to the patches that are there and see if any of them sound close then just tweak and save to the pedal. For Rock Maybe something Muff based.
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Ok, I just wanted a little help because there's really a lot of stuff. I would love to have a week to just stay there and tweak here and there, but I barely have 10 minutes. But yes I know it's a thing that I have to take the time to do.

Where should I start from? what engine is a good "muff" kind of sound?
 
#4
There are some that are called some sort of muff on the app . BTW the app is the only place you are going to be able to download the engines and doo the tweaking. That is why I suggested you go there connect your Aftershock and search the app under Aftershock for Muff, It will show you all the muff based patches
 
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GMC said:
Actually, the 6 stock models available on the unit's three way switch will probably cover most of your initial needs. You can deep dive later.
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We put lots of effort into making the top level sounds awesome. The complexity is only there if you need or want it. It is amazing to me how this point gets lost. Thanks @GMC !
 
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It’s very hard to recommend a specific setting for you, we don’t know your rig and we don’t know your desired tone. That being said, if I were you I’d go through the 6 on board presets. They really are some of the best (I don’t think I have saved anything else still at this point) Odds are one fo those will get you close to what you’re looking for.
 
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I was having a dive into my Aftershock's settings last night after having not done so for a while. The main thing I found which I didn't know before was how much of a difference the drive pre/post blend makes. From this source audio blog post: Navigating the Neuro Desktop Editor with One Series Drive Pedals

Here is a little known fact: within each of the pedal’s two drive engines there are two separate drive circuits. The DRIVE P/P BLEND offsets these drive elements often increasing one while decreasing the other to create mostly subtle, but sometimes very dramatic differences. The amount of impact this control has on the tone varies depending on which drive engine is being edited.
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For the "Bass Tube Drive" engine, the "pre" drive is a very natural sounding, touch-sensitive overdrive, whereas the "post" blend is a kind of distortion/fuzz that kicks in very easily (i.e. without needing to "dig in" at all). Varying this blend lets you trade off touch sensitivity and an organic sound vs having a more consistent amount of drive regardless of dynamics. I first tried setting the blend to 100% pre (i.e. a setting of 0 in the app), but eventually settled on a 75%/25% split (i.e. a setting of 64) for a bit more bite.

More generally, the settings I focus on in a rough order of priority are:
  1. Drive engine
  2. Drive pre/post blend
  3. Drive level
  4. Clean blend
Voice & voice frequency are also worth a look, but generally I only touch these if there's a noticable EQ bump/cut that I want to tweak. A good example of this would be giving a PI/muff based engine a bit more of a mid boost since I don't like its scoop, but personally for that sort of sound I just sidestep that by using a "Bass El Raton" or similar.

I love being able to set the max drive level; it's awesome being able to get a much finer-grained level of control for drives where you don't intend to their highest gain settings.

With regards to the OP's specific question on fuzz/muff sounds, the "Bass Big Pi" is probably the closest thing, but for the music you've described the "Bass El Raton" with high drive could work quite well for you.
 
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