Bass envelope filters: Can any compact pedals beat Source Audio's Manta?

#61
JimmyM said:
Felt a little more love with it tonight. Got a pretty decent sound with it. Don't like it as much as the one in my Bass Synth Wah, though. There's some sort of midrange boost thing it has on the less quacky tones that I find very annoying, but I managed to make it less annoying tonight and could still tell it was on. That's better than before. Still wouldn't recommend it, but I guess some people would like it.
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Try to stack little clean-blended dirt before the filter, maybe you will like it more? I will try the Mooer Envelope sooner or later.
 
#62
fasto said:
Try to stack little clean-blended dirt before the filter, maybe you will like it more? I will try the Mooer Envelope sooner or later.
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I think ultimately it's going to come off and the BSW will go back on. Or I'll forget about it altogether for another year :D
 
#63
Mosfed said:
Ok I have tried pretty close to every filter out there - I love filters - really love filters and I am a particular fan of Mutron style filters.

Options for you include:

- MXR BEF - PROS: easy to dial in, inexpensive, easy to find; CONS: personally I find it sounds like crap - way too thin and brittle; and just doesn't have that stank.

- Mr Black Fwonk - PROS: Stanky as all heck, huge funky, enormous sound. Makes you get funk face as you play. CONS: impossible to control without a powerful limiter after it. it is so peaky and out of control. And it has a huge volume bump when you first engage.

- 3 leaf Wonderlove - one of my single most disappointing filter experiences. I just could never get it to quack like I wanted no matter what I did. I found it kinda bland. Plus if the Manta is too big, so is the Wonderlove:

- 3 leaf Proton - smaller brother of the Wonderlove. I never owned one but I have played on at a friend's house for a jam. Same impression as the Wonderlove. Major meh. But with even less controls to dial in.

- EHX Q-tron, Dr q etc - they have good sounds in there but they aren't much smaller Than the Manta and kinda meh over all.

NOW ONTO MY RECS

- Broughton Audio JoshWah - amazing little pedal masterpiece from Bro-ton. Great quack, easy to dial, small, cool addition of gain. By far the best option out there right now.

Or if you can wait:

- Mu-fx micro-Tron - a real mutron in a 125b with top jacks. But who knows when it is coming out. We paid for Phasor IIIxs in December and still don't have them out.
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Interesting opinion on the 3leaf stuff. I just got a proton and its a viable competitor against the Manta for the filter spot on my board. It took me a little to find a good setting, but I ultimately like the sound. The manta is a beast though, definitely tough to beat.
 
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#64
Just got my Little Dipper back from the shop. the TWA guys were super supportive during the process. An amazing and powerful unit. Using it to stack with other pedals has been sick. Running it through my Xerograph Deluxe is ridiculous!
 
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