Filling out my a bass/ pseudo organ/ clavinet board for bass and drum duo oddball outsider funk jazz

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Gregory H said:
Sounds like an exciting duo, and I love the influences that you wrote about. I am into a lot of similar sounds, although I also dabble in keys so if I want a really organ-y organ sound that's where I go.

My favorite pedal for this type of stuff is the EHX Superego+, hands down. The main feature is that it acts like a freeze pedal, holding a note or several layered notes depending on settings. Then, it runs the frozen sound through one of 11 effects including delay, echo, reverb, wah, pitch shifting, phaser, flanger, etc. I think that the pitch shifting is basically a POG.

It gets good when you add an expression pedal. Need a wah? Got it. Want to change your delay time and get that rubberneck sound? It's in there. Want to make organ sounding chords that glissando from one to another, with subtle or not-so-subtle trem applied? You got it. Also, it has an fx loop so you can add whatever other pedal you want to affect the frozen sound, or use it as a blend pedal.

It gets GREAT when you trade the expression pedal for a sequencer. I've used it with a Korg SQ-1 and an arturia keystep pro, using control voltage into the expression jack. Program your wah to do whatever you want. Set it up to modulate delay time, change the rate of the phaser, change the delay time, etc. It becomes such a beast when you start to sequence the fx. Also, if you dabble in synths, this thing takes any mono-synth and allows you to play paraphonically. Definitely my favorite pedal.

Hope you'll post some music at some point because this project sounds awesome.

Cheers!
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Right on man I'll look into this thanks
 
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Bob_Ross said:
I love this thread! Hope to hear some examples when you guys get the project underway.
Regarding the above query, I've been using a POG2 for ~6 or 7 years now, and I've never been disappointed with the tracking. Seems quite capable of handling anything I throw at it. And those multiple sliders are an incredible asset for the organ-like qualities you described, as you can play them like drawbars if your bass part only requires one hand...or if, like me, your rig includes looping delays that can play source material through the POG2 while you grab faders with both hands and tweak in real-time.
I've never used a HOG but I presume it can do similar stuff.
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I like the pog2 the HOG has similar features but more upper octave and some major 3rd Sliders and some fifth Sliders as well as a momentary switch for the expression stuff most notably freeze for comping chords. It also costs more though so I'm kinda on the fence.
 
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bassbrad said:
for me the tracking on both is fine but my articulation is very precise from studio work and using effects so long. IMHO any inconvenience of needing to use the app to make adjustments on a
source Audio or other digital pedal is far outweighed by the added ability and qualities those parameters offer. You can save up to 6 sounds on the pedal for recall with the toggle or hold of the foot switch or if you add another device up to 128. The other upside of the SA pedals is the Neuro Cloud where other users share their sounds and you can sample, store and mod them as you might wish, There are a lot of very creative users and those sounds would greatly enhance your intended project.
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Man, the foldover distortion on that thing is NAAAAASTY, in the best way. I'm not going to lie and say that I didn't want to grab a c4 or spectrum the first time I heard them either. I can definitely see why everyone raves about SA based on the tweakability and the community of users actively putting up settings for presets. However it really comes down to the way an effect works for me live in the room. I'm not saying I won't bite on one, my mind is open but my toes are still chilly. Haha
 
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UPDATE: Got an MXR Poly Blue Octave & an EHX Attack Decay for my birthday. I think I may have the organ sound that I have been looking for. Pairing those two with the Dr. Scientist Dusk in Cut mode ,the DBA echodream 2 for modulated slapback and the DBA Rooms on the wave setting makes for some interesting movement within the sonic space. I'm going to fiddle a bit more and try to build a clavinet sound also, considering the attack decay has presets and I can pan between two settings on the poly blue octave with an expression pedal. Now it's time to bone up on some funky organ chord voicing. Wish me luck, thanks again for the input and advice. Stay groovy y'all.
 
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DudeManWhat said:
UPDATE: Got an MXR Poly Blue Octave & an EHX Attack Decay for my birthday. I think I may have the organ sound that I have been looking for. Pairing those two with the Dr. Scientist Dusk in Cut mode ,the DBA echodream 2 for modulated slapback and the DBA Rooms on the wave setting makes for some interesting movement within the sonic space. I'm going to fiddle a bit more and try to build a clavinet sound also, considering the attack decay has presets and I can pan between two settings on the poly blue octave with an expression pedal. Now it's time to bone up on some funky organ chord voicing. Wish me luck, thanks again for the input and advice. Stay groovy y'all.
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Looks like a rig my DudeMan! Just posting to let you know that it sounds like you put together a rad setup. I'm sure a bunch of us would like to hear those rad sounds!
 
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