Jeff Addicott Posted October 1, 2001 Share Posted October 1, 2001 I've had my Akai SB1 "Deep Impact" Bass Synth pedal for a few weeks now, and I can safely say: it's fantastic! Rugged, well-designed, programmable, tracks great, sounds great. What's not to like? Compared to the Boss synth pedal, it's much cleaner and WAY more versatile. (I still keep the Boss for use in "T-Wah" mode.) I'm not an endorser, just a very happy customer. If you're interested, I got mine at Musician's Friend (online) for about $170. (super-reasonable price for such a cool unit) Does anyone else out there use one of these? ------------------ Jeff Addicott http://www.jeffnet.org/~addicott/bass.html Jeff Addicott http://www.jeffnet.org/~addicott/bass.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted October 3, 2001 Share Posted October 3, 2001 I won a Deep Impact from a competition on the Akai website and I think it's awesome. I use pedals by Lovetone, Fulltone, EBS, Voodoo Lab, etc. and this 'little' pedal more than stands its ground. It is such a disco funk machine! If only all new digital pedals were this good! Alex ------------------ C.Alexander Claber Chief Groove Guru V.P. i/c Funk spiderplant.net/alex Barefaced Ltd - ultra lightweight, high ouput, toneful bass cabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowendfriend Posted October 3, 2001 Share Posted October 3, 2001 Hey - That's great, but can someone please explain what it does? Thanks! Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Addicott Posted October 4, 2001 Author Share Posted October 4, 2001 This unit takes your bass signal and triggers an analog synth for output. Think: keyboard bass without the keyboard. In addition to the Akai I mentioned, Boss and Electro-Harmonix also make bass synth pedals. You can control the envellope and the attack to produce an extremely funky, vowell-like ("wwowwww") sound that's pretty hard to duplicate any other way. If you cover genres where keyboard bass is prevalent or if you just want to try a different sound from time to time, this effect is a total blast. It's certainly not for everyone, though! Hope this helps. Jeff Addicott http://www.jeffnet.org/~addicott/bass.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardin Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 Check out the online review by Bass Player magazine. ------------------ Chris Hardin Chris Hardin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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