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Running Synths Into Stomp Boxes ?


clusterchord

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What do i need in between? besides level matching, are there impedance issues?

 

my guitarist has some great EHX stuff and i was looking into those too; there are some really interesting gadgets out there for mangling :freak: /processing :D .

 

i know stomps work with rhodes , but synths or even line-level signal from a DAW is another matter.

 

how is this done properly?

 

thanks

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i tried it w Small Stone and Mistress its very easy to overload the input. I could decrease the output i guess, and it could work for analogics, but is it my imagination, the already crappy romplers (tri studio etc) sound even thinner when i decrease their main out level..?!

 

is there some kind of a passive attenuator?

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Originally posted by clusterchord:

i tried it w Small Stone and Mistress its very easy to overload the input.

Really? Hmmm - I've used a Small Stone phaser with a few different ROMplers, keyboards and analog synths before with no problems. These days I use the MoogerFooger phaser. Also no problems.

 

Never tried the Electric Mistress on synths...

 

I could decrease the output i guess, and it could work for analogics, but is it my imagination, the already crappy romplers (tri studio etc) sound even thinner when i decrease their main out level..?!
Not to the best of my knowledge...

 

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I've noticed that the older effects pedals are very easy to overload with a synth, so I always had to cut the volume, sometimes more than half. The newer units might have a better impedance and level match, but that would be entirely up to experimentation. So far all my experience is with rack units.
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Way back in the day, I ran my Arp Axxe thru a Mutron Bi-Phase, worked like a charm. Now, sometimes, for s&gs, I run my QS-8 through a Johnson J-Station - some level compatibility issues, but I still like the effects - especially bass patches through their Bassman emulator...

 

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Originally posted by Dave Bryce:

Originally posted by clusterchord:

i tried it w Small Stone and Mistress its very easy to overload the input.

Really? Hmmm - I've used a Small Stone phaser with a few different ROMplers, keyboards and analog synths before with no problems. These days I use the MoogerFooger phaser. Also no problems.

 

Never tried the Electric Mistress on synths...

 

I could decrease the output i guess, and it could work for analogics, but is it my imagination, the already crappy romplers (tri studio etc) sound even thinner when i decrease their main out level..?!
Not to the best of my knowledge...

 

dB

Yeah - many of these things are designed to take guitar level signals not line level so they are easy to overload.

 

I run my Wah pedal through the aux send of my keyboard amp. I have to get the level set right as the unit is noisy and overloads easily. Set up right thought it sounds great.

 

You might try a DI with a pad.

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I have run my Roland Juno-6, D-50 and even my Motif throught various types of stomp boxes over the years (try running a synth-based Rhodes patch through a Crybaby or Vox wahwah pedal sometimes).

 

Any type will work depending on your style of music and even if not, mangling the sound can have some interesting results.

 

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from what i tried or seen so far, first i want to get:

EH Memoryman Deluxe (for analog delay),

VERMONA PH16 - rackmount stereo phaser, and possibly:

FROSTWAVE Resonator(MS20 filters) or EH Qtron+ for additional filtering flavor besides my andromeda filter inputs (moog/sem)

 

Others that i'm thinking bout are EH SmallStone and Wiggler.

 

comments/suggestions?

 

they'll be used on synths, loops, rhodes and pre-recorded daw audio in an upcoming ambient-lounge-triphop project.

 

thanks :):D:cool:

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