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oyrgawd wrote:I just got the Downer and I’ve used the Prunes & Custard for years. The Downer is rad and does indeed do what the Prunes & Custard does, but:
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bloatedsack wrote:oyrgawd wrote:I just got the Downer and I’ve used the Prunes & Custard for years. The Downer is rad and does indeed do what the Prunes & Custard does, but:
I've never heard either in the flesh, but I love the P&C demos on bass out there. I was prepared to go in and then found the Downer...
Is the Downer a 1:1 replacement for the P&C if I twiddle the knobs right, or can it never really nail that same.. whatever the fuck the P&C does? That's the sound I want, and logic dictates that I buy the P&C but extra things and cheaper to get makes the Downer hard to say no to.
lordgalvar wrote:If you use a volume pedal in front of it, it will make the folding less (you can use that because it is an amplitude based effect...instead of clipping the oeaks, it folds).
It's not polyphonic in the sense that it makes the same fold happy on every note played at the same time...it folds the harmonics to create more harmonics...so chords will get muddy/over staturated with harmonics. It's best used sparingly or with some kind of amplitude adjustment before it (like a slow gear, volume pedal, tremolo) to give you a sweep or control over the harmonic complexity beyond what the pedal offers.
It does have a clean blend which is nice...it just folds instead of clips. Think of it as harmonic control instead of pitch control.
The octave down is like any octave down kinda fuzz (so monophonic).
Running a folder after a vca so the folding becomes more complex as the volume gets louder (like inverse filtering) is a modular trick...so it kind of pairs well with their sneak attack.
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