Cheap dirt for drum machines and synths

friendship · Post by **friendship** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:50 pm

I'd love to run some drums through an Accountant or a Sex Drive, see how fat and crunch it can get.

Also worth considering: a clean blend for parallel compression is a beautiful thing on drums, imo

psychic vampire. · Post by **psychic vampire.** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:08 pm

Damn, the Sex Drive is expensive for my blood. But the aforementioned three comp pedals are all within budget, so i'll probably pick one or two up and try them on mono drums and synth, soon. After my move.

guillotine420 · Post by **guillotine420** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:41 pm

psychic vampire. wrote:Reviving thread to ask people's opinions on dirty compressors for drum machines and synths. Been looking at a few. Love y'all!

you got that alesis 3630? cheap, dirty, and awesome to use in all the "wrong" ways.

also +1 on DOD death metal. i like the louder b version. DOD grunge if you want more control over the gain. and another +1 for the behringer superfuzz, although i only use it on the boost mode for drum and synth stuffs.

Bartimaeus · Post by **Bartimaeus** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:54 pm

Not on option on most cheap dirt pedals, but a dry-mix knob will always help out with a synth, especially if you're playing bass. As many others have mentioned, this in addition to the EQ on the BOSS ODB3 will make that one excellent for synth distortion. It may sound too nice (not grimy enough) though.

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:55 am

Bartimaeus wrote:Not on option on most cheap dirt pedals, but a dry-mix knob will always help out with a synth, especially if you're playing bass. As many others have mentioned, this in addition to the EQ on the BOSS ODB3 will make that one excellent for synth distortion. It may sound too nice (not grimy enough) though.

Yeah, like I said earlier in the thread (I think?), a blend control and eq are rrrrreally nice to have on a dirt pedal that'll be used on synth/drum machine...

oscillateur · Post by **oscillateur** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:07 am

A nice cheap option for a dirt pedal with a blend control is the Arion Bass Distortion (MD2 I think). That's a great pedal on most things, by the way.

fcknoise · Post by **fcknoise** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:30 pm

Okay, I feel like this is what Psychic Vamp wants

https://www.elektron.se/products/analog-heat/

Warning: not cheap and potentially GAS inducing

friendship · Post by **friendship** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:40 pm

That interactive demo is an absolutely brilliant idea. This sounds great too.

fcknoise · Post by **fcknoise** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:44 pm

Agree. Makes me really want to play drum machines through dirt now

lordgalvar · Post by **lordgalvar** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:50 pm

I like that thing a lot.

echorec · Post by **echorec** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:20 pm

Brandsmannen wrote:

$750? Jaizus. At that price, I'd rather have the Sherman Filterbank 2.

coupleonapkins · Post by **coupleonapkins** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:37 pm

I've been looking at the EH tube series of pedals recently (Wiggler, LPTube, Zipper) & almost forgot about this one:

But then again, a DOD Bass Compressor is still about $40 or so....

fcknoise · Post by **fcknoise** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:23 am

echorec wrote:
Brandsmannen wrote:

$750? Jaizus. At that price, I'd rather have the Sherman Filterbank 2.

I know, crazy stuff. Just the fact that it's elektron will probably be enough for them to sell though..

spacelordmother · Post by **spacelordmother** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:57 am

echorec wrote:
Brandsmannen wrote:Sherman Filterbank 2.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm tasty

ilovefuzz.com

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