Help me figure out my next pedal!

[bob the r0bot]

Get some modulation like a phase 100 or electric mistress.

Cosmichorus

but those are 'spensive.

[modernage]

EHX Flanger Hoax

[Hacken]

i bet that a boost pedal would fit somewhere on that board.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

i bet that a boost pedal would fit somewhere on that board.

A booster? ...but if so, I suggest placing a custom order on the Fuzzhugger fx Hugger: comes with fx loop, pre and post boosts - way more useful than so many other boost pedals...

[CaptainWampum]

EHX Flanger Hoax

[Psyre]

I have a couple NY Big Muffs laying around, one that our bassist is using a bit and the other guitarist, I don't have a need for one on my board currently, and I do have a couple chorus pedals somewhere that I just don't feel the need to give them the board space right now. the Hoax and Electric Mistress are thoughts currently, but I don't know how much flange I will be using.
I played with a ECT for about a month and I do love the pedal, but my internet and TGD really do cover all my drive/distortion needs right now, let alone the drive on my Fender Deluxe. I'm really leaning towards the Ab-synth or a Hax currently.

[dubkitty]

if you want machine-like sounds, the areas that you're definitely lacking are filters and modulation. i would suggest one of the following:

Copilot fx Tap Gyroscope--sequenced filter pedal with a variety of waveforms and tap tempo for the clock time. you can get all kinds of fun synthy sequencer-sounding things.

some kind of chorus/flanger with a wide sweep and adjustability for feedback and delay time: these are really good for making things sound either metallic, swooshy, or bubbly. i tend to find modulation units most interesting at the low or extreme ends of their adjustment ranges, where they make things dry or gargly respectively. i don't particularly like phasers, but i have an ancient Phase 100 that i like for crazy noises and sweeps that are spacious yet retain analog warmth.

any tremolo set to a square wave setting: this is especially good with other effects in front of it. a guitar with filters, fuzz, and/or modulation run through a square-wave tremolo and a delay can sound shockingly like a 70s Tangerine Dream album. you can use a long, shallow sine wave with white noise to simulate, e.g., wind.

a ring modulator: for metallic, otherworldly, and not particularly pitch-valued, you've got to have one. for full-featured, the Moog is inarguably tops; for sonics, the Fairfield Randy's Revenge is widely loved but out of production pending a major revamp, but can still be found at some Net retailers if you drill down. RMs are particularly good for bells, clangs, and the sounds of dumpsters crashing to the pavement.

a wah, envelope filter, or some other kind of filter thingy: sweep behind the tremolo for machine- and Doppler-effect-simulation fun.