On the hunt for a synth/drone machine...

[Wes Mantooth]

So lately I've decided to split up my board (more like just buy more pedals )and have one for guitar and another for a droning synth and eventually a drum machine.

So for my synth board I plan to use my Snazzy FX Mini Ark for pitch shifting and general craziness along with a WMD Super Fatman or a Snazzy FX Tracer City if I save enough for filtering. I'll probably also get a fuzz and a reverb or delay for it as well. Any other suggestions for the synth board? It'll mainly be used to create drones for me to play over with guitar.

I also need suggestions on a synth, lately I've been looking at Skychord's offerings and think they seem pretty cool but I want to see what else is out there. Any other ideas?
Also if you'd be interested in building me something like a 4-5 oscillator synth let me know and we could work something out

[Zounds Perspex]

looked at the Grendel?

[skullservant]

Bleeplabs kits, Trogotronic 556 (on the harsher side of things), Grendel Drone Commander, Music From Outerspace Weird Sound Generator

[WeHuntKings]

there's always somms, too.

[Achtane]

http://casperelectronics.com/finished-p ... ne-lab-v2/

[bronzetalon]

I like my drone commander...

[Gozu]

colour me interested

[Wes Mantooth]

Running a Trogotronic noisemaker synth into a SOMMS has crossed my mind and would be pretty cool

I have been drawn to the Drone Commander for quite some time though it is a bit more expensive than I'd like. I'll probably just spring for one anyway since it has cool features with the filter and LFO. Then since I wouldn't much need a separate filter I'd just have a board with a Mini Ark, some sort of delay and maybe a fuzz.

Anyone know the current requirements for powering the DC? Would 150ma do the trick?

[bronzetalon]

Not much i dont even bother with a psu on the commander it still has the battery that came with it. I got in the summer.

[Jenesis]

I just use a Teaser Stallion...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpCjnRDSqg[/youtube]

[Wes Mantooth]

I just use a Teaser Stallion...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpCjnRDSqg[/youtube]

That is really cool, no idea the Teaser Stallion could do that!

Also the Slicer is another pedal I may need to look in to.

[nieh]

I would also like info on this...

[Jenesis]

I just use a Teaser Stallion...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpCjnRDSqg[/youtube]

That is really cool, no idea the Teaser Stallion could do that!

Yep, that's pretty much all I use it for. Almost never as an actual guitar distortion, though it sounds good doing that too.

[Wes Mantooth]

Well Prymaxe is having a sale on just about everything for 15% off and I dropped a Skychord Sleepdrone 6 in my cart, it'll cost $272.

Still I'm strangely more drawn to the Drone Commander for it's filtering options...

Such a tough decision! If I do end up going DC, I'll probably purchase some other pedal at Prymaxe to go on my synth board like a Dwarfcraft Mangler or something.

What should I do ILF?

[MEC]

Have you thought about using a Feedback Looper and creating your own synth?
Here is a demo I did for the Basic Audio tourbox.
It's just an example of some sounds you can get using only fuzz (cheaper pedals work well too) in a feedback loop without even using an input instrument.
I kept this to just fuzz and verb but adding modulation and delay or what ever else you want could make it more awesomer.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxuHQsWCcFI[/youtube]

You could also record drones with guitar or sound samples or whatever else and play them back through a pedal chain for further tweaking.

I just think most synths/noise makers are a little pricey for what they do and I get bored with them fairly fast.