shoegaze on a budget?

[dubkitty]

given my login, more like Toke-I

[zRobertez]

The MXR M-117 has some great subtle flanging to it and sounds great with a delay and reverb! MXR also has a cheaper, smaller version too. Their micro flanger.
And if you're on a budget, get everything used or during sales. Check out prymaxe.com, they have some great sales going almost every time I check it out.

[fiddelerselbow]

Scrounging old digital rack stuff might get you some of your best bang for your buck on reverb, delay, and modulation. Yamaha SPX-90 (et al.), GEP-50, FX-500; Alesis Midiverb (especially II), Quadraverb, Wedge; and, if priced right, the Lexicon LXP-5, can give some really nice stuff. I think the Yammy FX-500 can even do a mod and reverb simultaneously. Downside is that sometimes these don't play well in every pedal chain before an amp and the bypasses are often tone suckers. But the effects can be great and sometimes you get really lucky on the price.

A lot of pedals sold in big box stores leverage (i.e.-steal) existing designs to good ends. Starcaster Chorus = Boss CE-5, Flanger = Boss BF-2 or 3, Distortion = Boss MT-2 Metal Zone; First Act Distortion = Boss DS-1, Delay = decent analog-sounding lo-fi digital delay. Especially at giveaway used or pawnshop prices, useful stuff on the cheap.

I agree with using the rack stuff. Got some seriously good shoegaze type reverb and delay out of my Midiverb 2, picked it up for about ninety quid. Don't use it all that much though, buzzes like a motherfucker in my rig.

[Gone Fission]

I agree with using the rack stuff. Got some seriously good shoegaze type reverb and delay out of my Midiverb 2, picked it up for about ninety quid. Don't use it all that much though, buzzes like a motherfucker in my rig.

I'm guessing a ground loop with your amp. You might try lifting the cable ground at either end of the cable between the two.

[dubkitty]

or running the MV II off a rack-sized isolated power conditioner. i spent $30 on a used Juice Goose that was quite helpful in taming the noise from my rack.