Boss pedals appreciation thread

[univalve]

Am I a bad person because I can't see the fun in the slicer?

you are no child of the techno 90ies

[goroth]

This is true. While my brother was listening to Gatecrasher I was into Pantera. But seriously, would a Goatkeeper get you in the ballpark of those sounds? Or are they two tooootally different effects? I kinda couldn't work out what I was hearing from the demos I listened to.

[Gearmond]

i think the difference between the slicer and the goatkeeper is where one sees the benefit of larger company effects. same with pitch shift.

[Mudfuzz]

i think the difference between the slicer and the goatkeeper is where one sees the benefit of larger company effects. same with pitch shift.

does not compute please reword in a more logical arrangement.

[GardenoftheDead]

I think he's saying large companies make better pitch shifters and pedals like whatever the fuck the Boss Slicer is supposed to be.

Honestly I'm inclined to agree. Eventide makes the best harmonizers on the planet.

[Mudfuzz]

I think he's saying large companies make better pitch shifters and pedals like whatever the fuck the Boss Slicer is supposed to be.

Honestly I'm inclined to agree. Eventide makes the best harmonizers on the planet.

Agreed but I thought the goatkeeper is a tremolo..

[GardenoftheDead]

I've never heard of it myself.

[Mudfuzz]

I've never heard of it myself.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByP9uMVJNFM[/youtube]

[Mudfuzz]

and
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wMzUIkaZ-I[/youtube]

I like the idea of the slicer but I have yet to try so

[Muse FTW]

Mmmmm Goatkeeper. The Slicer sounds great too.

[GardenoftheDead]

I can see where the goatkeeper and the Slicer could be conflated, but, it sounds like the Goatkeeper is just a really choppy tremolo. The Slicer is doing something different that sounds a bit similar.

[Mudfuzz]

I can see where the goatkeeper and the Slicer could be conflated, but, it sounds like the Goatkeeper is just a really choppy tremolo. The Slicer is doing something different that sounds a bit similar.

Yeah if I was to pick I think I'd go for the boss really.. goalkeepers to me have always just been too $$$ to really gas for. I like the demos but.. The slicer has more function I could use.. midi being one of them.. I LIKE midi!

[Jake]

As of right now my board has a PS-3, DD-7, and a VB-2 (It is indeed very sexy ). I will post my board soon in the pedalboard thread if i can find a decent way to take a picture of it. I love them all and don't get all the negative fuss about boss. Hopefully I will add on another PS-3 and a BF-2 soon!

[Bassus Sanguinis]

^Slicer is supposed to slice Your signal, add a sort of compression/filter/pitch stage on it and and arrange a synthy version of Your signal. Comparing them is - to me - like comparing FUZZ with tube saturation on grounds that both rough up Your signal.

It's close to a percussive tremolo (like Seppuku Repeater = clone of Vox Teardrop geet onboard trem fx) but still an effect of its own: the overall tone sets it apart from tremolo fx, as far as country is from industrial, You know. Or something.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L04Ct7zeODg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9H5oI_b2zQ[/youtube]




Then again, it's my opinion (about the difference between the tremolo and slicer effects)
and opinions... Everybody's got one, and the dogs and the cats lick theirs' clean and tidy.

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[hbombgraphics]

Yeah Slicer and Trem are very different

I have always wanted a boss Slicer
I just got a Line6 FM4 and I think I can get closer to slicer sounds with that than I do with my empress trem

If you can find a demo of the slicer where it pans to two amps in stereo it is flipping mind bottling