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Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:43 pm
by autopilot
i shipped the pedal this morning, it should be in maryland this friday or upcoming monday :thumb:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:34 pm
by jrmy
autopilot wrote:i shipped the pedal this morning, it should be in maryland this friday or upcoming monday :thumb:


HUGELY AWESOME!!! :)* :thumb: :)* :rock: :)* :thumb: :)* :rock:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:23 pm
by magiclawnchair
jrmy wrote:
autopilot wrote:i shipped the pedal this morning, it should be in maryland this friday or upcoming monday :thumb:


HUGELY AWESOME!!! :)* :thumb: :)* :rock: :)* :thumb: :)* :rock:


:mad:

i dont check for a few days and a tour box pops up???

could you please put me in? palatine il? just a jog down the street from blurillaz in mn?

pretty please???

:picard:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:23 pm
by autopilot
Magiclawnchair - I could add you in the end of the round.

Ok, some quick settings and advise:

Octavia sound - Balance at minimum, vol to taste, tune 80-100% (with less tune 25-50% better for chords and more sitarish in the high frets, will need to hit more hard but you'll be rewarded if you like natural resonant splash)
Scrambley - Balance 0-25%, tune 80-100%, play with the intermod for the decay
Synth - Balance 45-70%, down 50-75%, intermod 0% (if you want more on the glitch side 100%), tune 80-100% + short delay or flanger
I'm a hippie keyboard player that likes organs sounds on acids- high frets, lots of bends (try to match the short delay time {around 100-200ms} with your bend), tune 80-100% down 60%, intermod 0%, balance around 50% (tweak from there cw until you barely hears the octave down, kinda like is breathing on your back :picard: )
down, lets go down but robot style: tune 40%-80%, intermod 80%-100%, down 0%-30% or 75%-100%, balance 100%, mode switch 1(up), 3 (down) for more wobble sound


for extra sustain push with another fuzz, booster, drive or compressor.
Put a od after it, to smooth it out
Experiment with Wah before and after.
Volume pedal after for swells, before if you want the gated sound to be variable.
it wont work with voltage starvers.
Let the pedal play you, forget about playing with the pedals.
Playing 2 notes at times the pedals get more glitch, one note the pedal is well behaved. Playing low notes and high notes the mantis eat your indiecred and hipster tones.
Bend like your life depend on it.

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:40 am
by magiclawnchair
autopilot wrote:Magiclawnchair - I could add you in the end of the round.


:yay: :dance: :yay:

thank you! i have been lusting for a gyroscope and an android for a while now and the mantis always looked interesting to me! i cant wait! :joy:

thank you autopilot! :hug:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:42 pm
by Nychthemeron
guess what

I JUST PICKED IT UP TODAY!

I don't have too much time to use it since Midterms, 5-hour rehearsals, and plane flights take up most of this coming week, but I will make time to use it and get it out to the next person.

I AM SO EXCITED :love:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:40 pm
by Nychthemeron
Gonna take some more time today to mess with the pedal, then it's off to veteransdaypoppy! Probably will ship it out on Thursday.

I HOPE YOU LIKE GLITCHY FUZZ TONES, BECAUSE THIS PEDAL IS CHOCK FULL OF THEM!

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:53 pm
by veteransdaypoppy
Nychthemeron wrote:Gonna take some more time today to mess with the pedal, then it's off to veteransdaypoppy! Probably will ship it out on Thursday.

I HOPE YOU LIKE GLITCHY FUZZ TONES, BECAUSE THIS PEDAL IS CHOCK FULL OF THEM!

:cool:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:56 pm
by jrmy
Nychthemeron wrote:Probably will ship it out on Thursday.


WHOO-HOOO!!! It's that much closer to Rhode Island...

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:59 pm
by magiclawnchair
:excellent:

last in line, but at least i am in line! :joy:

i have an andriod on the way so that will tide me over until the mantis visits!!! :cool:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:09 pm
by Nychthemeron
Shipped out just now!

If only my youtube demo would finally show up... I uploaded it two nights ago!

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:56 pm
by htsamurai
Nychthemeron wrote:Shipped out just now!

If only my youtube demo would finally show up... I uploaded it two nights ago!


linkage? mewants!

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:22 pm
by autopilot
htsamurai wrote:
Nychthemeron wrote:Shipped out just now!

If only my youtube demo would finally show up... I uploaded it two nights ago!


linkage? mewants!



+1

Veterans... got the pedal, so bigchief is next :hello:

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:45 pm
by Nychthemeron
Youtube is not uploading my demo still... I just don't get it. I'll try reuploading once I get back on Sunday.

Re: mantis tourbox

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:01 pm
by futuresailors
:omg: That means it's only 2 short subway rides away!