I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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I've been searching for some sort of modulation pedal that gives me a nice mellow but deep morphing sound and I really can't find it. I have a Sea Machine and I was hoping this could give me what I was after, but no dice (however it's still an awesome pedal & I'd still recommend it). The closest thing to what I'm imagining in my head is a Catalinbread Pareidolia, but without the tremolo. The Pareidolia can get pretty close to the sound I'm looking for in this video:

@2:10 and 3:10

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xa9hzGyK8Q[/youtube]

But I'd like more depth (huge, psychedelic depth) and no trem on higher rates. Does anyone know of a pedal that can produce something like this, or am I too picky?

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I guess you're looking for a flanger.
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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Flangers tend to have that tinny whistle sound that really irks me.
I think I am too picky :facepalm:
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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:idk: .... maybe a Catalinbread Pareidolia...... :idea:
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How about some phasor?
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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Something like this oughta do ya:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1q-LVH_0vI[/youtube]

Just funnin' ya. So what would it do at higher rates if not tremolo?

Univibe? Phaser? Pitch Pirate? Clarinot?

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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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masked elwood wrote::idk: .... maybe a Catalinbread Pareidolia...... :idea:


I know, right? I might snag that one that's in b/s/t. Maybe using reverb with it would get me the sound I want.

The Flanger Hoax looks pretty sweet, but EHX is so fucking stupid with their quality and noise problems.
I will check out the other suggestions when I get off work; thanks everyone :thumb:
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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Vibe + Delay + Verb is what I'm guessing is in your mind. Lots of all three. Better still with a truckload of the fuzz in front.
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Spend a weekend with an Adrenalinn and its manual. Maybe not the ultimate sound quality for every mod sound, but you can get a ridiculous range of mod sounds out of it
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Fuck em. Get an FX500.

And a cosmichorus?
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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Have you tried a DC-2? Kinda like chorus (yuk, spit, gag) but ... not really ... as long as you're in stereo anyway. No wobble.
The Fromel Lush (or whatever the hell he's calling it these days) is good for that kind of thing -- high quality clone.

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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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Even watching more Pareidolia demos makes me not want one.
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I feel like chorus/vibe is the closest modulation type pedal for the sound I'm thinking of for that swelling/bloom kind of sound, but I want it to sound dark and with less sparkle than most chorus. Maybe I just need a reverb. Or try a Cosmichorus :idk:
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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Id actually reccomend the Mojo Hand 770
by far the best flange I've ever played.
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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From what I'm hearing on youtube it's not what I'm after. Still has that tinny sound flangers do.
I actually have an old Arion Flanger that sounds decent, but still doesn't give me the effect I'm after.

I emailed Jamie at EQD about modding the sea machine. Not expecting much, but we'll see.
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Re: I can't find the modulation sound I want.

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I like EHX Electric Mistress type tones. It is the least tinny sounding flanger I've tried. I set it up like this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE4OHIpUHjA[/youtube]
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