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Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:48 am
by sylnau
At the moment I'm using a SubDecay Starlight MkII and a Mid-Fi Electric Yggdrasil (which will stay on my board for sure). I'd like to try something else. I'm thinking maybe the Mid-Fi Pitch Pirate Deluxe (but not sure as I'm not into the detune thing). What are you using and what you like about it?
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:51 am
by Antlerface
I been digging the E&A Tape t a ton. Really liked the pitch pirate deluxe too.
Honestly it doesn't get much better than a Wombtone though.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:15 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
I got the Fairfield Shallow Water recently and once I learned how to set it (

) I love it. I'm a huge fan of vibrato and the randomness makes it much more interesting than a traditional vibe pedal. It's pretty delightful.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:20 pm
by friendship
I just got a RT-20 and love it. Kind of get flange, phase, and tremolo sounds all at once while also not really being any of those things. Been rotating between that, MF Flange, and MF Ring.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:28 pm
by echorec
I had the Pitch Pirate Deluxe twice and I couldn't get into it. When I had something somewhat useable, there was always too much noise. The EQD Space Spiral is much better for modulated lo-fi echoes. Also, it could be a nice chorus for guitars. There are some great sound files on the EQD product page, in addition to all the longer demos on YT.
https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/space-spiral
The Drunken Monkey from Mr. Black sounds really good. I played a friend's and was really pleased with it, in my short session. After previously owning an Instant Junky, it was much closer to the vibrato I've been going for. ---I also have a VB-2W and a Diamond Vibrato, which are both lovely pedals.
There are so many options for people seeking modulation now. It really depends on what you want to complement the Yggdrasil. I think the Sea Machine or the Nebulus would pair nicely, but I could also recommend 30+ phasers, choruses, trem/vibes, et cetera, which I use for different sounds.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:36 pm
by realmacaroni
i'm a confirmed phaser junkie
rocking the ph-1r pre-dirt and phasor 2x post-dirt on my board
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:44 pm
by sylnau
I'm not really into phaser... I like when I hear it in a song... but I don't like playing with it. I feel like it is sucking all the lows.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:45 pm
by actual
realmacaroni wrote:i'm a confirmed phaser junkie
rocking the ph-1r pre-dirt and phasor 2x post-dirt on my board
He gets it.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:54 pm
by kbit
The only modulation I ever use on guitar is an El Capistan set to slap back with a touch of wow and flutter, but the kicker is turning up the tape crinckle a bunch to get random/sparse fluctuations in pitch. Meet Maude or Shallow Water could probably do the same thing really well.
Also love tremolo but I have a hard time not playing in time with the modulation which kinda bugs me

Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:36 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Yeah important to let go of that unless you specifically want the in time sound.
Earthquaker sea machine is definitely a fun option for something quite different
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:39 pm
by chuckjaywalk
Boss flangers, chorusi, and tremolololos.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:03 pm
by friendship
I would also like to add that I will never again go without a 4-knob flanger.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:13 pm
by tremolo3
kbit wrote:T
Also love tremolo but I have a hard time not playing in time with the modulation which kinda bugs me

I feel you man. I felt in love the first time I synced modulations via MIDI
Other than tremolol I love that tape warble thing, and all the rest of modulations as long as they are really slow and subtle.
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:15 pm
by sylnau
chuckjaywalk wrote:Boss flangers, chorusi, and tremolololos.
22$ ?
Re: Modulation... what you like?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:49 pm
by chuckjaywalk
sylnau wrote:chuckjaywalk wrote:Boss flangers, chorusi, and tremolololos.
22$ ?
All day, erry day!
Seriously, I went through $2000 worth of tremolos and loved the TR-2. CE-2 and HF-2 are chorus and flange for me. The TC Electronics SCF and EHX Small Clone and Electric Mistress have their own thing, but I default to Boss.