Stomp Box Pedals that Work With Synths (Digital, Analog)

stiiiiiiive · January 31, 2016, 12:04pm

Well, some work and some other don’t

Flareless · January 31, 2016, 12:38pm

I have successfully used the following effects pedals with my Sub 37;

Roland RE20
Pigtronix Echolution 2
Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress
Electro Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi Deluxe
MXR 70’s Distortion

All work extremely well and make for some awesome effects.

stiiiiiiive · January 31, 2016, 3:15pm

My experience:

Already quoted RE20, EHX Cathedral and DMMTT, various MoogerFoogers work well (I’ve tried all but 101, 104SD/MSD and original 104).
Tech 21 character series VT Bass and Blonde work well with a low level setting : give a great rock’n’roll character
SubDecay Quasar phaser and ProCo RAT work well, at least on a Clavia G2.
MiniFooger Drive works well
EHX POG2 works well

GregAE · January 31, 2016, 8:06pm

Been using a BBE Sonic Stomp for years with the Voyager. Here’ a brief write-up I did for KnobTweak back in the day:
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Cheers!

Greg

MoogProg · February 1, 2016, 3:10pm

Few more I use regularly:

MF-Delay works very well on the Slim and Sub37. A CV LFO from the MicroBrute creates modulated delays. Yea!

MF-Trem enjoys receiving an ENV CV signal from the MicroBrute to create fast-into-slow tremolo effects.

stiiiiiiive · February 2, 2016, 10:48pm

Modulated delays… is there anything better?..

c7sus · February 3, 2016, 2:36am

Foxrox TZF2.

Spitfire · February 8, 2016, 8:21am

thank you all for the extra references. they’ve been added to the original post.

the only ones not added are the moogerfoogers recently mentioned. they’re included in the first entry of the original post.

@C7SUS: are you recommending, or warning against, the Foxrox TZF2?

c7sus · February 9, 2016, 3:35am

TZF2 is a great pedal. The coolest thing I have got it to do with the Voyager so far is envelope tape warble. Set TZF2 envelope control to 10-11 o’ clock and use patches with medium to long envelopes. You can dial the envelope control on the TZF2 so it gets kind of pushed and pulled between oscillator and envelope control of the delay time. Can be very subtle up to very detuned. Envelope, Depth, and Manual settings on the TZF2 are very interactive. It sounds great with guitar too.

Spitfire · February 10, 2016, 7:38pm

thanks @c7sus. it’s been added to the list (sounds like a potential addition to my studio, too!)

MRNUTTY · February 10, 2016, 10:24pm

I use lots of Moogerfoogers and Eventide H9’s.

Spitfire · February 14, 2016, 6:58am

Already got those on the list, MRNUTTY, but thanks for confirming their effectiveness.

JohnLRice · February 14, 2016, 9:25am

Strymon BigSky, DIG and Mobius although my Mobius seems pretty sensitive to input level and most of the time doesn’t work well unless I attenuate heavily before the input.

Also TC Electronic Flashback and Electro Harmonix Ravish Sitar.

Spitfire · February 16, 2016, 3:56am

Thanks JohnLRice. the list will be updated.

Spitfire · February 16, 2016, 4:10am

BTW, JohnLRice, could you expound a little bit on your experiences with these pedals? The Mobius description is good enough, but do you have maybe a sentence or two to add about the others?

cheers

JohnLRice · February 16, 2016, 4:47am

I think the BigSky is one of the best bang-for-the-buck reverb pedals around and particularly nice for synths IMHO. There are many different styles of reverb type and then within each one of those is a mountain of variation and sub-styles just waiting to be discovered. And it does subtle and well and wild.

The El Capistan does a beautiful tape delay emulation with three different types of machine to choose from and lots of parameters. It may be one of the best pedals to use for doing realistic “Berlin School” style sequencing.

The DIG also sounds great on each of its three different types of digital emulation and it’s a dual delay so lots of really interesting rhythms can be created. It can also optionally sync to an external analog clock or have the delay rate be controlled by CV, which is awesome for modular users.

I have YouTube demos of the Strymon pedals I’ve tried so if you want some links let me know.

Spitfire · February 16, 2016, 11:00pm

Yeah JohnLRice, I’m sure that if you posted some links that anyone who wanted to see/hear what you’re talking about could listen to, that it would help.

I’ll add your descriptions to the original post.

Cool - thanks bro.