freqbox vs. mothership

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freqbox vs. mothership

Post by redeyeflight » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:43 pm

Anyone heard anything about this pigtronix mothership guitar synth? Apparently its something like the freqbox...vco that tracks pitch...looks like they added portamento to it though and also some sort of "intelligent" ring modulator that also tracks pitch. Sounds pretty cool in the demos on harmony-central's namm 08 videos. What do you guys think? Personally I've never tried any of their stuff but this looks pretty interesting. Here's a link to the pics: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2008/01 ... nalog.html

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Post by latigid on » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:34 pm

Ask eeg :)

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FreqBox Wins

Post by ColorForm2113 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:41 am

check out the video here --->http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM08/ just scroll down the video toolbar until you find pigtronix

it seems like what one failed to cover the other picked up on
Mothership has portamento and suboctave, but only has to wave forms and no modulation otherthan the pitch bend
but the FreqBox has continuous wave form adjustment, FM, an envelope, and many more possible control options, but lacks portamento and sub octave (which can be an easy fix since there are 4 billion octave pedals out there for pretty cheap)
as far as the "intelligent Ringmod" i wasnt too impressed. i like my ring mods to sound like they were held back a few grades.

since i have yet to personally play either of them my opinion is based only on demo videos, im going to have to put my money on the FreqBox

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Post by electrical_engineer_gEEk » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:56 pm

It will be awesome....haha

Yeah, the freqbox and the mothership are very different beasts that fulfill different needs......

....personally I think the mothership sounds way more awesome then any demos I have heard of the freqbox....but maybe i'm just biased :wink:

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Post by matt the fiddler » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:15 pm

both look nice.


what is the pricetag going to be on the mothership?
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Post by electrical_engineer_gEEk » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:42 am

we might have to wait and see about that since I am not in charge of price points...but we are working out some additional knobs not seen in the prototype pictures

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Post by analoghaze » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:48 am

More knobs are always a good thing.

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Post by toryjames » Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:47 am

Man, the Pigtronix stuff looks ugly. I can't bring myself to use equipment that looks that ugly.

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Post by nathan » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:05 pm

wow, that thing is sweeet!
and come one, it's what you do with it.
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Post by EricK » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:00 pm

If its P-Funk's Mothership....I think they already have a Moog on it!

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and I think Herbie has one on his ship too so...

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Post by electrical_engineer_gEEk » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:44 pm

bosshog wrote:Man, the Pigtronix stuff looks ugly. I can't bring myself to use equipment that looks that ugly.
....just as long as you don't make fun of the circuits boards....
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Post by ColorForm2113 » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:24 pm

electrical_engineer_gEEk wrote:
bosshog wrote:Man, the Pigtronix stuff looks ugly. I can't bring myself to use equipment that looks that ugly.
....just as long as you don't make fun of the circuits boards....
:lol:
shot in the dark here... but im guessing you work for pigtronix? lol
PS i the attack sustain is awesome

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Post by earsmack » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:05 am

Hey - I didn't know eeg worked on the Pigtronix stuff - cool. I've been carefully watching those boxes and although at first didn't like gimmick it's growing on me ;-) I really like the electro-harmonix-style knobs though...at least they look like them...I assume they feel like them too. I will say the external design (knob layout, switch style and paint, etc. look really nice.)
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Post by redeyeflight » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:45 pm

i think the portamento on the mothership is really going to be the key to getting a true synth-style sound out of the guitar. personally i love the freqbox but to me it sounds more like a really wicked, insane fuzz than a synth. Anyway, cant wait for the mothership....hopefully it's not as expensive as the new moog multi-pedal!!! That thing is freaking ridiculously expensive for what it does!!

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Post by roboctopus » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:00 am

Whoa. I gotta say, the mothership sounds killer. Redeye is right, the portamento... That's the synthy kicker. The ultimate pedal would be some combination of the two. Mothership with sync and fm sounds. I have synths and guitars, but if I was trying to make a guitar sound like a synth, I think I'd go for the mothership. Portamento on a guitar is worth the price of admission. Then - of course - you run that through the mf-101 with some resonance.
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