Proper use definitely requires a bit of discipline and finesse. When I first started using it, I approached it as an entirely new instrument. As you mentioned in an earlier post, this was something you also did.johnjay wrote:The frequency of the note determines the latency but you have to play clean or you'll trigger the wrong notes. If you play more than one note at a time you get bad sounds. Certain fretting techniques that sound fine with the guitar pickup can trigger wrong notes. If you fret hard, almost like a hammer on but not that loud you can trigger a wrong note. If you're guitar has any fret buzz you'll trigger wrong notes. But even with all that, there's still a lot of room for expression. Hammer ons and pulls-offs can work. Bending notes work too.EMwhite wrote:Interesting. So it's a matter of the wave and latency, not necessarily how clean the particular note is played? Based on what I heard/saw/read, I I thought that it had to do with the attack on notes (or absence of it) and thought maybe a compressor might help.
This may sound a bit ridiculous, but I actually have an EHX Big Muff in a switched loop that runs before my G2M. It has absolutely no effect on the sound; its only purpose is to feed the G2M a nice sustainy signal. I previously had an EHX Black Finger compressor after the Big Muff to sort out the transients, but I took it out after realizing the Big Muff does a decent enough job at squishing the signal.
Here's how I have it integrated in my setup for live play: http://bestnetworx.com/uploader/files/1 ... iagram.png
Option two is my favorite, where I can play things on the guitar and have the Little Phatty in parallel with my guitar and other effects. It's a great feeling.
