FreqBox+Voyager Samples

[Hyphen nation]

I played with one in the store for an hour or two...cool guy, small shop, his suggestion was to run a drum machine through it...that is definitely a killer app...makes the crappiest drum machines [some cheapo thing they had in the store] sound fresh, wet and rad...

Then I struggled for half an hour to get something from the guitar out of it...and I like ring mods, and this was just not fun...I just don't see it for this application...

BUT I think it really shines on mono synths...using it judiciously with the LP you can dial in to something wild and raw / unstable, that I associate with the Mini D more than say the voyager or the LP....

I think if anyone had either current moog synth and felt they were too clean and stable, this box is the thing that turns a nice healthy well adjusted modern synth into a hedonistic fire breathing monster....just my .02

[earsmack]

I uploaded a few more samples...oh, did I mention I got my FreqBox today?

http://earsmack.com/stuff/freqbox/

The new samples include the Voyager, a Nord Electro 2 Rhodes and a Yamaha RX11 drum machine. Hope this helps give a good idea of what this thing can do. I tried to make some more musically useful sounds and also show the range of some knob turning so you can get an idea of where it can go.

Enjoy...and let me know if there are any specific sounds you might like to hear and I'll see what I can do...

[MarkM]

Nice samples, ZBQ.

[latigid on]

Wow, much appreciated, zbq.

I think this shows you can get some good stuff out of it; you may just need to keep it on a short leash.

Number 3 reminds me of CtrlShft's Filter Abuses

I'm glad the exchange rate is good at the moment! Just give me another week or two.

[earsmack]

Glad you guys like the samples. I should get to play some more soon and have a few more up there. I want to run a few more things through it and see what I can come up with. Overall I'm very impressed with the FB.

In fact, late last night I put a little CV on the FREQ and got a great swooshing sound...very "filter-sounding" - I'll try to whip something like that out for you to hear.

[earsmack]

Added 3 more samples. This time I ran the VirusTI through the FreqBox. Check them out...I think the ambient folks will dig these.

Samples are here: http://earsmack.com/stuff/freqbox/

As an aside...running this whole mess through the Frostwave Resonator is awesome! I'm sure the MF-101 has a similar effect.

[earsmack]

OK - one more -

http://earsmack.com/stuff/freqbox/

The stock Voyager Nigel Bass patch played on its own, then through the Z.Vex Vexter Fuzz Factory, then through the FreqBox, then through both with a little bit of Frostwave Resonator filter tweaking at the very end since I couldn't help myself. (Voyager->Fuzz->Freq->Res)

Enjoy - I really dig this sound.

[MarkM]

So far all impressions of this device suggest it's the most awful sounding thing I've ever heard. I thought it was just the original soundclip that was bad, but every example posted so far sounds dreadful.

Is it possible to get a pure, rich, musical tone with one of these things, or does it always sound like an angry bee in a toaster?

I got a chance to hear one being played, and I must say you can get some really musical sounds from the Freq Box. I think a lot of the samples you have heard on the internet are extreme sounds the 107 can make. I saw the VCO track up and down the Voyager's keyboard perfectly resulting in four oscillators. You can also tune it to whatever pitch you want for a drone. Then the Freq's VCO started to be modulated from subtle to insane. This is a very cool pedal. I also saw it do some very musical exercises via a guitar. In some respects the 107 is like the Ring Modulator; it can give you very subtle musical tones when used in moderation. It can also give you wondrous mayhem when pushed to extremes. Moog is cool because with all their pedals they give you extreme for whenever you might need it.