I have watched countless videos on this pedal over the years, and this is probably the best combination demo/explanation video I've come across. Well done, my friend! And don't feel bad about just using the octave function. That's about all it got used for on my board for 8 years or so.
Way to go! Thanks for talking about the controls and how they change. I feel so many people don’t take time to understand them and say it must be only good for “laser” sounds
I have owned this pedal for years. This is by far the best explanation I have ever seen of the controls. Well done! I used to use it in a GB band I was in for pop/dance tunes that used synth bass on the recording. It sounds killer through a house PA! Other bass players would freak out when I put it on.
@@DanLeggatt I would use the synth mode thats the fuzziest, I don't remember the number, for synth tracks. I will use the clean octave down, that's probably my favorite. Also on my board I have an old DOD Octoplus. I use that for octave only no clean. This pedal is the bomb... I also like the envelope with the sub. It can get nice and gritty with a humbucker bass...
I'd sell my soul for one of these, I've seen 3 go for under £50 in the past year and its killed me because I wasn't able to afford them. Never see them for less than £120 now
@@DanLeggatt I managed to get ahold of a Digitech bass squeeze for £30 a couple months back but I can't imagine the demand for compressors is gonna increase any time soon- really considering spending the £100 for this pedal, as there's a listing available at the moment
I lucked out, I got mine for free. Someone I knew used to play bass and one of the few pieces he had in his rig was this pedal and he offered it to me so I ofc said yes. Still have it in my setup to this day
My research has lead me here. Over many years of f in about on synths and bitcrusher to get the d punk sound. It was simply a digitech pedal. Love it mate. 😀
Great tutorial! I picked one of these up a few years ago used. It's pretty mysterious if you don't have a manual. It does make a fun bunch of sounds but not all are practical. I really only used it for the octave only too haha. I agree, a dry mix would be handy as some of those get pretty wild. I picked up an LS-2 pedal that will let me mix effect / dry tone. I may have to mess with it again.
I got one of these from a Goodwill ages ago and thought it was broken - turns out it's just a little sensitive and nuts. Thanks for posting this! I'm gonna play with it some more
Best demo of this pedal I've seen. Thanks. Im playing a dep bass set soon and i want the synth type sound for Let's Dance so hopefully this pedal can do it.
I'm not a big pedal guy as a bassist but I have to admit this pedal would really serve me well on certain basslines. At least parts of them. Anyway, excellent review on this Digitech triumph of an effects pedal. On a side note I had to throw in the fact it's a Digitech. Many of the other pedal manufactures don't have nearly as good tracking not quality of sound. For guitar (yes I know that's blasphemy on a bass vid) the Digitech Grunge pedal is probably the best Heavy Metal pedal I've ever played or owned.
A great demo of this fine pedal from Digitech! On a nice powerful Bass Amp,..a good Bassist should set off a Richter Scale and Earthquake in the vicinity!..setting the groove & moody funky vibes for all to jam on! ....I Funk ‘da Hell outta mine! b(‘_’ !)
Cheers! Tough choice, this is far more flexible and has more options. If you just want an envelope filter / auto wah then probably the MXR. If you want a flexible pedal to add a variety of tones then this is a great buy. It does great filter tones too but the MXR does have the edge.
Does anyone know if this is Polyphonic? I've been using an EHX Mono Synth. And I'm thinking this might fit my needs better, but polyphonic would be huge
😂😂 Naa just Guitar and Bass for me. I can just about hold a basic beat behind the kit and suck at keys. My Dad and Brother are both great drummers so I leave it to them 😂
How much volume loss? Mine seems fine. Some tones will vary in volume due to the nature of the frequencies in filtering. Nothing major though. Could be an actual problem with your unit.
For my use, I can live with the volume jump. Best solution would be to run a compressor after it to smooth out the peaks. Or run it in its own loop pedal with an EQ or something after to tailor the volume and frequency response.
