Future Impact Bass Synthesizer Demo (Bass Effects Review) 

Just thought I'd let you know, all your bass demo's are super sweet man. Best bass demos on RU-vid imo. Thanks man.

Thanks for this demo. Including the editor in the corner is pure win! My best

You have the best demos.

This was awesome! Thanks for the great review and awesome patches. I feel like I might be able to attack the editor now without blowing anything up! Keep up the great work sir!

Great review! I ordeed it because of it. Good job Zachary!

Oh man thanks for this!!! Loving the FI

I love that Blade Runner setting.

I'm into guitars and synths and this unit seems really nice.

Awesome demo - thanks for this.

Great review!

Number 6!!!!!! take my money

Greetings from France ! Thanks a lot ! Great review for a future customer like me ;o)

That was awesome brother. I thought those days of 80 synth sounds were over

Zach - love your reviews!! I got this Future Impact (FI) pedal. I play a violin with octave strings, that makes it sound like a cello. I have a fair amount of tracking problems and also polyphony problems with FI, when an open string remains "ringing" and I pluck a different string....QUESTION: would an analog synth not have the polyphony problem? Any thoughts on synths to try?

Hi zach Is there a blend control to mix your clean bass sound with the synth sound ? Great video as usual !!

Great job. Really fascinating pedal. Just a couple of questions: Does it have any issues with active basses/input level? Also, I'm looking for a pedal that can cop those fat 80's Devo mini Moog bass tones. (The EHX Synth9 pedal does a good job nailing that tone, but I don't know how well it works on bass and this pedal's far more versatile). Thanks

Perhaps a silly technical question: what are you using to to trigger the MIDI Program Change +1? I have a Boss Ms-3 that I'd love to use to scroll through FI presets but haven't quite cracked the code. Thanks, again, for your excellent videos.

Zachary, can you show me how to sync this up with a midi foot switcher to change from preset to preset quicker in a live setting? I have a tech 21 MIDI MOUSE

Could you do a 24k magic esque bass sound with this unit? :)

Hey man, awesome video, how about the latency in real time? can you play it fluently live/with drum machine?

How does this compare with the Source Audio C4? Can you get a Moog Synth Bass ( with accurate tracking ) that would work for Dance Music ? Nice demo. Enjoyed it. oNe LovE from NYC

holy balls. any chance you could do a full pedalboard rundown?

how the hell do you hook up this pedal with the software? I have a m-audio uno midi usb, and I keep trying to plug it in but the FI software but it says the pedal is not connected

You state that the pedal is "totally digital", but according to the processing block diagrams for the FI1, it shows that the four synth voices are Voltage Controlled Oscillators. I get that there is a DSP chip reading and translating the bass input signal, but with VCO, wouldn't the synth output signal then be analog, making this a "digitally controlled analog pedal"? I honestly don't know which is why I am asking. Debating between getting this pedal and the OOP Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer. Any experience with the OS and/or comparisons between the OS and FI1?

Great demo! Seems to track really well. Are you playing your bass in passive mode? How does the future impact track/sound in active mode?

my big question is: does future impact send midi notes over midi out? as it track this good i would imediatly buy it if i could send the notes to other midi sound generators.

Great video !!!!! Can i emulate this pedal ? Can i get a VST plugin ? I dont know if such VST exists ......

Nice review! When it comes down to tracking, would you prefer the future impact or the C4?

Where do you place the Future impact in your pedalboard ? After the bass ? Can I place the future impact after a Whammy DT for example ? Thx for the review

hi, I just bought the FI. Can you show how to hookup the bass to the FI and to PC to use FI editor please? thanks

Hello, my name is Gary. I've seen your videos concerning the future impact pedal. They are real good and have a lot of info in the them. Where can I find a list showing the type of sound is in each bank and program. I have printed the manual. But it references info about editing and midi mostly. Thanks

Just curious, what happens when you plug in fretless bass? Will synth follow pitch of bass, or just quantize notes like frets?

Hi Zach, I just got this pedal and like it a lot! I've several attempts to use the software editor to no avail, did you come across any difficulties getting it to work? I'm using Presonus audiobox for my interface.

Could you use the MIDI out to control another synth/soft synth?

Hey Zach........does the Editor come with the Impact Pedal.....or do you get it @ their website or.....? I am considering getting into this Pedal.......

Do you think I can get close to the bass tone in What Is Love?

Hi dude , can you store the sounds that you edit at computer ?

I live in Spain, do I know where I can buy the bass synth and the publisher? Thank you

can you hook up a "real" synth using the midi out? I mean if its convert the pitch to midi. thanks

how you connect the pedal to computer? while a midi cable? thank you

If you can have one synth pedal for recording would you pick this or the C4?

Have any thoughts how this would compare to the boss sy-300?

I can't believe there's a sequel to the deep impact now. still way too expensive for the deep impact being sold for as little as $60 when they were clearing stock, but it's nice to see there's an alternative now.

It doesn't have arppeggiators does it? If it does I will never think in buying a synth again.... Just to think of not dealing with keys get me excited Keep up the great playing and reviews

is it possible to output just the synth sound without the guitar layered on it

Hey Zach, how does the latency feel on this thing, you showed it picks up the B-string just fin, but does the latency get worse the lower you go?

Woud you be able to emulate the intro of Jump - Van Halen with this pedal?

Can the Future Impact track polyphonic notes, chords etc?

hello i got mine and i connected it through midi cable to my laptop . now i can write presets made by other peoples to FI without any problem . but when i m trying to make my own preset, i cant listen to currently editing preset's sound with bass, keyboard, virtual keyboard im unable to try it before i save and write it on FI. :(

i hate you. You brought my GAS Over 9000. best demo on YT btw ;)

So just pulled the trigger and ordered one! I have an Fcb1010... Will that work for assigning both expression pedals?

I need this pedal in my life! At the same time I'm a bit intimidated by the possibilities, as if it would be wrong to only use 2-3 sounds and not to mess with it too much. Great demo, I didn't even know it had a virtual interface. EDIT: I don't really understand how you're able to use the editor. Do you have to connect the pedal to an interface via MIDI to be able to edit?

What reverb peal are you using, sounds lovely!!??

How's the tracking? Usually the issue with this kind of pedals is always there. From the video it sounds good, but you never know!

it is possible to play chords via future impact? or all sounds are mono only?

hello, is it possible to change the order of the presets?

8:15 holy shit!!!

How can I see the future impact editor on the daw?

Will you be demoing V3?

I'm not keen on new pedals needing a computer editor...at some point in the future, the software won't work - then the pedals will be stuck with whatever presets were on them last time they were changed. None of them are going to become like the legendary first issue Dallas Arbiter Fuzzface or Tonebender or EHX Clone Theory, or even first issue Boss pedals are they really...

Hello there, would any Midi to USB cable works?

What bass synth pedal would you recommend to achieve the synth tones at 1:29 on this tune? m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8bwwZfdph34.html

Seems like you are plukking the strings rather than playing them across . Is that something you do to use your synth pedal with or is it a personal technique?

Can you get a boogie on reggae woman bass sound?

10:02 WOW that's a bass guitar????

Have you ever tried boss sy300?

How much does software like this cost?

How you edit presets in future impact?

how often do you get to use this pedal

Sweet mother of god, $500! Damn, I guess I'll never be able to own one of these....

Every time I find a pedal that is everything i am looking for it is $500

throw a hot hand filter after this and u got dubstep lol

so the synth sounds are good...but the envelope filter....ain't...a good envelope filter is more important than synth sounds

1000.00?? LOL!!

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too many strings on that lol