Well I figure you are wanting more and wondering how my new toy is going well it still am working on it.
Wah Pedal - Well I thought it was a mid pack average and it really is a usefull tool, although it did not stand up to the Vox Wah 847A like I was hoping it would. It is supposed to modeled after the Vox 847A but I don't think the attention to accuracy is quite there. It did sound ok but the lack of sweep range. I must admit though it is one of those things that I really don't mess with all that much. I use it for a few SRV songs and a few other songs I play but there isn't much of a use for it with me. I would have to say it is ok but could use some work here and there.
Remember the first score is ease of use and functionallity.
Wah - (modeled after the Vox 847A) - 6.75 out of 10.
Wah - (modeled after the Vox 847A) - 5.0 out of 10.
This one for me really fell short in my expectations, of course like everything else as I continue to right this and or update it my opinion might change I may figure out a new setting that makes it come alive. I have only had this thing about 2 weeks and the fact that due to work and a few other on going situations as of late that are out of my controll I don't have the time to set all day on my days off so the review is kind of slow right now and for those following my progress I am sorry. If you are really curious about something I have not covered please send me a PM and I will try to skip ahead to that and post it here.
On with the rest of the expression effects.
Ring Mod - On this one I am ok with. Personally I don't have a use for it as it is more of an effect I think you would couple with a delay or another pan type effect to do like a space type sound with. The sound I guess is what it is supposed to be. Althought I have know comparison and I am not going to rate this one because with out a proper comparison and without proper knowledge of what it is actually suppose to be I don't think it is justly fair to rate it. The only part of this that I went well thats cool was when somehow I stumbled on a combanation of effects that made it sound like an ecoplex - or space sound kind of remanisant of what Steve Miller would have used.
Resonance - Kind of the same type of effect as the wah but with a more ringing rebound as the regular wah. Again I am not going to rate this because of the lack of comparison and I have not had an experience which makes me feel not able to pass a good judgement on this one.
Voice Mod - This one was just flat out cool. I was greatly impressed. At first I was like oh, well, maybe. Kind of unsure what I was going to do with this. It does have a few drawbacks that like the lack of sweep (kind of along the same lines as the other effects in this lineup). Where I found myself going wow was when I set it up in a chain and played parts of Peter Frampton's - "Do You Feel Like I Do" it was awesome, it wasn't 100 percent spot on but I could get really close with the notes to emulate the talkbox in this song. Like I said it is all personal preference for this setup but I thought it was close enought that it filled in this dead spot in the song if you had nothing to put there. The effect when used properly can very much replicate at least closer than some that of a talkbox.
Voice Mod - 7.5 out of 10. (Worked for me).
Voice Mod - I can't rate this because I don't have nor do I thing it has a counterpart. The closest thing to it would be a Heil Talkbox. Which this is not.
The Octave up and down were compared to a boost pedal set up to be like these are.
Octave +1 - This is a tool that is great and works like it should. This is pretty self explanitory so I am not going to go into detail. The only down side is the lack of sweep.
Octave +1 / -1 - 8.5 out of 10.
Octave +1 / -1 - 8.0 out of 10.
Since the Octave -1 is the opposite of the +1 it did nearly the same as the other therefore I feel it will get the same score.
More To Come Soon.
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