Author Topic: Filter alternatives (Read 215 times)

jschom · « **on:** February 22, 2009, 12:57:34 PM »

I find the tones I can get from Epic with filter and Q switch are exactly what I need when playing live. The problem I run into is when a particular song goes from the 350hz setting to the 6k setting from one measure to another and I am not able to dial the change in without missing notes. What I need is a method of going from one frequency to another with a footswitch. Does anyone know if there is an aftermarket pedal that simulates the Alembic filter at the 350hz setting?

Bradley Young · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2009, 03:45:13 PM »

A superfilter (the superfilter does *way* more stuff than the filter in your Epic) with an ABY switch in front:

E.g.:

route one channel of the ABY switch through channel A of the superfilter, set to 350 Hz
route the other through the B channel, set to 6KHz

Leave the filter on the bass open, and the Q switch off.

If that doesn't make sense, I'd be happy to try to explain it differently.

Bradley

jschom · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2009, 05:26:25 PM »

Thanks for the reply Bradley! Ideally, I would love to have the set up you are talking about. Economically, I'm afraid I will have to figure something else out. Unless of course, someone out there has a smokin' deal on a used one. Has anyone had any experience with any of the sansamp bass driver DI's? Would something like that work for this application? I've noticed alot of the pros have them in their gear listings. Thanks for your help!...Joel

lbpesq · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2009, 05:35:00 PM »

Bradley:

Interesting idea. How do you wire up the output of the SF-2? Can you set it in mono, but still use Channels A & B independently?

Bill, tgo

David Houck · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2009, 07:02:02 PM »

I'm thinking it would have to be stereo mode with a Y cord joining the outputs of both channels.

Bradley Young · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2009, 10:42:21 AM »

I think that most of the ABY boxes out there would take the mono signal from an instrument, route it to either channel A, B or Both, and then Y them back together.

So, you'd use it as a two channel device (stereo just seems like the wrong term here), and the ABY should be able to merge the signal back together.

Bradley

lbpesq · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2009, 11:37:08 AM »

Bradley:

Are you suggesting an ABY box that handles both the input and output of the SF-2 simultaneously? I don't think I've ever seen such a beast. Or is there something here I'm not getting?

Bill, tgo

David Houck · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:00:14 PM »

If I recall correctly, a previous discussion suggested that a switch on the output side was not a good idea.

David Houck · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:08:25 PM »

Here is the previous discussion. I wasn't recalling entirely correctly.

David Houck · « **Reply #9 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:11:49 PM »

And there's this thread which I was probably thinking of as well. Not entirely on point, but both may be worth review.

David Houck · « **Reply #10 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:16:36 PM »

And in this thread Bill explains his F-2B setup. Of course, the F-2B has a mono output, so the issue of using a Y on the output doesn't come up.

hieronymous · « **Reply #11 on:** February 25, 2009, 08:40:24 PM »

All the ABY boxes that I've come across only do one side of the job - you can split a signal but can't re-integrate it on the other end. Maybe an AB box plus a mixer would be more appropriate? Split the signal, both go back into the mixer which will accept either signal (or both!)

oujeebass · « **Reply #12 on:** February 26, 2009, 08:18:33 AM »

You could use the Morley blender pedal and it would work great. This way it would variable.

lbpesq · « **Reply #13 on:** February 26, 2009, 09:23:51 AM »

Wade:

The Morley pedal you mentioned looks to be an effects loop that you can blend with the dry signal. Actually a pretty cool idea, but I don't see how it would be applicable to the above situation where one is trying to have the choice of channel A or B in the SF-2, but have them both output to the same source.

Bill, tgo

oujeebass · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2009, 11:06:39 AM »

I figured you could pan between the channels of the SF2. You would go direct through one channel,and loop through the other. No?