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  • April 28, 2012 at 3:46 pm #117439
    bill ruppert
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    The sound is similar to the freeze but in auto mode less glitchy and never out of tune as when people freeze to fast with their foot.
    The clip with the Big Muff should sound synthesized as the Big Muff was set at max creating a near square wave! That is not an OD sound but more of a raw synth wave.
    The V256 portamento is a very different sound than the Superego..
    The Superego gliss is a softer sound.
    Hope that helps.
    Bill

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    Yeah pal, I see what you did there. The pedal chain in the Orchestron is almost the same to the pedal chain of the ARP Solina sound you showed for St.Patrick day, but of course both the Orchestron and the Solina were developed to try to fit the Mellotron´shoes and both were used for symphonic textures (thoug my favourite would allways be the freeman)

    acording to here: http://www.gepr.net/proginst.html the use of the Orchestron was featured in Yes´s Relayer with Patrick Moraz, though the monster Orchestron that he used looks nothing like the modest keyboard in the video.

    I was thinking in buying the freeze but the super ego looks better for drones, with the effects loop and all that. What would you say is the main difference in sound other than the extra features? I feel the frozen sound in the Superego sounds more Synthetized, It could be my imagination, or the way you set the Big Muff, cause It doesnt soun like an overdriven freeze.

    Also CAN YOU GET TRANSPOSITION/PORTAMENTO SOUNDS like the ones you got with the V256?

    April 28, 2012 at 3:47 pm #117440
    bill ruppert
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    A reverb pedal with an effects loop would be very cool!

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    Wow love this pedal. Is it possible in the future ehx might release a reverb pedal that has an effects loop. That way you could change the reverb sound by adding effects to it and keep the dry signal normal. Treating the reverb like delay repeats?
    April 29, 2012 at 12:32 pm #117443
    Tone Doctor
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    Once again, I’m amazed at what EH can come out with! Bill Ruppert you are the man. Thank you so much for your inspiration and ingenuity on these pedals!

    May 2, 2012 at 6:28 pm #117468
    Gerard
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    So no lucky man yet.
    EHX ought to make the portamento on the V256 into a new individual pedal.

    May 6, 2012 at 1:53 pm #117490
    Folkstone57
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    Absolutely cannot wait till this pedal gets to my door! Matt at The Mad Ape has an empty box waiting for the SuperEgo to climb into so he can send one off to me, along with the patch controller for the H.O.G.

    May 10, 2012 at 2:36 pm #117527
    synthaxe
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    This is the pedal that I’ve been waiting for someone to come out with for a long time. There’s a lot of nice analog/moog synth style guitar pedals out there to choose from (such as the ehx micro synthesizer), but the the Superego Synth Engine’s more amient/atmospheric style synth sound has been missing from the guitar pedal market in my opinion (correct me if I’m wrong of course.) It seems that now I/we can get Fripp’s Soundscapes style sounds without having to buy $20,000 worth of gear. I love how it has an effects loop in it as well. I can only imagine what kind of sounds can be created. Especially when layering it into a 16 Second Digital Delay or 2880. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason all day and night long….can’t wait for it!

    May 29, 2012 at 6:03 pm #117644
    ChaseTMP
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    New member here; where would people suggest placing the Superego in the effects chain? My chain is: buffer -> tuner -> boost -> fuzz -> OD -> delay -> reverb -> tremolo -> buffer -> amp

    I plan on running a chorus in the Superego’s loop

    I have a limited amount of time before rehearsal tonight and wanted to put this on my board, but won’t be able to try too many combinations. Thanks!

    May 31, 2012 at 12:49 pm #117659
    Cryabetes
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    after the OD (and move your tremolo to before the delay)

    June 1, 2012 at 6:13 pm #117680
    SjonP
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    This was an excellent demo Bill! I have a Superego now and the auto function tracks my clean guitar signal very well. When I engage my Pigtronix Mothership analogue synthesizer though, it has a lot of trouble tracking the VCO (set to square wave) unless I mix in a lot of my clean guitar signal, which I don’t necessarily want to do. This is also an issue if I have the sub octave and VCO engaged. Given how the Superego tracked the Big Muff, I was surprised by this. My signal chain is a les paul type guitar going into a Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone > HBE Germania treble boost > Mothership > Boss Harmonist > Superego Iron Ether Xerograph low pass filter. The Superego setting I’ve been using has the speed pot fully clockwise, gliss pot fully disengaged, dry signal between 0 and noon and effect signal fully clockwise. Any advice for the tracking issues? Thank you!

    June 1, 2012 at 7:59 pm #117686
    ehxguy11
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    You sold me on the Pad sounds. I can’t wait.

    June 4, 2012 at 8:44 pm #117694
    ehxguy11
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    Man, I love this pedal. My favorite is the Latch setting. The auto function works but I have pretty light touch so it is a little difficult to track. My guitar being very low output probably doesn’t help much.

    June 5, 2012 at 6:43 pm #117695
    bill ruppert
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    Try the Superego before the Mothership.
    The freezing is most likely to fast to capture the envelope of the synth.

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    This was an excellent demo Bill! I have a Superego now and the auto function tracks my clean guitar signal very well. When I engage my Pigtronix Mothership analogue synthesizer though, it has a lot of trouble tracking the VCO (set to square wave) unless I mix in a lot of my clean guitar signal, which I don’t necessarily want to do. This is also an issue if I have the sub octave and VCO engaged. Given how the Superego tracked the Big Muff, I was surprised by this. My signal chain is a les paul type guitar going into a Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone > HBE Germania treble boost > Mothership > Boss Harmonist > Superego Iron Ether Xerograph low pass filter. The Superego setting I’ve been using has the speed pot fully clockwise, gliss pot fully disengaged, dry signal between 0 and noon and effect signal fully clockwise. Any advice for the tracking issues? Thank you!
    June 5, 2012 at 6:48 pm #117696
    bill ruppert
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    If you are picking lite put a simple booster in front to increase sensitivity.
    A compressor works well also.

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    Man, I love this pedal. My favorite is the Latch setting. The auto function works but I have pretty light touch so it is a little difficult to track. My guitar being very low output probably doesn’t help much.
    June 6, 2012 at 7:12 pm #117699
    SjonP
    Member

    Hello Again Bill,

    Thank you! Your simple suggestion had a big impact! The Mothership, EHX Micro Synth and my Noise Box all sound so much better because the problem of sustain has been decimated. The auto freeze feature makes this pedal a much more elegant and efficient solution than the Freeze. Calling this pedal a “synth engine” makes a lot more sense to me now, because while it definitely has synth sounds on its own, it drives pitch-tracking monophonic synth pedals amazingly if you are looking to create pads! Engaging the gliss effect with the Noise Box creates a thing of distorted beauty.

    Grateful for your help and to EHX for creating such a brilliant pedal!

    Best regards,

    Sjon Pelletier

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    Try the Superego before the Mothership.
    The freezing is most likely to fast to capture the envelope of the synth.

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    This was an excellent demo Bill! I have a Superego now and the auto function tracks my clean guitar signal very well. When I engage my Pigtronix Mothership analogue synthesizer though, it has a lot of trouble tracking the VCO (set to square wave) unless I mix in a lot of my clean guitar signal, which I don’t necessarily want to do. This is also an issue if I have the sub octave and VCO engaged. Given how the Superego tracked the Big Muff, I was surprised by this. My signal chain is a les paul type guitar going into a Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone > HBE Germania treble boost > Mothership > Boss Harmonist > Superego Iron Ether Xerograph low pass filter. The Superego setting I’ve been using has the speed pot fully clockwise, gliss pot fully disengaged, dry signal between 0 and noon and effect signal fully clockwise. Any advice for the tracking issues? Thank you!
    June 7, 2012 at 4:04 am #117701
    bill ruppert
    Participant

    Sjon,
    Great, glad to hear you are having luck!!!
    If you find some cool sounds please post.
    I would love to hear what you are finding AND get some new ideas!!

    Bill

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    Hello Again Bill,

    Thank you! Your simple suggestion had a big impact! The Mothership, EHX Micro Synth and my Noise Box all sound so much better because the problem of sustain has been decimated. The auto freeze feature makes this pedal a much more elegant and efficient solution than the Freeze. Calling this pedal a “synth engine” makes a lot more sense to me now, because while it definitely has synth sounds on its own, it drives pitch-tracking monophonic synth pedals amazingly if you are looking to create pads! Engaging the gliss effect with the Noise Box creates a thing of distorted beauty.

    Grateful for your help and to EHX for creating such a brilliant pedal!

    Best regards,

    Sjon Pelletier

    Quote:
    Try the Superego before the Mothership.
    The freezing is most likely to fast to capture the envelope of the synth.

    Quote:
    This was an excellent demo Bill! I have a Superego now and the auto function tracks my clean guitar signal very well. When I engage my Pigtronix Mothership analogue synthesizer though, it has a lot of trouble tracking the VCO (set to square wave) unless I mix in a lot of my clean guitar signal, which I don’t necessarily want to do. This is also an issue if I have the sub octave and VCO engaged. Given how the Superego tracked the Big Muff, I was surprised by this. My signal chain is a les paul type guitar going into a Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone > HBE Germania treble boost > Mothership > Boss Harmonist > Superego Iron Ether Xerograph low pass filter. The Superego setting I’ve been using has the speed pot fully clockwise, gliss pot fully disengaged, dry signal between 0 and noon and effect signal fully clockwise. Any advice for the tracking issues? Thank you!
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