theres no microsynth there. it is harmonized though, maybe a touch of wah or filtering, but it would be as part of digital rack effect patch. most of the MCIS solos are run thru an eventide harmonizer or a digitech dsp 55, both on record & live.
i cant remember examples of the microsynth on MCIS, but it is on a number of songs & bsides of the siamese dream era, starla is the main one.
thank you for the replies.
i finally got around to playing with it again..
i have quite high gain pickups, a jazzmaster with tele deluxe humbuckers, i’ve played around using a black finger compressor before the microsynth, and it acts the exact same way..
i’ve opened it up, the gain trim was at about 60-70%, i moved it all the way between there and 100%, pretty much the same response, so i put it back where it was..
i play a note, and it’ll fiz out no matter what it seems after 1-5 seconds.. the only way i can get it to sustain a note without the gate cutting off is to use an ebow?
i think im going to have to get my hands on another xo or original one and a/b…
thanks for the replies, and that definitely made sense, perfect sense!
just at that stage of gear acquisition where i need to really cover everything to convince myself ramen noodles for the next few weeks are worth it.. colour me convinced