Forum for all other samplers & synths such as Maschine, MVs, Akai S & Z series, Roland, Korg, OP-1, analog synths etc.
By RevolutionInTheHead Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:36 pm
I've used a few B pedals for guitar stuff years ago. However, I've just ordered their Vibrato pedal - exact same analogue circuit as the famed Boss pedal from the 80s that now costs £££ for an original. I'm gonna mod it to slow down the rate of the vibe and then use it very subtle-like on samples to make them sound slightly warbly and old. I just sold my Space Echo, so I've got to do something to get that 'natural' modulation sound back!

As you probs know, most of Behringer's stuff is reverse-engineered copies of decent stuff, so the effects themselves should be good to great in most cases. The build quality will be shit...but for £20, who cares? Also, I dunno how well they'll take line-level stuff. Most *quality* guitar pedals can accept can both line and guitar impendence-level stuff these days...but seeing as the build quality is down on Bs, I'm not sure with them, so you might not get the signal you want out of it. If you run the FX in an Aux on your mixer, I guess it won't matter so much either way. So don't get anything that you have to run in series from your instrument like a compressor coz your signal may suffer for it.
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By Monotremata Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:13 pm
They're not bad at all, but don't abuse them because they break just looking at them wrong. Few years ago I bought the HM-300 cause I had just moved and my Boss HM-2 was in storage and I needed to jam. Sounds pretty much exactly like the Boss Heavy Metal, but the case is cheap plastic, it weighs nothing next to a real Boss heh. Worked great when I used it, but then I put it away for the last couple of years once my pedalboard came home. When I moved a year or two ago and setup my guitar rig, there was something moving around inside the pedal. It was stored in its original box, and was literally sitting on top of my Marshall cabinet the entire time it was put away. No one touched it, no one dropped it, it was in its box safe and sound. Somehow it broke on its own, and the switch is all **** now too, you have to bash the thing to turn it on and off. Once you get it on, still sounds just like a Boss HM-2 for $30 though!
By Peccary Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:39 am
I use the Chorus for my Microbrute and I think it sounds pretty good. Good enough for me to order their Bass Driver DI copy to give that a shot.

I wouldn't put them on my gigging pedalboard (if I gigged any more) because I imagine they wouldn't last long, but for my tabletop studio I can't complain.