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> Just a word to keep this on topic . I use my Fuzz Factory on just about
>everything (not just gtr) Sounds great on drum loops esp. I also use it as
>a oscillator feeding it back into itself with the switchblade & into a
>loop unbeliveable noise posibitities . Juding by the nature of this box I
>suspect mine sounds different than yours. MR Vex told me last year of a 20
>sec analog loop he was going to be releasing -intriging eh ? K LAW
Michael P. wrote...
> >On the subject of pedaqls, does anyone find that FX pedals can just
> >become a gimmick, and that the audience tire of hearing "there's
>that
> >Ring Modulator again" on, say, a 2-hour Ambient looping set?
> >Michael
>
> I've got hours of jam tapes from "The Lunar Asylum" (what we are when
> we get together.) And I find that, sure, there are often times
> redundant useages of various pet effects and tones, which tend to be
> the favorite of the month. But we're all attracted to these sounds
>for
> *some* reason. So we use them and find their context and/or move on.
>
> That said, I find that what started out as an alienating sound, can
> sometimes become understood in a different context and become a very
> useful and workable sound. I've also been amused at other ensemble's
> reactions to my use of those tones which I've grown comfortable with.
> Ultimately you have to choose something that works with the ensemble
> and material you're performing.
>
> Michael P. said...
> >>> Z-VEX , is that the company with the "crackle okay" pedal??? That
> >>>sounds like a great idea , have you tried it??
>
> I said...
> >> That IS the crackle ok pedal!
>
> >No, the Crackle Okay control if on the tastefully named "Super
> Hard-On" pedal.
>
> MB: I went home last night thinking Fuzz Factory... Crackle OK,
> Crackle OK. Mostly due to listening to it rather that looking at the
> darn knobs and their titles. 8->
>
> Well I started playing and looking at the knobs on my FF and THERE IS
> NO 'CRACKLE OK' knob. Oops! It's personality is pretty Crackle OK
> though. Here's the knob line up from right to left, which roughly
> follows the signal path I believe. This review is based on my highly
> subjective experience of last night's playing.
>
> STAB: Stability... Sort of a flabbiness / spikiness knob
>
> DRIVE: With compression down this *sort of* works like a normal fuzz
> drive knob. Sort of meaning that at around 4 O'clock it goes from a
> grainy toothy sounding fuzz, (It's dominant characteristic) to much
> fatter sound. (At this point the Gate setting has to be increased for
> silence between notes.)
>
> COMP: Compression. Seems to be second most straightforward knob on
>the
> box. Still experimenting. (Cranking knobs in the dark.)
>
> GATE: Gating feature which is highly mandatory for any semblance of
> silence between notes. (Threshold position varies depending on drive,
> comp and stab settings.) The other *sound* after muting a note with
> gate turned down is oscillation of some sort which IS tunable. You
>can
> control the actual note with the Stab and Drive controls before you
> open the Gate and begin oscillating... then you can jack up the Stab
> and Drive and make it sound like radio static. Oh Boy... (I will use
> this. How much remains to be seen.)
>
> VOLUME: Ouput level. Wow this one is simple.
>
> Notes: All controls seem *very* reactive to one another. Possibly
> excepting the Volume knob, although the jury isn't in on that one.
> There is NO tone control knob. You have to either love this pedal or
> hate it on it's own terms.
>
> When A/B'ed with the PE Experience the Fuzz Factory seems to be
> lacking severly in bottom end. That was my initial impression of the
> pedal as well, but like I said in an earlier post... Each time I've
> used it, it has been a very different experience. This a fun part of
> using the fuzz factory as long as you're not looking for cover song
> accuracy! I have no such needs, so I'm still waiting to become a true
> believer. 8->
>
> I've used it on separate 5 evenings and the impression is: Twice I've
> felt that this baby was fat and singing in it's own quirky way. The
> other times I've been a little too far into the insect buzz zone,
> which the Experience does quite well with the Swell button (which you
> can turn off! ;-)) In all fairness, the output level of the pedal
>into
> my Pearce amp affects the overall fatness quite a lot as well, so
> there's more to tweak than just the fuzz. Last night was pretty good.
>
> Anyway this is probably off topic for the list, but I know most of us
> are knob twisters, and these are GOOD knobs to twist!
>
> Cheers,
> -Miko