Modeling amps have come a long way and sound great but they don't always interact with analog fuzz and synth pedals very well. Try it with a tube or solid state amp before completely writing it off. I'd also say this is a better pedal for guitar vs bass.
This is actually the 2nd video I made with this pedal. The first video was done with guitar and a Simplifier MK2, so all analog signal chain (link below). Even through my tube amp, it just doesn't sound or feel right for how I play. Doing this video with the Bass was more about keeping me from playing chords and the HX Stomp just makes it way easier to move the pedal around in the signal chain. Not really a bit crusher like I thought it might be. ruclips.net/video/D-cUHGuLbTY/видео.html
@@Fullscalemusictn I wasn’t sure if it was not sounding the best because not playing well with modeling or going direct but maybe it’s the approach. Which is ok if that doesn’t work for how you write or play. It’s a finicky pedal. It’s similar to a MXR Blue Box, you want to bring that sub octave in and play very cleanly above the 7th fret. On guitar I would use the neck pickup. It’ll still warble and track imperfect but it should sound like a sub octave synth, 8 bit thing. I like it on slower single note riffs with notes sustained. Playing fast or with chords will cause the tracking to go nuts. It’s a crude octave pedal versus a bit crusher. There’s cleaner pedals out there for octaves and bit crushing. It may not work for your sound. Does it sound like that in the room with a speaker? Should sound like a bassy Nintendo moog lead in person.
Modeling amps have come a long way and sound great but they don't always interact with analog fuzz and synth pedals very well. Try it with a tube or solid state amp before completely writing it off. I'd also say this is a better pedal for guitar vs bass.
This is actually the 2nd video I made with this pedal. The first video was done with guitar and a Simplifier MK2, so all analog signal chain (link below). Even through my tube amp, it just doesn't sound or feel right for how I play. Doing this video with the Bass was more about keeping me from playing chords and the HX Stomp just makes it way easier to move the pedal around in the signal chain. Not really a bit crusher like I thought it might be.
ruclips.net/video/D-cUHGuLbTY/видео.html
@@Fullscalemusictn I wasn’t sure if it was not sounding the best because not playing well with modeling or going direct but maybe it’s the approach. Which is ok if that doesn’t work for how you write or play. It’s a finicky pedal.
It’s similar to a MXR Blue Box, you want to bring that sub octave in and play very cleanly above the 7th fret. On guitar I would use the neck pickup.
It’ll still warble and track imperfect but it should sound like a sub octave synth, 8 bit thing. I like it on slower single note riffs with notes sustained. Playing fast or with chords will cause the tracking to go nuts.
It’s a crude octave pedal versus a bit crusher. There’s cleaner pedals out there for octaves and bit crushing. It may not work for your sound.
Does it sound like that in the room with a speaker? Should sound like a bassy Nintendo moog lead in person.