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GeneticKiss 10.04.2006 03:24 PM

MXR Blue Box VS. Mid-Fi Electronics Glitch Computer
 
I wanna get one of these two, but sound quality is really most important...

Also considered Mid-Fi's Random Number Generator, but it seems like it'd be easier just to get the Blue Box becuz it's easier to find and cheaper...

Anyone have any thoughts to share on these or any other wacked-out pedals?

CHOUT 10.04.2006 09:20 PM

I have a Blue Box, and did the mod (simply clipping out one of the capacitors) and it sounds way better that way - more trebly and cuts through better than before. I like it, but don't really use it much in a band setting.

My friend is gonna buy a Glitch Computer soon...Never tried one, but my impression is that it does similar sounds and more than the Blue Box - of course at more than twice the price. The sound samples make me want one. I'll wait til my friend buys his to judge. He has the Pitch Pirate, and I really wasn't that impressed with it for the price.

Danny Himself 10.05.2006 06:46 AM

My Blue Box sucks ass. Something to do with the power. I spent £60 on it too.

_slavo_ 10.05.2006 11:35 AM

sounds really rad, especially the glitch computer.

swenson clane 10.05.2006 12:17 PM

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CHOUT 10.06.2006 03:40 AM

Mid-fi is coming out with a newer cheaper pedal soon...sounded cool. Kind of a clipping overdrive.

king_buzzo 10.06.2006 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Himself
My Blue Box sucks ass. Something to do with the power. I spent £60 on it too.


no it doesnt. its just a little guieter. GeneticKiss i can post sound samples over the weekend if you want

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Danny Himself 10.06.2006 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by king_buzzo
no it doesnt. its just a little guieter. GeneticKiss i can post sound samples over the weekend if you want


Yes it does. It doesn't work at all.

GeneticKiss 10.06.2006 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by king_buzzo
no it doesnt. its just a little guieter. GeneticKiss i can post sound samples over the weekend if you want


Could you do that? You can PM me if you want, or just post them here or a link or something...

Also, has anyone had any experience with the Boss XT-2 Xtortion pedal? Most people seem to love or hate these...supposedly it sucks as a distortion pedal but is good for harsh texturing...I've lusted over these since I saw one in a music store years ago...something about the name and the metallic red color was just so awesome to me...

CHOUT 10.06.2006 02:10 PM

It makes is a little more trebly - less muddy. It sounds much better to me with the mod - I wouldn't have bought it from my friend how it originally was. The mod takes about a minute tops.

CHOUT 10.06.2006 02:45 PM

It's not unbearably trebly - i could post some samples of my modded one when i have a chance. Even if you did the mod, you could resolder the capacitor back in if you didn't like it.

golden child 10.06.2006 02:47 PM

you can apply a switch, so you can turn the mod off and on.

CHOUT 10.06.2006 02:56 PM

The higher the note, the better it tracks. I'd probably like it more if it was only an octave down instead of two.

golden child 10.06.2006 03:00 PM

http://noisefx.com/article/mxr_blue_box_mod

next step 10.17.2006 01:39 PM

the blue box is so nasty that I love it..It's mechanical! I play it even with a moog sinth and it could be cool but you have to be carefull with freq cause it could dont sound at all :)....I like to play it just with the 'blend' pot completely closed and sink it into an echo or let it circle into a sweet phasing or flanger (interesting in stereo) but it's definitely great at a quite loud volume for me. Good even to stoned any drum rhythms....

king_buzzo 10.17.2006 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeneticKiss
Could you do that? You can PM me if you want, or just post them here or a link or something...


yeah sure, but i think next week though


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