I’m GASing for a synth bass pedal. Tbh most of them sound like absolute dogshit imo lol, I seriously just think they sound like a wet fart through a low pass resonant filter. Some are decent enough, but then I heard the Pandamidi Future Impact and went “that’s the one.”
Since my band has synthwave/cyberpunk elements it’d be useful to do legit-sounding synth bass and not the glorified farts most of the ones on the market produce, sounding like they just mix in raw square waves and a fuzz effect. A digitech one was pretty good, Source Audio I think was okay, electro harmonix ones, too.
The Future Impact blew them all away, imo. It’s also $300-$400 and has a virtual analog synth engine you can play with MIDI which probably explains why it’s so good at it. It’s not really a tradition “synth bass pedal.”
But I want to dig into the B6 synth engines some, the FM bass patch I had found was pretty good and it seems to track well and not be super glitchy.
You can’t beat what you can do with it. It’s insane.
I love mine.
You can program your way to synthy happiness. Has multiple synth blocks and sequencers too. Basically a euro rack synth in a pedal.
Add a MIDI footswitch and you have 128 different patches/synths/peograms at your foot.
I’ve found an old PJB Double Four on offer on eBay… and I couldn’t resist.
I also had to make an account on the spot, although I thought to be registered already. Let’s see how it goes with this GAS attack
I’ve been looking at these too @MC-Canadastan but I’m torn between spending on these and beginning to upgrade the cheap P bass. Have choices to make after a $1900 vet bill for the dog!
Just watched the vid you posted.
That guy Nathan is like the C4 guru too.
I think the difference here is you’ve only got some knobs to deal with Vs programming everything from scratch or modding an online patch someone started. C4 def takes some learning but you as a synth wiz can probably make it do way more than I’ve figured out.
Now I want an expression pedal, the Future Impact, and probably a reverb. Maybe a dedicated volume pedal, but then I ask myself why? I will never use volume and wah at the same time; one pedal is fine…
On the other hand, can I really afford the CPU power the B6 will want for a volume or wah pedal?? It’s not made of DSP, you know…
Well, to be fair, the Future Impact sounds like a real synth and I still can’t find SA C4 samples that get what I need, and the B6’s are more like all the usual synth pedals; ie, I need a synth pedal to sound like electronic/synth bass used in trance, synthwave, etc, not a geriatric whale walrus farting through low pass filter with enough resonance to set the world on fire And I kinda need this for my band; it’s either that or control a synth I already own that has a built-in sequencer, which also has possibilities… but doing that also involves a pedal that can send MIDI notes so I can transpose the playing sequences, stop/start it with my feet, etc I should have kept my HD500X - it could send MIDI notes from its footswitches
And expression, I just like playing with volume swells and want to pretend I’m Geezer Butler or Cliff Burton sometimes.
So, you see, these are really just needs because Zoom is inadequate at designing pedals with all my needs
At least I own the reverb pedal already, at least…
And we aren’t playing live at all right now, so no rush…
Edit The Lehle Dual Expression Pedal is a good size: It’s 7.87" x 3.3" so it should fit nicely next to the B6, unlike the comically small MelAudio one that is 5.5" x 2.2" - Though there is a massive price difference of $200 o.O
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Edit I think I am just going to take a dremel to my sketchy $20 Nektar pedal and install a jack on it (it’s hardwired) for now.
And I kinda need this for my band; it’s either that or control a synth I already own that has a built-in sequencer, which also has possibilities… but doing that also involves a pedal that can send MIDI notes so I can transpose the playing sequences, stop/start it with my feet, etc 
