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What are your thoughts about adding a bass booster pedal to get some nice EDM vibe? I think I want to buy this pedal but I want to know: will it work?
EHX Mole Bass Booster
Specs:
- Up to 20 dB of LOW frequency added
- Center frequency of 400 Hz to 200 Hz at max. volume
- True bypass
Last edited by V0idSm0ke (Sep 9, 2014 12:13 pm)
Depends what you're adding it to - I think on the gameboy it might sound like butts to be honest, because the gameboy already has ridiculous amounts of bass
Also modern EDM in general doesn't tend to be all ridiculous low end on the whole track, but pumping mid range content against a snappy thick kick - extreme low end energy is used as an effect but not constantly throughout the songs 
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maybe change the title to "EHX Mole Bass Booster" (also should be in audio production section or other hardware, not general discussion.. you'll 'll get more and/or better answers if you do this)
also keep in mind those pedals are tuned to guitar frequency ranges. You might be better off using a regular pitch shifter like a whammy pedal.
at 200 - 400 hz youre not going to get a whole lot of extra sub thumping but you will get a lot of mud and phase.
The pedal seems intended for the E string of a guitar. Use an eq or a mixer with eq on the channel strips instead.
Ok thanks guess I'll let the EQ in the mixer do the LOW boost.
I would rather keep the original signal and get it out a PHAT bass amp...
too much veryvery low bass might sound nice on very good audio material (headphones or speakers) but usually ends up as ugly sound garbage on most of other gear... playing with punchy middle might be a better option sometimes...
If you want rad edm sounds try a distortion pedal and use 2
Gameboys. See "Emerald City Outrage" by Electric Children
Yeah used an hardwire metal distortion pedal and a delay pedal already and think it sounds pretty cool. I want to use those pedals live to actually perform something instead of pressing just start. Thought a bass booster would be perfect for breakdowns and massive bassdrops (if possible with LSDJ)
Last edited by V0idSm0ke (Sep 6, 2014 12:16 pm)
See "Emerald City Outrage" by Electric Children
That's awesome btw
Apparently there is a new pedal on the market: the Harmonic Decoder by Sunsine Audio. It is a guitar pedal with a glitchy sound.
Check it out and let me hear what you think! --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTz51UQgEks