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That Pedal Show – Introduction To Auto Wah & Envelope Filters

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Published on Nov 17, 2017
Duration:
0:55:20

Wacka wacka wacka, oooowww, eee, aaaahhh. Etc. You know what a wah-wah sounds like and you know what an auto-wah/envelope filter sounds like too… because you’ve heard ‘em through rock and pop history. They’re some of the most downright arousing tones ever committed to wax (or encoded into 1s and 0s).
Any road up, here we go through some vintage and modern envelope filters to see wha’s what (see what we did there?) and help newcomers find a foothold in the scraggy crevices on filter mountain.
Let’s get whakkin’ y'all. Ahem.



Pedals in this episode…

TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• D’Addario Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD
USA: https://bit.ly/3IRrhPE
Australia: http://bit.ly/2tfHqHN

• Musitronics Mu-Tron III
Discontinued

• Lovetone Meatball
Discontinued

• Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron+
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2zN6oCn
USA: https://bit.ly/3EjarWB

• EarthQuaker Devices Spatial Delivery
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2mzokx9
USA: https://bit.ly/32tp5NW
Australia: http://bit.ly/2AVVcUf

• Boss MD-500
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2wfNNiu
USA: https://bit.ly/3s50WYL
Australia: http://bit.ly/2vEfgd2

• Z-Vex Fuzz Factory
Australia: http://bit.ly/2zJ2sVx

• Fulltone OCD
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2dhU2ro
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/L6gGV
Australia: http://bit.ly/2qgh9eW

• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2
* Why do we have preferred retailer links? Find out here: http://www.thatpedalshow.com/partners


Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Introduction: 00:00
- Trumpton?: 1:25
- Background on filters: 2:26
- Bucket a chips: 3:09
- What is an envelope filter anyway? 3:43
- Musitronics Mu-Tron III discussion and sounds: 5:38
- Sensitivity at the input: 9:30
- Why not just use a wah-wah? 10:20
- Today’s amps: 12:42
- Let’s add some overdrive: 12:58
- Mu-Tron before and after overdrive: 13:31
- Lovetone Meatball discussion and sounds: 16:33
- Fuzz in the Meatball’s loop? 21:35
- Off/full/half? 23:35
- Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron+: 29:22
- EarthQuaker Devices Spatial Delivery discussion and sounds: 35:50
- Step mode in the Spatial Delivery: 37:27
- Analogue and/or digital… and the route to the Boss MD-500: 40:40
- Boss MD-500 discussion and sounds: 41:40
- Boss MD-500 vs Mu-Tron III 46:35
- Boss MD-500 & Mu Tron III with overdrive: 50:21


Guitars & amps in this episode
• Fender American Vintage Stratocaster: watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT

• Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster: watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K

• Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature & 2x12 cabinet

• Marshall 1987x & 2x12 20161x cabinet
USA That Pedal Shop: https://bit.ly/3v3Xazc


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