MXR Envelope Filter - Build Report Part Deux

[Bill_F]

Thought I'd just report in again after playing this bad boy for a bit. All I can say is Peter I can see why this was your favorite out of your purchased pedals. This thing is unbelievable, so versatile and fun. It's not a plug-n-play sort of pedal. All the knobs seem to interact to some degree, but once you start to see how they are working along with the mods (reverse, emphasis, filter) the variations are immense.

Today I was playing a DIY SD-1 into the envelope filter then into a slightly overdriven Laney amp. I was getting tones that reminded me a bit of Michael Shenker. I set the envelope filter to where it was getting hardly any sweep, it sounded more like a wah in a fixed position, very nasally. I couldn't believe how good it sounded, very inspiring.

I built this more as a challenge, thinking I might not use it a lot. I was a bit tired of building distortions (sorry Aron) and wanted to try some things that were different. But now I can see that this thing just has to go onto the pedal board.

Sorry for rambling, but I wanted to let you all know that this pedal is well worth the time and effort it took to build it.

Thanks Francisco, another great project.

Bill

[roseblood11]

Hi Bill,

can you get this sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0g6-fO_YnM
with the mxr clone?

Sue

[frequencycentral]

Hi Bill,

can you get this sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0g6-fO_YnM
with the mxr clone?

Sue

He probably won't reply:

Last Active:  August 25, 2005, 11:48:11 PM