Dave Moore
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The new fm9 firmware adds mutron as a filter type, I did not see this in the latest axe fx III beta notes. Anyone running the beta know if this is in the new axe firmware?
It's their auto-wah effect, not their phaser effect, that's in the new release. "Mu-Tron" seems to have become a shorthand synonym for "the auto-wah effect made by the Mu-Tron company" over the decades.That’s a phaser right ? What make a mutron more special than the phaser we already have ?
With that avatar you haven't already?Looks like I may need to add some Dead to the sets!
It's also an Envelope Filter, so probably...The Mutron sounds like its similar to the Lovetone Meatball which was famously used on Metallica's "I Disappear" track... keep me honest here though.... would this effect provide the same thing?![]()
The Lovetone Meatball is amazing, a bit more of a Swiss Army Knife than most of the Mutron envelope filter versions. I lusted after one for a long time, as a friend used one quite heavily back in the mid-90s when they came out. I eventually got one about 20 years ago, and it lived on my pedalboard for a few years. They were going for crazy money for a while, but that seems to have calmed back down again. I'll have a dig into the Axe FX Mutron and see if can do all the crazy stuff the Meatball can.The Mutron sounds like its similar to the Lovetone Meatball which was famously used on Metallica's "I Disappear" track... keep me honest here though.... would this effect provide the same thing?![]()
How close does the Axe come to the range of options of the Voodoo Vibe?The Lovetone Meatball is amazing, a bit more of a Swiss Army Knife than most of the Mutron envelope filter versions. I lusted after one for a long time, as a friend used one quite heavily back in the mid-90s when they came out. I eventually got one about 20 years ago, and it lived on my pedalboard for a few years. They were going for crazy money for a while, but that seems to have calmed back down again. I'll have a dig into the Axe FX Mutron and see if can do all the crazy stuff the Meatball can.
The Meatball is an absolute rabbit hole of a pedal. I always think it is to envelope filters as the Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe is to vib/trem/chorus pedals. Capable of almost anything, but some care, thought and experimentation needed to get what you want from it.
Liam
Good question. I don't actually own a Voodoo Vibe anymore, which I guess answers the question to some extent...How close does the Axe come to the range of options of the Voodoo Vibe?