Electro-Harmonix Bass Mono Synth Pedal

Turn Your Bass Into 11 Rich Sounding Synths With The Electro Harmonix Bass Mono Synth Pedal

The EHX Bass Mono Synth transforms your bass into eleven great sounding synthesizers… from vintage synth emulations to thick, stacked voices to deep pulsing sounds and more. 

Its intuitive layout makes it easy to use and easy to dial in good sounds quickly. DRY controls the volume of your dry bass signal at the Synth Output. SYNTH controls the volume of the Synthesizer sound at the Synth Output. Used together they let you create just the right mix. The SENS control, short for sensitivity, adjusts how your playing dynamics trigger the synthesizer and allows you to fine tune the way the pedal responds to your bass rig & playing style. 

With the CTRL knob you can adjust a key parameter for each of the eleven synth types. It varies depending on the preset and provides more tweakability for customizing your sound. There’s also an EXP input which lets you control an entirely different parameter in real-time with an expression pedal! 

Using the built-in Preset footswitch, a user customizable preset for each of the eleven synth sounds can be created, saved and recalled. The factory presets are also easy to restore should you wish to. 

From lush, warm sounds to sharp, percussive stabs, the Bass Mono Synth puts a collection of cool bass synths at your fingertips.

SYNTH TYPE DESCRIPTIONS

1. LASER – deep, pulsating synth.

• CTRL: this knob adjusts the attack and decay times of the filter envelope.
• As CTRL is turned clockwise both the attack and decay times slow down.
• EXP: the expression pedal controls the cutoff frequency of the filter and sets the jump-off frequency for the envelope sweep. As the pedal travels from heel to toe the filter frequency goes from bass to treble.

2. X-FADE – multi VCO synth with some dry signal added to the filter sweep.

• SENS: sets filter sweep envelope follower depth and synth volume.
• CTRL: adjusts the decay time of the filter envelope. 
• EXP: controls the cutoff frequency of the filter and the base of the filter envelope sweep.

3. ACID – fast decaying synth reminiscent of the TB-303.

• SENS: higher settings make for wider filter sweeps.
• CTRL: adjusts both filter resonance and sweep depth of the filter envelope. As CTRL is turned clockwise, both resonance and filter envelope frequency range increase.
• EXP: the expression pedal controls the filter envelope’s decay time, which is triggered by pick attacks. Decay time increases as the pedal is swept from heel to toe.

4. COSMIC – bright and aggressive synth with subtle pitch modulation.

• CTRL: sets the decay time of the filter envelope.
• EXP: controls pitch modulation depth.

5. SUB – round sub-octave synth for adding low end.

• CTRL: controls the volume of the sub-octave oscillator.
• EXP: controls the cutoff frequency of the filter.

6. GROWL – percussive, punchy synth.

• SENS: adjusts filter sweep depth.
• CTRL: sets the decay time of the filter envelope.
• EXP: controls the filter envelope’s sweep depth or frequency range.

7. WUB – pulsating synth with a modulating filter.

• CTRL: sets the speed of modulation.
• EXP: controls the filter’s center frequency.

8. UNISON – the huge sound of stacking voices on a polyphonic synth

• CTRL: sets the decay time of the filter envelope.
• EXP: controls the cutoff frequency of the filter and the base of the filter envelope sweep.

9. TWIN – A throaty synth sound.

• SENS: higher settings make for wider filter sweeps.
• CTRL: adjusts the attack and decay times of the filter envelope.
• EXP: controls the filter envelope’s sweep depth or frequency range.

10. SPECTRE – multi VCO synth with an added adjustable pitched note.

• SENS: higher settings make for wider filter sweeps.
• CTRL: adjusts the filter’s cutoff frequency.
• EXP: controls the pitch of the added note in half-step increments. The pitch ranges from -1 octave-at the heel-to + 4 octaves-at the toe.

11. OBLIVION – big, lush, warm synth tone with a warbling modulation effect.

• CTRL: controls the rate of modulation.
• EXP: controls the resonance of the filter.

• Buffered bypass
  
• Input impedance: 2.2M
• Output impedance (for both output jacks): 680
• Current draw: 125mA

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