I performed a bake off not so long ago. I don't have the UA, nor a hardware Muff. Audified discontinued their Multidrive Pedal Pro, unfortunately. Offered a choice of 12 pedals including a very usable Big Muff Pi. Nembrini's Big Stuff ended uninstalled along with Analog Obsession's pedalz. They both disappointed bigly. Audiority's Big Goat includes a gate and is a fine option, but I found that I mostly prefer Fuse's Big Sur.
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- KVRian
- 1484 posts since 26 Aug, 2019
- KVRAF
- 6031 posts since 2 Sep, 2019
I actually like the Nembrini. It’s more aggressive than others, which I chalk up to being a V9 NYC reissue model.
Big Sur is quite interesting because it’s a model of the V4 Muff, which was quite different than all other versions in that it used an op-amp instead of 4 transistors. Billy Corgan used one of those.
I will likely pick up the Kuassa Moon Muffin too and see how those models compare to the others.
Big Sur is quite interesting because it’s a model of the V4 Muff, which was quite different than all other versions in that it used an op-amp instead of 4 transistors. Billy Corgan used one of those.
I will likely pick up the Kuassa Moon Muffin too and see how those models compare to the others.
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- KVRAF
- 6031 posts since 2 Sep, 2019
One other Big Muff model I almost forgot: Big Fuzz τ in Fazertone Overdrive Essentials. It’s modeled with machine learning, though I’m not sure which pedal version was measured.
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- KVRian
- 1484 posts since 26 Aug, 2019
I'll give you aggressive on the Nembrini. Not saying it was bad, just I found it limited and not to my taste. With the alternatives I had at hand, no need to keep installed. Waves MDMX Fuzz along with Multimod rack is where I'll spend next time exploring, but that's outside Electro Harmonix territory. Have an Ehx Flatiron Fuzz pedal that I want to compare with the plugins (maybe RAT more than Muff).
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- KVRian
- 705 posts since 17 Sep, 2007 from Planet Thanet
- KVRAF
- 15553 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
One should never assume, but in my experience IK does a good to great job with it's modern emulations.
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- KVRAF
- 15553 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
I think there are some decent EH emulations of their basic stuff, of course you're not going to get the odd stuff, but IMO, there are so many amazing, creative effects out there. Distortion pedals are great, but check out Arturia's Coldfire plugin or Fabfilter's Saturn. I could go on all day. Just find the thread about creative effects.
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- KVRAF
- 6405 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
I have an EHX stereo distortion (Op Overlord), it's ok. Definitely, there are many more interesting and arguably better distortions/fuzz'z out there in both HW and SW (tho I have yet to find a decent fuzz in SW, they just don't sound the same for some reason imo )...
*I have a Fairfield Circuitry 'Unpleasant Surprise' experimental fuzz, that one's really
good.
*I have a Fairfield Circuitry 'Unpleasant Surprise' experimental fuzz, that one's really
good.
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- KVRist
- 280 posts since 28 Jun, 2017
Not a dongle, it's an analog device with plugin I/O, similar to the Analog Hest.resynthesis wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 10:52 pm What about the EHX VST with dongle
https://www.ehx.com/products/big-muff-p ... re-plugin/
- KVRAF
- 6031 posts since 2 Sep, 2019
Yeah. It seems really stupid. Totally defeats the purpose of ITB software. If I wanted something like that, I’d just buy an actual Big Muff pedal and run my signal through it. At least a proper pedal would be useful playing out. And a lot cheaper, too.
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- KVRian
- 705 posts since 17 Sep, 2007 from Planet Thanet
I was being flippantdubguy99 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 9:01 amNot a dongle, it's an analog device with plugin I/O, similar to the Analog Hest.resynthesis wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 10:52 pm What about the EHX VST with dongle
https://www.ehx.com/products/big-muff-p ... re-plugin/
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- KVRAF
- 4356 posts since 2 Jul, 2005
There was/ is a SPICE realtime audio modeling thingy out in the world. I'm pretty sure I got it from GitHub or somewhere similar. Seems like the logical approach to fiddling with circuits in software to me. I just go for hard clipping with pre/ post filtering when I want fuzz. Outside of some of their "synth" pedals, I've never been blown away by any of the EH stuff I've played with.
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- KVRAF
- 23257 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
I remember this one being excellent: https://guitarandbassplugins.com/doomplugs/