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Title: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: Lunatic Sound on February 09, 2018, 08:49:41 pm
Just a little advice:

If you happen to find a FreqBox somewhere, its an amazing combo partner for the brute.

A Moog OSC,  HardSync and extra FM makes this thing go wild. And its all controllable via CV.

Does anyone here happen to have tried it?
It really is a wonderful extension.

Even if you use it just for the drive...

There is just one drawback- the FreqBox filters out some brilliance. I wonder if its just mine, or if they all do it.
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: minus_ego on February 09, 2018, 11:21:53 pm
I too have used the FrebBox with the brute, it seems a perfect companion.  I take the OSC OUT from the freqbox and feed into the Ext IN on the brute to have 4 oscillators going and then from there its just madness...madness, I tell you.
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: joeman on February 09, 2018, 11:56:49 pm
Dare me :p
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: joeman on February 09, 2018, 11:57:59 pm
Double dare me! :p :p
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: Lunatic Sound on February 10, 2018, 11:25:41 am
Awesome!

Is your FreqBox acting as a low pass filter as well, reducing some of the high frequencies in the input signal? I got a used one and I am wondering, if its a malfunction.
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: joeman on February 10, 2018, 02:27:42 pm
Is your FreqBox acting as a low pass filter as well, reducing some of the high frequencies in the input signal? I got a used one and I am wondering, if its a malfunction.

I don't use them in a way that would display that kind of behaviour. I tend to plug them all into each other and the end result is stuff like this:

https://soundcloud.com/deucemanton/supamoist (https://soundcloud.com/deucemanton/supamoist)

and this:

https://soundcloud.com/joeman/daddy-why-are-your-eyes-red (https://soundcloud.com/joeman/daddy-why-are-your-eyes-red)

etc :) :) :)

I could conduct some tests if you want to specify settings and send you recordings etc, I have 3 MF107s to test with here. But answering your question without knowing your settings (repeatable steps) is basically impossible. There are too many variables here.
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: DrJustice on February 10, 2018, 04:35:27 pm
Dare me :p
Double dare me! :p :p

 :o  :o  :o  I'm not sure if that's legal..    :P ;D 8)
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: joeman on February 11, 2018, 02:45:25 am
:o  :o  :o  I'm not sure if that's legal..    :P ;D 8)

Haha, nah it should be mandatory!

“Shut up and smoke that. It’s the law!” - Bill Hicks.

:)

I can promise you that I’ve had nothing but immense fun deep diving into musical experimentation with all this stuff.
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: Lunatic Sound on February 11, 2018, 10:48:50 am
Hey Joeman,

thanks for the motivation to help me.

Actually, when you just use the FreqBox as the only device in the MatrixBrutes insert channel, and you switch it between bypass and on, pushing the metal stomp button, there is quite the audible difference between the bypassed signal and the signal going through the FreqBox. Even when the Freq's Mix is fully turned to just the input signal, counterclockwise. There is just some high frequency context missing.

And since you can compare the sound so easily (by pressing the metal stomp knob), it is very clearly audible.

If you wanna give that a try, I would be thankful indeed!

Cheers!

Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: Lunatic Sound on February 11, 2018, 10:52:03 am
Oh, and that Moog Tower of yours looks as impressive as it looks dangerous  :o
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: joeman on February 12, 2018, 05:55:27 am
Actually, when you just use the FreqBox as the only device in the MatrixBrutes insert channel, and you switch it between bypass and on, pushing the metal stomp button, there is quite the audible difference between the bypassed signal and the signal going through the FreqBox. Even when the Freq's Mix is fully turned to just the input signal, counterclockwise. There is just some high frequency context missing.

Yes definitely high frequency cut when used like this. All three MF107 tested same result.
Title: Re: Moogerfooger FreqBox and MatrixBrute - Dream Team
Post by: Lunatic Sound on February 13, 2018, 10:41:54 am
Okay, sad to hear but good to know!

Thank you!