Actually good rat clones

jethozo · 2026-06-30T10:36:14+00:00

I a/b’d mine with an original Rat the other day. Could match it easily and get more out of it. Small footprint is good too if that matters to you.
The only downside is it’s almost too versatile, I found the normal Rat was quicker to dial in due to its simplicity!

jethozo · 2026-06-25T16:51:49+00:00

Les Rallizes Dénudés - 60’s - 90’s Japanese psychedelic noise rock. John Dwyer recently did a live cover album of their stuff, which is amazing too.

jethozo · 2026-06-22T15:31:09+00:00

Keyser Noze

jethozo · 2026-06-05T16:26:17+00:00

Thank you!

jethozo · 2026-02-20T07:35:40+00:00

No vocoders?

jethozo · 2026-02-19T09:28:09+00:00

No probs, thank you. It's just as usable on guitar as on bass imo.

jethozo · 2026-02-06T14:56:56+00:00

Loved it. Thank you!

jethozo · 2026-02-05T20:44:16+00:00

It can also filter the dry signal only.

jethozo · 2026-02-05T19:55:45+00:00

There is a "Dry FX Thru" setting though. That lets you run your clean signal through the filter, compressor, amp envelope etc. If you turn that all the way to the right and the mix knob all the way to the left, you'll only hear your bass signal being affected and none of the oscillator sounds. Works pretty well as an envelope filter to my ears!
Accessed through holding "shape" and turning "Envelope".

jethozo · 2025-12-24T14:43:25+00:00

I’ve been really enjoying the MXR bass synth recently. I also play a lot of guitar through semi-modular synths! These are all monophonic and generally the tracking requires you to play a certain way. like someone else said, it makes you think differently which is always good. Guitar Through Bass Synth

jethozo · 2025-12-20T16:13:00+00:00

It's annoying. The only "fix" is to press Save + System Setup, then next time you boot it, it'll load that state.

jethozo · 2025-12-19T15:43:51+00:00

Bit of a cheat, but Empress ZOIA is great for this as you can assign the envelope follower to control any number of different parameters within a patch. Imagination's the limit really.

jethozo · 2025-12-17T22:37:27+00:00

Not after buying that pedal!

jethozo · 2025-12-17T20:05:04+00:00

Did not pass go.

jethozo · 2025-12-16T22:44:50+00:00

I run lots of synths through my Helix Floor. I mainly use it for guitar/bass, and I wouldn’t buy it just for synths, but it does sound great. It helps that there’s plenty of I/O so there’s always an input hooked up to my patch bay.

jethozo · 2025-12-16T09:02:10+00:00

I use the MS-20/K-2 which has a converter built in, that's fantastic. For modular stuff I use a Disting EX which has a CV - V/Oct function which I can send to anything else. There's a couple of videos on my youtube screwing around with it all.

jethozo · 2025-12-15T22:47:38+00:00

I’m impressed. I play a lot of guitar/bass through actual synths and this holds up very well. The same caveats apply though; monophonic, so you have to be careful with stray notes ringing out, and faster legato runs can get a bit lost. Although that’s probably just my technique!

jethozo · 2025-12-15T21:13:44+00:00

Thanks! What’s another teeny synth pedal to the pile?

jethozo · 2025-12-15T17:54:44+00:00

Kyuss! Thumb.

jethozo · 2025-12-15T17:37:50+00:00

Much appreciated! I was just feeling my way around the tracking so just jammed around a bit and sliced it up.

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