I noticed that @CubistEffects had an interesting Tweet this morning, letting people know about a YouTube video he has featuring a modded Line 6 Filter Modeler (FM4). I was curious and had to watch. First off, Christian is the owner of Cubist Effects out of Sydney, Australia and he does some great work on repairing and modding pedals. You can learn more at his site (http://www.cubisteffects.com).
I’m hoping that Christian sees this post and can add some more information.. like what happens if you plug a guitar in to this? I know there are plenty of gear heads that are looking for noise generation, and this pedal with the mods seems pretty great for this.
UPDATE:
Christian just created a post on his site regarding this mod. You can read more about it here:
http://www.cubisteffects.com/2010/01/line-6-fm4-filter-modeler-modifications/
I wasn’t too familiar with the Line 6 MF4 so I wanted to take a look at this and see what it’s all about.
Here is the official product description:
The Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler Pedal gives you 16 new and vintage effects including Mu-Tron III, Moog, Arp, Korg, and Roland synths; Oberheim VCF; formant filter; and more. 4 memories. Bonehead simple to use. Tough as nails. Has true bypass.
I found a good video by gearwire that demos this pedal’s features:
You can pick up the Line 6 Filter Modeler (FM4) at Musician’s Friend for $249.99. And you can have it modded at Cubist Effects!
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13 years ago
Hey Effects Bay!
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THanks for posting the vid. I will have a post on my site shortly about this mod but in a nutshell, the Feedback mod re-routes Output B BACK in to Input A. This creates a feedback loop ie crazy bleeps, glitches and drones. This can also be achieved by running any pedal into a Feedback Looper made by brands like Death By Audio, ohnoho and Devi Ever.
The cool thing with this pedal is it becomes a stand-alone noisemaker or “synth” as a loose term. I found it best run through a mixer to control its levels more accurately and left as a table-top unit. Alternatively, if on your pedal board, running your guitar through it will produce a background oscillation (especially in the Synth models) similar to the ZVex Fuzz Factory.
But as I said, more background info on the pedal can be found at www.cubisteffects.com.
Cheers,
C.
.-= Christian´s last blog ..MALEKKO EKKO 616 ANALOG DELAY =-.
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