Synth Bass on Steroids: The Power of EFX Pedals

video upload by Anthony Marinelli Music

"In this video, Anthony reveals one of his personal favorite trade secrets. He shows us how to transform any synth bass sound into a synth bass on steroids by using various combinations of 5 different guitar efx pedals including the Electro Harmonix Big Muff, MXR MX-134 Stereo Chorus, Musitronics Mu-tron Phasor II, MXR MX-118 Analog Delay and A/DA Flanger. He illustrates the difference and importance between the wet sound (efx only), the dry sound (no efx) and mixing the wet and dry sound together. By running both of these sounds into a mixer, you have the option to add as much special personality from the wet sound without losing the energy and definition of the solid dry bass sound. You can then add as much of the wet sound as you prefer, much like adding spice to your food. Think of each pedal as a spice from a different part of the world. When you get the spice balance between wet and dry just right, you’ll create a sound with a unique personality. This is one of the special powers that comes from using EFX pedals with synthesizers and a sure fire way to create synth bass sounds on steroids.

CHAPTER TIME STAMPS
:00 intro
:16 Electro Harmonix Big Muff (silicon fuzz)
1:37 MXR MX-134 Stereo Chorus
2:58 Musitronics Mu-tron Phasor II
4:19 MXR MX-118 Analog Delay
5:32 A/DA Flanger
6: 53 Summary

Anthony's musical touch as both composer and performer is connected with some of the most influential creative minds over the last 40 years. He’s composed and conducted original orchestral scores for over 80 feature films including Young Guns, Internal Affairs, The Man From Elysian Fields, 15 Minutes and Planes, Trains & Automobiles, been commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic for his symphonic work "In the Family Way", written over one thousand TV commercials in a myriad of musical styles, co-founded Levels Audio Post (LA's premiere post production facility) and performed and arranged on big-box-office films and influential hit records such as Michael Jackson's Thriller.

His extensive work as a young arranger, orchestrator and performer for Quincy Jones, Jack Nitzsche, Lamont Dozier, Arthur Rubenstein and Giorgio Moroder was vital in launching his own career. His early years pioneering modular analog synthesizers along with his wide-ranging music scholarship positioned Anthony at the center of the music technology revolution. He attended the University of Southern California School of Music as a piano and composition major."

Website: www.anthonymarinelli.com

Roland TR-55 from 1972 through A/DA STD-1

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"Messing around with a Roland Rhythm box and a Stereo tap delay. Guest appearance by the Korg Delta."

A/DA Harmony Synthesizer demo

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A/DA Harmony Synthesizer Model 2

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via this auction Not the best pic but you don't see these often.

"ada harmony synthesizer from 1978. this is a very rare pedal there were only 800 made . this one is 110v and has a 110v plug attached."

VINTAGE A/DA Flanger Effects Pedal Made in Berkeley, CA

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"Original A/DA Flanger Effects Pedal... This rare example of the A/DA Flanger, hand-made in Berkeley California in the 1970's..."

SN 226811

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A/DA Harmony Synthesizer

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"A/DA Harmony Synthesizer - One of 800 ever made"

SUPER RARE ADA HARMONY SYNTHESIZER EFFECT PEDAL

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inside an ADA

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Craig Anderton's ADA HARMONY SYNTHESIZER with CONTROL PEDAL

SN 1013 via this auction

"ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL ADA HARMONY SYNTHESIZER with CONTROL PEDAL and MANUAL... serial number 1013... holy grail of vintage effects. ADA HARMONY SYNTHESIZER, this is actually the actual one pictured in the original manual ! (Craig Anderton wrote the manual back in 1978 for ADA) see pictures. the manual written for all ADA HARMONY SYNTHESIZER was based upon this very unit as a benchmark. it is in MINT CONDITION with the uber rare OPTIONAL CONTROL PEDAL..."

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A/DA Harmony Synthesizer Demo

YouTube via shrigg | September 04, 2010
via this auction. follow-up to this post where you'll find the pics.
"1979 vintage analog delay and harmonizing effect pedal made by A/DA. Only 800 of these were ever made and very few are surviving today. Check out the analog good fun!"

A/DA Harmony Synthesizer w/ Expression Pedal

shrigg | September 04, 2010

"Here is what happens when you plug an expression pedal into the Control Pedal input"

A/DA Harmony Synthesizer for Sale

via Darren: "Here are pics of my A/DA Harmony Synthesizer. Amazingly, I received it in the original shipping box with the sales receipt and blank warranty card! This is a true Holy Grail level piece that works perfectly. Price is $4000 for this unheard of specimen... will consider reasonable offers." You can contact shroeger at gmail.com

Update: Now on Ebay, videos here.

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ADA HARMONY SYNTHESIZER

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"For 800 of these being made ever, it is quite rare, but even for that production number, these are incredibly difficult to find..."

inside an A/DA Harmony Synthesizer

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A/DA ADA Harmony Synthesizer

via this auction
"It is essentially a lo-fi polyphonic harmony device with Memory Man type echo w/crazy regeneration that takes your signal and can split it to any interval from 2 octaves down to one octave up. Two harmony intervals can be set up. Where things get interesting is how you set everything in relation to 2 separate delay/echo times that work in conjunction and out of conjunction with each other. Echo/Delay from 12ms to 250ms. Come of the effects include sequencer like arpeggios that trail up and down, wobbly textures, keyboard type pad drones, echo that will shift and blow your head off. Different harmonies can be punched in with the 2nd harmony ft. switch.

The amount of chips and processing that created this in 1978 is mind boggling. Only 800 of these were released for $500 in 1978. Robert Fripp of King Crimson owns 3 of them for his rig."

A/DA Harmony Synthesizer demo

YouTube via NonDigitalTom
"Demo of the super rare A/DA Harmony Synthesizer. This is (to the best of our knowledge) the ONLY harmonizer ever designed using all analog circuitry. Video features demonstrations of the harmonizing features on various settings, A and B harmony channels with momentary switching, analog delay setting, and self-oscillation capabilities. The video was recorded live, no post-production audio. The guitar is a '52 Reissue Fender Telecaster, and the amp is a '66 Blackface Fender Princeton Reverb with a Jensen C10N speaker. No other effects are used."

HARMONY SYNTHESIZER made by A/DA

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"It measures aprox. 9 X 11 1/2 inches and weighs in at a meaty 6 pounds, 11 ounces. The case is cast metal and is extremely well built. These are hard to find (only 800 were made around 1980)"

A/DA HARMONY SYNTH Pedal

via this auction

"An extremely rare item to be found today: A/DA's Harmony Synthesizer. This is the holy grail of A/DA effects pedals and apparently in 1980 there were only 800 of these made retailing for $500.00 each! This effects pedal has been called 'Exquisitely rare'

Controls:
On rear of unit the following jacks: Control Pedal Switch, Effect Out, Mix Out, In
On top of unit: Knobs- Regeneration, Delay Only(25 ms > 200 ms), Harmony A(Coarse Tune, Fine Tune, Delay 12.5 ms > 100 ms), Harmony B(Coarse Tune, Fine Tune), Mix(Dry, Effect), Level; On/Off Click Switches- Regeneration, Delay Only/Harmony, Harmony A/B, Effect In/Out"