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Topic: TC Electronics Sub'n'up |
b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2018 8:20 am |
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For the past few years I've been using an Electro Harmonix POG2 for organ effects, along with various Leslie emulators. The POG2 works well but it is large and complex. I was thinking of downsizing to the POG Nano when I came across this cute little gadget:
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The videos on YouTube sounded really good through my headphones so I ordered one from Sweetwater. It arrived yesterday and I hooked it up last night between the EH Mel9 and the Strymon Lex (before the volume pedal). Big thumbs up! 
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The "Dry" knob all the way up is the same volume as you'd get with the unit off. You can then blend in an octave above, an octave below, and 2 octaves below. It tracks really well. The high octave is a bit artificial but to my ears it sounds better than the POG2. The low octaves sound very natural to me. It really adds a lot to the solo flute and clarinet voices of the Mel9 (Mellotron emulator), like a cathedral organ sound.
I highly recommend the Sub'n'up to anyone looking to expand their sound. It's a very clean effect.
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George Buechley
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 8:29 am
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Thanks b0b. Very interesting review. Might make the Mel 9 more viable for steel.
George
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 10:08 am
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At first I thought the Mel9 sounded horrible, but the more I learn how use it, the better it sounds. It's tricky. I eventually realized that it has to go before the volume pedal to do its magic properly. I wish EHX would make a similar box with clean digital orchestral sounds instead of emulating antique tape loops. That would be something!
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George Buechley
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 10:22 am
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I’ll have to see what the Subnup adds to whole system. Very curious now. The only Mel 9
setting I’ve used live is the cello with considerable reverb.
George
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 4:23 pm
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| My wife got me a Strymon Lex fir my birthday. Nice lady👠I have it on the leg of my Mullen and while it’s OK, it’s good to know it will play nice with the TC Pedal. |
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Chris Garner
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2018 2:20 pm
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| As to the Mel9, what did you find different as to placement before the volume pedal? I plan on trying it out. Love the sounds, but the attack gets tricky to control. Is that what cleared up? |
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