BitQuest! (and a NPD)

Paul_C

hubobulous

There is nothing like a NPD with a Hey Duggee reference. Congrats!!

Shark_Eyes

Nice! Time to dig out the suggested settings thread.
If he ever releases one with presets I am buying one instantly.

TheMarlin

I really want a bitquest

Paul_C

Shark_Eyes said:

Nice! Time to dig out the suggested settings thread.
If he ever releases one with presets I am buying one instantly.

Yes, I'm glad I posted to that as I haven't found my notebook with all my old settings in yet

VJIves

I can't imagine not having a Bitquest. It fills in so many gaps when I need a particular sound.

menamestom

I've always fancied one of these.  Can you get bread and butter sounds easily, or is it one if those pedals you would endlessly mess with for whaky sounds you never find again? 

Paul_C

I'm sure you can find some simple sounds from it, but I use it for its ability to create amusement and/or extra sparkles to what I'm mucking about with.

Because it's very easy to forget settings I write down everything I like as I go.

The only thing I haven't tried with a BitQuest! is . . . another BitQuest. I reckon two or three would be nearly enough.

Wazmeister

Paul, great to have you back mate !

Flanging_Fred

I feel the need to contribute to this thread.

VJIves

menamestom said:

I've always fancied one of these.  Can you get bread and butter sounds easily, or is it one if those pedals you would endlessly mess with for whaky sounds you never find again? 

You can totally get basic sounds with it, and they're all excellent. Want a cocked wah? Easy. Endless reverb? Also easy! I use the flanger and the bit crusher a lot. It can be a utility pedal or a spazzy mental pedal, all depends on how you employ it.

Dopesick

I found so many good sounds with the Bitquest. The flange is ace, the delay is psychotic, and the ring mod can get real whooshy. That said, it was still a pain when having to alter the controls whenever changing algorithms, and that turned out to be the deal breaker. Still, an absolute blinding bit of kit.

What would be cool (I guess) is if Ryan would release a 'Super Bitquest' with the ability to change and save presets so wouldn't have to keep bending down to change things. However that would mean making the footprint larger, and I guess a large part of the charm of the Bitquest is its diminutive size. Plus it would be bloody expensive.

Paul_C

I resisted the urge to buy an EQD Acapulco Gold fuzz pedal by spending the afternoon messing around with my BitQuest! switched to Fuzz and working through the various settings.

Here are the ones I wrote down for those who might be interested. The knobs are numbered

1 4
2 5
3 6

Flanger
----------
1. 11:00 (lower than this stops the sweep)
2. 9:30
3. 10:00
4. 1:00
5. 1:30
6. 5:00

Filter
------
1. 3:30
2. 10:30
3. 10:00
4. 1:00
5. 10:00
6. 2:00

Bit Crusher
--------------
1. 8:00          
2. 11:00
3. 10:00
4. 10:30
5. 1:30
6. 2:00

1. 10:30
2. 1:30
3. 10:00
4. 11:00
5. 10:30
6. 3:00

Reverb
---------
1. 10:30 / 9:00 / 8:00 / 5:00
2.   1:30 / 3:00 / 5:00 / 1:00
3. 10:00
4. 11.00
5. 10:30
6. 3:00

Notch
-------
1. 10:30
2. 1:00
3. 10:00
4. 1:30
5. 10:30
6. 3:00

Pitch
------
1. 5:00
2. 1:00
3: 10:00
4. 5:00(tune)
5. 10:30
6. 3:00

Ring Mod.
------------
1. 9:00
2. 1:30
3. 10:00
4. 1:30  
5. 10:30
6. 3:00
Exterminate!

Paul_C

       
More fun today (so much so that I've ordered another pedal, not a second BitQuest . . . yet)

Here are some more clean settings (so that I can still find them even if I throw away my notebook)

Clean Delay

1. 7:00
2. 1:00
3. 12:00
4. 1:30
5. 7:30
6. 2:00

1. 4:30
2. 1:00
3. 12:00
4. 7:00
5. 4:30 (tune)
6. 1:00

1. 5:00
2. 1:00
3. 12:00
4. 11:00
5. 9:30
6. 2:30

Clean Flanger

1. 1:00
2. 10:30
3. 12:00
4. 1:00
5. 10:00
6. 2:00

One of them (I think it was the last one) combined with the Miku sounded like a choir of drunken mice, with some notes sounding like they're being accompanied by bagpipes, which has got to be worth the price of a BitQuest! alone. . . 

DesVegas

One of them (I think it was the last one) combined with the Miku sounded like a choir of drunken mice, with some notes sounding like they're being accompanied by bagpipes, which has got to be worth the price of a BitQuest! alone. . .   

http://68.media.tumblr.com/c4adc4d05bfac4a03a884877f6312d98/tumblr_inline_nwkzwfqq4d1qz6f4b_250.gif

VJIves

You can get a really nice chorus by lining up two almost identical notes in the pitch mode.

Paul_C

Because the BitQuest! has got me back playing guitar rather than spending half the day on the internet, I decided to ride the wave of enthusiasm and buy another pedal

So now I've got to find room for not only the Mr Black Gilamondo that I took out to make room for the BitQuest! but also a shiny new Digitech Obscura

If funds come my way I also fancy the Catalinbread Bicycle Delay but this will do very nicely for adding delay when the BitQuest! is busy making other silly noises.

Dopesick

I had an Obscura up for grabs on this site over the last couple of weeks. Fantastic pedal. I've owned it three times so far and tbh I'm not ruling out a fourth in the future.

Paul_C

I did look to see if anyone was selling, but didn't find one. If I'd seen the WMD Geiger Counter in time I'd have had that first though

Shark_Eyes

Just paired up my bitquest with a whammy, two delays and reverb. Got some Blade runner / Vangelis style pads going.

Bit quest was set to:
Whatever the 4th setting is, mine doesn't say.
1: 2.30
2: 5.00 (all the way to the right)
3: 12.30
4: 1.00
5: 7.00 (all the way to the left)
6: 5.00 ( all the way to the right)

Paul_C

I'll try that setting tomorrow

I've got the new pedal added to the line up and made room for the Gilamondo too.