New EHX '9' pedal. Synth 9

handsomerik

handsomerik

Seems a bit more niche than the others. I just wish ehx stuff was better built and more reliable. I'd love to use some of their stuff but i just don't trust it based on past experiences. 

Moss

I want to like that, but it sounds awful

...and they butchered Blue Monday - unforgivable

impmann

I'm disappointed by it - it clearly doesn't track well, as Bill's timing is *well off* in a few places.

What is that last track supposed to be - its bugging me?

dogload

Some Rick Wakeman thing? I thought the Autobahn section was quite endearing, but overall I didn't think the sounds were really all that good. And it would be useful to have an input for an expression pedal for filter sweeping - I don't think they mentioned anything like that

UnclePsychosis

I really want to like that but that demo sounds pants :-(

Luminous

Agreed, doesn't sound that great, seems laggy and reminds me of the boss synth pedal.

jpttaylor

The other 9 pedals sound great and I expected this to sound in the same vein but...it's just not quite there. The lack of controls (only 2) is poor and the sounds are weird. They've gone from the Canyon to this, and it's definitely a downgrade.

VJIves

I'm surprised EHX have allowed that video to go out as is, it sounds desperately poor. The Mel9 demo was fantastic.

Dopesick

Surprised at all the positive YouTube comments accompanying the video - it really is not all that spectacular. Quite a dip from the quality of the Mel9.

DesVegas

It's all a bit meh

shady

I so wanted this to blow me socks off and be a smaller well sorted replacement for my big box Microsynth. I liked a couple of those examples but just not enough to knock the big old unpredictable, fat squelchy bastard off the board.

dano

Well that's 11 minutes off my life I won't be getting back.

Great idea for a pedal but some of the sounds are a little to fake / cheesy for me. Does have some interesting sounds but nothing a decent fuzz / octave combination cant really do.

Guitar playing isn't synth playing, they are different beasts. Maybe a different  demo would show it off better.

For the cost I'd recommend just buying a cheap synth of ebay and getting some good sounds from that. Can't see my bass microsynth getting moved on.q

impmann

TBH, if Bill Ruppert can't make this sound reasonable its fair to assume that its shocking.

Loobs

make it stop

gimmick after gimmick after gimmick

HarrySeven

I quite like it! 

But then again, I like all sorts of crap.

funkyfraz

Sounds very laggy and always on the verge of barfing out. On the other hand some of the pads sounded pretty useable so it'll probably be quite nice as long you accept it's limitations.

dogload

That's the thing - limitations. Just not enough control over those sounds.

frank1985

I commend ehx for thinking a little outside the box with their pedals, but as smeone mentioned their quality control is a little bit lacklustre. I always felt with EHX pedals on my board that I was going to accidentally smash them to pieces when pressing the switches. They may as well enclose the circuits in shoe boxes.

jamiexsilver

I'm not blown away by the demo video but I thought the mel9 sounded shite on YouTube videos, tried one for a laugh and loved it. I'm holding out on bashing it based on one video until I've had a chance to play with one and hear it with my real life ears.