Auto Wah/Envelope Filter?

Brad

Thinking about getting an auto wah/envelope filter. What do you guys recommend?

Branshen

An autowah and an envelope filter are similar but they sound pretty different. Which are you looking for?

EricTheWeary

Doing the fishmouth thing whilst you play :-)

I have a DOD 440 clone and they have just reissued that. It's relatively subtle which is what I like about it. I find AW/EV's can get a bit burpy sounding.

At the slightly posher end the Emma Discumbobulator looks fine and if I had any actual money I could be tempted by that.

Branshen

If you're looking for really cheap, I quite like the line 6 otto filter. Only 25 delivered.

Soundwise, it put up a good fight against a snow white autowah clone I had, but it was waaaaay easier to dial in.

http://www.pmtonline.co.uk/line-6-tonecore-otto-filter-pedal.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAsJanBRCgnpfa0orvyz4SJAAbxEq-k9gXqwlFt6d7jAoal7X2kKmlqEnUum0_yOIEWksXyxoCOQ7w_wcB

Brad

Branshen said:

An autowah and an envelope filter are similar but they sound pretty different. Which are you looking for?

Leaning towards an envelope filter at the moment, they seem a bit responsive to picking hand dynamics. But I'm open to suggestions of either.

Brad

EricTheWeary said:

Doing the fishmouth thing whilst you play :-)

I have a DOD 440 clone and they have just reissued that. It's relatively subtle which is what I like about it. I find AW/EV's can get a bit burpy sounding.

At the slightly posher end the Emma Discumbobulator looks fine and if I had any actual money I could be tempted by that.

Aye, that's the idea :-)  Thanks for the suggestions! 

Lew

I love my Pigtronix Envelope Phaser (ep-2). Which is an envelope filter, phaser or both together which is where the fun is. Pigtronix pedals explode on everybody else here though so I consider myself lucky that I got the only non exploding one.

Sassafras

Didn't know that about Pigtronix, I've got the Aria distortion and I had a Philosopher's Tone and never had any problems.

hotpickups

I can't throughly recommend the mad professor Snow White. One awesome pedal I should never have got rid of

Brad

High praise indeed @hotpickups! Thanks for all the suggestions so far guys :-)

Kebabkid

The Snow White is a goodie. The best one I've heard is a vintage script logo MXR Envelope Filter and I've been through quite a few trying to find "the right one". Some sound too phaser-ish and not quacky at all.
 
I'm not sure if this SW Clone is still available
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/28697/

exocet

The Guyatone Wah Rocker is pretty good too.

ab2014

Mini q tron

TamDB

Sorry for butting in here guys, but would the Line 6 Otto filter be able to deal with a bass ?, as most of the info i`ve seen only refers to guitar, cheers, T.

Luminous

Digitech synth wah does the job here for me as does an istomp with the envelope filter algorithm loaded.

Brad

Don't be sorry @TamDB the more info the better :-)

TamDB

Just in case anyone is still interested, I checked with PMT and the line 6 otto filter is not compatible with bass guitar, a bit strange IMHO, but never mind, T.

hotpickups

There is of course the awesome Keeley Neutrino Auto Wah pedal. I have no first hand knowledge of it but it does sound great and very musical. At a price though

https://robertkeeley.com/product/neutrino/

monquixote

Source Audio do some great envelope filter pedals

ICBM

Brad said:

Branshen said:

An autowah and an envelope filter are similar but they sound pretty different. Which are you looking for?

Leaning towards an envelope filter at the moment, they seem a bit responsive to picking hand dynamics. But I'm open to suggestions of either.

In that case get a Boss AW-2, because it's one of the very few than can do both - at the same time, if you want. Not rare or expensive on Ebay.