my my mu-tron III+ envelope follower

[stewart]

this arrived today- a rather rash ebay purchase, but aren't they always? erm...

i don't know an awful lot about these reissues, but they're made by HAZ laboratories in the good ol' US of A and cost about $300 new, from what i can gather. this one's seen a bit of use, but the condition isn't too bad. i haven't played through it yet, cos i need to get a couple of 9v batteries (i don't have any of my PSUs with me at the mo), but i will post my verdict later.

one of my friends has an original 70s one, it's completely unpredictable and never does the same thing twice, but very cool nonetheless. these are supposed to be more stable. i'll do a direct comparison at some point and see how this one shapes up.

some pics for now-

[Doog]

I've always loved the looks of that pedal, although I'm not a massive fan of filters.

I woulda gone out and bought a truckload of 9Vs straight after I'd ordered it! But I am extremely impatient..

[Mike]

25V! Crazy talk.

Looks like Danger Will Robinson Robot

[stewart]

yeah, i didn't know how it was powered til i unwrapped it, the original ones plugged straight into the mains. it has two 9v spaces inside, so it must be an 18v pedal, i suppose the 25v thing is there as a maximum power warning or something. like you'd actually plug something that delivered more than that into it...

i'm not really into filters that much either but thought i'd give it a go. it'll probably be something i keep in my recording stash though, i doubt i'd gig with it. or if it proves more reliable than the one my bassist has, he could maybe use it live.

[More Cowbell]

NEED DEMO PLZ!!!!!!!!

[stewart]

i can do a wee demo at some point but don't expect any great shakes, i'm shit at that sort of thing.

i've had a play about with it on guitar and bass and it's pretty cool. i think having a bit of gain before it helps, it just pushes the envelope a little bit more. you can get some nice sub-bassy bass tones and some spankin' auto-wah chops from it, plus other filtery transistor radio-ish effects.

i spoke to my friend about his og one, the only difference on the controls side is that this one has a 'notch' setting on the MODE knob (at the top) which his doesn't. i read on 'tinternet that the cadmium capacitor or something is illegal now, so they had to use a different component, blah blah... it doesn't bother me if it sounds EXACTLY like the 70s pedal, to my ears it's cool.

[stewart]

the original ones plugged straight into the mains.

this is untrue, as i found out tonight. the original has the dual battery compartment too. it was his electric mistress i was thinking of.