en http://en.audiofanzine.com An online magazine for musicians (keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, DJ...) and sound engineers (home studio, DAWs, Live Sound). News, videos, MP3, tests, tutorials, tips, user reviews, classified ads and forums. 2000-2008 AudioFanzine http://en.audiofanzine.com/xtras/news_sur_site.php Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:28:05 +0200 http://en.audiofanzine.com/img/logo_rss_audiofanzine.png http://en.audiofanzine.com An online magazine for musicians (keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, DJ...) and sound engineers (home studio, DAWs, Live Sound). News, videos, MP3, tests, tutorials, tips, user reviews, classified ads and forums. Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:41:19 +0200 http://guitar-distorsion-overdrive-fuzz.electro-harmonix.en.audiofanzine.com/products/user_reviews/index,idproduit,44054,review_electroharmonix_big_muff_pi_sovtek.html Three knobs: Volume, Tone, Distortion. A non-true-bypass footswitch. No power adapter jack so you must use a battery. I should say that many pedals, in my opinion, don't need to be true bypass. Boss pedals, for instance, have a well-designed buffer stage so that sound quality is actually, if anything, enhanced by having the pedal in the signal chain but off. Anyway, this is not one of those pedals. Noticeable dulling of tone when the effect is not engaged. Also, the shafts of the pots, to which the knobs attach, bend really easily. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:29:04 +0200 http://misc-bass-effect.electro-harmonix.en.audiofanzine.com/products/user_reviews/index,idproduit,131043,review_electroharmonix_steel_leather.html This little £59 gizzmo can put several hundred pounds' worth of sound quality into a bass guitar's armoury. Sound has more attack, is more focused, crisp, and it vastly reduces problems of muddiness. This site, however, could do with a little tweeking... it would be nice to have a search box where I could have put name of said item... I looked at the vast array of categories to click on and couldn't seem to find the right one. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:46:50 +0200 http://guitar-distorsion-overdrive-fuzz.electro-harmonix.en.audiofanzine.com/products/user_reviews/index,idproduit,10993,review_electroharmonix_big_muff_pi_russian.html The Big Muff Pi is a reissue fuzz box/sustainer made in Russia. Its a very different manifestation of the classic in appearance, in a sturdy black metal casing with chicken beak knobs, and comes with a cool wooden storage box. It has 1/4" input and outputs, which are annoyingly on the opposite sides from where you would expect them to be, like other effects boxes. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:02:31 +0100 http://octaver-harmonizer-whammy.electro-harmonix.en.audiofanzine.com/products/user_reviews/index,idproduit,117835,review_electroharmonix_micro_pog.html The Micro POG is, as its name implies, a polyphonic octave generator. With the three knobs, you can control the mix between the dry signal, sub octave, and octave up. It includes an input, a wet output (effect out), and a dry output, along with a 9V connection, no battery clip. Electro-Harmonix includes a power adapter to get you going right out of the box. The pedal is housed in a sturdy little enclosure, the same type as the Little Big Muff. It's a smaller version of the regular POG, which has more features and octave capabilities, but for the cheaper price, the Micro POG can do many similar sounds. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:08:16 +0100 http://guitar-distorsion-overdrive-fuzz.electro-harmonix.en.audiofanzine.com/products/user_reviews/index,idproduit,83727,review_electroharmonix_little_big_muff_reissue.html According to Electro-Harmonix, the Little Big Muff is identical to the Big Muff, only smaller. It's a rather basic, but seemingly sturdy stomp box fuzz pedal. One input, one output, three knobs (volume, tone, and sustain), and a foot switch. I chose this pedal primarily as a compromise between the Big Muff and the Nano Muff. The Big Muff is just too... big, and I honestly don't understand why the pedal has to have such a large housing. The Nano Muff only has a volume control, and I wanted to be able to tweak the sound. But I really feel that the Little Big Muff is no compromise at all, more like the best of both pedals, and it seems deceptively flexible. Some people have complained that it adds too much low-end. While I do tend to keep the tone above 12 o'clock, I feel there is plenty of room for adjustment, and it might be more about the amp they are playing out of; my tube Peavey Classic 50 makes this pedal sound a bit less bassy than my digital Peavey KB-60 keyboard amp (but surprisingly enough, I feel that this pedal sounds good through both of them). I was inspired to try an EHX Muff pedal when I heard some of the gritty fuzz tones coming from Jack White's guitar on the DVD "Under Blackpool Lights." It's extremely easy to get a very similar sound with this pedal and variations on it. Perhaps this pedal IS a bit more bassy than the regular Muff, but someone searching for Jack's sound is probably better off with this one, because I feel some of his low end is probably coming from that hollow-body Res-o-Glass Airline guitar, as they tend to "growl" quite a bit. But most people don't have an Airline. Anyway, to me this pedal sounds "full," so I'm not complaining at all about any perceived amount of low-end. It's got a sound that I like a lot. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:11:54 +0100 http://guitar-distorsion-overdrive-fuzz.electro-harmonix.en.audiofanzine.com/products/user_reviews/index,idproduit,10993,review_electroharmonix_big_muff_pi_russian.html ***WARNING: THE FOLLOWING (RATED G, FOR GENERAL AUDIENCE) REVIEW APPLIES FOR THE BLACK RUSSIAN-MADE ELECTRO HARMONIX BIG MUFF (THAT ON THE PICTURE ABOVE), NOT THE EARLIER (USUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE) TANK-GREEN MODEL WHICH MAY SOUND DIFFERENT*** This analog stompbox is something in-between a distortion and a fuzz. The controls are Volume, Tone and Sustain (which also controls the amount of distortion). No D.C. in, and the input and output jacks are reversed compared with ALL other pedals that I've ever seen or owned... Please note that although some units (like mine) were provided with a true-bypass switch, not all were... This model is no longer produced, replaced by the U.S. Big Muff which is said to sound a bit cleaner. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:41:05 +0100 http://guitar-chorus.electro-harmonix.en.audiofanzine.com/products/user_reviews/index,idproduit,10997,review_electroharmonix_small_clone.html The Small Clone is a monaural analog chorus pedal with only one knob and one (two-position) switch. Seems rather sturdy, although the (non-true bypass) switch on mine is kind of messed up (it is almost detached from the metal case, still works though). Uses 9V battery or can be plugged using an adequate 3.5 jack AC adapter.