MXR Blue Box VS. Mid-Fi Electronics Glitch Computer

GeneticKiss · 10.04.2006, 03:24 PM

I wanna get one of these two, but sound quality is really most important...

Also considered Mid-Fi's Random Number Generator, but it seems like it'd be easier just to get the Blue Box becuz it's easier to find and cheaper...

Anyone have any thoughts to share on these or any other wacked-out pedals?

CHOUT · 10.04.2006, 09:20 PM

I have a Blue Box, and did the mod (simply clipping out one of the capacitors) and it sounds way better that way - more trebly and cuts through better than before. I like it, but don't really use it much in a band setting.

My friend is gonna buy a Glitch Computer soon...Never tried one, but my impression is that it does similar sounds and more than the Blue Box - of course at more than twice the price. The sound samples make me want one. I'll wait til my friend buys his to judge. He has the Pitch Pirate, and I really wasn't that impressed with it for the price.

Danny Himself · 10.05.2006, 06:46 AM

My Blue Box sucks ass. Something to do with the power. I spent £60 on it too.

_slavo_ · 10.05.2006, 11:35 AM

sounds really rad, especially the glitch computer.

swenson clane · 10.05.2006, 12:17 PM

CHOUT · 10.06.2006, 03:40 AM

Mid-fi is coming out with a newer cheaper pedal soon...sounded cool. Kind of a clipping overdrive.

king_buzzo · 10.06.2006, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Danny Himself

My Blue Box sucks ass. Something to do with the power. I spent £60 on it too.

no it doesnt. its just a little guieter. GeneticKiss i can post sound samples over the weekend if you want

blue sunlover · 10.06.2006, 07:32 AM

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Danny Himself · 10.06.2006, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by king_buzzo

no it doesnt. its just a little guieter. GeneticKiss i can post sound samples over the weekend if you want

Yes it does. It doesn't work at all.

GeneticKiss · 10.06.2006, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by king_buzzo

no it doesnt. its just a little guieter. GeneticKiss i can post sound samples over the weekend if you want

Could you do that? You can PM me if you want, or just post them here or a link or something...

Also, has anyone had any experience with the Boss XT-2 Xtortion pedal? Most people seem to love or hate these...supposedly it sucks as a distortion pedal but is good for harsh texturing...I've lusted over these since I saw one in a music store years ago...something about the name and the metallic red color was just so awesome to me...

CHOUT · 10.06.2006, 02:10 PM

It makes is a little more trebly - less muddy. It sounds much better to me with the mod - I wouldn't have bought it from my friend how it originally was. The mod takes about a minute tops.

CHOUT · 10.06.2006, 02:45 PM

It's not unbearably trebly - i could post some samples of my modded one when i have a chance. Even if you did the mod, you could resolder the capacitor back in if you didn't like it.

golden child · 10.06.2006, 02:47 PM

you can apply a switch, so you can turn the mod off and on.

CHOUT · 10.06.2006, 02:56 PM

The higher the note, the better it tracks. I'd probably like it more if it was only an octave down instead of two.

golden child · 10.06.2006, 03:00 PM

http://noisefx.com/article/mxr_blue_box_mod

next step · 10.17.2006, 01:39 PM

the blue box is so nasty that I love it..It's mechanical! I play it even with a moog sinth and it could be cool but you have to be carefull with freq cause it could dont sound at all

....I like to play it just with the 'blend' pot completely closed and sink it into an echo or let it circle into a sweet phasing or flanger (interesting in stereo) but it's definitely great at a quite loud volume for me. Good even to stoned any drum rhythms....

king_buzzo · 10.17.2006, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GeneticKiss

Could you do that? You can PM me if you want, or just post them here or a link or something...

yeah sure, but i think next week though

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GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	I wanna get one of these two, but sound quality is really most important... Also considered Mid-Fi's Random Number Generator, but it seems like it'd be easier just to get the Blue Box becuz it's easier to find and cheaper... Anyone have any thoughts to share on these or any other wacked-out pedals?
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10.04.2006, 09:20 PM	#2
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I have a Blue Box, and did the mod (simply clipping out one of the capacitors) and it sounds way better that way - more trebly and cuts through better than before. I like it, but don't really use it much in a band setting. My friend is gonna buy a Glitch Computer soon...Never tried one, but my impression is that it does similar sounds and more than the Blue Box - of course at more than twice the price. The sound samples make me want one. I'll wait til my friend buys his to judge. He has the Pitch Pirate, and I really wasn't that impressed with it for the price. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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10.05.2006, 06:46 AM	#3
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	My Blue Box sucks ass. Something to do with the power. I spent £60 on it too.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,908	sounds really rad, especially the glitch computer. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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10.06.2006, 03:40 AM	#6
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	Mid-fi is coming out with a newer cheaper pedal soon...sounded cool. Kind of a clipping overdrive. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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10.06.2006, 07:32 AM	#8
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10.06.2006, 02:10 PM	#11
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	It makes is a little more trebly - less muddy. It sounds much better to me with the mod - I wouldn't have bought it from my friend how it originally was. The mod takes about a minute tops. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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10.06.2006, 02:45 PM	#12
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	It's not unbearably trebly - i could post some samples of my modded one when i have a chance. Even if you did the mod, you could resolder the capacitor back in if you didn't like it. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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10.06.2006, 02:47 PM	#13
golden child expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,672	you can apply a switch, so you can turn the mod off and on. __________________ blind
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10.06.2006, 02:56 PM	#14
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	The higher the note, the better it tracks. I'd probably like it more if it was only an octave down instead of two. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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golden child expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,672	http://noisefx.com/article/mxr_blue_box_mod __________________ blind
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10.17.2006, 01:39 PM	#16
next step the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 583	the blue box is so nasty that I love it..It's mechanical! I play it even with a moog sinth and it could be cool but you have to be carefull with freq cause it could dont sound at all ....I like to play it just with the 'blend' pot completely closed and sink it into an echo or let it circle into a sweet phasing or flanger (interesting in stereo) but it's definitely great at a quite loud volume for me. Good even to stoned any drum rhythms.... __________________ http://www.sonicurbs.com
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