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Sonuus
Wahoo Sound Samples and Patches
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Here are some sound samples recorded with my Sonuus
Wahoo digitally controlled analog filter effect pedal.
Note I'm a
self-taught, intermediate player.
Click the cgraham.com logo above for links to my other pages.
My quick review:
- Pros:
Two blendable filters selectable as either LPF or BPF, built-in
expression, presets, and a great
Windows and Mac editor. It has a lot of potential functionality,
and the company seems to be actively upgrading and improving the
firmware and
editor application based on user feedback.
- Cons:
It's fairly expensive, though there's certainly non-programmable
filters out there that cost as much (or more). The filter isn't quite
as fat sounding as I'd personally hoped it seems to have a very mid
focused voice to it compared to my other analog fitlers (Moog and Chunk
Systems) . The LPF seems fixed at 4 pole with no more common (my
opinion) 2 pole option. While there's a LOT of parameters
and features, there's also a lot of limitations currently imposed. For
example, you're not free to assign the expression to whatever you want
so
it has a fairly narrow range of functionality at this time (cannot
sweep the filter blend, cannot sweep beat divisions when slaved to MIDI
Clock or when set to tap temp which likely kills the filter for the
dubstep
crowd). There's no 5-pin MIDI I/O provided, it's USB only which
requires expensive adapters. There's no
power brick provided and it requires at least 300ma according to the
company which is kind of cheap considering the pedal retails for $300+.
The expression has no user adjustable tension and I find it a little on
the stiff side which makes it a little tiring if you're going to be
rocking it back-and-forth for extended periods.
Conclusion:
A lot of potential in a small, programmable package with presets. But
it's not quite there yet, particularly considering the price. If Sonuus
can continue to polish the firmware it could become a really great
filter. I personally ended up returning mine to the reseller, I didn't
find it quite held enough value for the cost when compared to other
filters I already own, though they do not have the massive LFO options
the Wahoo does.
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Envelope Up
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Lakland Duck Dunn, Lindy Fralin pickup, GHS
Pressurewound, fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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Initial testing of the filter speed and
preformance. Bass >
BOSS RC-2 for a consistent loop > Devi Ever Super Massive Black Hole
gated fuzz, then a Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer, Zoom B3 M-filter,
then the Sonuus Wahoo.
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Envelope Down
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Lakland Duck Dunn, Lindy Fralin pickup, GHS
Pressurewound, fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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Initial testing of the filter speed and
preformance. Bass >
BOSS RC-2 for a consistent loop (same physical loop as the up clip
above) > Devi Ever Super Massive Black Hole
gated fuzz, then a Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer, Zoom B3 A-filter
(M-filter has no down sweep),
then the Sonuus Wahoo.
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Static LPF
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Lakland Duck Dunn, Lindy Fralin pickup, GHS
Pressurewound, fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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Initial testing of the filter tone as a static
LPF possibly
used for reggae or dub type heavily rolled off bass sounds. Bass >
Diamond Bass Comp > BOSS RC-2 for a consistent loop. 1)
Clean 2) Sonuus Wahoo set for 4 pole LPF 250Hz 0 resonance 3)
Moog MF-101 with the same settings 4) Moog 2 pole 250Hz res 0 5)
DOD FX25 with all settings at minimum (poor man's static LPF even
though it's really a bandpass filter).
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Pedal LPF
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Lakland Duck Dunn, Lindy Fralin pickup, GHS
Pressurewound, fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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NOTE: I may have accidentally recorded the Wahoo in BP mode instead of LPF mode for this clip.
Initial testing of the LPF using a full filter
pedal sweep of
the entire frequency range. Bass > OC-2 > Devi Ever Super Massive
Black Hole. 1) Clean (octave+fuzz) 2)
Sonuus Wahoo set for 4 pole LPF 0 resonance 2) Wahoo 4 pole 25
resonance 3) Wahoo 4 pole 50 resonance 4) Wahoo 4 pole 75 resonance 5)
Wahoo 4 pole 100 resonance (oscillation) 6) Moog 2 pole using the 0 /
25 / 50 / 75 resonance (100 resonance blows stuff up) 7) Moog 4
pole doing the same
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2 LPF blend
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Fender USA Jazz fretless, LaBella flatwound,
fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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Initial testing of blending 2 different LPF to
acheive a
fuller, more bass laden filter tone. One full-range LPF with a
high resonance, another low-range with no resonance. Clip goes from the
full-range, sweeping the blend to a full low-range LPF, then back.
Seems like a slight blending of the low-range into the full-range
filter beefs it up without causing gross phasing issues. Sound clip:
BOSS OC-2 > Devi Ever Super Massive Black Hole > Sonuus Wahoo.
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N/A
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Various LFO
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Lakland Duck Dunn, Lindy Fralin pickup, GHS
Pressurewound, fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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Sound clip:
BOSS OC-2 > Devi Ever Super Massive Black Hole > Sonuus Wahoo
cycling through all of the LFO while playing with Response Curve,
r.up/r.down for the trapezoid, and steps for the S&H filter
(random).
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N/A
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Vocal
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Lakland Duck Dunn, Lindy Fralin pickup, GHS
Pressurewound, fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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Sound clip:
BOSS OC-2 > Devi Ever Super Massive Black Hole > Sonuus Wahoo
cycling through some quickly produced bass envelope vocal filter
sounds. Lots of possibilities with 2 filters being composed against
each other.
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N/A
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Factory LFO
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Lakland Duck Dunn, Lindy Fralin pickup, GHS
Pressurewound, fingered |
M Audio Profire 610
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Sound clip: held note via a looper > BOSS OC-2
> Devi
Ever Super Massive Black Hole > Sonuus Wahoo
cycling through all of the factory LFO presets to give you a quick idea
of some of the possibilities. I apologize for the massive clipping
heard on some of them, they have monster volume boosts on some and I
didn't tweak the patches first.
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Last updated 05-17-2013
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