Eventide Modfactor...any opinions??

[lespaul3013]

Looking for a pedal to give me some modulation options since I currently have all my dirt, delay, and verb needs met...will this do it for me?

Anyone currently using one?

Thanks
Jordan

 

[Ventura]

Ya man, it'll do it for ya for sure...

Honestly, I owned all three Factor stomps and actually ended up selling my MF and keeping the PF and TF. Why? Well, I came to realize I didn't need as many of the FX as offered by the MF, and the PitchFactor deftly handled all of the modulation FX I needed in addition to the pitch/envelope stuff. So, albeit a tremendous pedal - I was already covered with the PitchFactor for my needs.

Having said that, if you wanted an all-in-one stomp that's constantly top of its game due to firmware releases; awesome studio grade effects; awesome routing capabilities; ease of use, and more - you will not go wrong with the MF, period.

 

[garbagetruckdriver]

As Ventura noted, there is some redundancy when you own all of the eventide 'factor' pedals, but the ModFactor alone can do so much. You can program it to be (or emulate classic versions of
various choruses
various phasers
various flangers
various tremolo or leslie effects
a chopper (and isn't stutter editing all the rage these days? ugh...)
various wah emulations (add expression pedal)
an auto wah

Aside from the obvious use of the expression pedal to control the wah filter, that pedal can be mapped to any function on other patches - such as mix level to bleed in the wet/dry or sweep depth for choruses, chopper rate (1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, 1/5 Tripplets etc.) and on an on. Also the unit has tap tempo or you can take a clock from your keyboard player and lock in your mod rates with the rest of the band.
I'd also highly recommend buying or building an extension switch (3 extra switches) as it accesses more functions and makes the bank up/down easier to access.

Of course, it only does one of the above effects at a time, but does it in stereo, and can run at instrument level or line level - so in front of your amp or in the loop. So much bang for the buck in the Eventide stomps, but RTFM or else you'll miss out on its best features.

 

[Ventura]

As Ventura noted, there is some redundancy when you own all of the eventide 'factor' pedals, but the ModFactor alone can do so much. You can program it to be (or emulate classic versions of
various choruses
various phasers
various flangers
various tremolo or leslie effects
a chopper (and isn't stutter editing all the rage these days? ugh...)
various wah emulations (add expression pedal)
an auto wah

Aside from the obvious use of the expression pedal to control the wah filter, that pedal can be mapped to any function on other patches - such as mix level to bleed in the wet/dry or sweep depth for choruses, chopper rate (1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, 1/5 Tripplets etc.) and on an on. Also the unit has tap tempo or you can take a clock from your keyboard player and lock in your mod rates with the rest of the band.
I'd also highly recommend buying or building an extension switch (3 extra switches) as it accesses more functions and makes the bank up/down easier to access.

Of course, it only does one of the above effects at a time, but does it in stereo, and can run at instrument level or line level - so in front of your amp or in the loop. So much bang for the buck in the Eventide stomps, but RTFM or else you'll miss out on its best features.

Epic post

 

[thiswaythatway]

Here's comes the bucket of cold water. I gave the Modfactor and honest chance and it didn't work for me. I spent hours trying to get a good phaser sound out of it and when I thought I had it close I plugged in an MXR or Whirlwind Orange Box and........nope, not close. I thought I had a good chorus dialed in but when I plugged in a CE-2 next it........nope. I see it as this, if you want a million sounds that are ok sounding then get it. If you much better sounding effects stick with individual pedals.

 

[Ventura]

Yo Dan, what's that siggy pic of?? Pretty cool to say the least

[note: not an intentional hijack or attempt to squelch said opinions of poster]

 

[lespaul3013]

^^No problem...

Thanks everyone...I think I'm gonna give one a try!

 

[Anonymous]

I got one in the classifieds right now if your interested. PM sent.

 

[lespaul3013]

As Ventura noted, there is some redundancy when you own all of the eventide 'factor' pedals, but the ModFactor alone can do so much. You can program it to be (or emulate classic versions of
various choruses
various phasers
various flangers
various tremolo or leslie effects
a chopper (and isn't stutter editing all the rage these days? ugh...)
various wah emulations (add expression pedal)
an auto wah

Aside from the obvious use of the expression pedal to control the wah filter, that pedal can be mapped to any function on other patches - such as mix level to bleed in the wet/dry or sweep depth for choruses, chopper rate (1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, 1/5 Tripplets etc.) and on an on. Also the unit has tap tempo or you can take a clock from your keyboard player and lock in your mod rates with the rest of the band.
I'd also highly recommend buying or building an extension switch (3 extra switches) as it accesses more functions and makes the bank up/down easier to access.

Of course, it only does one of the above effects at a time, but does it in stereo, and can run at instrument level or line level - so in front of your amp or in the loop. So much bang for the buck in the Eventide stomps, but RTFM or else you'll miss out on its best features.

Can you tell me more about the 3 switch thing? I've heard about people using them with the TF, but haven't really thought about using it with a MF...I guess it's just used to switch banks easier?

 

[thiswaythatway]

Yo Dan, what's that siggy pic of?? Pretty cool to say the least

[note: not an intentional hijack or attempt to squelch said opinions of poster]

Mass Effect 3 video game. There's some great space battles in it.

 

[Ventura]

^^^^^^^^^^^ Noted, thanks Dan.