That makes sense.  First day with it, still learning.  I don’t have the foot controller yet, but I do plan on getting one, and using a ‘mute’ setting as a preset should work too. 

What are your settings for a ‘bow’ sound?

mmm I don’t know that I go after traditional bow sounds myself, but I’d start with original up, envelope on, and the attack set slow.

got a preset for a cello sound.  turn off all the original sliders and put up the -1 octave.  use the envelope to set a slow attack and play around the fret 5 area and it sounds pretty cello-like.  send it through a reverb like the SMMH and it can actually sound pretty convincing!

Well in that case I’d turn off the -1 octave slider and turn up the +5th slider, then hit the expression direction button (so you bend down) and bend it down a whole octave.  So then you’ll be getting -1 octave + a 5th, and you can play open.

Here’s one I really like:

TOP ROW:

SPECTRAL GATE - ON

OCTAVE BEND - ON

EXP REVERSE - ON

MIDDLE ROW: 0-10

INPUT GAIN - 9

DRY OUTPUT - 8

-2 OCTAVES - 0

-1 OCTAVE - 2.5

ORIGINAL - 1

+5TH - 0

+1 OCTAVE - 5

+1 OCTAVE+5TH - 0

+2 OCTAVES - 0

+2 OCTAVES +3RD - 0

+3 OCTAVES - 6

+4 OCTAVES - 0

ENVELOPE:     

LOWER - 0
 
UPPER - 10

FILTER:

FREQUENCY - 4

RESONANCE - 0

HARMONIC OCTAVE GENERATOR - ON

GUITAR SYNTHESIZER - OFF

supertonesteve…to mute the signal you could always use a A/B box like the Switchblade (rather cheap) and just dont connect the second jack so when you engage the pedal it mutes the sound instead of re-directing it.

Thanks very much for the HOG template- GREAT IDEA - I use it often!

http://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/1288/

Great bow sound.

Hi
Next week!

friedjesseradio,
Na, that would be no fun!
I will wait till next week.
Thanks Bill

friedjesseradio - 05 February 2010 10:14 AM

yes!!! can you hint at what its gonna be?

supertonesteve - 21 August 2009 07:32 AM

I set up my rig last night, but I didn’t realize that I will need a way to mute the signal to the amp when the HOG is in bypass mode. I have a volume pedal, but I want it in my other signal path. Any suggestions for a cheap/easy way to cut the signal when I’m not using the HOG? I don’t want to get another volume pedal, does anyone make a mute pedal?

sorry to be so late to the party, and pardon me if this is dumb, but i’m not sure i understand your problem.  i’ve been using the HOG since day one, but i find i am always learning new things about it.  I’m curious if maybe i am in the same shape as you but just don’t know it!  would it be a lot of trouble to map your signal so that i could see what you’re up to?  i’m just very curious.
Always interested in improving my signal and tone.
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freak6767 - 13 May 2009 03:44 AM

Hell all,

Following the purchase of this amazing box, and the settings I’ve seen here made by Bill, I wanted to create a sticky, with a Hog template, in which you can post your favourite/secrete settings.

Let’s share with everyone.

Here is the template:

Hello All,
I just wanted to add a note to this idea which I think is a good one. Reminds me of the patch sheets that KEYBOARD magazine used to do. I got all my best CZ sounds that way. Anyway, my add to this is that I’ve found the HOG is EXTREMEMLY dependent on the sounds it gets. When I first got the thing, I couldn’t for the life of me get anything that sounded in any way usable. So, I used my standard well thought out SOP & simply gave up for the evening & went on to something else. The next day I was working on a completely different set-up for my guitar & just off the cuff decided to run it through the HOG to see what would happen. After a couple of minor tweeks I had almost the sound I was going for the previous evening. Ever since then I start with my guitar sound & then try the HOG to see the result. So, a helpful bit on the HOG patch sheet would be an additional area for pickup settings, FX before the HOG, etc. Because the HOG has several filters, I now think of it as a very versital “Colour/Tone” FX rather than a straight synth. The HOG is a much more dynamic gadget than I first realized when I saw some of the videos. It’s amazing & one of the best pieces of gear in my FX arsenal.