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March 6, 2009 at 2:49 pm #94222puretubeMemberQuote:Another question, can you get a cocked wah sound out of it?April 8, 2009 at 9:02 pm #95455RayjaysonicMember
Have to say, I am a little gutted that I bought the original Worm now the XO version is out. I love my pedal but being able to add an expression pedal sounds like a whole load of new creative fun has just been unleashed for the same cash!!
April 8, 2009 at 9:12 pm #95460Fender&EHX4everModeratorQuote:Have to say, I am a little gutted that I bought the original Worm now the XO version is out. I love my pedal but being able to add an expression pedal sounds like a whole load of new creative fun has just been unleashed for the same cash!!The older version still looks cooler
, and they’ll be harder and harder to come by in the coming years.April 9, 2009 at 8:15 am #95473RayjaysonicMemberThat’s a good point. There is a lot to be said for owning the original design. As for the looks, yep, it’s a lovely thing but I have to say the new smaller footprint would save space on my pedal board which is getting a little tight, and when my Soul Preacher and Holy Grail Plus turn up……blimey, where am I going to put those??? Looks like a weekend of building a new pedal board!!!
April 9, 2009 at 10:34 am #95475SupremePancakeMemberI just ordered a worm last week. I never really thought of getting a Worm until the XO came out with the expression option. What kind of turned me off about the big box one was that it was big and noisy. So I didn’t think much of it. Now I’m looking at it as a great small and cheap modulation pedal.
April 25, 2014 at 9:20 pm #119914theodorMemberso people are saying that expression pedal sweep through the effect (like what is usually the automatic oscillation), but there’s an auto/manual switch–would it not change the speed in auto? or is that another feature ehx just missed/
January 11, 2018 at 10:16 pm #123481gvelascoMemberQuote:How is it possible to use the Worm with an expression pedal. Is it a mod? Is this possible to do with the old Worm?Sorry, I’m a bit of an amateur in the world of effect pedals.
The new XO (in other words, diecast) model swaps the dry output jack for an expression pedal input jack.
January 11, 2018 at 10:25 pm #123482gvelascoMemberQuote:so people are saying that expression pedal sweep through the effect (like what is usually the automatic oscillation), but there’s an auto/manual switch–would it not change the speed in auto? or is that another feature ehx just missed/That would have been a nice interpretation of that switch, but it looks like they kept as much of the original circuit as possible. With the original circuit there was no expression pedal input, so the auto setting just turned the range knob for you automatically. In the newer version, the expression pedal basically allows you to turn the RANGE knob with your foot exactly as you would have done with your hand in the older version. This gives you a wah pedal and a foot swept phase shifter.
January 11, 2018 at 10:46 pm #123483gvelascoMemberQuote:…
Tremolo: I’ve already got a Stereo Pulsar, so I wasn’t super-stoked about the tremolo feature. Actually, it’s not very deep, and has a bit of a vibrato to it. It sounds like a slightly different and, IMO, less-pleasant sounding version of the vibrato. You can certainly use it, but it’s not the reason you you’d want to get this pedal. it’s also a bit noisy.In neither the tremolo nor the vibrato modes does the manual/expression side of the switch do anything impressive
The TREM setting is intended to emulate either a “bias wiggle” or a “harmonic vibrato” type of tremolo. To me it sounds like something between those two. It’s definitely not an optical tremolo. Neither the bias wiggle nor the harmonic vibrato type of tremolos completely mute the volume. The Stereo Pulsar can emulate optical and newer “pedal tremolo” where you can change the waveform of the tremolo and you can get much deeper cuts in volume. So, using the expression pedal with the Worm tremolo will not have a very noticeable effect unless you move back and forth between the extremes repeatedly.
The VIBE setting is intended to emulate a Magnatone “true vibrato”, to my ears at least. Again, this is a classic sound and when it first came out there was not a large change in the pitch like you get now with digital pitch effects. Their later models allowed for more pitch modulation, but it was never really big. So again, you won’t notice much of an effect with the expression pedal.
Quote:Phase Shifter: I had a Nano Small Stone, but sold it because I didn’t use it very much. This sounds pretty close to a Small Stone with the color off. I kind of wish it would go slower, because I like that super-slow waves-crashing phase shifting sound, but you can always plug in an expression pedal (I use a Photo Eye Expression Pedal) to make it go really slowly yourself. Also, if you turn it on manual and set the range to about 1:00 or 2:00, and put a distortion behind it, you get this really ballsy lower-midrange crunch. I absolutely love it.Yes. Cocked phase was a very unique and interesting feature of this pedal when it first came out.
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