Pedals that don't exist but you wish they did

[Matmosphere]

Also a pedal that's like a looper (but doesn't loop) that you press at the start of a riff, and then again at the end, and has a visual counter that shows how many times you've played it

So just a counter that increases by one every time you stomp?

 

[Harry Klippton]

So just a counter that increases by one every time you stomp?

Not quite. It would increase by one every time you got back to the start of the riff

 

[Mike52]

A tremolo pedal that splits the signal so that the principal attack is unaltered but the decay is affected by the circuit. Rather than trying to time your pick attack to the tempo of the tremolo, you can just play and the pedal will do its thing with the stuff that's leftover.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

A tremolo pedal that splits the signal so that the principal attack is unaltered but the decay is affected by the circuit. Rather than trying to time your pick attack to the tempo of the tremolo, you can just play and the pedal will do its thing with the stuff that's leftover.

I like this one.

 

[Mike52]

I like this one.

Imagine being able to play a solo while the trem pedal is on. How cool would that be?

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

A tremolo pedal that splits the signal so that the principal attack is unaltered but the decay is affected by the circuit. Rather than trying to time your pick attack to the tempo of the tremolo, you can just play and the pedal will do its thing with the stuff that's leftover.

Could do that with a tremolo in the effects loop of the EHX attack decay I think. A stand-alone unit would be rad

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Also fuzzed out bass riffs. Would be nice for the attack to melt into hard choppy square trem.

 

[Mike52]

Could do that with a tremolo in the effects loop of the EHX attack decay I think. A stand-alone unit would be rad

Yes, and I suppose if you had a tremolo pedal that had a mix function you could accomplish similar results. But yeah, its a weird artifact of tremolo that makes it unuseable in some situations because you lose that initial pick attack on some notes.

 

[finebyfine]

Looper (i/o, not recording playback) pedal that sends the signal to one loop if the pitch is above a threshold and another loop if it's below. A Bass VI has become my go to since I bought it and it would be amazing to have the "bass" end go to one path and the "guitar" end go to the other.

 

[benny_profane]

Looper (i/o, not recording playback) pedal that sends the signal to one loop if the pitch is above a threshold and another loop if it's below. A Bass VI has become my go to since I bought it and it would be amazing to have the "bass" end go to one path and the "guitar" end go to the other.

You could do this with a splitter/mixer and some steep active filters. Or a Klein bottle.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Looper (i/o, not recording playback) pedal that sends the signal to one loop if the pitch is above a threshold and another loop if it's below. A Bass VI has become my go to since I bought it and it would be amazing to have the "bass" end go to one path and the "guitar" end go to the other.

I think I’ve seen an active crossover pedal before.
The dod meatbox actually has an internal crossover that routes only notes below a certain threshold (A2 I think?) to trigger the subharmonic tone while all notes trigger the suboctave

 

[giovanni]

Some kind of magical device that would allow me to use my bass as a MIDI controller and that would actually track in polyphony.

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[giovanni]

A truly intelligent noise gate? Using predictive processing (mind-reading) to head off noise?

I recently acquired a Squier Jazz Bass (in Daphne Blue, somewhat like a vintage Lambretta for all you Mods out there) and noise from the single coils is suddenly noticeable in my system.

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Such noise is much reduced when playing guitar with HBs as customary.

But it’s beaut to play a passive bass again after a long sojourn with actives. The pedals come alive and the bass feels great and has a growl all of its own.

I want to test the noise level live before going overboard with Faraday cages and (perhaps aptly) paranoid excesses of shielding. My amp has a ground lift and maybe staying away from lights, computers, etc in the studio will at least subdue the hum.

But a noise gate that knows the next lick I play in advance and zaps all the noise in between would be the cat’s squirrel, err whiskers.

I just moved to a new place and my single coil guitars are now substantially quieter than before. I don’t know if it’s because of electrical/grounding differences or less interference but I am finally hearing notes rather than hum!

 

[giovanni]

A tremolo pedal that splits the signal so that the principal attack is unaltered but the decay is affected by the circuit. Rather than trying to time your pick attack to the tempo of the tremolo, you can just play and the pedal will do its thing with the stuff that's leftover.

I think I achieved something close to this sound with my Moogerfooger ring mod and Freqbox, using the Freqbox envelope out to control the ring mod frequency, you basically get an envelope controlled tremolo: extra slow when loud (on attack), faster when it gets quieter. On attack since the rate is in phase you get no tremolo. It’s not exactly what you want because the tremolo speed does increase as the note decays but maybe there are other ways to do the same, like using the envelope to control the mix instead.
Edit: it looks like this pedal already exists!

 

[phi1]

The Blue Warbler from jmk pcbs (designed by Jon Patton) is a tremolo / vibe with an envelope control. (The vibe is like the magnavibe, lighter sounding than a true univibe). With the sensitivity turned up, louder playing (or, the attack of the note) will pause the LFO and then it will slowly fade back in. I’ve built it, it’s a fun pedal, I’m not sure if it would work perfectly for what you want, but that’s the concept.