Thanks to @dokev, already a Habit superuser! Those tips are quite useful. I’ve only had the chance to play with mine for a handful of sessions, but I’m already starting to wrap my head around it. I just did a 10-15 minute jam with it and my model:cycles and I liked where it was going.
When just learning the pedal, I think it’s wise to use some restraint with the material going into it. There are a lot modes and settings that can be tweaked and it can turn into that “hideous mess” / mush of noise unless you’re careful. I think once I get the hang of it, I could find a way to run sequences into it without that happening. For now, I am enjoying playing into and with it. It gives a really interactive, maybe even “conversational” feel to the session. Initial concerns about usefulness are fading away. It’s fun.
Prophet 12 into Habit. Recorded a few loops and then assembled them in the blackbox. It’s just two patches from the Prophet processed in a few different ways through the Habit.
Thank you that was an incredible nice thing to say. I really appreciate it.
I won’t release it, though I’m a bit of a drifter right now in music, not sure where to go. But I enjoy just discovering new stuff for the moment, like this thing from Chase Bliss.
Haha well you know me, ol’ 12 and I, we’ll stick together until the end of time. It’s not a kit for everyone, for sure, but when you find its voice, it’s truly unique.
Funnily enough, enjoying the Habit, but also realising what a powerful and similar pedal the 856 Zellersasn.
The 856 allows deeper control of a (up to 20 sec) loop with subsequently adjustable start/end/pos/pitch and then 2 further (like a habit spread/scan) derivative layers with more control of their windowing/pitch/gain parameters.
These two pedals are definitely close cousins in some respects.
For shorter riffs, beats & motifs, I might prefer the 856’s ‘recorded loop sets the tempo’ approach in one of its modes, and window control approach to the Habit’s 3 mins.
the 856 has one further 3rd controllable ‘echo’ to the Habit’s 2 which is also interesting, particularly with the extra controls the 865 offers on each of the 3 layers.
Going to have fun comparing them. Lots to differentiate them too. 856 does make the Habit seems easier to understand but they are both complex and need time to grasp.
Bummed out. Habit came during the week and I finally had time this morning to open it up and play with it and one of the buttons is broken and now I get to deal with the refund process of some random music store I found on reverb.
spent an evening with habit in weekend. very playful, like a mixture of 856, tensor, ct5, but the ‘always record’ nature is what i like the most. i would apply modify gently to avoid overcooked. experimented collect and feed a bit, i think it’s the deepest part of the pedal.
occasionally the wet signal disappeared for no reason (never touch anything aside from swapping different modify in in mode).
to me, those dip switches are kinda inconvenience, have to access with tool instead of finger. thinking about to get a morningstar control hub to make it more alive.
This kind of mayhem would easily get out of hand in stereo. It can get messy enough as is, in mono. But in stereo, it’s like Lovecraftian mind bending stuff. You’d literally open the gate to another dimension and who knows what’ll come crawling if you do.
that was an incredible nice thing to say. I really appreciate it.
and now I get to deal with the refund process of some random music store I found on reverb. 