video,youtube_link,musiccaps_caption,youtube_published,youtube_channel,youtube_description,musiccaps_names,musiccaps_aspects,musiccaps_author,youtube_id,musiccaps_rowid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KIQtk7fT4&start=230&end=240,"{""label"":""Markbass Super Synth"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KIQtk7fT4&start=230&end=240""}",This is a gear showcase jam. The bass guitar is playing a random tune while it is connected to a synth pedal that constantly changes the characteristics of its sound. The piece starts out with a fat and wobbly sound and then later turns into a crisp synth sound. These sounds could be sampled for use in beat-making. It could also work well in the soundtrack of an outer space video game.,2010-02-13T20:00:15Z,MarkbassAmps,"Peter Murray explains the Markbass Super Synth pedal, including how to use the pedal's controls and the included software.","[""Clarinet"", ""Effects unit"", ""Guitar"", ""Music"", ""Musical instrument"", ""Plucked string instrument"", ""Synthesizer""]","[""jam"", ""no singer"", ""instrumental"", ""single instrument"", ""bass guitar"", ""synth pedal"", ""shifting sound"", ""eccentric""]",9,B4KIQtk7fT4,1204
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0KmZ3kbjs&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""MFOS 16 Step Sequencer and Sound Lab Mini Synth Plus"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0KmZ3kbjs&start=30&end=40""}","The low quality recording features a repetitive synth bass melody played on a modulated synthesizer, followed by bouncy snare. The recording is very noisy, in mono, with some chair squeaking and phone grip noises.",2010-07-20T03:47:47Z,synkmusik,"Analog sequencer 16 step from MFOS triggering newly built MFOS Analog Synth, the sound lab mini synth plus.","[""Effects unit"", ""Music"", ""Drum machine"", ""Synthesizer""]","[""low quality"", ""repetitive modulate synth bass melody"", ""noisy"", ""mono"", ""bouncy snare"", ""groovy"", ""chair squeaking"", ""phone grip noises""]",4,Gw0KmZ3kbjs,1763
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw468qlDaAE&start=180&end=190,"{""label"":""noise synth built from 4x4 matrix mixer and guitar effect pedals"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw468qlDaAE&start=180&end=190""}",This clip features noises created by mixing output from different effect pedals. This is a synth noise. There are no instruments or voices in this song.,2012-06-15T20:34:56Z,NoizeHack,"Synthesizing tones with a passive 4x4 matrix mixer that I built. There is no input into the mixer, all sounds are generated from feedback. A matrix mixer allows you to mix any input to any output, even an input into its own output, so that simple an complex feedback loops can be created. pedals used are an Electro Harmonix Memory Toy analog delay, a Digitech Death Metal distortion, a DOD fx40-b eq, and Behringer dr100 reverb and us600 pitch shifter.","[""Effects unit"", ""Music"", ""Noise"", ""Synthesizer""]","[""synth noises"", ""no voice"", ""no instruments"", ""effects processors"", ""modulated noises""]",0,Qw468qlDaAE,2651
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFg6jvXgb4&start=500&end=510,"{""label"":""Electro Harmonix HOG & Pigtronix Echolution"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFg6jvXgb4&start=500&end=510""}","This clip features a low and reverberating synth, and then a bright and futuristic and spacey synth. The low synth sounds like a landing space ship.",2008-01-30T02:04:17Z,Analogger,"Hey everbody, I started a Myspace site under the name ""Mr. Dithers""  Please check it out when you get a chance!
http://www.myspace.com/mrdithersnoisebox

This is to show some of the textures you can create with the EH HOG. It does a lot of cool things - but its not a ""guitar synthesizer"" in the sense it doesn't create sawtooth or square waves - what it does is give you different octaves and harmonies relative to your original pitch.  It then puts that signal thru a 12 db resonant lowpass filter.  It doesn't really work that well with chords unless you put the envelope on a slow fade in setting.  When you adjust your playing style you can coax all sorts of cool sounds out of it. Its really great for adding ambient textures to your music.  

I hope this will help you decide if you can use the HOG in your creative process.  I was kinda disappointed with the EH demonstration of it from NAMM on YouTube.  Camcorder mics suck - especially in a huge convention hall.  I would love to produce product demo videos for some of these guys!

I improvised some music for this video incorporating  the Pigtronix Echolution -including a couple spots where I looped a short segment and played on top of it.  I also ran the sound thru a little bit of reverb on my Lexicon PCM-80.  I also used just a tiny amount of chorus from the Roland SDX Dimensional Expander.

My favorite feature of the HOG is the expression pedal  - especially the ""volume"" mode which lets you blend in the amount of effected signal with the original guitar signal.  Kind of like a volume swell.  The other is the ""filter"" mode which gives you an awesome analog wah effect.  Of course the whole idea here is to hopefully inspire your creative ideas - and think of ways you might use this tool.","[""Reverberation"", ""Electronic music"", ""Effects unit"", ""Guitar"", ""Music"", ""Musical instrument"", ""Synthesizer""]","[""electronic music"", ""fuzzy synth sound"", ""bright spacey synth sound"", ""futuristic synth sound"", ""reverberating synth"", ""space ship""]",3,gIFg6jvXgb4,4023