DOD FX25 Envelope Filter

kind weird, you gotta tweak it out a bunch, i still havn't found my perfect envelope sound yet

Awsome. This is the best envelope filter there is. I HATE DOD witha passion, but they did good on this one. I have found so many rad envelopes and i still am experimenting with it. and it's clear and noise free

Again i say, I hate DOD. But it's built solid. I've owned three of them and none of them have ever given me problems.( i got rid of them because money was short)

Exelent pedal. Cool for wierd effects, and esspecially if you like funk. and it's even better for bass guitar, but i use it for my seven string. Best thing DOD has ever done

Really easy to use, plugged it straight in and it worked a treat. I play bass a lot and found it great for improvising, it really gives that funk groove that can be hard to find.
The manual's a bit brief (at least my one is) but its so easy you don't really need one.

I actually only have an 8 watt practise amp at home but when I go for practise I've used different (better) ones and sounds good with them all. The only problem I can think of is that its a bit quiet, when you turn the effects off the bass seems really loud but i got round this by just playing hard.
I got the sound of Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (as he uses one sometimes) and Sir Psycho Sexy sounded really good with it as did Shallow be thy Game from One Hot Minute.

It seems to last, I bought it second hand and it's still great and works everytime for me.

Never dealt with them.

I got a Zoom 506 bass pedal and although I got some effects for other songs I couldn't quite get the funk sound that I wanted. When I saw Flea using it on his bass DVD I knew it was the sound I wanted so I bought thi one from Ebay.
It helps me create my own stuff because I love the sound. I really enjoy playing with this and, although you can't get a huge range of sounds from it, I'd say its worth getting if you want to play funk bass.

I found this easy to get sounds out of, you just gotta know the right settings...and with just two knobs (FX25) that doesn't take long

I tried this with a bass git, but I intend to use it for keys/synth/sampler. I found it not noisy at all, but you gotta make sure your input volume is right for a good sound. I tried it with a Boss distortion pedal BEFORE it, but it was a bit much...I think a cleaner overdrive would be better for it. I believe distortion should go before the filter so the filter has something to "bite" (all that noise). But whatever sounds right is right, right? :)
I also use a compressor at the end of the chain for this baby as the filter can really get loud if I hit a few notes at once. Don't buy this pedal if you want 70s envelope sound...it is different. I reckon it'll be great for rhythm guitar.

it's metal...I have no experience with DOD

I use this for all types of stuff (drums sound cool...a "whippy" sound like norman cook. I may buy it again if lost, or something similar..I'm not loyal to it. I have only owned this pedal one day, but it has entertained me. And I have faith in it.

Simple, 2 knobs- range n sensitivity

There appears to be much criticism with regard to this pedal. Now I must admit, I am not a DOD pedal fan by any means, yet this particular pedal intrigued me- envelope filters are difficult to obtain at such a low price. I was concerned that due to the low price, the sound quality would be poor. Indeed, this pedal is an aquired taste, it has none of the options available in much more expensive filters (ie. Lovetone's meatball), yet it retains a character of it's own. Many have criticised this pedal because it doesn't replicate sounds that they had heard this pedal was used for. Personally I like to create my own unique tone, not replicate, yet the fx25 does a good job at nailing flea's tones on the BSSM album. This pedal has a quirky, fun and indeed funky feel to it. It is very sensitive to picking stroke and guitar pickup, yet this only hads to its many varied uses. It is also analog, which is always an added bonus. The pedal works well with distortion effects placed after it. Personally, I enjoy the sound this pedal creates, and sometimes use it far more than a wah pedal as the range here is greatly increased. My only criticism would be in the large amount of 'treble' tone from this effect. Unlike the meatball for instance, which is great for bassy thick sounds, the fx25 tends to focus on the mid / upper range. Light picking enhances bass tones however, and this creates interesting textures and intensities of sound

Mines pretty old now and still running great. As has been said b4, Dod footswitchs are much more fragile than the stronger boss conunterpart, so just be careful :)
I've certainly had no problems :)

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For the price, this pedal is a wonderfully fun sounding gizmo with some cool sounds and interesting options. It is an aquired taste so try before you buy. The FX25 is much warmer sounding than its recent update (FX25B), so I would advice that you try both to see which you prefer. If not you could always save the money for something bigger and better. Many have compared this pedal to Boss's auto-wah. The two r very different. The boss attempts to replicate a wah pedal, whilst the DOD is a standard envelope filter (in the sense that it filters the sound through a greatly enhanced built in eq). All in all, a great little pedal for guitar, bass, studio drum machine, keys, vocals, u name it.

First off it took a long time to find it's sound.To understand what kind of feed it needed was the trick.I owned the pedal for 10 + yrs,fighting it all the while.The problem all the while was it's placement.I did have to change the pots feeling I wasn't getting the range I should have.

I play a Ibanez roadstar w/a dimarzio super 2 ,sds1 ,and the factory humbucker.The pick-ups set as close to the strings as possible.Envelopes need that hot signal.But what really made that pedal and me get along was my amp,peavey chorus 400.The amp has a pre-amp effects loop needing a stereo y cable ring/tip.By plugging the tip into the input patching to a dod pedal eq having the ring to eq's out.Now the envelope has a strong low-line signal that can be sculped w/ the eq.The sound is now great.I can get a sweet Jerry(Garcia) sound,fire mt.estimated,shakedown st.I am more than pleased

Never giged out w/ it,but I would w/ out back-up.It seems to have to warm up a bit and sound may change w/batt strenth

I live by the harmon group,when I stoped by to ask about the pots I needed to replace,they kindly gave me 2 new ones free of charge ,mighty fine of em

I like play'n grateful dead and such.I've been pick'n close to 20 yrs,If it were lost or missing ,I'd look for the two knobed green box but experiment with others.Moneys short so comparing it is moot.It's been helpful to my playing.I'm suprized not seeing more heads comenting on envelope filters

I have the old 2 knob version (Range/Sens). I really like the range it has. For a single pedal it gets more then 1 sound, which in my opinion means it's worth it. Does require some experimenting

Not using it currently, but it works great as a synth like texture, just add some distortion, phase, and delay (all post). If you've ever watched a bootleg of Tool playing Third Eye, you'll see Justin (bass player) smack the upper horn of his Wal with Dist. and Delay while holding a 4 string open D5 bass chord creating a massive BOOM. Add the filter to this and it starts at a very low pitch and slowly filters up (the delay really helps this effect). I found this pedal long before Wes Borland started using it. So I let my bass player start easing it instead. Plan to use it in the studio on some overdubs for noise tracks.

It's DOD so I am not thrilled with the idea of easing it live, but my fears have yet to be proven with this pedal. YET.

Never dealt with them.

For ambiant sounds this pedal rules. For pure wah, I haven't really felt the need to use it for. A "special sound" pedal is the best use for this in my book.

This effect is easy to use, but the problem is that even if you know how to use it IT SOUNDS LIKE CRAP!!!

This pedal is so horrible, the WORST envelope filter I have ever heard. The second you turn it on, the volume level goes down very low. The filter is very weak and muddy. Emphasis on MUDDY. Very ugly tone, and not in a good way.

DOD pedals are unreliable, every one i've owned has failed me at gigs.

They can't help me! When the pedal is in total working order is sounds like crap.

I play FUNK. I come from the P-Funk Bootsy Collins/Bernie Worrell school of funkadelia, and I need an envelope filter that will be my best friend. This pedal is like a bad blind date...
I've played strats and es-335's through this pedal into marshall stacks and Roland JC-120's. Nothing can make this pedal sound good. This was one of the few items I was glad to lose in a house fire. This pedal is a nightmare live, as it drops the volume so low that you completely get lost among the other instruments, so it's pointless to even use then. Live, the whimpiness of this pedal is bad too. You will have the engineer struggling to bring you out in the mix.
True, this is the lowest priced envelope pedal on the market, but youre throwing your money away if you buy this. Take some extra time and go for the newer Boss Auto-Wahs (the next up on the price bracket), or take some more time and save up for a Mu-Tron/Q-Tron. The point is, why buy a pedal so useless? You might as well just give me the money you would spend on this pedal, that way you won't drop completely out of the audience's ears upon turning this pedal on...
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Fairly simple but it does react much differently with various guitars/pickups. (Les Paul vs. Tele vs. Strat)

The quality of the filtering is decent enough. The only drawback is the non-selectable effect decay is not exactly what I expect sometimes but I'll live.

It's mounted in the ever changing pedalboard now so it'd better work for some time to come...like YEARS!
I have other DOD effects that I've been very happy with so I expect nothing less with the GFX-25.

I have the GFX-25 which is a much different (and IMHO better) beast than the FX-25 or FX-25B.
I returned the FX-25B that I bought 2 days earlier because the effected sound was just not 'happening' and there was a big decrease in output db from dry to effect, more so than a typical filter cause.
The GFX-25 is a very nice piece and I'm very happy with it. When compared to the Boss AW-3 (also a nice pedal) it holds it's own and is $50 less.

I have the FX25B it is a remake of the FX25 but with an added blend knob

It extremely easy to use, you can move the knobs around and come to the perfect sound in a matter of seconds, plus the manual gives you presets to start with.

My setup goes as followed Ibanez RG270DX, Fender PT-10 tuner,Morley ABY swithbox,(Line A)BOSS CS-3 Compresser Sustainer, Ibanez SM7 Smashbox, (Line B)DOD FX25B Envelope filter,DOD AC240 resistance mixer and a Crate G10 XL 30 watt amp.

It is very quiet compared to the origainal sound but the up side is it doesn't produce any noise,its sort of like a silencer. The effcts vary. It can sound like nothing a normal clean sound, but if you have the right setting for your instrument it sounds let the best,fullest sound in the world. IT doesn't really work with anything though it's more of a stand-alone pedal

It made of metal(besides the foot switch) an feels realy reliable.

Never had to deal with them.

I play nu-metal and this pedal does work as an erie sound if another guitar is playing behind it, or if its in the backround. Ie been playing only a year and also have a Fender PT-10 Tuner,Morley ABY switch box, BOSS CS-3 compresser sustainer, Ibanez SM7 smash box, BOSS ME-5 multi-effects,DOD AC240 resistances mixer and have ordered the Ibanex LF7 Lo Fi Filter and Arion DDM-1 Digital Dealay. If it were stolen i most likely would buy another won. I love the Digital wah sound it gives off but i hate how it doean't have a volume knob beacause it's so silent to the original sound. My favorite feature would have to be the added blend knob and if i could add something it would definently be a volume knob. It doesn't get in the way becuase I don't use any other effects on its line but probably would get in the way. Stand alone pedal sounds great the way it is.

Add-on to previous post.Those little boxes with yr choices fer the ratings were missing for some reason.I guess it was my computer,I don't know.But true to my words,however trashed I was when I reviewed this,I am now in a serious relationship with this thing,as my girlfriend was jealous of all the time me and the greenbox spent together.Did I mention that I got the gonkulator fer free with this?