'Bassballs' bass

My recollection was that the Bassballs was just a funky filter pedal with a distinct filter sound and some added distortion.

sven450
You know the pedal "Bassballs"?  I think it is all over U2's Actung Baby.  Anyway, it gives this super deep bass thing for bass guitar tracks, but I'm not sure what it does.  So my question:  can I replicate that effect from within Sonar?  I have full TH2 and SGear, but that is it for amp sims/effects.  
 
Thanks in advance!

BEST THING that i know of,
for this kind of effect,
 
is Waves Maxx Bass.
 

The Bassball's filters are set at 200Hz and 800Hz (well, that's what EHX told me when I asked) which can be tweaked via internal trimpots. It's more of an unstable phasing, warbling kind of effect than a conventional filter though. Quite unlike a Q-Tron/Mutron kind of sound and even less like a conventional Boss style autowah or synth filter, though maybe an analogue 303 clone might get in the same area.

Also has the worst on/off distortion imaginable, unless you like your bass industrial.

I've left the trimpots alone in mine, though the Dr Q is kind of half a Bassballs with the upper filter only and I did have to tweak that for guitar use.

It's one of those effects I've never found a software equivalant for or managed to adequately recreate any other way. If you're after that sound the best and easiest answer is to pick up one of the pedals, they're pretty reasonably priced.

If you do get one, running a compressor right after it is a good idea, the Bassballs filters can throw out 14dB+ spikes.

Maybe try the Moogy Filter
http://www.plugandmix.com/moogy-filter-1189/
 
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Oh, and by the way:   "I think even the default setting gets you in the bassballpark." Ha!