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Jul 10, 2012 17:49
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:Analog delay: Memory Toy or MXR? I like the MXR for straight-ahead analog delay but the Memory Boy is great for more "ambient" style stuff with the modulation blend knob.
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Jul 10, 2012 18:16
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:Analog delay: Memory Toy or MXR? I'd recommend the Memory Boy over the Toy personally and I love mine. They're both pretty widely available though, should be easy enough to compare them at just about any decent sized store.
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Jul 10, 2012 19:33
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I have a JCM800 50 watt combo that's pretty old, early '80s likely. It only has two high/low inputs, no channels. But I have an A/B box, so is it possible to go from A -> high and B -> low simultaneously to have a dirty/clean channel without screwing up the amp?
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Jul 10, 2012 21:41
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Stayne Falls posted:I have a JCM800 50 watt combo that's pretty old, early '80s likely. I'm fairly sure the 2204 only works if one jack is plugged in - if both are plugged in then only the low input works. This is because they use switching jacks, and putting a cable in breaks the connections that are jumped if the guitar is in the high-sensitivity input. Just buy an overdrive pedal - a tubescreamer, Boss SD1, Fulltone OCD etc will all do the job for not too much cash. Put your amp on the verge of breakup, then on your pedal turn the gain down and the level up so that when you kick on the pedal, the distortion is all coming from the preamp being pushed too hard. tldr: no, buy a clean booster or overdrive
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Jul 11, 2012 06:47
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Can anyone explain what the difference between the various EHX delays are? Looking at specs I can't really see why I'd want the deluxe memory man over the deluxe memory boy.
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Jul 11, 2012 14:17
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Jives posted:Can anyone explain what the difference between the various EHX delays are? Looking at specs I can't really see why I'd want the deluxe memory man over the deluxe memory boy. The main difference between those two, as they're both analog, is the chip used to get the actual delay. The ones in the DMM are getting real hard to find and expensive. Also the sound of the delay is different. The Memory Boy is a good sounding delay, but the DMM is a classic and if you get a chance to play one I'd recommend it.
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Jul 11, 2012 16:40
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So I got a few pedalboards; a Pedaltrain-3 which I use when I'm playing guitar, and a Pedaltrain Mini that I use when I'm playing bass. I use a few of the same pedals for both and the past few months I'm noticing that the velcro (which came with the boards) keeps coming off my pedals entirely. Is there a type of super sticky velcro that won't just slide off my pedals after a few months and will hold up to being detached every now and again from a board? Any tips would be great.
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Jul 21, 2012 00:03
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forever whatever posted:So I got a few pedalboards; a Pedaltrain-3 which I use when I'm playing guitar, and a Pedaltrain Mini that I use when I'm playing bass. I use a few of the same pedals for both and the past few months I'm noticing that the velcro (which came with the boards) keeps coming off my pedals entirely. Is there a type of super sticky velcro that won't just slide off my pedals after a few months and will hold up to being detached every now and again from a board? Any tips would be great. I just buy "INDUSTRIAL" strength velcro at Home Depot. Get some painters tape and put that on the back of the pedal before the velcro. Now you have velcro and the paint won't chip off!
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Jul 21, 2012 00:36
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Also cut the velcro a bit longer and tuck the sides of it up under the plate on your pedal and screw the plate back on. No corners = no peeling off.
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Jul 21, 2012 07:51
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Any of you effects maestros know how Adrian Belew is using to create the spasticated diving and stuttering here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wp2qhoop9U&t=3537s It sounds like something you could cook up in Max/MSP, but this was 1980.
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Sep 30, 2012 15:28
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Popcorn posted:Any of you effects maestros know how Adrian Belew is using to create the spasticated diving and stuttering here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wp2qhoop9U&t=3537s Roland Chorus amp run in stereo feeding back. He uses the same sound in a lot King Crimson stuff in the 80s.
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Oct 2, 2012 02:57
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You can see it earlier in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wp2qhoop9U
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Oct 2, 2012 06:29
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I like building pedals, but like a lot of builders, the majority of what I turn out is overdrives and fuzz pedals, and you can only use so many of those. My current chain lives on a pedaltrain mini MIM Telecaster with SD59 neck humbucker/Vox series 55/Strat/MIJ Mustang Special > Tu-3 Tuner > CMAT mods deluxe compressor (building a ross clone to replace it soon) > A/B switch that branches to home built Germanium fuzz face clone and straight to DRRI amp. B setting continues to: > Dunlop Rotovibe JH-4S > Marshall Bluesbreaker Clone > BYOC OD2 (Tubescreamer clone with separate boost) > MXR Carbon Copy > Fender DRRI The compressor and boost on the od2 are always on. The bluesbreaker is set to add a little dirt. The bluesbreaker and the TS clone at the same time add a lot of dirt and sustain. The fuzz is branched alone as its pos ground and doesn't play well with other pedals.
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Oct 2, 2012 13:22
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Noise Machine posted:Roland Chorus amp run in stereo feeding back. He uses the same sound in a lot King Crimson stuff in the 80s. What does this mean exactly? Could you explain it some more? Also, could you point me to some King Crimson songs he used it on?
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Oct 5, 2012 22:16
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He talks about it in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NpBWPL93s&t=2690s Most of that lesson is worth watching
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Oct 6, 2012 19:02
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Yes. This is the video for me. Thank you.
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Oct 6, 2012 21:16
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Anyone know what effect Jerry Garcia might be using on his guitar on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQF8CILMt8c He uses this sound a ton this album, and it's really subtle. I can't figure out for the life of me how to recreate it. I think it's a flanger but I'm not even sure they existed yet (1969). It might be a little more pronounced in this tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYvoNr3As4I Hollis Brownsound fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Oct 12, 2012 |
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Oct 12, 2012 13:53
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HollisBrown posted:Anyone know what effect Jerry Garcia might be using on his guitar on this: Definitely a flanger to my ears. The Beatles were using it in the studio on Revolver, so it was def. around. edit: By the beatles reference I mean that it may not have existed in a pedal-form for live performance, but it was definitely available as a studio effect by then. Scarf fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Oct 12, 2012 |
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Oct 12, 2012 15:56
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HollisBrown posted:Anyone know what effect Jerry Garcia might be using on his guitar on this: Univibe
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Oct 13, 2012 06:17
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Disagree. It sounds much more like a Leslie speaker than a Univibe, which was the hip thing to use around 1970.
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Oct 13, 2012 20:01
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burritonegro posted:Disagree. It sounds much more like a Leslie speaker than a Univibe, which was the hip thing to use around 1970. Seems too clean/discreet for a Leslie to me; speed is kinda off too. Was also thinking of the Mutron phase shifter, but not sure if that was available in '69. Anyway, HollisBrown, there's this: http://www.amazon.com/Grateful-Dead-Gear-Instruments-Recording/dp/0879308931
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Oct 14, 2012 13:05
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Any recommendations for a mid-range delay pedal (£50-120ish)? It needs to be analogue in sound and it needs to self-oscillate, and do that squuiiirrkysquirrrly pitch-bending noise when you change the speed. A tap tempo button would be good. Looking at the Memory Boy/Toy pedals or a second-hand Space Echo.
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Oct 16, 2012 00:21
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Popcorn posted:Any recommendations for a mid-range delay pedal (£50-120ish)? It needs to be analogue in sound and it needs to self-oscillate, and do that squuiiirrkysquirrrly pitch-bending noise when you change the speed. A tap tempo button would be good. I like my Memory Boy and its oscillations a lot. MXR Carbon Copys are popular too as an analog delay. You're probably not going to find anything actually analog with a tap temp for less than a Deluxe Memory Boy. My DD-7 does some oscillation too though and the pitch definitely changes as you twist the delay knob. The analog simulation on it is pretty decent imo. Tap tempo too if you don't mind holding the switch down or getting an external tap tempo switch which is super easy to diy if you've got a soldering iron.
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Oct 16, 2012 00:29
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Flanging, courtesy of Wikipedia:quote:The name "flanging" comes from the original method of creation. Originally, a signal would be recorded to two tape machines simultaneously. The playback-head output from these two recorders was then mixed together onto a third recorder. In this form, minute differences in the motor speeds of each machine would result in a phasing effect when the signals were combined. The "flange" effect originated when an engineer would literally put a finger on the flange, or rim of one of the tape reels so that the machine was slowed down, slipping out of sync by tiny degrees. A listener would hear a "drainpipe" sweeping effect as shifting sum-and-difference harmonics were created. The more you know! I like how they took a flaw - tape decks didn't sync perfectly - and turned it into a creative technique.
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Oct 16, 2012 05:41
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I recently came into some money, and I can't think of a better way to waste it than on a bunch of effects pedals. My only real issue is that I have no idea how to chain all this together properly. I didn't realize how much I had ordered until I started trying to figure this out, and now I'm wondering if something like a Pod HD500 would have been a better choice. Here's what I'll be working with: Wampler Triple Wreck Wampler Leviathan MXR Stereo Chorus MXR Smart Gate MXR 10 Band Graphic EQ Eventide TimeFactor Eventide Space Moog FreqBox Moog Cluster Flux Morley Dragon 2 Wah Morley PVO Plus Volume Philosopher's Tone BBE Sonic Stomp Carl Martin Classic Optical Envelope T-Rex Mark Tremonti Phaser Boss Acoustic Sim Korg Pitchblack+ How would I even begin to put that all into use on a board?
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Oct 30, 2012 00:40
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Possibly been asked before, but what cable connects do yall use on your boards? I'm ready to move on from George Ls...
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Oct 30, 2012 01:56
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BobOfDoom posted:I recently came into some money, and I can't think of a better way to waste it than on a bunch of effects pedals. My only real issue is that I have no idea how to chain all this together properly. I didn't realize how much I had ordered until I started trying to figure this out, and now I'm wondering if something like a Pod HD500 would have been a better choice. Here's what I'll be working with: Jesus Christ.  That's an amazing amount of stuff. You should post that question to I Love Fuzz, too.Generally speaking, you want to set up your chain like this: Guitar > Filters > Pitch Shifting > Distortions > Modulation > Delay > Reverb > Amp That rule is totally breakable to different results, but it's a good rule of thumb for when you're starting out. I'd probably try something like this out for starters? Korg Pitchblack+ Morley Dragon 2 Wah Carl Martin Classic Optical Envelope Moog FreqBox Moog Cluster Flux MXR 10 Band Graphic EQ Boss Acoustic Sim Philosopher's Tone BBE Sonic Stomp Wampler Triple Wreck Wampler Leviathan MXR Stereo Chorus T-Rex Mark Tremonti Phaser Eventide TimeFactor Eventide Space Morley PVO Plus Volume MXR Smart Gate As someone who owns a Line 6 multi-effects unit (the M13), I have to say that I'm not wild at all about the fuzzes - I have my own running into the box - but the filters/modulation/delays/reverbs are all decent. Volume and tuner can go anywhere. Have fun and make a lot of noise with that setup!
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Oct 30, 2012 03:17
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BobOfDoom posted:I recently came into some money, and I can't think of a better way to waste it than on a bunch of effects pedals. My only real issue is that I have no idea how to chain all this together properly. I didn't realize how much I had ordered until I started trying to figure this out, and now I'm wondering if something like a Pod HD500 would have been a better choice. Here's what I'll be working with: I don't have any useful advice to you but I had to comment because this list of pedals made me laugh out loud. I'm not trying to be mean, I loving LOVE pedals but I just have to ask, what sort of board are you using to put all these on? The Eventide pedals alone take up a lot of space... I loving love the Space reverb btw, my favorite (and most expensive) pedal. *edit: read that last line, and i will offer my take: even if you go with a pedaltrain pro, you'll be able to fit at most half of the pedals you listed up there, so you'll have to start figuring out for yourself what you like the best and trimming some other stuff off the list. generally i'd say that blue.eyed.ash gives a pretty good rule of thumb. forever whatever fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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Oct 30, 2012 20:10
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How about putting them in a rack and using something like the Voodoo Labs GCX Audio Switcher(or five of them) to switch them around?
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Oct 30, 2012 22:17
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Finally getting sick of lugging individual pedals around, so I'm looking for some pedalboard advice. I've got the following (in no particular order, but order recommendations would be nice too as I'm still fiddling with it all): Turbo Tuner Blackout Effectors Twosome Morley PVO+ Volume EHX Freeze EHX Memory Boy EHX Small Stone TC Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb maybe a wah sometime maybe if I ever decide that I don't hate wah I might add one or two more pedals at some point, but I think I'm pretty much done. As far as I can tell, the basic idea is to grab a Pedaltrain PT-2 and a Voodoo Pedal Power 2, drill some holes, and mount things on, but I'm wondering if there are better options out there. I don't need a flight case or anything like that, and I don't need anything giant. This is really about me being tired of wasting 15 minutes unpacking and packing pedals and cables at rehearsals.
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Oct 31, 2012 01:53
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Schindler's Fist posted:
Same story, of course, with overdrive.
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Oct 31, 2012 17:35
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I picked up an MXR el grande bass fuzz a few weeks ago and it started loving up on me today. When I turned it on, I wasn't getting any distortion or really any sound unless I turned the volume knob all the way up (all the knobs seemed to effect the volume). Then when I pressed the 'deep' switch, it immediately started making a really loud, high-pitched buzzing sound. I turned everything off, unplugged and re-plugged everything and it was the same; no fuzz, and that loud buzz when I pressed the deep switch. Then I tried switching the cables, and the distortion worked as normal, but pressing the deep switch still caused that buzz. I switched the cables back, and nothing changed. Then I turned everything off and on again, and now I'm back to where I started. My bass and amp work fine without the pedal connected. Does anyone know what the gently caress? Is my pedal toast?
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Nov 1, 2012 19:27
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Fancy Molasses posted:I picked up an MXR el grande bass fuzz a few weeks ago and it started loving up on me today. When I turned it on, I wasn't getting any distortion or really any sound unless I turned the volume knob all the way up (all the knobs seemed to effect the volume). Then when I pressed the 'deep' switch, it immediately started making a really loud, high-pitched buzzing sound. I turned everything off, unplugged and re-plugged everything and it was the same; no fuzz, and that loud buzz when I pressed the deep switch. Then I tried switching the cables, and the distortion worked as normal, but pressing the deep switch still caused that buzz. I switched the cables back, and nothing changed. Then I turned everything off and on again, and now I'm back to where I started. My bass and amp work fine without the pedal connected. Did you buy it new? If so, I'd return it and get a new one. It sounds like maybe some of the solder connections poo poo out.
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Nov 1, 2012 20:27
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Scarf posted:Did you buy it new? If so, I'd return it and get a new one. It sounds like maybe some of the solder connections poo poo out. Well poo poo. Yeah, it's new, guess I'll be taking it back tomorrow.
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Nov 1, 2012 21:22
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I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this, but my band is trying to use a loop pedal to loop a guitar part, but, inevitably, the drummer is having a hard time hearing the loop so he can keep in time with it. Any suggestions for how to fight this? It feels like headphones should be the answer. I guess we could buy a splitter or mixer and route the loop into the amp and into a pair of headphones for him. e: to clarify, if it isn't clear, the reason the drummer can't hear the loop is that we all end up playing stuff on top of it and it gets buried. We all end up playing to the drummer's tempo and then the loop gets out of sync completely. Popcorn fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Nov 2, 2012 |
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Nov 2, 2012 00:32
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Headphones would help a lot. Also you could feed a metronome into the headphones instead of your loop so the drummer is always playing to the right tempo.
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Nov 2, 2012 00:47
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Metronome won't work, because the loop is generated from an Akai headrush looper activated by footswitch. It can't be synced to a metronome. I think headphones is the answer, but I'm still trying to figure out the best way to get the loop to a pair of headphones (and still coming out of the amp as part of the band). My amp has a headphones socket but it stops the audio coming out of the speaker and we need both. Another possibility would be to use Ableton + laptop to loop the guitar part to a metronome the drummer could listen to (or we could blend it with drum machine parts on top to keep the tempo clear), but that would be a logistical nightmare in the short term.
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Nov 2, 2012 01:08
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Popcorn posted:Metronome won't work, because the loop is generated from an Akai headrush looper activated by footswitch. It can't be synced to a metronome. I've seen band carry around another guitar amp just as a monitor from the loop pedal to the drummer. Kinda a pain in the rear end but it get's the job done.
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Nov 2, 2012 03:30
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Popcorn posted:Metronome won't work, because the loop is generated from an Akai headrush looper activated by footswitch. It can't be synced to a metronome. Oh man, this seems like an easy project. Depending on what switch they used, you might be able to tap in to the extra set of poles on that tap switch and wire it in to a tap tempo metronome. Else just drill a hole for the second switch and physically link them with a snap on cover of sorts. Would there be a market for something like this? I could probably build a prototype by the end of the week.
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