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I'm trying to get my rig to be as quiet as possible (sleeping kids) and a while back picked up a Bugera PS1 (https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PS1Atten--bugera-ps1-passive-100-watt-power-attenuator). Is the emulated mic output on these the same as a load box or IR? My assumption is no because I can't find anything that indicates this is more than a power soak. What I would like is the ability to use my Marshall head without requiring the speaker. Given the price range between a PS1 all the way to a UA OX I'm trying to figure out what my options are. Another option that I am considering is the Suhr reactive load IR (https://www.suhr.com/electronics/tone-tools/reactive-load-ir/) which is more mid-range in terms of price.
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Ferg posted:I'm trying to get my rig to be as quiet as possible (sleeping kids) and a while back picked up a Bugera PS1 (https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PS1Atten--bugera-ps1-passive-100-watt-power-attenuator). Is the emulated mic output on these the same as a load box or IR? My assumption is no because I can't find anything that indicates this is more than a power soak. What I would like is the ability to use my Marshall head without requiring the speaker. Given the price range between a PS1 all the way to a UA OX I'm trying to figure out what my options are. The emulated output on those is just a low-pass filter. Very rudimentary. Thankfully it has an uncolored output for use with IR loaders which brings me to: Check this out: https://www.amazon.com/NUX-Mini-Studio-Simulator-Loader/dp/B07TK59J2M/ Should be all you need! I have some dope cab impulse responses. Lemme know if you are interested in giving them a spin.
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Oct 19, 2019 18:56
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:The emulated output on those is just a low-pass filter. Very rudimentary. Thankfully it has an uncolored output for use with IR loaders which brings me to: Awesome, thanks! So this would be guitar -> pedalboard -> amp -> PS1 -> NUX Mini via the line out? Just to test my understanding, a device like this would do the same job as the PS1 + NUX Mini but in a single unit?
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Oct 19, 2019 19:59
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Ferg posted:Awesome, thanks! So this would be guitar -> pedalboard -> amp -> PS1 -> NUX Mini via the line out? Not really. It doesn’t have internal IR loading but has you rely on a plugin you could get for free without it. In fact you could just run your load box into your computer and run a free IR loader plugin but it isn’t conducive for playing/noodling live with, rather it’s useful for recording. You’d have to run your entire guitar signal through your sound card and back out adding undue latency.
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Oct 19, 2019 20:15
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In my experience TwoNotes also has poo poo tech support, and the Wall of Sound plugin is spotty with certain daws and loading third party IRs. The hardware piece of it’s probably fine but I wouldn’t want to use the WoS IR plugin on the reg.
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Oct 19, 2019 20:25
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Can you magically make any piece of poo poo distortion pedal sound good by putting a Tube Screamer in front of it? It's doing wonders for my DOD Hard Rock Distortion, an objectively bad-sounding pedal.
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Oct 20, 2019 00:36
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an eq will work better but it doesn't hurt
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Oct 20, 2019 00:47
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Anime Reference posted:Can you magically make any piece of poo poo distortion pedal sound good by putting a Tube Screamer in front of it? It's doing wonders for my DOD Hard Rock Distortion, an objectively bad-sounding pedal. not always because different pedals have different levels of competency vs. laziness/shittiness when it comes to their input and first gain stage.
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Oct 20, 2019 01:32
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:The emulated output on those is just a low-pass filter. Very rudimentary. Thankfully it has an uncolored output for use with IR loaders which brings me to: Oh huh those IR pedals have really gotten cheaper in the past year or two. I've been running a torpedo captor into my PC for a while but I think $100 is worth the convenience of not having to gently caress with a DAW just to sit around and shred.
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Oct 20, 2019 01:38
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What are good/versatile reverb pedals under $100
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Oct 20, 2019 21:34
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AverySpecialfriend posted:What are good/versatile reverb pedals under $100 The Biyang Tri-Reverb got me through a bunch of gigs, but you can probably score a TC Electronics Hall of Fame for under $100 nowadays.
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Oct 20, 2019 21:57
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Bought a can of that DeoxIT spray to try on a 1990s TS-9 with a hosed up output jack. I gave it a few squirts, and it's working like a dream now. $15 well spent. Thanks to whoever suggested it. (Probably Bhabhi again!)
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Oct 21, 2019 03:01
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Dexoit is magic I just rehabbed 2 amps with scratchy knobs and the sliders on a vintage synth with it.
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Oct 21, 2019 04:13
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OutOfPrint posted:The Biyang Tri-Reverb got me through a bunch of gigs, but you can probably score a TC Electronics Hall of Fame for under $100 nowadays. What about the Digitech polara? It has a reverse reverb setting but I don’t think the HoF does
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Oct 21, 2019 17:39
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Yaay deoxit is pretty magical! As for budget reverbs, the worst I’ve heard was still pretty decent. So every one of those y’all are listing I’m like yep that one will work, too! We truly live in a golden age!
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Oct 21, 2019 17:58
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AverySpecialfriend posted:What about the Digitech polara? It has a reverse reverb setting but I don’t think the HoF does I haven't played the Polara, so I can't comment on it. That said, I have the Obscura delay and loving love it, and I'm not big on delays to begin with. Digitech doesn't (didn't?) gently caress around with their latest pedals.
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Oct 21, 2019 23:52
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WRT to reverb - don’t know what used boss prices are like in the US but would highly recommend an RV-6. Friends have also raved about the oceans 11 by EHX
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Oct 21, 2019 23:55
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I have both polara and obscura, each is great on its own but in combination they're fantastic. They both have reverse modes but I think the obscura's is stronger.
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Oct 22, 2019 03:38
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UncleBlazer posted:WRT to reverb - don’t know what used boss prices are like in the US but would highly recommend an RV-6. ehx’s build quality is dodgy; i love the way my cathedral sounds but it is extremely fussy about what you power it with and i doubt it’d hold up to touring if that’s a concern maybe try the deadbeat reverb? i like the demos i’ve heard; the source audio dimension is also easily found for under $100 and gives you two presets and a bunch of options
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Oct 23, 2019 17:42
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Boss RV-6 is excellent and can be had for about $100 on (appropriately enough) Reverb I finally put my pedalboard together and everything sounds great but the only fuzz I have is a US Big Muff Pi which is nice but a) it's huge and takes of a ton of room and b) I'm not sure if I even want that Big Muff kinda sound for what I play. Any recommendation on a more old-school kinda fuzz that can handle trebly stuff like say, Stooges or Beatles fuzz tones but can also get mellower and do kinda "classic" fuzz tones or 80's/90's alternative like Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr?
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Oct 23, 2019 19:17
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Boss RV-6 is excellent and can be had for about $100 on (appropriately enough) Reverb Jext Telez White is bang-on but not cheap. I sold mine but there are clone PCBs available so ima get my baby back. Any Tone Bender like a TC Rusty Fuzz (they are inexpensive) should do the trick. If you can find a Danelectro Cool Cat v1 (also inexpensive) that’s a Frantone Peach Fuzz which is also super great for what you want. Lastly, you just can’t beat a Fuzz Face.
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Oct 23, 2019 19:44
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Jext Telez White is bang-on but not cheap. I sold mine but there are clone PCBs available so ima get my baby back. Cool thanks, the Rusty Fuzz looks awesome especially considering I can find it used for less than $50. I watched a couple videos and it does that cool gated start/stop thing but it looks like you can get some surprisingly Muff-like tones with the tone rolled back
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Oct 23, 2019 19:55
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Hell, I just bought one for $40 on Reverb 
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Oct 23, 2019 20:15
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Declan MacManus posted:ehx’s build quality is dodgy
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Oct 24, 2019 00:45
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Death Panel Czar posted:Wait, that's a universal thing? I thought they only had issues with the <$100 stuff. I don't own any but I was debating grabbing one of the ____9 pedals. EHX designs are fantastic but they are reeeeally cheap when it comes to construction. My Magnum 44 just died after a year and a half of the most tepid use  . I replaced it with a Quilter Microblock and the difference is noticeable in toan and the workmanship.
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Oct 24, 2019 02:54
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Hell, I just bought one for $40 on Reverb Nice!! Let us know if it lives up to what you were looking for. If it's designed to the original Tone Bender spec you may need to make sure to make this pedal first in your chain.
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Oct 26, 2019 06:50
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Nice!! Let us know if it lives up to what you were looking for. If it's designed to the original Tone Bender spec you may need to make sure to make this pedal first in your chain. It came in yesterday... sounds pretty great to me. Nic and squawky with the tone and fuzz up, and the fuzz knob is super interactive to the point that you can get almost an overdriven sound if you roll it all the way left. Thanks for the rec 👍
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Oct 28, 2019 04:14
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Just picked up an EQD Plumes to replace my Behringer Tube Screamer clone and I'm really impressed with it. I love how touch-sensitive mode 1 is, I was playing some old Rush songs with the gain about halfway up and I could go from crunchy power chords to completely clean arpeggios just by backing off my pick attack. Also got a Hoof but I haven't dug into that one too much yet.
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Oct 28, 2019 21:38
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I managed to fry my cheapo Donner EQ pedal, I absentmindedly plugged in the input cable into one of the outputs so I figured that's what did it but then I'm surprised I didn't do any more damage. Or maybe it was unrelated but now when it's turned off the bypass works fine, when it's turned off there's no output, just the LEDs.
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Oct 28, 2019 23:11
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Simone Poodoin posted:I managed to fry my cheapo Donner EQ pedal, I absentmindedly plugged in the input cable into one of the outputs so I figured that's what did it but then I'm surprised I didn't do any more damage. Or maybe it was unrelated but now when it's turned off the bypass works fine, when it's turned off there's no output, just the LEDs. You went from your amplifier's output -> input of the pedal???
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Oct 28, 2019 23:48
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lol I skipped a lot of words, sorry about that I accidentally connected the power cable of my power supply to one of the outputs of it instead of the input, all this while all my pedals were also connected to the PS, so I figure that's what did it.
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Oct 28, 2019 23:56
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Anime Reference posted:Just picked up an EQD Plumes to replace my Behringer Tube Screamer clone and I'm really impressed with it. I love how touch-sensitive mode 1 is, I was playing some old Rush songs with the gain about halfway up and I could go from crunchy power chords to completely clean arpeggios just by backing off my pick attack.
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Oct 29, 2019 00:31
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LED clipping and MOSFET clipping are my favorites consistently. I never really jive with the darkness of Ge diodes and silicon are fine but LEDs, like in a Turbo Rat or soft clipping a TS, is my favorite.
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Oct 29, 2019 00:48
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My old, now lost, VFE Pale Horse was switchable between asymmetrical diode, mosfet, and LED clipping. Best believe I kept that fucker locked on LED.
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Oct 29, 2019 15:25
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A couple of days ago, That Pedal Show posted a video featuring John and Gina from Baroness talking about their pedalboards. I really enjoyed it. These guys rival J Mascis w/sheer number of pedals.
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Oct 29, 2019 15:38
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betterinsodapop posted:A couple of days ago, That Pedal Show posted a video featuring John and Gina from Baroness talking about their pedalboards. I really enjoyed it. These guys rival J Mascis w/sheer number of pedals. Her episode of Two Minutes to Late Night is pretty funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcPXWfsHCOc&t=355s
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Oct 29, 2019 16:22
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Her episode of Two Minutes to Late Night is pretty funny: Fender recently implied that they'd be putting out some new signature models soon, and there is some whispering that a Gina Gleason signature tele is in the works. Umm to post something ON TOPIC: the Ibanez SM7 "SmashBox" distortion is a GREAT. Saw it on an episode of JHS, and scooped one up on Reverb. They've since gone down in price a little (thankfully.) Highly recommended for that Double-Rec sound. Slap a TubeScreamer (or other OD) in front of it, and it is absolutely pummeling. I love it.
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Oct 29, 2019 16:36
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https://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHSF300 they got that sf300 in stock I've been reading lots of good things about it here and i got one. For 25 bucks this pedal better absolutely impress the poo poo outta me, or else.
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Oct 31, 2019 04:10
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I am Otis posted:https://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHSF300 We should probably try to settle this in some sort of measurable way. It sounds just like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPavUi3FEWI ...provided you can turn your amp up fairly loud. The true murder frequencies are difficult to detect (read: the more subtle octave down this circuit does) without turning things up, I've found.
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SF300 loving rules. You are gonna love it.
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