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October 31, 2008 at 3:51 pm #77232electro-melxModerator
I was wondering how the drive was on this pedal with the envelope off and how it compared to something like the hot tubes?
I’m interested in one, but I wouldn’t use the filter all that often, if the tube drive was good then it would make it a lot more desirable to me.
October 31, 2008 at 8:51 pm #86661John JMemberI use mine this way from time to time, but the filter is so great that it feels like a waste not to employ it. You don’t get the same amount of tone control as a Hot Tubes due to there only being a frequency knob with resonance control, and with the resonance down, the tone control is extremely slight; you can, of course, also turn up the resonance to get the half-cocked wah type tone in the demo. This works out perfectly because it allows you to get a frequency response as wide or narrow as you wish.
There’s way more gain onboard than I would ever use, and it can get a little spitty at higher input gain settings, but with the input gain set to a moderate level, it’s a great sounding overdrive/distortion that’s a nice change of pace from time to time. Also, it reacts extremely well to DI recording, which is more than I can say for any Tube Screamer I’ve ever played.Hope it helps!
October 31, 2008 at 8:58 pm #86665electro-melxModeratorQuote:I use mine this way from time to time, but the filter is so great that it feels like a waste not to employ it. You don’t get the same amount of tone control as a Hot Tubes due to there only being a frequency knob with resonance control, and with the resonance down, the tone control is extremely slight; you can, of course, also turn up the resonance to get the half-cocked wah type tone in the demo. This works out perfectly because it allows you to get a frequency response as wide or narrow as you wish.
There’s way more gain onboard than I would ever use, and it can get a little spitty at higher input gain settings, but with the input gain set to a moderate level, it’s a great sounding overdrive/distortion that’s a nice change of pace from time to time. Also, it reacts extremely well to DI recording, which is more than I can say for any Tube Screamer I’ve ever played.Hope it helps!
yeah, thanks…that’s really helpfull.
I record direct into my tascam digital 8-track so I could use it for that too…I just didn’t want to pay the price for one and never really use it, I think I’ll have to look into one of these a little more seriously.
November 4, 2008 at 10:29 pm #87024John JMemberThis is off topic, but I’m curious:
Which model Tascam are you using?
November 4, 2008 at 10:35 pm #87027electro-melxModeratorQuote:This is off topic, but I’m curious:Which model Tascam are you using?
a DP-02CF it’s the newest 8-track digital portastudio.
see here:
http://www.tascam.com/products/dp-02cf.html
I think it’s amazing for the price, I got it back in the summer when my last band split up and it’s been brilliant.
November 4, 2008 at 10:49 pm #86984tubezipperModeratoroooh you interested?
It does great distortion / fuzz. I know you say you don’t use filter, but i seriously think you will love the zippers ability in combining filter with fuzz.
November 4, 2008 at 10:57 pm #86990electro-melxModeratorQuote:oooh you interested?It does great distortion / fuzz. I know you say you don’t use filter, but i seriously think you will love the zippers ability in combining filter with fuzz.
well I’m semi interested…..I saw a ‘used’ one on the bay the other day going for a decent price and I was kinda tempted but I was unsure if I would use it, I’m just curious incase I see another going for cheap!
November 4, 2008 at 11:05 pm #86971tubezipperModeratorQuote:Quote:oooh you interested?It does great distortion / fuzz. I know you say you don’t use filter, but i seriously think you will love the zippers ability in combining filter with fuzz.
well I’m semi interested…..I saw a ‘used’ one on the bay the other day going for a decent price and I was kinda tempted but I was unsure if I would use it, I’m just curious incase I see another going for cheap!
i can do a demo tomorrow to feed your tube zipper temptation 😆
November 4, 2008 at 11:21 pm #87035electro-melxModeratorQuote:Quote:Quote:oooh you interested?It does great distortion / fuzz. I know you say you don’t use filter, but i seriously think you will love the zippers ability in combining filter with fuzz.
well I’m semi interested…..I saw a ‘used’ one on the bay the other day going for a decent price and I was kinda tempted but I was unsure if I would use it, I’m just curious incase I see another going for cheap!
i can do a demo tomorrow to feed your tube zipper temptation 😆
yeah, that would be good…..I’d like to hear it. :rawk:
November 5, 2008 at 12:16 am #87050tubezipperModerator[/quote]
yeah, that would be good…..I’d like to hear it. :rawk:[/quote]
no problemo.
I’ll try get the best settings out for the dist/fuzz
November 5, 2008 at 12:23 am #87053electro-melxModeratorQuote:I’ll try get the best settings out for the dist/fuzzsweet, I’d just like to hear everything you can do with it really…
November 5, 2008 at 12:24 am #87054tubezipperModeratorQuote:Quote:I’ll try get the best settings out for the dist/fuzzsweet, I’d just like to hear everything you can do with it really…
in that case i’ll cover most settings.
here’s the demo.
November 5, 2008 at 6:13 pm #87086electro-melxModeratorQuote:Quote:Quote:I’ll try get the best settings out for the dist/fuzzsweet, I’d just like to hear everything you can do with it really…
in that case i’ll cover most settings.
here’s the demo.
sounds great, cheers for that. :thumb:
November 5, 2008 at 6:27 pm #87087tubezipperModeratorLOL!
I didn’t even type that! 😆
November 5, 2008 at 6:42 pm #87088electro-melxModeratorQuote:LOL!I didn’t even type that! 😆
just one of the benifits of being admin.
I might post it up in the other ‘soundclips, pics etc’ section too.
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