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  • May 18, 2011 at 5:34 am #81632
    nirvanafan89
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    I have myself a ROCKSON Distortion pedal thats a copy of Roland Boss and the distortion is pretty horrible.

    I recently played this pedal through my Small Clone and it sounded alot better.

    Can anyone here explain how thats possible?

    May 18, 2011 at 2:51 pm #115229
    Cryabetes
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    short version: everything sounds better through a small clone

    tl;dr version: a chorus is a form of detuning, in the small clone’s case it’s along an LFO. the detuning would afford for some phase cancellation (a “comb filter”)- which would probably lessen the harshness of things in the higher registers [ie, the red-LED clipping frequencies]. It’s like a mildly uncontrollable albeit helpful EQ section on the distortion.

    May 18, 2011 at 4:23 pm #115234
    TheGhostMachina
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    Hey Cryabetes.. Any idea why my Black Russian BMP sounds better thru my SMMwH, when I have the blend all the way CCW(dry)? I noticed it at the last rehearsal, but forgot about it until I read yer reply above.

    TGM

    May 18, 2011 at 5:11 pm #115235
    nirvanafan89
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    hey thanks guys :)

    May 18, 2011 at 5:24 pm #115236
    Cryabetes
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    Hey Cryabetes.. Any idea why my Black Russian BMP sounds better thru my SMMwH, when I have the blend all the way CCW(dry)? I noticed it at the last rehearsal, but forgot about it until I read yer reply above.

    TGM

    could be something like the AD/DA converters are acting as a slight filter/compressor. or you’re clipping out the AD/DA converters and [if they’re anything like the 2880’s input clipping] it sounds better because of it.
    that’s all that really comes to mind.

    do you run the BMP so it’s louder than ‘clean’?

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