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Quote:Quote:Quote:Some pedals using relays (like the Behringer ‘Vintage’ series, which are just plain EHX copies) might still give you signal, the way to check these is to turn the pedal on, remove the power, then hit the bypass switch, if you aint got signal, you aint got true-bypass.
what?
wouldn’t hitting the byp. switch with a relay bypass just do nothing [like, you’d still have signal]?Precisely, if it’s got a relay switch and it’s turned on, when you pull out the power jack the relay will be stuck there, so hitting the bypass switch now will not actually bypass the effect as the relay requires power to switch. This leaves you with no bypassed signal, you can then identify it as not being true bypass.
If you had however bypassed the effect and then removed the power jack, in that order (which works for identifying buffered-bypass pedals), you’d still have signal as the relay would be stuck in bypass, some might argue that this is as-good-as true-bypass, as how much colouration can going through a relay really have on your signal? But still, if you’re gonna be anal about one thing, let it be your tone
Maybe I worded it funny :p
no i’m pretty sure you’ve got it wrong. the relay would switch back to bypass because there’s no longer power applied to it. ie, with a TB pedal, you can still turn off the signal. with a relay pedal, it’s always on bypass if you don’t have power to it.
And a relay can’t color your tone any more than a switch can.
no idea man
I always looped my drums by playing them on my keyboard.you could try looping them by playing them in + midi quantizing?
