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March 22, 2011 at 6:42 pm in reply to: stock ehx power supplies causing humming problems – any suggestions? #114842dibletMember
does nobody have any quiet alternative for powering the smmw/h, cathedral and microsynth xo ? – or does everyone use the stock power supplies?
sadly, i still have not found a solution here…
still getting that humming from the stock ehx power supplies unless i run an extension cord to keep the power supplies a good three feet away from the board. it is okay (but a bit messy) for home use, but not a very good solution for a portable pedal board / playing live…
February 27, 2011 at 2:43 pm in reply to: stock ehx power supplies causing humming problems – any suggestions? #114498dibletMemberthe stereo memory man does not like to be chained … i undid my pedalboard to use my onespot to try to power the smmwh, but there is a high pitch whine…
so i guess my question still stands:
anyone know of any power supply that can be put in close proximity to your pedals (on the pedalboard) for powering the microsynth, cathedral and stereo memory man w/h and does not induce noise into the signal chain the way the stock ehx power supply does?
February 23, 2011 at 10:12 pm in reply to: stock ehx power supplies causing humming problems – any suggestions? #114459dibletMemberanother question i suppose would be would the following pedals work chained together with a onespot (since i know the one spot works for my situation, i could just purchase another and be done with it):
microsynth (newer 9v version, ??mA)
stereo memory man w/h (170 mA)
cathedral (163mA)i know the manual says not to daisy-chain these pedals… but if a supply has 1700mA to supply what is the harm chaining three pedals that pull under 600mA?
dibletMemberQuote:Quote:I really like the sound that I get out of it but I just think it’s unacceptable for it to cut out at all. I’ve never experienced this kind of behaviour with any other type of pedal before.but you have to ask yourself, have you ever had an octave shifting pedal with envelope filter that is a 100% analog circuit?
honestly the microsynth has a bit of a learning curve – almost like an instrument itself – there are inherent limitations and characteristics associated with it… sharply cutting off the notes being one of them.
that being said, i have learned there are a lot of sounds in the box that i cannot get elsewhere – and have come to love the variation/unpredictability of some of the aspects of the sounds that only comes with an analog device. (namely the organic nature of the breakup, cutting in/out and way it handles chords / non-guitar sounds etc).
dibletMemberhere is a cool article explaining why the audible pops happen in the signal chain http://www.stinkfoot.se/andreas/diy/articles/suck.htm
but this does not have anything to do with the mechanical pop that happens with the switches (what i think looptheloop is concerned with), only the pop that travels down the cable to the amp…
the only solution there would be to install cusacks soft switches http://cusackmusic.com/wp/?page_id=22
but i’m not sure if you can install that in the smmwh… or if it would even work with a stereo devicedibletMembermine pops too – i think i have seen some solutions involving soldering in a resister on the jack… but i’m not clear on the details – i’m sure someone else will chime in
dibletMembertry turning up the trigger slider – if the signal is not high enough to trigger the pedal to sweep, it would behave as you are describing.
otherwise experiment with a compressor or line booster before the pedal and/or adjust the internal gain pot to suit your pickups
hope this helps
dibletMemberyeah that is not normal behavior – sounds like something is wrong somewhere along the line with the right output. i don’t have a schematic so i am not sure where i would begin trouble shooting that…
if its new bring it back – if you are shy about a soldering iron, send it in for repair
dibletMemberi just read your post again, and it seems you are not getting any signal out of your right channel? if this is the case, i would imagine something is wrong with your unit (unless you have all the loops panned hard left?)
dibletMemberplug the two sources in to the input of the 2880
adjust each instrument to proper levels
turn the pan knob on the input completely left (center will sum the two channels together, fully right will inverse l/r)
make sure stereo mode is selected and two track indicator leds are lit (1+2 or 3+4)
plug the r + l output to the mixer
make some loops
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should be good to go (my guess is you are not panning the dry completely left and thus summing to the two signals to mono before committing them to the loop tracks)
June 24, 2010 at 10:20 pm in reply to: New Devices: Germanium^4 Big Muff &, .44 Magnum, Freeze, Neo Clone, & Headphone Amp #109796dibletMemberQuote:Quote:anyone know any differences between how the freeze works and how the cathedral infinite switch works? (besides the decay options of the new freeze) ?is it generating the drone the same way?
Although you can obtain similar types effects with the Infinite FSW on the Cathedral and the Freeze they work completely differently.
When you press the INFINITE FSW on the Cathedral it’s as if you instantly changed the Reverb’s decay time to infinity, which is like taking the REVERB knob and cranking it. But you can play over the infinite reverb wash, while holding its FSW, and not add to the reverb. When you release the INFINITE FSW you return the reverb’s decay time to what the REVERB knob is set to.
The Freeze does not use reverb, instead it samples the sound passing thru it at the moment you press down on the FSW and creates a very short, clean loop which sounds like you are sustaining your note or chord.
ahh, that is what i was wondering – so the sound will be different. actually closer to the input signal than the drone you get out of the cathedral.
really excited to hear better demos of the pedal – i know i’ll have to pick one up. so happy to see this one come to light…
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so i do have to know though – was the idea inspired by us here on the forum? i remember discussing the pedal in great lengths on some other posts – or was this something already cooking at ehx?
June 24, 2010 at 7:48 pm in reply to: New Devices: Germanium^4 Big Muff &, .44 Magnum, Freeze, Neo Clone, & Headphone Amp #109790dibletMemberanyone know any differences between how the freeze works and how the cathedral infinite switch works? (besides the decay options of the new freeze) ?
is it generating the drone the same way?
dibletMemberQuote:Quote:I wonder how much more would it cost to produce the pedals with better switches, like other manufacturers do. We’re talking about music after all, and in my view effect units shouldn’t produce unwanted noise (nor force people to turn their amps louder).Which other manufacturers are you referring to?
You’ll find that a lot of boutique and higher-end manufacturers use the SAME type of footswitches as EHX.
probably cusack? but his switching system is proprietary… he will be coming out with a drop in replacement kit soonish
i would love to see more manufactures go this route – softtouch w true bypass…
April 27, 2010 at 6:48 pm in reply to: stereo memory man — can only loop with 0 attenuation in loop mode, all delay modes attenuate the loop — any ideas? #102290dibletMemberyes that helps a lot – thank your for doing the test on your unit, i really appreciate you taking the time. i bet you are right about me just noticing the attenuation now – as i have come to rely more and more on the looping capabilities of the smmwh.
dibletMemberi took the time when i was working today to put the different modes to test. the image below shows the wave forms of the sound held by holding the infinite switch over 10 minutes.
looks like the only mode that retains 100% signal is the reverse mode, with the echo in a close second loosing just a little over the 10 minute duration.
in terms of the reverb modes, looks like the grail spring retains sound the best, followed by hall, room and plate.
the accu spring seemed to loose almost all signal at about the 2 minute mark
just thought those like me who are interested in drone music might find this helpful…
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