as far as i know, only distortion/fuzz pedals and maybe ringmodulators sound different with a new or used battery.

if you like the tone of lets say the BMwTW with a new battery, there will be imho no audible change in sound if you use an adapter.

Analogman though has to say something on the topic and recommends the great idea: the virtual battery from gigrig!

analogman writes on his site:
A power jack may add AC hum noise, and a power supply can affect the tone, as the best sound is obtained by using an old style non-alkaline battery. I get these two for a dollar at the DOLLAR STORES. I like the Maxell or Panasonics. An Alkaline battery will sound a bit dull in a germanium fuzzface, it can lose some character (you can hear the difference in a sound sample above). It’s not just the voltage that makes batteries and power supplies sound different. It’s the resistance, inductance, and capacitance in the battery, which is part of the circuit in a fuzzface.

A power jack can also cause oscillation (squealing) on some high gain sunfaces with some power supplies. TheGigRig virtual battery should solve oscillation problems, along with isolating the power supply so you can use any power supply with our positive ground pedals. The VBATT also solves ground loop problems which occur when you use a daisy chain or the same power with more than one pedal. We now offer the Virtual Battery as an accessory and sunface option on our shopping website. Here is more info on the GigRig Virtual Battery

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diego

Hey Julian,

way to go!!!!!!+!

amazing sounds! that’s what i was thinking about – and the HOG ist jsut the beast for it:

i mean – filter, pitch and volume sequenzing via a tremlike EP!!! great stuff.

you even can do tremoloing via the volume setting.

sounds amazing – very good video.
sadly i’m not that good at electronics – i can’t do my own pedal.

now that would be something EH should do! the more, as they have many new pedals with EP-plug!

think about what you could do with the new stereo polyflange coming up next

saliva-liva-liva

maybe we should recommend such a pedal in a thread of its own???

best regards
diego

I think Julian is right – it’s mostly about attack/decay on an rather heavily distorted signal.

you’d need a good squarewave distortion/fuzz and then something to get the quick attack decay.

i don’t know if the attack/decay dials on the hog would do it.

what you’d really needed would be a circuit breaker, like unplug the guitar chord or even an “on/off”-volume switch!

i’ll fool around with the hog tonight. but good luck with that one! great sound!

diego

Wicked!

but what a phantastic idea!

and – i mean – this pedal could even be digital and therefor programmable to different waveforms (like similar to random EP movement?!).

even more wicked – a pedal with a touchscreen to “free paint” or generate different waveforms.

modulation heaven!
and this way you could have analog sound digitally rendered – even with correct tempo!

maybe we should start a company.

cheers

diego

Air – La Femme D’argent

All the different Fender Rhodes and Moog Synth sounds and FX!

there’s so much in it! And it’s very 70ies Camel/Kraftwerk-Like.

great stuff in there…

btw – i finally happen to have the HOG and was able to record a little piece of string quartett! amazing realistic! This pedal ROX!!!

hats off!

diego

Yes, it’s getting difficult isn’t it?
And all the plugs are different – which is not too bad, so you don’t confuse the power supplies, but…

So, YES, a dedicated all-in-one would be GREAT.

but i can’t think of a practicle way to build it. there are just too many different pedals/consumptions and how could you leave this or that out. although – for 18 or 24 or even 40v – 1 output each wouldn’t be enough – some use two hoaxes or BMs…

but – the cool guys at electro harmonix may find a good solution to this!

i’d buy a good one! for sure.

d