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if im not mistaken, the cap should preserve the trebble. usually caps are used for filtering the right frequencies, or rather, choosing a desired frequency range. but im really a noob
flennertzMemberi think its because its not functional, ill never understand why builders make their guitar pedals so that you use it with yr fingers and not yr feet, looks like some sick irony
flennertzMembersure, that will do. you just have to check out 4 things:
1st: see if the voltage is applicable to your area (if its 110 or 220v), otherwise you might ruin the power supply (in your case it is, so nevermind)
2- the polarity. if its boss polarity, then its ok (cause the manual says so, and because thats the default for pedals nowadays)
3- the dc voltage: if the dc voltage is higher than your pedal’s (ehx says here the crying tone is 9v, so its ok) youll fry it; if its lower its not going to work (but i think nothing will be destroyed)
4- the mA (amperes): the amperes would be like the “strength” of the current (its actually the quantity of electrons that pass by), if you dont have enough spare mA from the supply, the pedal is not gonna work. your pedal will work because yr power sup can deliver 500 mA, and the pedal only takes 11 mA, so you can even power more pedals if you want to (though this might bring noise issues)summing up, this power supply is fine (provided it works like advertised)
one question though (BobZombie, dont worry, you can go play with the pedal): the manual says it requires a 9 “A”C adapter, instead of DC, but right afterwards it recommends a 9 “D”C adapter, DC instead of AC. why? is there somthing im missing? though im sure theres no problem, only if the current was AC and not DC, right? (which is the opposite case of BobZombie’s)
flennertzMemberQuote:anyone know the resistance value of the pot in the signal pad? is it 250K?Cryabetes, I have no idea whether after a year youd still like to know the resistance, but taking my chances, seems like its a 1 M log pot with a 220 pf cap. theres also a diode 1N4004 to keep the current flowing away from the battery/dc ground, but thats it, the rest is for the led. i dont know why it sucks the tone like ppl say, the cap should do the trebble bleed i guess. but maybe a better option is using a booster (like the lpb1, or the screaming bird:)) instead of the pad to not lose the trebble when cutting volume? i dont know.. if anyone has a better option im all ears
flennertzMemberthanks a lot! i think we have a winner than, im going for the riddle
flennertzMemberthanks for the reply! but do you know if the riddle can do everything the qtron does? or is there some kind of difference between the 2 (besides additional features on the riddle)?
flennertzMembercheck the power supply, if you have less power being supplied than what the pedal needs, it wont make any sound. its not clear by your description what is happening, you mean that when you turn the pog2 on no sound comes out? no clean sound at all or just no wet sound (=the sound thats processed/created by the effect)? check the settings too, if they are at 0 youll obviously get no sound. hope this helps
flennertzMemberto tell the truth, i dont care either, honestly i dont even like compressors, but the dyna is analog and famous so i thought what the heck.. and youre right about alesis size, i thought it was 2x the boss size, but its just a bit bigger. i looked into the other alesis pedals and they seemed quite cool (for digital eletronics pedals), have you ever used them? im currently using ehx pedal bag, so i cant use the rack.. but itd have been the best sollution. maybe ill get myself a decent case and just do it. thanks for the idea!
flennertzMemberhonestly, i think the voodoo power supplies are very overpriced, but if it is really important to you, then its as good as it gets (i always see famous guitarists with awesome effects using it, like Mogwai and pretty much every major band).
if i understand correctly, the tracking of the pitch shifter amounts to the interval between the note played and the pitch shifted note, so that the smallest the interval, the better is the tracking (eg, the holy stain has a bad tracking while the pog’s tracking is perfect). if this is correct, the pog’s tracking is always excellent, but on low notes, like most of other pitch shifters, the sound gets muzzled and confused, like a bad distortion. the tracking remains perfect, but on low notes the minus octaves dont work very well. still a lot better than on my boss ps-5. it also may have to do with the amplifier youre using, perhaps a bass amp would do better
flennertzMemberthanks for the tip, but its too big for me.. i think im gonna go for a diy ibanez cp9, since i dont care that much about the compressor tone, theres a schematic at tonepad. i wonder if a dynacomp could work too, what do you think?
flennertzMemberdumb questions are alright, but yes, it will Probably just be noisy (though i remember reading in the 1spot faq something about burned pedals, but this has nothing to do with anything except cheap construction – the voltage and amperes are ok).i read ppl commenting the godlyke power all is better with not burning stuff, but youll most probably have no problem with the 1spot (im getting a power all and hooking it up with the pog2, +- till december, i can post the result if you want to)
flennertzMember1) i was using it powered by the gator g-bus 8 (kind of a dunlop’s dc brick clone), with some low ground noise (due to grounding problems), but recently it started to get whacky (my big muffs started to make a lot of noise if the pog was connected to the gbus, even on bypass) and since then ive only been using the power supply included with the pedal with no noise. so, to try to answer your question, i dont think it will run alright with the 1spot, i think it will be noisy, BUT it is possible to power it as long as you have some spare mA (the pog probably consumes around 200 mA, so if the other pedals dont consume all the 1spot mA, it will work)
2) from what ive read, youll definitely have no problems (provided you have the spare mA)
3) id put the pog before the big muff, but only because the volume gets uncontrollable at times when both are on. if youre not calculating everything you do, you get surprise loud sounds (could be solved though with a volume pedal), really loud. in another thread https://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/6056/ im searching for a limiter to cope with these ‘surprise’ volume bursts.
if not for the big muff, id put the pog before the crybaby, cause otherwise the filtering sound of the wah wont be as accentuated as before. a good rule of thumb for placing pedals is placing last the pedals you like the most, because their sound will be louder when mixing effects. if you put the pog after, i think the crybaby will lose much of its force and get kind of bleached by the pog – obviously only if both are on, because the pog2 is true bypass.
and this draws me to my last conclusion: the boss pedals are not at all true bypass, and if you put the pog before or after them youll hear a huge difference. i place my pog before a boss ps-5, it annoys me a bit but its an ok trade-off. but putting it before more pedals that have coloring bypasses will destroy a (considerable) bit of pogs tone, it wont sound as beautiful or as rich as if you placed it after the ‘untrue’ bypass.
flennertzMemberthanks for the interest! i was looking for something very harsh, for some songs (but basically the whole song it should be on), because the fuzz interacting with some pedals (like the pog and ring thing) sometimes gets out of control. i thought about using the ibanez CP9, using ratio to infinity, but i find it too expensive for such a restricted use. any suggestions? thanks again!
October 15, 2012 at 8:07 pm in reply to: Longtime EHX user reviewing pedals – EHX staff should read #118256flennertzMemberyoure right about the combo+dirtboxes, my setup is much more limited (although ive got my share of modulation effects). and also about how we use our pedals, i use a lot the q (usually at least at 1) and detune (just a bit of), and all the time the lp filter. the problem of sticking to the settings is that it only has 8 presets, and for example i use one setting at 2 songs. the problem is that in one song the volume is going way high (im using the comp to counter it), but if i was to record a new preset just for this song, soon enoguh id run out of slots. and its so simple to fix this, i think ehx would add a lot of value to the pog putting a simple slider (could be horizontally, beetween the footswitches to allow easier live tweakability), just a log pot, that went along with a booster/boosted signal to control the master volume. but its just my opinion.
you got me curious about your setup, do you have any recordings? i never thought of using a bass amp together with a guitar amp, with so many effects it made me even more interested. im not that much into doom metal, but it would be cool to see what youre doing, that sounds pretty wild to me
flennertzMembercan you post sound clips? in this thread https://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/5652/ there was apparently somehting very wrong going on, i havent heard the clip but maybe its similar to your noise?
the place in the chain shouldnt affect the pedal in bypass, cause the Memoryboy is true bypass (probably). what might be happening is some problem with the power supply (did you change the power plugs?), a bad supply causes noise. if noone knows you can try emailing ehx, their support usually answers fast.
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