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Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Quote:In addition you can input your own scales for the sympathetics strings. You press and hold the DRONE/TUNE FSW, then play each note you want the scale to contain. The Ravish will track each pitch and recreate it when the sympathetic strings ring out. If you then save a preset, your scale will be saved along with the all the other knob and parameter settings. If you only play just one note while holding down the DRONE/TUNE FSW, the Ravish retunes the currently selected scale to that note but if you play more than one note then it begins creating a new scale from the notes you play.
whoa.
That’s huge.so say I have something that doesn’t use some sort of standardised pitch like the Korg ER-1 [where all you have is a ‘pitch’ knob and a remodulating option- no defined values or anything], I can tune the sympathetics to be drones of whichever drum patches [provided I initially set it up/train it to the drum kit i’m using]?
If so, kind of an interesting method of doing the reverse of a slicer effect.
Basically the process of inputting notes into a custom scale is a monophonic task. The Ravish can only accept one note at a time. You play the note, then Ravish gives you feedback that it got it and you move on to the next one. So if you are using a drum machine like the ER-1, you would have to input each drum one at a time. The Ravish will attempt to find the root frequency of each drum hit, it will probably come back with some interesting scales! If the drum sound modulates in frequency, as you can do on the ER-1, I don’t know at the moment what Ravish will do with the note. We have to test it.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hopefully Flick will get in here to answer some questions.Here’s my first one. Sitars are tuned in just intonation while guitars are tuned in equal tempered intonation. Are the sympathetic sounds in just or equal? If I play just scales with a slide or on a fretless, would it work out, or sound out of tune? Would the effect work well with a microtonally fretted guitar?
It’s a rather fringe question, but I’ve been considering making a fretless guitar for more eastern sounding music & I’m wondering if this would work well with it.
Since you asked for me… Here’s a little background on the Ravish.
LEAD VOICE
The LEAD voice will track your playing very well, if you play with a slide it will track it. Basically whatever you play on the guitar, the LEAD voice will make it sound like a sitar is playing it. The more your playing mimics how a Sitar player would actually play, the closer it will sound to a real sitar. You have control over the LEAD’s timbre, kind of like a tone control and its volume or level.SYMPATHETIC DRONES – here’s where I try to answer Julian’s question
This is where the Ravish really begins to shine. As you play your guitar, the sympathetic strings start to resonate in whatever key you have chosen. Let’s start with E Major. No matter what you play, the sympathetics will ring out in E major. They will track your pitch a little bit, if you play lower notes, the sympathetics will resonate lower notes in the chosen key, if you play higher, the sympathetics will produce higher notes in that key. Minor mode does the same thing but in E minor instead of E major. The exotics scales we are still working on and are disabled on the units we sent to NAMM. If you were to play with a slide, within the given scale you have chosen, I think it would sound great. When playing your guitar more traditionally, in most situations, having a tuned guitar when playing along with the sympathetics, is essential. For the sympathetics you also have control over their Timbre and volume Level as well as a dedicated output just for the sympathetics so they can go to their own effects and amp if you want.MORE ON SYMPATHETICS – both of the following functions require you to be in KEY mode
You can tune the sympathetics to your instrument. First you choose one of the three types of scales: Major, Minor or Exotic, then hold down the DRONE/TUNE FSW. You play one note, that note will set the root key of the sympathetic’s scale. If the guitar is a little out of tune, that’s ok, the Ravish will track to the tuning of the root note you play. So if you want to quickly change to F# major, as long as the Ravish is set to major, you press and hold down the TUNE FSW, then play an F#, now the sympathetics are in F#.In addition you can input your own scales for the sympathetics strings. You press and hold the DRONE/TUNE FSW, then play each note you want the scale to contain. The Ravish will track each pitch and recreate it when the sympathetic strings ring out. If you then save a preset, your scale will be saved along with the all the other knob and parameter settings. If you only play just one note while holding down the DRONE/TUNE FSW, the Ravish retunes the currently selected scale to that note but if you play more than one note then it begins creating a new scale from the notes you play.
DRONE/TUNE FSW
This footswitch allows you to freeze the sympathetic strings if you press and hold the FSW, except when you are in KEY mode. While in KEY mode this FSW allows you to tune the sympathetic strings. If you press and release this FSW, it will load the current preset or move up to the next one.Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hi All,So the other day, a friend of mine borrowed my MMWH, called me and said – “is it supposed to start looping on every delay setting? I cant tap the tempo in either” This friend is competent – he wouldn’t have used the wrong power supply etc.. The delays sound right, but, as he said, tap tempo does not work and the loop is always on.
First thought is there is a short/fault with the tap switch, as the pedal is behaving like it is held down. But I opened it up and tested the switches for shorts/continuity and found nothing wrong.
Tracing this any further back into the circuit will be a real PITA as it is all SMD components in there…
Anyone had something like this before? Anyone measured any voltages?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
TimIt does sound like the TAP FSW is always engaged. Do you have a voltmeter? While the pedal is powered up, what is the voltage across the two pins of the TAP FSW that are wired? It should be approximately 3.3V. When press down on the TAP FSW, that should change to 0.0V. Sometimes it is easier to see a fault with a footswitch while the unit is powered up rather than measuring impedance.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I had been waiting for this pedal quite a long time.
Firstly, they said will on sale at late march, then changed to early april, and soon changed to late april again, and now, I stil can’t find it on sale, why? anybody know about this?Besides, how you guys think about the pedal – Deluxe memory man tap tempo?
We have not yet sold all of the DMMTT units with the MN3005s. Maybe the best approach would be to ask your local EHX dealer to order one for you. Also scour the internet, some internet dealers may still have them.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I’ve got a .22 Caliber amp and am wondering how the clean headroom of the 44 Magnum compares. The 22 is a cool little amp. I wonder what class D guitar amp will be released next…..?Thanks, Andy
You do get a bit more headroom on the 44 as compared to the 22 before it starts to break up but not a lot more. If you were to compare the knob settings for when both amps begin to break up, it would be at about the same setting but the 44 will give you a bit more volume up to the break up point.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I’ve tried switching between the Triangle and Square and it still changes pitch. I’ve also tried switching the expression side, knowing that it shouldn’t make a difference, and it didn’t. Ha. If it is the potentiometer, could I just switch it out, or is it more involved than that?Regarding the Triangle/Square switch, my question wasn’t very clear. When change from one waveform to the other, does the detuning change also in anyway. It still detunes but does it do it differently? This will help determine if the detuning is coming from a leaky DEPTH pot or from somewhere else in the circuit.
Changing the pot yourself may be a possibility depending on how experienced you are with electronics repair. It’s a bit of a job to get the PCB out of the enclosure. And then you have to find the correct type of potentiometer which might not be easy.
Alternatively You can send it in for repair.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I have had the Memory Boy for about ten months now and all of a sudden the echos are dramatically off pitch. I know that this pedal has a the “depth” feature, who’s purpose is to change the pitch of the echos, but my knob is turned all the way down. Also, I don’t use the square wave pattern, nor do I use an expression pedal. Is there something internally wrong with my pedal, and if so can it be fixed? Or is there a way to “reset” the pedal’s settings?Does the detune change based on whether the Memory Boy is set to Triangle or Square Wave? It’s possible the DEPTH potentiometer is broken and there is always some LFO leaking through now.
There are no internal settings to reset with regard to the modulation or LFO.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:just got a talking machine and i can’t seem to get into the aux menu. i can only get the left orange light to light up when it’s already in a preset mode, but the knobs never affect the aux parameters. is there something i’m missing?To adjust the AUX parameters, you need to hold down the PRESET footswitch then turn the knobs. While holding down the PRESET footswitch, the knob functions change to the AUX parameters. When you release the PRESET footswitch, the knobs go back to adjusting their normal parameters.
You can adjust the AUX parameters whether AUX mode is on or off. Press and release the white PRESET knob to toggle AUX on/off.
May 18, 2011 at 1:51 pm in reply to: Magnum 44 Power Amp – loud “tock, tock” noise – faulty, broken – any ideas? #115227Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorIt does sound like something within the power amp section in the 44 Magnum is damaged. As soon as it starts to dissipate some heat it starts to reset itself. This is not normal behavior. I believe your 44 needs to be repaired or exchanged for a new one.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hallo
I’m a pedalboards builder.
Thanks for all informations about current draw.
Searching in answers on this 3d I have to think that Black Finger needs a little bit more of 300mA from ext AC transformer. Is that right?Thank you very much.
All the best
GuidoYeah. Pretty much all the tube pedals draw between 600 and 650 mA.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:hi there,does anyone happen to know if the V256’s Vocoder is by the same ex-EMS designer as the EHX Voicebox’s?
it’ll be a clincher if it is….
Yes the V256 is designed by the same ex-EMS designer who also designed the Voice Box.
The vocoder algorithm in the V256 is the same as in the Voice Box but with a bit more control and the internal synths.
March 17, 2011 at 6:33 pm in reply to: The What Is The Current Draw For That EHX Pedal Thread #114685Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hi,I have an EH 2ube stereo tube pedal, and an EH 12ay7 micpre. Both have the EH12v1000ma psu, but I would like to reduce the amount of wart chaos on my pedal board.
What is the real current draw of each these pedals? Is it possible to cascade to both pedals from a single EH12v1000ma psu?
Lastly: Is there a power brick you can recommend for a floor board that could accomodate these pedals, as well as other pedals (most bricks seem to offer no more than a few hundred ma per 12v output.. which probably won’t be enough, right?).
For info:
This is for a live vocal pedal board that splits to stereo effects, so the 12ay7 handles vox in, and 2ube takes the stereo line signal out…Thanks for your help.
scythe
The 12AY7 Mic Pre draws about 640 mA RMS with no phantom power. A typical phantom powered mic will probably raise that to 645 mA RMS.
The LPB-2ube draws 620 mA RMS.
It would be a bad idea to run more than one tube pedal from the AC Adapter that they are supplied with.
February 17, 2011 at 9:05 pm in reply to: The What Is The Current Draw For That EHX Pedal Thread #114358Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorHoly Grail + = 190mA
Stereo Electric Mistress = 160mA
Classic Microsynth = 70mA @ 24VDC
Stereo Clone Theory = 14mAFebruary 8, 2011 at 9:11 pm in reply to: The What Is The Current Draw For That EHX Pedal Thread #114200Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorSome more current draw measurements:
Micro Metal Muff = 18mA
Pocket Metal Muff = 9mA
Original POG = 220mA
Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai = 170mA
Stereo Clone Theory = 14mAFlick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Ok guys i just ordered my first brand new deluxe memory man deluxe and cant wait to get it.However,i see EXH site says its a true bypass pedal but Ive seen alot of user reviews that say it isnt.Can someone clarify??I really want it to be a true by pass as i have taken big steps to build my board up with true by pass to maintain the integrity of my clean sound.The new Deluxe Memory Man is true bypass.
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