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  • July 15, 2010 at 10:28 am in reply to: Post your Pedalboard #110237
    freshchops
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    my current:

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    June 30, 2010 at 12:10 am in reply to: Black Finger tubes #109896
    freshchops
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    I would suggest them in this order:
    – Mullard
    – Tungsol
    – Groove Tubes Gold
    – Ruby Tubes

    I have personally used Ruby Tubes in mine but understand that’s not most’s preference in regards to tube. I like the Ruby’s because they are mellow, and warm… very lush and musical to me with nice harmonics. Some are more neutral and sterile sounding, which many prefer…. you’d have yo consider all of this. I recently ordered a slew of other tubes including all the ones mentioned above. I look forward to experimenting with them all, but can conclude that I’ve been happy with the Ruby tubes switch.

    EDIT: I should say…. Ruby is a matching kinda private labeling like service…. and the ones I ended up with were JJ’s 12AX7’s. Some of theirs I have are actually Chinese makes and other Soviet.

    June 29, 2010 at 7:11 am in reply to: New Devices: Germanium^4 Big Muff &, .44 Magnum, Freeze, Neo Clone, & Headphone Amp #109877
    freshchops
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    I look forward to the “Freeze” very, very (very) much! Keep the ingenuity coming guys!!!! I can tell y’all love what you do, and I love ya’ for it!

    June 29, 2010 at 7:07 am in reply to: Loop Pedal Idea #109876
    freshchops
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    OP: it’s almost like you’ve posted your concept without ever hearing of EHX’s 2880 Multi-Track Looper?
    EHX does make a Looper pedal, and trust me, the 2880 absolutely crushes all of the other manufacturers models you referenced to. I have compared them all (owning most) and NOTHING compares to the 2880 in regards to intuitiveness, sound quality, build quality and creative companionship. They only thing it is lacking is an internal memory bank for songs…. but unlike the other models you mentioned, the 2880 accommodates up to 2GB CF cards which is like hours of recording. Then, you can pull them right out and back them up on your computer, not to mention be listening to WAV file Mix down files of the loops you created (my iTunes has about 100 songs from my 2880 on it). I wouldn’t trade the removable memory concept for any other and assume it was a decision to use CF with better judgment.

    I’m sorry for sounding so harsh, but I wouldn’t even spit on the other models you mentioned after using the 2880 for a while now. I own the Zvex Loop Junky which is a brilliant pedal for what it does, but really it’s a niche, gimmick pedal that specializes in degrading the signal to lo-fi.

    I would summarize by saying…. yeah, you had a nice conceptual checklist going, but have apparently, completely overlooked the 2880.

    April 28, 2010 at 2:44 am in reply to: Live Looping: Guitars, Loops, Drums… [vid] #96675
    freshchops
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    Hey, WOW thanks a ton for the compliments. I was just playing around.

    temporary: yeah, it’s all original… but I’ll take that as a compliment (if you don’t mind). It’s also why I decided to date it as well… since I’m putting it out there to who knows who.

    I’ll try to do more in the near future and see if I can create more complete song / mix.

    April 25, 2010 at 8:57 am in reply to: Ambient loop with SMMH and my pedalboard #107767
    freshchops
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    WOW! Yeah, the Stereo Memory Man is the next EHX pedal on my list…. thanks for intensifying my desire.

    April 25, 2010 at 8:53 am in reply to: Tape delay simulation w/ 2880 and MIDI CC parameters #107766
    freshchops
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    Really cool effect and nice vid…. unfortunately, as thorough as you explained I got lost about mid way through. Doesn’t help that I’m completely MIDI ignorant. I think I need to start experimenting with the midi functions too, seriously. That was really cool though. How was it changing speeds… changing tempo via midi or just happened naturally as you strummed at awkward times?

    September 8, 2009 at 4:22 am in reply to: your “Secret Weapon” pedal(s)? #101279
    freshchops
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    secret weapons….

    The Award/Session ‘Sessionmaster’ JD-10

    http://www.award-session.com/jd10.html

    ….this handy box is something I couldn’t do without and it can serve many different functions, firstly the most amp-like overdrive/distortion you will ever hear from a box, with 2 settings for classic and rock. classic will take you from clean to crunch and rock will go from crunch to metal… very handy if you are borrowing backline, it also has a 3 band EQ…handy for tweeking your sound to a specific venue or guitar, turn the G12T speaker simulation on and it makes a great direct recording box which you can run pedals into …even boosts act like they would with an amp…..and in the event of amp failure you could run direct to desk……amazingly the unit will run on almost any AC adapter positive or negative with an output between 9 and 30v…and it will run for ages on a standard 9v too, so you’ll never be stuck to power it either……it’s a brilliant little box and probably the best £40 I’ve ever spent (used price) it’s such a handy thing to have around and it’s built to an amazing quality.

    p.s. is you think solid state amps can’t sound as full and rich as a valve amp check out an award/session ‘sessionette’ amp…..you will be amazed.

    Got day’um, you should get paid for all of that hype! I think you about covered it!
    But, would you use it out in front of your true amp too (as a drive for example or tone thickener) or is it reserved for only as needed, as an alt. solid state power-pedal? It does look really nice, especially at the price!

    September 8, 2009 at 4:09 am in reply to: Post your Pedalboard #101278
    freshchops
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    My friend has the same “Empress” pedals as you. I’ve spent some time with them. They are really nice. The “SuperDelay” is Super intense. That thing has so many features, it’s insane….. but lovely!

    September 3, 2009 at 6:52 am in reply to: What’s Your Favorite Band/Artist? #101134
    freshchops
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    MODERN:
    Sonic Youth
    Beck
    My Morning Jacket
    Band of Horses
    Jane’s Addiction
    Cake
    Arcade Fire
    the Cure
    Dirty Three
    Explosions in the Sky
    Mudhoney
    Radiohead
    Pavement
    The Go Team!
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Depeche Mode
    Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
    Primus / Les Claypool
    Mazzy Star
    Men At Work

    OLD SCHOOL:
    Curtis Mayfield
    Johnny Taylor
    Rolling Stones
    David Bowie
    The Kinks
    Leonard Cohen
    CCR

    OTHER:
    David Holmes (composer)
    Elliot Goldenthal (composer)
    Danny Elfman (composer)
    DJ Quik / Suga Free
    Fine Young Cannibals
    Toots & the Maytals

    August 9, 2009 at 9:59 am in reply to: 2880 does not read nor record anymore #100436
    freshchops
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    thank you for your fast answer – I never changer the CF cart EHX sent with my unit, and I should have bought another one from the start.

    the pb is, I have a new macbook, running on leopard – this new OS will format CF cards ONLY on fat 32, there is no choice – I just formated mine to fix it, but it’s now on fat32, so it does not work anybetter :-/
    I wonder, how can I be sure, when I purchase a new CF card, if it’s in fat16 or in fat32?

    The worst thing is that I won’t be able to buy any card before monday morning – everything is closed in France on sundays… 36 hours to wait before playing again…

    99% chance it’s a bad (failed) card…. formating or not. Mine completely bonked out (too). You can format it to any option you’d need even with a Mac… I did. But, it’s likely that the card could have failed. They have their format recommendations, but I’m not so sure that it’d matter if it’s FAT 16 or FAT32…. or anything else for that matter. Aside from my failed OEM card, I’ve had no problems with any others no matter how they were formated.

    Good luck! and fuuck Sundays!

    July 30, 2009 at 7:51 am in reply to: My new tube amp #100134
    freshchops
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    VERY NICE!!!! Lucky find, I’d say. Was that all straight signal through the amp or any drive from pedals? Does it do “cleans”? What a rare find ….. and the vibrato even works!

    July 28, 2009 at 7:23 am in reply to: New Big 2880 #100051
    freshchops
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    2880 is my very best friend, I’m mostly using it for electronic music producing, live sampling, soundscapes. Last night i came to some ideas about it, take a look:

    • 8 mono channels of audio

    • Independent OCTAVE UP & OCTAVE DOWN function for each channel (at the same time Master Octave should remain )

    • Independent REVERSE function for each channel (or even PLAY MODE button: play backward, play forward<->backward, one shot playback )

    • Individual outs for each channel

    • SCENES “<" & ">” buttons. By “Scenes” I mean the possibility to keep not only one loop in memory, but for example 8 of them, and the possibility to switch between them without stopping the playback. It’s like to have “patterns” or “sequences” in a world of drum machines and sequencers. It would be killer feature

    This way it could be not just a looper but a powerful experimental music production center with no analogs in history & no limits for creativity. At the same time the machine will be still extremely easy to use, and keep its special sound quality which i like and appreciate. And i see there’s enough space on the panel for such features, so the box could keep the same portable size.

    Hey EHX, what do you think? Could it ever be done?

    I like those thoughts, I really do…. but I think they’re a little too far fetched. Part of the appeal of the 2880 to me is that is so compact and straight forward. It has a very raw layout and feel to it. If you double the channels and add an individual out for them, and even add individual mods. per channel, that would be a hell’ov’a large unit. I’m not being sarchastic here but to consider the cost of an EHX unit like that, you’d be better off buying a laptop and running Ableton Live or something.

    The “Scenes” idea seems very cool and do’able. And I would like the option of individual outs per channel (w/ the existing 4) along with a L/R option. That would be very helpful to run each out into a switcher pedal for instant queing of each channel.

    July 26, 2009 at 10:13 am in reply to: “Aged” analog tape/vinyl pedal #99977
    freshchops
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    Here is a picture of the new Watkins Copicat “Gold” with some quotes from the WEM Digital Copicat web page:

    Do you know what these are estimated to sell for?

    July 24, 2009 at 6:19 am in reply to: “Aged” analog tape/vinyl pedal #99908
    freshchops
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    I believe I do!

    http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=651215&songID=5796936

    Indeed, well done! That’s very cool.

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