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I don’t know much about the Marshall RG-1.
As for what chorus/flange- what kind of music do you play? The polychorus has a very distinct recognizable sound that you may or may not like.
julianModeratorA loop pedal or Boss Line Selector or something would probably work well
July 16, 2009 at 7:03 pm in reply to: Live Looping Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” with EHX 2880 #99525julianModeratorShows off nicely how powerful midi is.
julianModeratorI prefer the slow setting because it is less in your face, though I would have liked the phasing sound to be more prominent- have more notches so to speak.
Another neat trick is to put a tremolo in front of it in envelope mode, so that the trem triggers it.
I find that it works nicely with delay and chorus/vibrato as far as other pedals in conjunction go. It also worked very well with my frequency analyzer, because it brought out a lot of the metallic overtones.
julianModeratorQuote:Hey Flick, can you clarify what some of the differences between the new memory boy and the DMM XO are? Different delay time? Different sound quality?Thanks!
I think they most likely sound different, but I’ll second the delay time question.
julianModerator:doh: You’re right, I was thinking the depth of something designed for chorus and vibrato wouldn’t have the proper depth for flanging because everyone likes wide flange sweeps as opposed to more shallow ones but I forgot that the shorter the delay, the more impact a miniscule change has. So thus depth wouldn’t be important.
Can the delay get short enough to at least get into the bathroom verb range? Basically- can I do this with it?
julianModeratorOh, ok I get what you’re saying.
That if you’ve got 5.5, 5.3, 5.5, and 5.2 mA/V how do you get 61mA for each?
ma/V is the tube’s transconductance. Transconductance is important in tube matching, but it isn’t used in the calculating of the bias current, which is why the 61mA is the same throughout. Here’s a little more about the subject: http://store.electron-valve.com/potuma.html
Could you describe your biasing procedure? I looked at the consonance M100Splus manual and it didn’t say anything, and it wouldn’t let me look at the tech sheet. The one curious thing is that it said that each channel operates at 22 watts. Which seems very low for me considering the tubes used.
julianModeratorthey probably just have pre-orders going but don’t show it on the product page.
julianModeratorThanks for all the helpful answers Flick! No rush, get your work done
Some more questions for when you have time:
Do the memory boy and memory toy self oscillate?
Does the expression pedal on the memory boy sweep the whole delay range?
Does the depth on the LFO get deep enough to do some flange sounds as well?julianModeratorI could have sworn I saw someone posted somewhere, but now I can’t find it.
If I were to guess, I’d say Memory Boy and Cathedral next month, then Memory Toy and V256 in September.
julianModeratorI’ve never biased a hifi, but I would assume it wouldn’t be different in terms of how you calculate the mA value that you should bias your amp to.
For my guitar amp, I use the following equation:
.7(W/V) = Bmin
W/V = BmaxW = Wattage of the tube
V = plate voltage
Bmin = starting bias value in milliAmps.
Bmax = maximum bias value in milliAmpsPlugging in the numbers for 300B specs, 61ma looks like the maximum. So you’d want to start lower (say about 40ma) when biasing.
Edit: I fudged the numbers, 60-90ma seems to be the range, not 40-60.
julianModeratorI used to have one, ended up selling it. But now I miss it. I never really used it in my music though, I just loved playing with it. I miss having it around.
I have to say I love the slow envelope mode. It’s really the pedal’s best feature IMO. And the main one that I find musically useful.Square mode set to a medium speed + slapback echo = dubby/trippy
Here’s a clip I made with that + fuzz:
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=5795031
In some parts I’m sweeping the expression while doing that, but since the expression sweeps the start, I have the stop set to the low so that it provides that constant thud.
julianModeratorFlick, some more questions if you’d be kind of to oblige:
Qballs-
1. when the resonance is cranked does it self-oscillate or get near self-oscillation?
2. With the attack and decay controls, is it possible to get Microsynth type filter sounds and hence synth sounds? Jack Conte’s video didn’t really make it clear, since he was going for the upbeat funk thing.julianModeratorThis
Quote:Quote:My questions:Cathedral:
-what does infinite do?V256:
-what do the drone modes do?
-what does reflex tune mode do?
-what does instrument control mode do?
-what does transposition mode do?Memory Boy:
-what does the expression mode control?Infinite, on the Cathedral, is basically a reverb that never decays. So it’s like freezing a note. When you enter infinite mode while holding down the TAP FSW, it will block the input of the reverb section so you can’t add more notes to the infinite though you can play over the frozen notes. If you set the reverb time to infinite by using the Reverb knob, you can put as many notes or sounds into the infinite reverb as you want.
julianModeratorOh you!
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