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Get a SmallStone first!
puretubeMemberEHX can surely fix it – can you bring it back to the store?
This malfunction shouldn`t happen…puretubeMemberQuote:Another question, can you get a cocked wah sound out of it?puretubeMemberQuote:How is it possible to use the Worm with an expression pedal. Is it a mod? Is this possible to do with the old Worm?Sorry, I’m a bit of an amateur in the world of effect pedals.
See: reply #10 (for “big” box…)
puretubeMemberQuote:I haven’t actually played a Worm, yet, so I ask a naive question: Does it actually DO the phase-filter thing? That is, 2 stages allpass, followed by 2 stage lowpass? If you’ve never tried it (though somehow I doubt that could ever be), its a wonderful swampy thing. Cancel the dry signal so that you only get the allpass/lowpass signal and its this gorgeous combination of vibrato, modulated wah and quasi-tremolo that, at medium speed, has voodoo written all over it. It’s a sound that deserves to be heard more often.
I`m not aware of how THE phasefilter thing sounds (though I`ve read Mr. Rossum`s, and Mr. Colin`s teachings),
but there indeed is a chance I have come through similar sounding effects when experimenting with the 6-stage pure tube apparatus which the discrete transistor Wahbrato is a souped-down clone of:there are a lot of possibilities of interactively combining those stages…
puretubeMemberQuote:How exactly is the “wahbrato” stacked?
I think it would sound best Trem>Filter>Phase.Thus the filter opening and closing with the speed of the trem, and finally treated with phase in/out.
Just my humble opinion.
There`s no “stacking” of effects happening in the WORM;
its the variable combination of it`s building blocks
that let it do either this or that…puretubeMemberFrom vibrato to phaser to filter (+ tremolo)
is what I did in the (non-OTA…) “Wahbrato”-labelled prototype… :now its aka: “WORM”
(…but I fully understand what you`re trying to explain –
some “Small sTon plus” (OTA-based) indeed is to be found in some of my 7 or 8 year old vaulty files)BTW.:
my initial prototype did have a “center-control” and a “dry/wet”-blend… :
puretubeMemberQuote:There is much to like in the classic Small Stone, but there is so much more to mine in the basic design. Those of us who have tinkered with the basic circuit have found so many more sonic options in it. From vibrato, to Leslie-type ramp-up/ramp-down options, to Uni-Vobe adaptations, to my personal favourite: the phasefilter (based on John Blacet’s old Phase-Filter module for synths).With just a couple of extra toggles, the basic Small Stone can be transformed until you can barely recognize it. So why keep it harnessed as a one-knobber any longer?
While we’re at it, how about a simple 4/6/8 stage option?
Mark: currently, the most advanced “Small Stone” is vibe-able,
has 2 variable delaylines in it`s feedback-loop so it can go through zero,
and some more…
the prototype was labelled: “Stoned Missus” – “Flaser/Phanger”, for obvious reasonsnow its aka: “Flanger Hoax”
puretubeMemberFebruary 24, 2009 at 6:14 pm in reply to: Im WAHndering if the worm can be a foot controlled wah? #93902puretubeMemberQuote:…Yeah the Hot Tubes too, but I have had a hard time finding them. I also heard rumors they going to be discontinued?NOT a rumour…
Quote:…Dunno if Hot Tubes can give a subtle overdrive…Yes, it can.
puretubeMemberNo…
puretubeMember`nother question:
I wonder how the vocoder will sound
with 2 singers singing (the same) simultaneously
into the 2 channels (inputs) ???puretubeMemberQuote:Quote:Good to hear it’s finally solved, I thought it already stopped…Long story — but it had stopped, but then started again — that’s why I’m trying to get the word out!
Oh NO !!! 🙄
puretubeMemberHad a similar DMM problem in for ambulant repair last week:
he hadn`t played it for 2 years, and when he plugged it in after dusting it,
it suddenly wouldn`t work anymore… (LEDs lit up, though – but no sound, he said).
After opening, it was immediately evident:
besides dusting, he had tightened the sockets… with the effect,
that the di-out-socket soldertab had turned a quarter rotation,
and touched the bare ground-wire…
Tightened it once again in the correct position, and told him to screw on
the bottom-plate again: “it will work now” – “but we`ll plug it into an amp to be sure”…Well: still no sound (not “on” & not “bypassed” – until I pulled the output-cable,
which suddenly produced guitarsound from the amp for the tenth of a second…Screwing the DMM open again, and taking a closer look at the effect-out socket unplugged
it showed nothing wrong…
but: with the cable inserted, the tip-contact-clip almost invisibly touched the angled
(diamondbox) enclosure, and thus shortening any signal to ground when slightly bent by
the inserted jack!Same procedure as with the other socket: tightening it again in a proper position: WORX!
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