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Bill’s awesomeness is not just that he’s a great guitar player, which he is, but that he knows how to use every effect to its maximum potential – how to find the SIGNATURE of each effect and really spotlight it. Amazing.
gvelascoMemberNo. The Hum Debugger does NOT just have two levels of noise gating. It uses a SPECIAL ADAPTER to sample the power and anything attached to it. Then it uses noise cancelling technology to eliminate the noise.
From their web page:
“Not a noise gate, and not a noise suppressor — but a real hum extractor.”
The NORMAL/STRONG switch controls whether only odd numbered harmonix are eliminated in low setting, or both odd and even harmonix in high setting. From the manual:
“NORMAL/STRONG TOGGLE SWITCH – Sets the amount of Hum Elimination. In NORMAL mode the Hum Debugger removes only the odd harmonics from the hum present in your signal. In STRONG mode the Hum Debugger removes both odd and even harmonics from your signal’s hum content.”
Also from the manual:
“WARNING: Use only the 7.5VAC/400mA AC adapter the Hum Debugger comes supplied with. Do not use any other AC adapters. Using other AC adapters, even those made by Electro-Harmonix, could cause harm to the unit, the adapter or your drummer. The Hum Debugger does not use batteries.”
The reason that you must use the AC adapter that comes with it is that the special adapter is part of the circuit that samples the power signal.
This is, in fact, exactly what you were proposing.
gvelascoMemberEHX already makes such a thing:
February 14, 2019 at 6:56 pm in reply to: PolyPhase noise from Grand Canyon and/or Super Pulsar #124817gvelascoMemberTry putting the Grand Canyon on its own power supply, and make sure you use the one that came with it.
gvelascoMemberWe just got this review on the Electro-Harmonix Effect Pedals facebook group:
Greg Castro: So after spending a few hours with it, this is what I have so far….it’s actually pretty cool. Build quality is nice, about the size of a boss es-8. I have a strymon mobius and timeline as well as an eventide h9. The strymon pedals I’ve tested and you can switch programs on both, I can recall certain presets on my timeline separate from my mobius…useful. The real power comes from saving everything in a preset. I have a bass big muff and a Darkglass x7 it there as well and it’s pretty cool to switch on everything at once. What’s cool is there is no menu diving really, it’s almost all laid out on the unit itself, save for choosing midi channels, saving program changes. You can’t switch the order of the loops but for me that’s fine, I have my drives then modulation and then delays. Also I’ve noticed that I need to put my h9 last in terms of midi…it doesn’t seem to wanna pass midi thru but that’s ok. Overall I’d say it’s definitely a game changer for me and I’m glad it is coming in useful for me so far. The fact that I can also have access to each pedal and turn them on and off on the fly is definitely cool too. I still need to spend more time so a follow up will be coming too.
gvelascoMemberWhat is the polarity of your adapter? Negative or positive tip? The 24V Qtron adapter is positive tip. If you use the wrong polarity, the best outcome is that it won’t work. The worst outcome is that you end up with an attractive door stop.
In which country do you live?
You can get the 24V 100mA USA adapter for $13.10 here:
https://shop.ehx.com/item/us24dc-100/guitar-effects-pedals-power-supplies-americas/
The 24V 100mA UK adapter here for $14.80 (USD) here:
https://shop.ehx.com/item/uk24dc-100/guitar-effects-pedals-power-supplies-uk/
The 24 100mA European adapter here for $14.80 (USD) here:
https://shop.ehx.com/item/eu24dc-100/guitar-effects-pedals-power-supplies-europe/
That’s not too much really for a properly matched adapter. My experience has been that sometimes even if the voltage and amperage are close enough, the polarity might be wrong, or the plug size might be off by just enough so that it works intermittently as things get bumped around, or it’s not properly shielded so that it creates excessive hum. This isn’t a digital circuit, but just FYI. With digital circuits, it’s even more important to use original matched adapters because of other differences in the way power adapters deliver power.
gvelascoMemberNo. The Hum Debugger power supply is VERY SPECIAL. It is actually part of the circuit. The power supply has the sensors in it that tell the Hum Debugger the specific sounds that it needs to subtract from the signal.
When you buy a used Hum Debugger, like from eBay, you need to make sure it comes with the original power supply. You can buy a replacement power supply, but they’re not cheap.
You can try a search for it, or you can send a note to info@ehx.com and they might be able to tell you where you can order one.
gvelascoMemberQuote:Can this pedal be used with guitar ?The videos say, “sort of.” The Bass Mono Synth will work with guitar, it won’t blow up or hurt anything, but it has been designed to be triggered by bass frequencies, so it might fail to trigger with the higher notes on the guitar. Maybe above the 12th fret on the treble strings? No one has posted the exact cutoff notes for triggering the Bass Mono Synth.
Likewise, the Mono Synth (guitar) will work with bass, but it was designed to be triggered by guitar frequencies and might fail to consistently trigger on the lowest bass notes.
So, the bottom line is that bass and guitar players can make use of both, but they will have to work out the best way to play the one that’s not designed for their instrument. Knowing how these things work, the exact range of consistent triggering probably even depends on things like tunings, pickups, and tone control settings. It will likely be different for everyone.
gvelascoMemberQuote:…For years now the MXR Carbon Copy has been the default option for analog delay in a standard size enclosure. The memory toy is a great pedal but it has not been able to compete with the carbon copy…I’d really like to see some stats on that. Most of the direct shootouts I’ve read between the Memory Toy and the Carbon Copy give the Memory Toy the edge even though it has 1/20th sec. less max delay than the Carbon Copy. Most people consider the Carbon Copy too dark. So much so that they came out with a Carbon Copy Bright.
I have a Memory Toy and a Canyon Delay, and I end up using the Memory Toy more. It’s warmer analog delay fades into the background faster and doesn’t force me to stick to the timing of the delays so rigidly. The Canyon has a Memory Man simulation on it which is OK, but it’s not as warm as the true analog Memory Toy. I can definitely hear a difference.
January 28, 2019 at 5:45 am in reply to: How to mod Muff Overdrive to take a little bit more gain? #124768gvelascoMemberQuote:Hello.
This is my question.
I would like to increase the gain in my Muff.
Only a little bit without change tone, color or character of the fuzz.
ThanksWhich Big Muff?
gvelascoMemberI think the “3 Violins” tapes had recorded three violins playing the same note at the same time. So, each time you press one key, you hear three violins playing that note. To me it sounds like that’s the tape set that the Mel9 STRINGS settings tries to emulate.
gvelascoMemberQuote:…I read that KC used more than one mellotron from time to time so I was wondering if it was a layered sound…In this video Robert Webb mentions two Mellotrons, but says that Keith recorded the same Mellotron onto two different tracks, then on the mixdown or bounce, he would manually fade between the two recordings to cause motion.
In his EHX demo video, it looks like Bill Rupert uses the Mel9 ORCHESTRA setting to play “In the Court of the Crimson King”, and that sounds dead on.
The sound on Epitaph seems more like the “three violin” Mellotron Strings sound, but mixed as Robert claims Keith did.
So, it seems like you would use the ORCHESTRA setting for “In the Court of the Crimson King” and the STRINGS setting for “Epitaph”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb2Lw-0gFtA&ab_channel=RobertWebb
gvelascoMemberNice. I’m thinking that might be my next EHX distortion. It’s between the East River Drive, the Satisfaction, or this. So, the question is, “What do I want next on my board? A superior Tube Screamer clone, a superior Jordan Boss Tone Clone, or a superior Rat clone?”
gvelascoMemberVery cool. Sounds great with bass.
January 7, 2019 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Electro-Harmonix Announces the Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff #124692gvelascoMemberAnd, it looks fantastic.
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