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  • January 22, 2011 at 1:53 am in reply to: Idea: Pedalboard friendly looper. #113909
    KartoonHead
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    For me one of the main things I’d look for in a looper would be the ability to recall loops. Like presets, maybe only 8 or so, but being able to recall loops without having the play the parts in opens up all sorts of avenues for exploration.

    January 20, 2011 at 9:05 pm in reply to: oh come ON! Memory boy pots #113925
    KartoonHead
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    No one can offer any help? Aren’t EHX employees on this board?

    As cool as EHX’s pedals are I must say their customer service is very disappointing :(

    They don’t monitor the board as much as they should, best bet would be to keep emailing them.

    January 20, 2011 at 9:04 pm in reply to: Vintage Small Clone No Signal At All Problem #113923
    KartoonHead
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    no parts available locally,…)

    Tell me about it, I have to order all of my electronics for building pedals from Germany XD

    January 18, 2011 at 9:57 pm in reply to: Electro-Harmonix unveils at NAMM 2011- visit us at Booth# 5396 #113892
    KartoonHead
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    Bring back Dan Miller, that’s what I say! He was awesome, and he does an odd playing face when he’s playing whereby he sticks out his jaw ’til his bottom teeth are flush with his top lip, and bobs his head like a chicken, and I’m not entirely sure he’s consciously aware that he’s doing either of those things.

    January 18, 2011 at 9:22 pm in reply to: oh come ON! Memory boy pots #113890
    KartoonHead
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    EHX now a days seems to cram everything in as tight as possible so its impossible to work on it

    This is due to their shift towards tiny SMD parts, which I think is a good thing! Without these space-saving parts there’s no way you’d fit a circuit like the Memory Boy into the box, it’d need at least a case the size of a vintage memory man one.

    I was a little disappointed to find that this made modding the XO Little BMP impossible as I wanted to take out the tone stack, but nevermind! I bought a BMP Tone Wicker in the end anyways, as that already has the mods done to it :)

    Side-Note; BMPTW is still the best muff in the world ever (in my opinion).

    January 18, 2011 at 9:14 pm in reply to: Hardware MIDI Step-Sequencers (have disappeared from the face of the Earth) #113889
    KartoonHead
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    Bugger me that’s cheap! They have unfortunately been discontinued in the UK :'( recurring theme in the UK; everything music-tech related is either faaaaar more expensive than in the US, or is simply not available data-src=

    January 18, 2011 at 8:34 pm in reply to: Hardware MIDI Step-Sequencers (have disappeared from the face of the Earth) #113887
    KartoonHead
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    You’re in the right area, the EA-1 has a step sequencer at the bottom, which is the only thing I’m after. I’m just after something where I can define note pitch and rhythm across 8, 16 or 32 steps and have it send that information out to the Microkorg via MIDI. The Roland MC-303 has a 16-step one.
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/MC-303.jpg/800px-MC-303.jpg

    January 18, 2011 at 7:04 pm in reply to: Anyone using the V256 in a live situation? #113883
    KartoonHead
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    Use a killswitch; just a box with XLR in and out, and a latching footswitch that just mutes your signal. Step on it when you want your mic muted. Step on it again to unmute yourself.

    January 18, 2011 at 1:29 am in reply to: Infinite Sustain #113873
    KartoonHead
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    there is the Zcat Hold, but it’s 109 EU.

    Just had a gander at the Z.Cat website and they do some lovely bits of kit at pretty decent prices. Gonna have to stick one of these on my board methinks! Thanks for the referral :)

    January 16, 2011 at 1:07 pm in reply to: classic small clone and small stone #113809
    KartoonHead
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    I think the only way to beat the clone is to mod it to have things like a depth pot or chorus/vibrato switch etc. But that’s not really beating it.

    As for the stone… not a clue, never used one. Only phaser I’ve got is my Marshall Regenerator, and that’s a pile of crap.

    EDIT: Wish all their pedals still came in wooden crates, that’s just awesome.

    January 16, 2011 at 12:47 pm in reply to: famous musician pedalboard pics with EHX #113808
    KartoonHead
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    Lame, google search has failed me again. The other two are definites though :)

    January 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm in reply to: Electro-Harmonix unveils at NAMM 2011- visit us at Booth# 5396 #113807
    KartoonHead
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    The Stereo Talking Machine artwork doesn’t carry very well over distance; my other half just passed by and asked ‘what’s a Talkino?’.

    January 15, 2011 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Electro-Harmonix unveils at NAMM 2011- visit us at Booth# 5396 #113777
    KartoonHead
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    Not much, but it’s a nice up close pic (now my desktop background) and a reasonable description.

    http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/Electro_Harmonix_Announces_Stereo_Talking_Machine.aspx

    Also has the retail price! And it’s actually rather affordable!

    January 15, 2011 at 1:07 pm in reply to: Germanium 4 Big Muff Volume Differences #113775
    KartoonHead
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    Hey guys, I just bought the Germanium 4 Big Muff and I just have one question. Is it normal that there should be quite a noticeable difference in volume between the distortion and overdrive sides? to get the two sides to be approximately the same volume I have to max the volume on the overdrive side and roll back the volume on the distortion side to about 1 o’clock (even when I max out the gain, bias and tone knobs on the overdrive side).

    Adding any additional clipping to a signal chain will inevitably lower the overall volume as you’re effectively limiting the sound.

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    Also, when adding the overdrive side on top of the distortion it seems to suck a lot of volume. Is this normal? Or have I gotten a faulty pedal that needs to be replaced?

    I think you’re using the pedal incorrectly, or your understanding of how it’s meant to be used isn’t quite there. The idea with this pedal is to use the overdrive side as your main drive, and add in the distortion for volume, loudness, and sustain boosts for lead lines or solos. As I understand from your post, what you’re doing is using the distortion as your main drive and boosting for leads and solos using the overdrive, effectively adding another one or two stages of clipping over your main drive, which will of course chop off a lot of your volume.

    The type of setup you’re after would usually have the overdrive placed before the distortion side, for example many many (lots) of people use a tube screamer with a big muff after it. Switching in the tube screamer increases the mid-range response of the muff and the sustain, which is better for leads, but adds no additional clipping after your main drive = no volume drop.

    Hope this helps! (Correct me if I’m wrong effect guru guys)

    January 14, 2011 at 11:49 pm in reply to: Vintage Small Clone No Signal At All Problem #113767
    KartoonHead
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    Get prodding away with one of these; http://www.diyguitarist.com/PDF_Files/DIY-AudioTester.pdf

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