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*SOLD*Fender USA 2012 precision standard £750
Quatschmacher replied to bigmuff69's topic in Basses For Sale
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Re videos, I’m not even sure I have the nous to do screen capture with direct sound and mic. The manager functionality is something I’d been pushing for even before I got involved formally with the project. Took a good two years of being involved before my nagging paid off!😆 In the absence of videos, the tutorials I wrote in the manual are pretty useful for learning the ropes.
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The FI is a bit of an exception as it can be played with keys. I did a blindfold side-by-side with my Moog Subsequent 37 and most people couldn’t tell the difference and many preferred the FI. If you’re after 80’s stuff then the Korg Volca FM or Yamaha Reface DX are solid choices.
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I meant complete setups, but yes, saving different smaller chunks at various slot locations as individual files should also work just fine too. There are many approaches that would work and they are all a massive improvement on the old system.
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If I’d been keeping an eye out, I could’ve done the SW one as I could get down there (though would likely have to take some time off work to do so).
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The on-pedal adjustments are a legacy thing from the Deep Inpact, where that was the only way to make changes to the sound. Had I been onboard from the outset, I’d have pushed for integration of those with the preset data but I only got involved from the development of v3.00. Sadly I don’t have the video skills to do that sort of stuff from home (been hoping to do this with @GisserDfor about 18 months now but Covid nixed that). If I could get to a bass bash, perhaps someone with video skills could pair with me to record a workshop which could then be shared on here for other FI users to access.
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Actually, maybe I should try and get to a bass bash somewhere and I could happily do a workshop on the pedal given enough interest.
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This is a good feature, the only problem is that these changes aren’t stored as part of the preset file, rather they are tied to the memory slot number so won’t be taken into account when reading from the pedal and moving those patches to new slots - whenever a slot is overwritten, it’s hardware change settings are reset to default. I did come up with a way to have these changes stored as part of the patch and be displayed and fully adjustable between 0 and 127 (as opposed to the coarse 1-9) but there wasn’t enough code space and it would’ve required a major rewriting of some of the core code. I barely use the onboard controls. You can do more stuff like that with MIDI, either exploiting the NRPN assignments or, perhaps more usefully and reliably, by assigning flexis to parameters you want to manipulate and using the standard filter cutoff mapping on expression. There’s plenty on offer. Still my favourite synth pedal by far.
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Those are all things I suggested at the time and may or may not be implemented. You can move and swap multiple tiles in chunks, which goes some way towards making reordering quick. Remember also that the files themselves are so small that you can easily save multiple setups and quickly load those back in to the pedal.
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It’s nothing to do with the pedal at all; it’s about making sure the interface is plugged in to the PC before launching Chrome, otherwise Chrome won’t detect it as it only scans the ports at the point of startup, not dynamically.
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If you’re trying to simply rearrange ones you already have on the pedal, yes. Otherwise, you assemble your template of 99 patches in the tile window, populating from files on your computer or the cloud and then write that to the pedal. It’s fairly easy.
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Just to play Devil’s Advocate for a second, was the complainant perhaps referring to the joint I have highlighted in this picture. If so, I can see how he may have mistaken the dark stripe in the wood grain of the outer section for a gap. That being said, looking at it closely and comparing it with the similar stripes in the other sections before throwing around accusations of foul play would have been advisable. Good luck with the sale. -
I wonder if it does similar stuff to the Strymon and ramps the power, potentially starving certain devices for a short while. Some source audio pedals have problems when powered with the Zuma. If it is something like that, you can get around it by powering up the power bank first, then connecting to the pedals afterwards.
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Did it happen after loading a particular patch? What you’re describing is something I’ve never seen before in this pedal. I just know what happened to my Manta when I accidentally underpowered it - it went nuts and wiped my presets, messed up the LEDs etc. It was fine after a reset but digital pedals do strange things when they don’t get enough juice.
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Check for diacritics and apostrophes in the titles - the FI doesn’t like them. Rename the tile before uploading. If that works, let me know and I’ll have a look through my uploads and rename the offenders.
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I’ll PM you. -
I’d suggest reading the manual! You can also load files straight from the cloud.
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Fair enough. I can’t remember whether the locking out of the graphical interface was in place before v3 was released or whether it was in a subsequent update; I thought it was in place at release. Hmm, a mystery and that bugs me.
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Ah, that could explain the problems you had. You need to use the editor that is designed for the firmware version you’re running. Lots of stuff was added in v3.5 and, more significantly in your case, one of the instrument modes was removed. I’ve tried it in v3.60 and it always opens at the slider view if flexis are assigned to the EQ, which is as it should be.
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They would need to be specifically registered to sell in the UK in order for the taxes to be paid by them as opposed to the buyer. Big companies like Bax and Thomann have done this, but for many smaller companies it hasn’t been worth the effort, as @Woodinblackhas said. (Scarbee had to stop selling to the UK for several months until he got registered here.) Having said that, if the taxes were expected to be paid by the buyer upon delivery, I would’ve though that the FI unit price would have been adjusted down accordingly for UK buyers. Not sure if that happened though. It certainly wasn’t a great situation for those buying and not expecting to have to pay any more. At least that has been cleared up for any future buyers now. (I could become an official distributor for the UK if I wanted to but I’m not sure I am up to the headache of all the extra paperwork that this would entail.)
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@WoodinblackI got a reply from them and it seems the “all taxes included” was a piece of legacy text that they forgot to update after the B word. They’ve removed it now. I can only offer my apologies to you and anyone else who got taxed - I was simply quoting what was on their advertising copy.
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Then someone has messed up somewhere. Either way, you are owed money. I’ve emailed Andras and Gábor to alert them and to ask what should be done about it.
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And that can be and should be claimed back if it gets charged as all taxes are meant to be included in the sale price, as stated on the Panda site. If you still haven’t done so, I’d chase up getting your taxes refunded.
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By the way, FI is on at a sale price again of €269, which may end today.
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