Quatschmacher
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Just to clarify, it’s not quite the same as a Sterling; it’s about 1.1mm thicker front-to-back at the first fret compared to a Sterling (21.59mm as opposed to 20.5mm). Both have a thickness of 23.5mm at the 12th fret. -
So has anyone ordered one?
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Would consider trades against the following: Haz labs MuTron III+; Tru-tron 3x; Chase Bliss Wombtone MKII; Chase Bliss Bliss Factory -
Well, I’ll certainly be making and sharing some sync patches, so if you want those then you’ll have to get the new one.
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Having wider control over the 9 onboard parameters. Detent on the parameter dial. Increased note detection sensitivity, faster tracking, option to eliminate the pitch blip, oscillator sync sounds, octave transposition via MIDI, better sound quality, then all the new stuff that’s planned for the future. There’s plenty to make upgrading worthwhile if it’s a heavy-use pedal. I won’t likely be using my FI I any more and am planning to loan it to someone who doesn’t have one.
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No idea, you’d have to ask him. I guess with limited resources, money is better spent on feature upgrades. It seems they don’t have any problems selling them as is so there isn’t a huge incentive to change it. Perhaps if all the people who wanted a small-housing version were to band together and go to him with a firm commitment to buy one, there’d be a way, much like the crowd-funded initial release.
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I find that without a pedalboard I never have problems fitting pedals; I have the entire floor space. 😆 Fair point though, it’s on the large size, I think I managed it and five other pedals on my Aclam S1 board.
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Yes, they should. Haven’t checked for definite but I believe the boards are exactly the same size as before, there were just a few component changes.
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It does actually come with its own case. 🙂
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Interested to see who’s bought one already.
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Are you using a Morningstar controller? There is functionality built into that that could do the job. Same goes for Mortrix.
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The time to revisit was a few years back. The v3.60 update was when the drag-and-drop interface was finally implemented. Tracking was improved greatly over the initial release quite early on. The lack of USB isn’t such a big deal but I can see that it would be more convenient. The bonus is that there are no USB ground loop problems on the FI because DIN MIDI ports have proper shielding.
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Preordering is open!
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Everything you need for v3 is contained in the v3.60 editor. I’m going to ask if they’ll do a v3.61 editor to add the 4Control integration code as that works well.
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No. As with all previous versions, the firmware and editor need to match.
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It’s been like this since 2019! Yes, I agree on the form factor and integration. However, this was a redesign that was due to a component being unexpectedly discontinued and so there was still housing stock to use up and other stuff so a full redesign wasn’t an option. Personally I want to see a proper redesign down the line that has stereo outs and a USB C port. These are both things I suggested for this release. USB wasn’t possible. They looked into stereo out but all the hardware VCAs were in use. Next time hopefully, though that’s probably years away.
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There’s a caveat. As I said, it’s split into 4 apps internally and two of these are taken up with the current implementation. The other two apps won’t be extensions to the current VA engine but will be different things (such as an FM synth, effects (I’ve suggested a simple-architecture polysynth too (obviously MIDI-only))). Yes, in the same way that the FI was developed over 6 years, V4 has space to be developed over the next few years.
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The fact that the FI responds to MIDI means you can use any other bit of sequencer/arp hardware to trigger it. Korg make some cheap sequencers. This clip is a Precision bass but I’ve had plenty of success using Jazz basses with it in the past. Also, as there’s still more than half the space left in the new pedal there are some things we’re developing that will take this even further. (Technically there are 4 separate apps and only two are in use with the current implementation.)
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Will do my best but I have a lot of very pressing life stuff going on at the moment so it might have to wait a bit. (Need to finish up the manual before everything at home kicks off too.)
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I don’t know, I have no means of measuring it. It’s dependent on the note played too. There is some more optimisation work going on at the moment before release so I can’t give a final figure until that work is fully implemented.
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Yes, that’s a sync patch so V4 only. You mean a sound comparison of the same patch on v3 and V4 to hear the audio quality differences? I can probably manage that at some point. Could trigger it via MIDI too so that the input is exactly the same for both.
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My sincere apologies, I clearly didn’t read that properly! (Too much testing and not enough sleep.)
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Sound quality is noticeably better. Oscillator sync patches are cool. (I can now share a clip; excuse the background noise as I had a ground loop as I was daisy-chaining.) If you do on-pedal tweaks there’s MUCH more variation available without ever having to load any patches on and you can save them permanently to the patch data. Sensitivity improvements are very welcome. Having release on the ADSR even when using a bass is a massive difference. You can pluck and stop a note but have the synth note ring out for ages. Audio-804.mp3
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The ACCURACY priority setting does get rid of the pitch blip entirely. Was it not clear from the picture I posted and the fact that I have been one of the primary contributors to the development that I already have the pedal? I’ve been testing and developing it for months.
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Just to avoid perpetuating a falsehood, these Boss pedals do not track anything at all, they simply overlay the existing audio with a signal that makes it sound like a synth.
