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I'd open it and look for a loose connection/dry joint. They're apparently notoriously badly built.

I use an EXP pedal with mine always. I have it so that when the pedal is full back, I get a horribly ear-raping high-frequency full picking tone, kinda like justin chancellor live, but a bit more nasty. I also use it with overdrive and/or dist to make some funky wah sounds! You can get it to sound really "vocal".

What's the boss pedal with the flash pointing at it? AW-3? What do you think of it? I have an AW-3 which I like, but i've read loads of crap reviews of it.

+25 = 409

Very cool project! I've thought about doing this many times! Can you link me to the site you got the boards from? I'd love to put a delay in my backup bass.

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='131695' date='Feb 1 2008, 02:42 AM']Does it count if my pedals are built in?[/quote] Yes! Built into what?

You can get low pass, high pass, band pass, and notch filters. A wah is a band pass filter (I think, sometimes I get the names mixed up) that moved up and down the range and you move the pedal. If the filter is controlled by an envelope follower, it's as though your picking dynamics are controlling the foot pedal. You can get sequenced wahs as well, and autowahs which just rock back and forth at a set rate. The are other types of filters, but I wouldn't really know about them in pedal form.

Most envelope filters are analogue, so..... EDIT: My lack of clear definition is not sarcasm. There could well be a pedal called an "analog filter" that does something completely different that i've never heard of.

I would say 600Hz is more "mids" than 2.5K. Whether or not either is of more use on bass or not........ I personally like to boost both mentioned frequencies on my amp. When recording, I use the EQ in my DAW. Do you not have this option?

A limiter is a compressor with the compression ratio set to 1:infinity. The limiter/enhancers you can buy let you bring the ratio down a bit, but it's still very much a hard compression ratio. These pedals are really good if your dynamics are all over the place, or, if you want a very consistent level. The "enhance" circuit could help your passive sound a bit active, but that's really not the point of these pedals. The reason I like them is that you can set the threshold, and the ratio. A compressor/sustainer will generally have less of a hard ratio. That's about all I can say (probably should have kept my mouth shut) The most important point IMHO when deciding what kind of compressor to buy is that the limiter/enhancer pedals (boss+behringer) give you more control over the compression taking place.

I saw one on Ebay, and I was watching it. I didn't buy it so it probably went above 50-60 quid but I can't remember the final price sorry. It wouldn't have been more than £100 'cos I would remember (I think). I'll make you an offer if you're going to sell it, but someone could always know more about these things and advise ebay 'cos it's worth more, or very rare or whatever. The one I saw was not in good condition.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='129342' date='Jan 28 2008, 03:31 PM']I think its a mouth swab, Tom...[/quote] What kind of a celebrity would let you swab their mouth without demanding sexual favours? You're being a bit niave me thinks. :-p I played with Status Quo and spoke to the two famous ones. Also, I have an amusing picture of me and my band and Tony Christie!

[quote name='Doc B' post='129324' date='Jan 28 2008, 03:13 PM']I could get jailed if I shared mine with you as it involved someone I swabbed for a court-directed paternity test.[/quote] This is why your internet identity should be annonymous! We'd all love to know which celebrity had his c*ck in your hand

I have to agree there Tayste - Lots of people use blending to "retain low end". If a dirt pedal looses low end, turn up the low control on it, or get rid of the pedal IMO. I use my blending for added "punch"

[quote name='BassManKev' post='128862' date='Jan 27 2008, 08:10 PM']tom found that that didnt work too well with some of his effects on his board, so might not be the most flexible... this mini vfb barge concepts are bringing out seems interesting[/quote] Bob was good when I used it with just a couple of dirt pedals. It's when I put an NS-2 and LS-2 with lots of blending and routing, loads of buffers etc, it just didn't like it and started to squeal.

If you don't use the modelling, i'm sure there's something cheaper. I've seen USB mics really cheap on Ebay, so there must be a "USB DI" somewhere.

I'd love to know, but I don't. I'm watching this thread too though, so don't feel lonely!

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='126472' date='Jan 23 2008, 09:45 PM']i used to own that exact peavey combo, in fact i still had it when i first owned my current rig. and i can say without a shadow of doubt that although it sounds great, it doesn't sound anywhere [i]near[/i] as good as what i've got now! [/quote] You should have tried using it's crossover outputs!

[quote name='crez5150' post='126395' date='Jan 23 2008, 07:37 PM']I reckon cos a pedal tuner wouldn't fit on the board.... the rack tuner slots in nicely[/quote] Heh, no, I just bought the board off a mate who had already put the rack tuner in. He preferred it to a pedal, but now uses a pedal. Go figure!

yeh some sort of interface. I think a toneport is not necessarily great value for money though. You're deffinitely plugged into the line-in and not the mic-in yeh?

how do you know you're not overloading it? The level meter in soundforge will not necessarily say. If you're not playing as hard at the beginning (no speakers here sorry) then that's why it sounds fine. Use your windows mixer to lower the line input level almost to the bottom, and try again. You can turn it up after in soundforge.

what are you recording into? Have you set the line input to the correct recording level? If you're overloading the input of the laptop, it may have an automatic limiter function of sorts (although i've never seen this, it could explain it!)

Heh, I thought your first comment was a joke, i'm not really thinking of "upgrading".