Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

Lunoxx

⭐Supporting Member⭐
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    42

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Lunoxx

    MORTRIX MIDI foot controller

    in Effects

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

    We hit a bit of a snag as we found out that someone had trademarked a name very close to ours. Annoyingly it was trademarked five months after I came up with the Midium name. So we’re now in the process of renaming the controller. We’ve got some ideas but are open to suggestions. You’d have to agree to handing over all rights to the name. If your suggestion is the one used, you’ll receive a free unit when it’s ready.

     

    Mideep control
     

     

    Footswitch topper 8.5mm

    in Effects

    Posted

    Does anyone know any alternatives to barefoot buttons when it comes to small footswitches (8.5 mm). Most of the plastic ones (e.g. Mooer Candy) or the Rockboard ones are for 9.5 mm footswitches. However, my MC8 and some other pedals have the smaller ones (8.5mm), and one of my pedals even slightly bigger ones (~10.5 mm), and it would be great to find some cheaper ones than the quite pricy barefoot buttons.

    Most creative pedal you have ever owned

    in Effects

    Posted

    13 hours ago, BigRedX said:

    Helix Floor. The only thing likely to replace it will be whatever flagship device Line6 come up with next.

     

    Alternatively the Linn Adrenalinn, the only effect I use that the Helix can't replicate, but it doesn't spend as much time processing my bass as the Helix does.

    Uh I've never heard of the Linn Adrenaline, but it looks very interesting. In what context do you use it, especially in combination with your helix? 

    Importance of bass and/or strings for synthy tones

    in Effects

    Posted

    A couple of years I started using an excessive amount of pedals to create synthy tones, going the classic oc2-fuzz-filter route. Currently rebuilding my board but will upload a few pictures soon in the pedalboard thread. Anyways...

     

    I'm still playing my good old Fender MiJ Jazz Bass that's with me since 2008 with rounds. However, quite often I read in forums discussing synth bass tones that people prefer flats for this type of music, and certain types of basses (big discussions between p or j, some say that shortscales are perfect as they have plenty of low end and you only play in the higher frets anyways, etc...). I had flats on my JB a few years ago but didn't like them for the music I was playing then. However, now I'm actually toying with the idea of trying flats again to see how that affects the sound I got from my pedals. What's your take on this? Would it be worth trying flats again, or potentially even getting a second bass to have both options? I can get a nice shortscale for a good price atm, but don't know if it's worth trying or if the difference will be very subtle... 

    Pedals underneath the pedalboard - how to turn them on?

    in Effects

    Posted

    I'm planning to put some pedals underneath my board. Basically some stuff that's always one and which settings won't be changed at all. However, some of these pedals are switched off when I first power my pedalboard, while others automatically turn on when powering the board. Since I don't want to flip my board over every time I connect the power jack, I was wondering if there's a way of changing the turn on/off behaviour of pedals? I know that for some of the newer digital ones you can choose this in the global settings, but I assume for analog or more simple pedals, you just have to take it as it is, right? 

     

    On that note, does anyone know whether the small TC Electronic pedals (e.g. Spectracomp or Spark mini) turn on automatically when powered? 

    Pedal board - or stick with what i've got

    in Effects

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Boodang said:

    I've done multi effects including the Helix but to my ears the pedals I have do each individual effect better. The bonus to this is that there's lots of fun with GAS trying out and getting each pedal plus some that I have like the Doc Lloyd and Walrus with some great art work. And for some reason I enjoy the process of putting together the pedalboard for specific setups. The downside, I admit, is that my current board (which admittedly now has 16 pedals) costs way more than a multi effect but, I think, sounds better. You don't have to go as far as getting 16 pedals though and just have fun picking out the few you need.

    My thoughts exactly. However, you could also build a pedalboard including your ME50B, e.g. have an individual Octaver and fuzz pedal at the beginning of the chain going into the ME50B. Maybe stick with the multifx for now to explore the world of effects, find out what you like/need, and then check out some individual effects and test them against their counterparts in the ME50B. 

    Help with Cog T-70 repair

    in Effects

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, lee650 said:

    Hi Chris 

    The T70 (like it's little brother the T65) has a dirty  Octave up feature,to add presence and bite to a band mix (like an Octavia fuzz). It's also well documented that this octave up doesn't really dial out of the tone, when when set to 0. Tom's always marketed this as a synth engine rather than a standard octave pedal,and his speciality is dirt even in his octaves. For clean standard octave the Cog T16/T47 is the one to get. 

    Trust me, put a filter in its loop and you'll get a great dynamic synth tone. If you want it looked at to be sure, I've used Owen electronics based In Manchester. Hes very good with Analog pedals (he doesn't do digital) and charges a standard fee (about £11 as I recall) to look at it and correct minor issues, but more if needed. So it'll at least cost that, plus your postage to and back.

     

    Hi, thanks for the response. You're absolutely right, and I'm fully aware of that, but I'm fairly sure something's wrong with my T-70. Easiest example: If I turn everything down in one of the T-65 circuits, and only open the clean channel, I should only get my clean signal (with maybe a tiny bit of noise interference from the octave up feature that I would fully tolarate). However, that signal is quite distorted. Generally, all the "unwanted" noise that I get from my T-70 doesn't sound like the synthy octave up sound but clearly like a headroom issue. A friend of mine is further able to emulate the classic Nerve OC2 sound by putting the filter between 2 and 3 o'clock, however this also results in a distorted signal for me despite identical settings. 

    Anyways, thank you very much for recommending Owen electronics. I'll contact them and see what they think about my T-70  

    • Like 1

    Help with Cog T-70 repair

    in Effects

    Posted

    Hi all, 

     

    I've purchased a COG T-70 through the forum here a few weeks ago but unfortunately it seems to have some headroom issue. If I play as gentle as possible, or turn down the volume of my bass to an absolute minimum, it's fine but as soon as I turn up the volume a little bit or play normally, the T70 starts to distort the signal. Even if everything is turned down and only one of the clean channels is open, the signal distorts quite noticeably. 

     

    As to the best of my knowledge COG shut down a while ago (at least temporarily) and I don't know anything about fx circuits and how to fix them, I am searching for someone here in the forum who can either fix/help me fixing my T70, or some suggestions for shops/people to get in contact with. As I've only moved to the UK last year, I'm a bit lost who to talk to for these kind of issues... 

     

    Thanks in advance for any help, 

    Cheers, 

    Chris 

    One Control 1 Loop Box (Bypass Looper) - *SOLD*

    in Effects For Sale

    Posted

    1 hour ago, andydye said:

    is this still available? would it work as a mute switch? do you get signal clicks when you hit the switch or is it silent?

     

    It's sold, sorry. But to answer your questions, I guess it could work as a mute switch if you leave the loop empty. However, the switch made a loud clicking sound when hit, so overall there are probably better options available. 

    • Like 1

    Faulty Synth Voice Deluxe

    in Effects

    Posted

    I've ordered a Broughton Synth Voice Deluxe from Canada last year with the intention to pick it up from a friend's house in the US, but due to some delay I just got it a few weeks ago. 

     

    While it worked perfectly fine in the beginning, at some point it stopped producing any sounds. When the pedal is bypassed, the signal goes through perfectly fine, but when engaged the pedal doesn't make any sounds. The LED is still working (so it's not fully broken), and I definitely didn't fry the pedal by using a wrong power supply. 

     

    I've been in contact with Josh from Broughton, and he said that most likely static charge fried a chip or two. So I ordered the potentially fried chips, which arrived today, and exchanged them, but the problem still remains. 

     

    Josh then offered that I can send the pedal back to him and he'll repair it, so basically now I have two questions to the basschat community:

     

    1) Did anyone of you ever send a pedal back and outside of the UK for repairment? If so, how does this work in terms of import taxes? As I already paid for the pedal last year, and the repair service will be for free, there is nothing to be taxed, and according to the internet I don't need to pay import taxes. Can Josh therefore just declare the pedal repair with $0 on the declaration form and it will go through customs without any questions, or is there a specific way these types of repairs need to be handled? 

     

    2) To avoid any potential problems with 1), is there someone in the UK that could repair the pedal? Unfortunately, I don't know anything about electronics and PCBs and changing the chips was probably the only thing I could have done on my own. 

     

    It would be great if you can share some tips how to handle this the best, or share some experience you've made in the past! 

     

    Thanks, Chris 

×
×
  • Create New...