Darkglass Anagram

[markbunney]

1 hour ago, Tripehound said:

What’s the word on the street as to when some more stock will hit the shelves? Feeling very left out ATM!

I asked Andertons and they said end of September, Guitar Guitar website says the same.

[tayste_2000]

Apparently there will be some available in europe but thats just from a random forum post I saw

[joeabass]

4 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

Just one question (I asked before, but it got buried in this burgeoning thread).

 

How bright is the screen, and it bright enough to see outdoors in direct sunlight?

I’ve done 2 outdoor gigs so far, one being very sunny and didn’t have an issue. 

[Greg Edwards69]

13 minutes ago, joeabass said:

I’ve done 2 outdoor gigs so far, one being very sunny and didn’t have an issue. 

That's good to hear. I can't see my Helix screen at all in direct sunlight.

[Greg Edwards69]

1 hour ago, tayste_2000 said:

Apparently there will be some available in europe but thats just from a random forum post I saw

They mentioned it on their FB page last night:

 

[bassmayhem]

On 22/05/2025 at 08:51, Sibob said:

I’m not sure I quite understand your first sentence?! In that case, you’re not making the amp break-up, you’re just introducing a drive circuit before it, which is then being amplified. 
The test would be putting a significant clean boost in front of the amp capture, and seeing if that drives it.

 

With no horse in the race, I too would not expect an amp capture to break-up, as it doesn’t have the information to do that in the same way a dynamic, controllable effect does, it’s just a snapshot of a single sound. I’d probably expect digital clipping (bad) before you achieved anything useable. But happy to be proven wrong of course.

 

Si

I tried to use the GAIN block to drive the AMP block, but it only resulted in "same but louder", not like an amp at breakup. I only use the gain stage to match my different basses output signals to the Anagram, by making three similar presets (on each bank) with unity gain, -9 dB and +9 dB for the different basses. The block HARMONIC BOOSTER is also very useful to get a nice tone. It really enhances what comes after. I start my chain: Gain - Harmonic Booster - Vintage Microtubes - Peggy Bass... all other stuff on scenes ... BUS Compressor and finishes off with an IR B15 cab from Shift Line. I also put a high pass filter at the end at ~60 Hz just to not make PA guy cry...  

 

Well, I do not really care HOW to get a tone that I want; the main thing is that I get the tone I want. Many modelers have "gain stages", but they tend to just sound harsh and kind of trashy in my ears when overdriven. The way I do it gives me the tone most similar to a tube amp - Ampeg or other - without using a tube amp.  I have an Ashdown CTM-100 with a H&K Quantum 810 in the rehearsing room; it NEVER leaves the place. I get almost the same creamy-ish kind of tone out of the Anagram into my clean micro rigs and/or PA and studio monitors. I also put the BUS compressor block at the end of the signal chain so I can play with the dynamics into the tone shaping blocks at the beginning. 

 

This will surely be a long thread...  

[MrDinsdale]

1 hour ago, bassmayhem said:

but it only resulted in "same but louder", not like an amp at breakup.

 

This is basically the answer to the original question, the amp isn't breaking up and any saturation is coming from the drives you're adding. This mirrors what others have said. 

 

It's ace that you're getting the tone you want though and it sounds like a lot of people are blown away by it too 🙌

 

I'll probably be looking to grab one at some point once they have a few more effects and hopefully a streamlined capture workflow. I'd like to know that the amp models are useable for the tones I want though, because 3-4 captures get used up fast (my current basic QC patch has 6-7) and I dont like DG drives as much as I’ve tried to. 

[Lfalex v1.1]

Probably mentioned already,  but the lack of a 3.5mm stereo audio in or Bluetooth connectivity for audio is a bit of an omission as far as I'm concerned.  Never understood why manufacturers add a headphone jack, but not the means to mix in external sources. 

[Killerfridge]

47 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Probably mentioned already,  but the lack of a 3.5mm stereo audio in or Bluetooth connectivity for audio is a bit of an omission as far as I'm concerned.  Never understood why manufacturers add a headphone jack, but not the means to mix in external sources. 

Apparently Bluetooth is "coming soon", it was supposed to launch with it but a last minute bug was found

[Greg Edwards69]

They're supposed to be enabling audio over USB soon as well. This would be useful for many modern devices, such as smartphones and tablets, that no longer include headphone sockets. It would be handy if it could supply power over USB too, to charge up a device at the same time.

[dejams]

The 

On 30/05/2025 at 02:13, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Probably mentioned already,  but the lack of a 3.5mm stereo audio in or Bluetooth connectivity for audio is a bit of an omission as far as I'm concerned.  Never understood why manufacturers add a headphone jack, but not the means to mix in external sources. 

The return jack can be used as a stereo audio input when adding a return block to the end of the signal chain on the Anagram and mixed accordingly.

[Dood]

First one spotted for sale on FB

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AUpTNPC9q/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[Hellzero]

And maybe the same one in Germany as I don't have Facebook: https://www.bassic.de/kleinanzeigen/darkglass-anagram-bass-multieffekt-vom-feinsten.62198/

 

[Killerfridge]

Just reading through the other forum, and saw something interesting around the Hyper Luminal compressor, and that is: it doesn't compress. No matter than input level, threshold, or ratio, there is no gain reduction. Seems like a bug, but a very weird one!

[bassmayhem]

On 10/06/2025 at 22:19, Killerfridge said:

Just reading through the other forum, and saw something interesting around the Hyper Luminal compressor, and that is: it doesn't compress. No matter than input level, threshold, or ratio, there is no gain reduction. Seems like a bug, but a very weird one!

I contacted Support. They use to be swift fixing bugs...

 

[bassmayhem]

No response so far concerning the bug in the Hyper Luminal Compressor block. More voices need to be heard, maybe... 

[jwood662]

Chance would be a fine thing! Still waiting for mine to come through….

[fretmeister]

7 hours ago, bassmayhem said:

No response so far concerning the bug in the Hyper Luminal Compressor block. More voices need to be heard, maybe... 

They are probably working through a lot of emails.

 

Might even take a week to get to yours.

[bassmayhem]

I got a reply from Darkglass concerning the bug:

"Hey Roger,

Thank you for contacting us and we hope you are doing well.

This issue was brought to our attention and we are currently investigating the situation.

As soon as we have further information on this matter, rest assured we will provide an update as soon as possible.

We appreciate your patience."

[Acebassmusic]

I got my Anagram 4 week ago and I'm really liking it. Great interface and sounds, just what I wanted. I've used it at a number of home practice sessions, rehearsals and gigs and it worked flawlessly until last night......😮

I was playing a local beer festival with a multi band line up, so minimal change over times. I only needed to take my bass, wireless and Anagram everything else was provided. As usual I'd checked all my gear at home. Got to the festival, set up and tried tuning up via the Anagram.....didn't respond or tune like it had at previous gigs so no problem I just borrowed a tuner. I then plugged into the supplied Eden amp and it had a bit-crusher and high pitched wine coming through it! Arrrgh, some very quick fault finding, checked my bass, cables, wireless, amp....all OK. Last thing was the Anagram....starting to panic a bit as I use some some significant effects on certain songs......rebooted it......fingers crossed.....all OK and worked for the remainder of the evening. No idea why this happened and glad it was such an easy fix.👍😁

Also I've been struggling to get one of my Anagram home made presets to Export from the Darkglass Suite (back-up) to my PC. I'd named it "Comp/Lim/HPF" on the Anagram with no issues, Darkglass Suite would load it and only when I tried to Export it I had a problem. It appears that using "/" in a name won't allow you to Export it. I changed the preset name to "Comp-Lim-HPF" and all worked fine.

Just been onto the Public Presets hub and seen my preset for Hysteria is the most downloaded at the moment......a whopping 18 times!!! 🤣🤣

[milesBguitar]

Just a quick question can you change whole signal paths/patches whilst a loop is playing on the Looper function? Saw an interesting video about using a looper/TC Wiretap to aid in getting the right sound out of a device rather than playing and fiddling on the fly and wondered if you could use the looper in the same way.

[tauzero]

On 15/06/2025 at 18:41, Acebassmusic said:

Also I've been struggling to get one of my Anagram home made presets to Export from the Darkglass Suite (back-up) to my PC. I'd named it "Comp/Lim/HPF" on the Anagram with no issues, Darkglass Suite would load it and only when I tried to Export it I had a problem. It appears that using "/" in a name won't allow you to Export it. I changed the preset name to "Comp-Lim-HPF" and all worked fine.

 

It may be because the OS is Linux-based - "/" is the separator between directory levels, like "\" in Windows, so Comp/Lim/HPF would be a file called HPF in a directory Lim in a directory Comp.

[Acebassmusic]

Yeah, that eventually dawned on me  The Anagram was quite happy with the "/" in the name so I initially didn't think twice about it. It was only when Darkglass Suite (on my PC) was trying to export to my PC that they stopped playing together nicely 🤣 All happy again now. 👍