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Published on 10/10/06 at 15:17
Multi-Effects Amp Simulator + very complete with an impressive array of effects that can accumulate (up to 9 now!).
Acts as a tuner box and acquisition (comes with Cubase and a USB cable)
Expression pedal that controls the volume (or the effect, it depends) at the bottom: very useful live.
UTILIZATION
It's pretty simple to navigate. The effects are many but you can select and adjust easily. The small screen also allows to know precisely what we do and have a very fine adjustment.
The manual is very well done but you can do without: the use of the pedal is fairly intuitive.
Only the tuner could be improved because it is not always easy to bypass the pedal (you must press the two switches together, or there are only 2 feet, we must "get" feet on the 2 pedal).
SOUND QUALITY
I think the majority of effects are disappointing. I have no other experience about the effects pedals but I finally uses very little (and not in groups) because I think they spoil the sound of my bass (Stingray 5C). I bought this pedal to see the effects today, I think I have need of nothing (a distortion can be but then I will be very demanding!).
For cons, I use a lot of amp simulation that allows me to have very different sounds quickly while still acceptable! I do not separate more and repeat as in concert.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this pedal for 5 months now and it has become indispensable to me, at home or in repeats.
At home because I used to purchase housing and amp simulator (no need to plug the amp that big fuss and inconvenience the neighbors, a simple headset connected directly to the case simply: very handy for traveling!)
In repeated because the pedal and the different simulations allow me to adjust my sound without distorting it.
For the price, I think performance is more than acceptable. Only for Effects (what is asked in the beginning) that I remain mixed. At the same time, for trying the flanger and distortion of Boss, I think (because the bass was not the same) and this pedal has nothing to envy the famous manufacturer. The fact remains that I find the effects too cheap for my taste.
This choice I would do again as the pedal is not just a multi-effects. Must still need the tuner function, simulation and acquisition!
Acts as a tuner box and acquisition (comes with Cubase and a USB cable)
Expression pedal that controls the volume (or the effect, it depends) at the bottom: very useful live.
UTILIZATION
It's pretty simple to navigate. The effects are many but you can select and adjust easily. The small screen also allows to know precisely what we do and have a very fine adjustment.
The manual is very well done but you can do without: the use of the pedal is fairly intuitive.
Only the tuner could be improved because it is not always easy to bypass the pedal (you must press the two switches together, or there are only 2 feet, we must "get" feet on the 2 pedal).
SOUND QUALITY
I think the majority of effects are disappointing. I have no other experience about the effects pedals but I finally uses very little (and not in groups) because I think they spoil the sound of my bass (Stingray 5C). I bought this pedal to see the effects today, I think I have need of nothing (a distortion can be but then I will be very demanding!).
For cons, I use a lot of amp simulation that allows me to have very different sounds quickly while still acceptable! I do not separate more and repeat as in concert.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this pedal for 5 months now and it has become indispensable to me, at home or in repeats.
At home because I used to purchase housing and amp simulator (no need to plug the amp that big fuss and inconvenience the neighbors, a simple headset connected directly to the case simply: very handy for traveling!)
In repeated because the pedal and the different simulations allow me to adjust my sound without distorting it.
For the price, I think performance is more than acceptable. Only for Effects (what is asked in the beginning) that I remain mixed. At the same time, for trying the flanger and distortion of Boss, I think (because the bass was not the same) and this pedal has nothing to envy the famous manufacturer. The fact remains that I find the effects too cheap for my taste.
This choice I would do again as the pedal is not just a multi-effects. Must still need the tuner function, simulation and acquisition!