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grozeil
Published on 03/04/09 at 12:37
Well, it was in this small boiboite (roughly 12 cm x 19cm, for convenient pedalboard loaded) one of the most effective time to date: 9 types of time, quite different from one another looper + function.
It's all digital, and that means less than any other digital delay is so well done.
To my knowledge, there is no editor on PC or Mac, it might seem excited damaging to the keyboard, but its absence does not feel hard, because the effects are easily edited directly on the machine ( its just a breeze).
The connection is more than complete (in full stereo jacks, MIDI, USB, with switches, pedal). A nice thing is that you can specify both input and sotie level, line or instrument. Chipotons: miss just a headphone jack.
The case seems very solid, the switches are nice. New small reserve for the knobs, they are nice but seem slightly below the rest in terms of strength (that means: less indestructible than the knobs at the Boss)
UTILIZATION
Everything is very simple architecture and well thought out. 3 modes: bank (to access the various banks ... (necessarily) two presets; play (while the switches have different functions: on / off - freeze - tap tempo) system (in bulk and to simplify, to set MIDI functions, auxiliary switches ...)
Manuel OK, not necessarily very fun when we saw Line6, but it's going overall. It looks like the Modfactor, side and less abstruse.
Oh, one nice thing: the System menu, you can choose the type of bypass (true bypass, or bypass digital plus another which I can not remember the name). Regardless of the type chosen, the signal is not altered when bypass (normal for a true bypass but longer surprising for a bypass digital, and trust me, I'm quite looking on this point).
Connected, the camera turns ultra silent so another good point. on the other hand, it is necessary to strike a power supply, rather difficult to replace (to date) with a pedal power because the device is requesting Ma (1200 according to the leaflet, which excludes a lot of power)
SOUND QUALITY
Aaaaaaaaaah, the effects ... It's very good, there's nothing to say. As much as I expressed reservations about the Modfactor, which currently sleeps quietly in its box until my next crisis to revise my stuff, as here, there's no worry, it's tip top quality.
There is actually a double within 3 seconds each: double, because we have two independent delay lines, used in series (if it connects mono input). These two periods may have different tempos, different from feedback. But they will share the second row of knobs, which, basically, to set the "quality" of rehearsals (the band filters for delay in the distribution espce rehearsals for the multitap, modulation period for the mod, alterations signal for the tape echo ...).
I said before, I tested the time onboard multi-effects and other amp simulators (POD2, PODXT, PODX3, Boss VF1) and other specific time (for Maxon AD9 analog and Boss DD20 for digital). Those are the points of comparison.
Here, you enter directly into another category. Overall, everything sounds more "accurate": the digital delay reproduces exactly what he sends analog delays are fucking without falling into the gloubiboulga after two repetitions (but can not you do it too) .. . I will not go around all that I have noticed, but that's the idea.
Which is quite fun is to read posts on the forum of users of Eventide (quite effectively by the way) who constantly cry for modeling delay. That's not the philosophy of Eventide! We can probably get closer to the sounds of legendary times, but this is not the purpose of this pedal. Here we are in the Eventide, period. If your delusion is to play on modeling, stay on Line6
For my part, I do not use all the time available, far from it, but I was pretty traumatized by the tape echo, multitap delay (which allows much closer to a reverb), the mod time (with some settings, there may be a chorus of great effect, much better than the Modfactor, a peak anyway). Some other time limits are very well done (especially the band delay, with filters on the rehearsals, to remake 2001, the Space Odyssey), but I'm not interested in relation to music I do. I would have some reservations about ducked time (actually, more because I see too much use that we can do) and the reverse, that does not work like I expect (it works differently from the Boss DD20 I think, but I can not say how).
Finally, the looper, I can not really talk about it, because I'm not at all familiar with such devices. Apparently he did a good job (still need to know loop, frankly, I downright evil, shame on me) and this function quite funny (to increase the playback speed of the loop to start the loop of Another point that its point of departure, ...).
The big highlight of the pedal, like ModFactor, the ability to assign the expression pedal to any or all of the settings buttons, opening doors rather incredible in terms of textures. Just this function will let you hours of headache, not to make adjustments (it is really easy to assign a motion knob to the expression pedal), but for your imagination and find sounds. This is clearly a great tool to promote creativity.
The low point against, and really disappointed me was the Spillover function does not work as I expected. This function normally allows you to continue the repetitions of a period when it is disabled. In this configuration, it works great. on the other hand, it works less well when moving from one time period to another active asset. In this case, the repetitions of the first period continued in the second period, but taking the characteristics of this second period (feedback, delay type, etc. ...). This is clearly disappointing, and all the more surprising that this function works great over time as basic as the Boss DD20. Go, hop, just for that, -2 points, grrrrr.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it since last spring, first intermittently and in recent weeks, he joined permanently my pedalboard. The value for money is very attractive. None of the time I tried him arrive at the ankle, not least because it is rare to have a function assignable expression pedal (in time the general public, I believe that only the Line6 DL4 of, I tried a few minutes could do so).
So, I put my Boss DD20 also in the closet, and it should not come out before long.
And yes, if I ask, I would do this election if I were to lose this device.
Sorry for not being able to view a more comprehensive (there really much to say about this unit until it is complete) a, but for specific questions, there's the forum
It's all digital, and that means less than any other digital delay is so well done.
To my knowledge, there is no editor on PC or Mac, it might seem excited damaging to the keyboard, but its absence does not feel hard, because the effects are easily edited directly on the machine ( its just a breeze).
The connection is more than complete (in full stereo jacks, MIDI, USB, with switches, pedal). A nice thing is that you can specify both input and sotie level, line or instrument. Chipotons: miss just a headphone jack.
The case seems very solid, the switches are nice. New small reserve for the knobs, they are nice but seem slightly below the rest in terms of strength (that means: less indestructible than the knobs at the Boss)
UTILIZATION
Everything is very simple architecture and well thought out. 3 modes: bank (to access the various banks ... (necessarily) two presets; play (while the switches have different functions: on / off - freeze - tap tempo) system (in bulk and to simplify, to set MIDI functions, auxiliary switches ...)
Manuel OK, not necessarily very fun when we saw Line6, but it's going overall. It looks like the Modfactor, side and less abstruse.
Oh, one nice thing: the System menu, you can choose the type of bypass (true bypass, or bypass digital plus another which I can not remember the name). Regardless of the type chosen, the signal is not altered when bypass (normal for a true bypass but longer surprising for a bypass digital, and trust me, I'm quite looking on this point).
Connected, the camera turns ultra silent so another good point. on the other hand, it is necessary to strike a power supply, rather difficult to replace (to date) with a pedal power because the device is requesting Ma (1200 according to the leaflet, which excludes a lot of power)
SOUND QUALITY
Aaaaaaaaaah, the effects ... It's very good, there's nothing to say. As much as I expressed reservations about the Modfactor, which currently sleeps quietly in its box until my next crisis to revise my stuff, as here, there's no worry, it's tip top quality.
There is actually a double within 3 seconds each: double, because we have two independent delay lines, used in series (if it connects mono input). These two periods may have different tempos, different from feedback. But they will share the second row of knobs, which, basically, to set the "quality" of rehearsals (the band filters for delay in the distribution espce rehearsals for the multitap, modulation period for the mod, alterations signal for the tape echo ...).
I said before, I tested the time onboard multi-effects and other amp simulators (POD2, PODXT, PODX3, Boss VF1) and other specific time (for Maxon AD9 analog and Boss DD20 for digital). Those are the points of comparison.
Here, you enter directly into another category. Overall, everything sounds more "accurate": the digital delay reproduces exactly what he sends analog delays are fucking without falling into the gloubiboulga after two repetitions (but can not you do it too) .. . I will not go around all that I have noticed, but that's the idea.
Which is quite fun is to read posts on the forum of users of Eventide (quite effectively by the way) who constantly cry for modeling delay. That's not the philosophy of Eventide! We can probably get closer to the sounds of legendary times, but this is not the purpose of this pedal. Here we are in the Eventide, period. If your delusion is to play on modeling, stay on Line6
For my part, I do not use all the time available, far from it, but I was pretty traumatized by the tape echo, multitap delay (which allows much closer to a reverb), the mod time (with some settings, there may be a chorus of great effect, much better than the Modfactor, a peak anyway). Some other time limits are very well done (especially the band delay, with filters on the rehearsals, to remake 2001, the Space Odyssey), but I'm not interested in relation to music I do. I would have some reservations about ducked time (actually, more because I see too much use that we can do) and the reverse, that does not work like I expect (it works differently from the Boss DD20 I think, but I can not say how).
Finally, the looper, I can not really talk about it, because I'm not at all familiar with such devices. Apparently he did a good job (still need to know loop, frankly, I downright evil, shame on me) and this function quite funny (to increase the playback speed of the loop to start the loop of Another point that its point of departure, ...).
The big highlight of the pedal, like ModFactor, the ability to assign the expression pedal to any or all of the settings buttons, opening doors rather incredible in terms of textures. Just this function will let you hours of headache, not to make adjustments (it is really easy to assign a motion knob to the expression pedal), but for your imagination and find sounds. This is clearly a great tool to promote creativity.
The low point against, and really disappointed me was the Spillover function does not work as I expected. This function normally allows you to continue the repetitions of a period when it is disabled. In this configuration, it works great. on the other hand, it works less well when moving from one time period to another active asset. In this case, the repetitions of the first period continued in the second period, but taking the characteristics of this second period (feedback, delay type, etc. ...). This is clearly disappointing, and all the more surprising that this function works great over time as basic as the Boss DD20. Go, hop, just for that, -2 points, grrrrr.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it since last spring, first intermittently and in recent weeks, he joined permanently my pedalboard. The value for money is very attractive. None of the time I tried him arrive at the ankle, not least because it is rare to have a function assignable expression pedal (in time the general public, I believe that only the Line6 DL4 of, I tried a few minutes could do so).
So, I put my Boss DD20 also in the closet, and it should not come out before long.
And yes, if I ask, I would do this election if I were to lose this device.
Sorry for not being able to view a more comprehensive (there really much to say about this unit until it is complete) a, but for specific questions, there's the forum