The cat's out of the body bag!

by **Bassus Sanguinis** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:30 pm

Choking on doom, Jebus! Haven't heard anything that strangled and grainy in a long time, rad! And original.

by **FuzzHugger** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:01 pm

Should mention... I got an email asking if the Doom Bloom was more compressed than the Algal Bloom. In the clips I did, I was having a bit too much fun on the highest gain, most clipped, strangled settings...the Doom Bloom is more open, has more mass and higher headroom (on most settings). Though you've got a switch to bring in extra clipping. I felt that was needed after opening it up so much.

by **benjuro** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:57 am

benjuro wrote:What's the status on this project Tom?

by **Bassus Sanguinis** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:37 pm

Tom Dalton wrote:Should mention... I got an email asking if the Doom Bloom was more compressed than the Algal Bloom. In the clips I did, I was having a bit too much fun on the highest gain, most clipped, strangled settings...the Doom Bloom is more open, has more mass and higher headroom (on most settings). Though you've got a switch to bring in extra clipping. I felt that was needed after opening it up so much.

...figured as much - since I have Algal Bloom and thought this can't be ALL different - but I wanted to give credits for the rad strangled, compressed, crapped out fuzztortion.

by **univalve** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:43 am

benjuro wrote:
benjuro wrote:What's the status on this project Tom?

by **FuzzHugger** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:16 am

univalve wrote:
benjuro wrote:
benjuro wrote:What's the status on this project Tom?

30 minutes ago, I thought, I need to preemptively respond to the Doom Bloom thread before I get another poke! Damn it, you beat me!

I've gotten majorly carried away lately with big projects lately. But if I didn't follow those obsessions, cool stuff wouldn't come out of it. Right after I finished Summit's Bloom, I went a little nuts personally but also creatively, like, I've got to do this! And this! And this! And on top of following those obsessions, I have to make sure currrent orders are going out on time.

So err, all I can say is soon. Before Spring. I just have to go through my final testing with the new circuit board and make sure everything's working right. I put a lot of thought into these controls, and I want to make sure they're right.

by **kurmudgeon** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:41 pm

Can this cop the same tones as a vanilla Bloom? I've wanted an AB ever since I found this place and I've just been waiting for the right time to strike, either this or the XS...

by **FuzzHugger** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:56 pm

kurmudgeon wrote:Can this cop the same tones as a vanilla Bloom? I've wanted an AB ever since I found this place and I've just been waiting for the right time to strike, either this or the XS...

Not totally. Of course, it's a lot like the Algal Bloom... It builds on some of its strengths--mass, definition, chord-friendliness--and adds lows, mass, and has some more aggressive settings. To get there, I made it as naturally bassy and possible and increased the headroom...then provided controls to reign in that extreme, and shape it...that's what the new Body, High, and Open/Clipping controls do. But by expanding the range, there's no easily-defined setting that's "stock" Algal Bloom. (Though it's so flexible, I think you can cover a lot of standard Algal Bloom tones.)

(Tired...in full ramble mode.)

It's openness may seem surprising at first. (It's not designed to make you suddenly play doom, it's more about what I think a lot of us are looking for--even with low, full chords, with lots of bass--every string coming through without mushing. Playing on its most open settings, someone might play a string or two and think, this isn't extreme...but play a low-tuned 6-string chord and feel that mass! That's why it starts so unclipped and uncompressed. (And if you want to bring in plenty more clipping, you can.)

by **benjuro** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:13 am

Tom Dalton wrote:
univalve wrote:
benjuro wrote:
benjuro wrote:What's the status on this project Tom?

30 minutes ago, I thought, I need to preemptively respond to the Doom Bloom thread before I get another poke! Damn it, you beat me!

I've gotten majorly carried away lately with big projects lately. But if I didn't follow those obsessions, cool stuff wouldn't come out of it. Right after I finished Summit's Bloom, I went a little nuts personally but also creatively, like, I've got to do this! And this! And this! And on top of following those obsessions, I have to make sure currrent orders are going out on time.

So err, all I can say is soon. Before Spring. I just have to go through my final testing with the new circuit board and make sure everything's working right. I put a lot of thought into these controls, and I want to make sure they're right.