askashrub wrote:
- I set the mix quite high most of the demo precisely because the effect can be subtle. It's not how I would normally have set it, but I wanted the effects to be obvious. Dialing back the mix will bring the highs in (this is how I typically have it set)
That's the thing about YouTube demo videos, a lot of the subtlties may be lost.
whoismarykelly wrote:I've yet to be disappointed by a Fairfield pedal so I still have high hopes.
Do you think the Meet Maude is too dark sounding?
I've never heard one as I don't do delays without tap tempo
Chankgeez wrote:Gotcha. A lot of people think the Meet Maude's too dark.
It is dark-ish, but sits well in a band mix.
Fairfield has a pretty dark sound. Randy is the same, and the tone toggle on the unpleasant is really, really dark. Unusably so for me.
They're awesome.
Gone Fission wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 2:21 pm
That’s quarter-assed at best.
Chankgeez wrote:Gotcha. A lot of people think the Meet Maude's too dark.
It is dark-ish, but sits well in a band mix.
Fairfield has a pretty dark sound. Randy is the same, and the tone toggle on the unpleasant is really, really dark. Unusably so for me.
They're awesome.
The Unpleasant Surprise can be quite bright too with the last toggle engaged especially.
On the Barbershop with the toggle in middle position, i cant hear a eq difference from my clean tone when engaging.
But I use that quite clean.
Agree on the Maude being really dark though, wish the tone control could go a bit brighter.
Thats the one thing I was hoping they had improved on this one (since its similar to the random vibrato section).
Will see soon!
Yeah US gets brutally trebly, but I find that the tone cut still cuts more than I'd like. It's a cool sound, for sure, especially with the last toggle up, but it's just darker than I'd choose. But still. Killing people with treble is why I have the US.
Gone Fission wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 2:21 pm
That’s quarter-assed at best.
Chankgeez wrote:Gotcha. A lot of people think the Meet Maude's too dark.
So I just got a Meet Maude and I think it'd be hard to argue that it's not a dark pedal compared to dry signal. I dialed out my dry signal entirely and set the delay time/feedback to min and there's definitely noticeable hi freq roll-off even with Tone cranked. I could see how someone who wants a nice clean & faithful delay might think it's too dark.
That said, this exact same experiment has me lusting for a Shallow Water so hard. I think I'm gonna sell my OBNE Reflector when the second round goes up for sale.
Yeah, but anyone buying an analogue delay has to expect the wet signal to be darker than dry - BBDs are noisy as shit and have to be heavily filtered regardless.
Gone Fission wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 2:21 pm
That’s quarter-assed at best.
goroth wrote:Yeah, but anyone buying an analogue delay has to expect the wet signal to be darker than dry - BBDs are noisy as shit and have to be heavily filtered regardless.
Rolling off all the high end is a hamfisted way to go about it. Filtering out hiss doesn't mean you just chop all the treble out of a circuit. There are many analog delays on the market that have presence and detail in the repeats without being noisy. I'd also say there isn't much point in having $300+ delay pedals if the repeats are so dark you cant even hear them.
I'm just saying that a BBD will be filtered, and will always have a darker wet signal.
I've got four different BBD delays at home and don't consider the Meet Maude unreasonably dark. It sounds good live and good in the studio, in a pretty dense mix. But I don't expect it to sound like my digital delays.
Gone Fission wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 2:21 pm
That’s quarter-assed at best.
