New Montreal Assembly Pedal Day!!!!!

[wdinc01]

Oh yeah, a CA Ring Mod. That I sadly have to send back because something suddenly made it stop working while I was out yesterday. It was storming a little bit, so maybe it was that, I'm not sure. But I didn't want to wait another two weeks before I showed off this beautiful looking pedal. And I had him put in a light probe, which was MEGA FUN.

But for real, look how nice the finish is! Its quite handsome.

I want to give a big thanks to Scott for helping me with the whole ordering process, and being so gracious as to take to fix it for me. I'll definitely make a demo when I get it back.

[The Mad Owl]

Lovely!!!

[Chankgeez]

That is nice. If you can, post some clips when you get it back.

Those FL thunderstorms are no joke. My parents shut down their computers at every approach of a storm.

[wdinc01]

Most definitely. I didn't get a chance to try out the effects loop, sadly. But it sounded really awesome when I got to use it. Not as clean as a Frequency Analyzer, but not as dirty as an Android. Wait, I wonder what it would sound like with a ring mod in the effects loop...

And no kidding about the thunder storms. I thought it stunk that it was raining because I wanted to take my dog to the dog park, but I didn't think it was going to kill my gear. I should have unplugged it before I left, but I didn't think it was going to storm that much.

[LaoWiz]

I like putting a Rat in the loop. Fuzz and some delay in the loop is sick!

[colin]

I've never really used the loop on mine, I should probably do something about that.

[LaoWiz]

I've never really used the loop on mine, I should probably do something about that.

Definitely try it out. I like the ring mod on it's own but putting stuff in the loop can be magical.

[multi_s]

Most definitely. I didn't get a chance to try out the effects loop, sadly. But it sounded really awesome when I got to use it. Not as clean as a Frequency Analyzer, but not as dirty as an Android. Wait, I wonder what it would sound like with a ring mod in the effects loop...

ya i dont really use the effects loop much either but it doesn't hurt to have it. I think the reason its a bit harsher sounding than the Freq. Analyzer is that on the CA the resulting effect is like ring modulation with a square wave as the carrier. So it creates _a lot_ of harmonics. The Frequency analyzer is more 'true ring modulation' in the sense that it has a analog multiplier and a sine wave for the carrier. The CA circuit sort of cheats but the sound is similar.

[Chankgeez]

Most definitely. I didn't get a chance to try out the effects loop, sadly. But it sounded really awesome when I got to use it. Not as clean as a Frequency Analyzer, but not as dirty as an Android. Wait, I wonder what it would sound like with a ring mod in the effects loop...

ya i dont really use the effects loop much either but it doesn't hurt to have it. I think the reason its a bit harsher sounding than the Freq. Analyzer is that on the CA the resulting effect is like ring modulation with a square wave as the carrier. So it creates _a lot_ of harmonics. The Frequency analyzer is more 'true ring modulation' in the sense that it has a analog multiplier and a sine wave for the carrier. The CA circuit sort of cheats but the sound is similar.

multi_s, is CA's circuit a "balanced modulator"?

[oldangelmidnight]

I've got one of these and I've found that putting a delay and some kind of modulation in the loop is beautiful. The dirtiness of the ring mod plays off the swirliness really nicely.

[multi_s]

multi_s, is CA's circuit a "balanced modulator"?

yes that is what it says in his book.

[Chankgeez]

multi_s, is CA's circuit a "balanced modulator"?

yes that is what it says in his book.

Yeah, I remember reading that. Never tried out that circuit though. Was always curious about it. Thanks.

[wdinc01]

Update time: I got the pedal back last week and of course it sounds AWESOME. I recorded a demo last night but I don't think the sound recorded correctly. Which is to say, it makes me sound like a demon for some reason. So I'll try to mess with it tonight or tomorrow, and worse comes to worse I'll record another, more cohesive one.