NFHD - watch the refund drama blossom

[tuffteef]

you can play cure covers now

[DarkAxel]

yeah except i'd prefer the $150 refund

[DarkAxel]

So with the Blend on 0 it doesn't effect, then you turn it just a tiny bit and there's definitely clear kicking in of the heavily wet modulated signal that doesn't change no mater how you turn it

he's telling me his tech friend told him it's not possible to have a pot non-functional like that and shit...

doubting me

telling me i just want my money back

motherfucker i could be a dishonest bitch and sell it to someone else, not telling them. bu i'm not like that

so he's proposing sending it to this czech builder, "an expert who should determine whether it's really faulty"... sure thing, except when that dick says "it will be done in two weeks", he means "it won't be done sooner than in five weeks and if you email me asking whether it's ready, i'll give you shit, so back off bruv"

i'm getting sick of this

[sonidero]

Which Output are you using???

[sonidero]

I found this...

http://www.modezero.com/flanger-hoax.htm

Unfortunately, there is also one serious problem: the FH is very, very noisy. Electro-Harmonix' early delay-based devices were infamously noisy, and the FH preserves and possibly even advances that tradition, although it doesn't sound anything like vintage E-H pedals like the Mistresses or the Poly Flange. When the Blend control is set to full-wet, where most of the interesting TZF and sound-warpage effects are found, the FH emits a wall of hiss that even an external noise gate is hard pressed to disguise. Of course, full-wet is the worst case for a BBD-based device, but the FH is bad even by "BBD standards." Sweeping the delays, either manually or with the Modulator, shows that the amount of hiss is dependent on the delay time, and worst at short delays. Oddly enough, other typical "BBD problems," such as distortion and clock whine, are less obvious than in many analog delay effects, and the FH generally avoids the pitfalls inherent in a TZF design, such as sonic garbage due to intermodulation products from two different clock frequencies. But depending on the source material, the hiss can be anything from just-tolerable to excruciating, and is a major flaw in an otherwise fascinating box. It's hard to tell if this was a tradeoff to avoid a dull-sounding, heavily filtered effect, an attempt to keep the cost down, or something else.

But the best part is...

The manual (four small pages on a single folded sheet of purple paper, setting a new record for the highest ratio of effects complexity to documentation length) boasts that the Flanger Hoax is "one of the most powerful modulation instruments ever designed.

[DarkAxel]

Which Output are you using???

blended? it makes sense, no?

the seller has just forwarded a communicaton with the previous owner who clearly states it should be perfectly alright

i really didn't want to get the dickhead builder involved so i told the seller that i don't want to get any more people into it and that i'll take care of it

i don't know... it's not 100% wet probably - it doesn't seem to be 100% with the ring mod settings... but it feels like a fixed setting anyway

[DarkAxel]

btw it doesn't really seem very noisy to me

[DarkAxel]

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please, guys, anyone... you know the whole story... help me out of it. i can't really fix it, but it should be probably super easy to 90% of you

[D.o.S.]

you can play cure covers now

yeah except i'd prefer the $150 refund

Sorry to hear about your troubles, mang. I have no idea how to fix it.

[DarkAxel]

i think it's just a question of swapping the pot for a new one

but i'm not very good at soldering, so i'd leave that for someone who knows what to do, you know

[Casavettes]

But the best part is...

The manual (four small pages on a single folded sheet of purple paper, setting a new record for the highest ratio of effects complexity to documentation length) boasts that the Flanger Hoax is "one of the most powerful modulation instruments ever designed.

i feel like ehx has been this company that walks on the line of genius/stupid. they have some really amazing ideas but lately have been dropping the ball on things that god knows how they overlook.

[DarkAxel]

yeah, some of the younger pedals really suck when it comes to intuitive controls SMMH, Ring Thing, Hoax...


btw viewtopic.php?f=44&p=522773 i feel pretty stupid and desperate

[zRobertez]

dude that flanger hoax is a noisemakers wetdream

crank that feedback and let the bass warble u into REM

Or just stare at your avatar.

[DarkAxel]

the noise portion is pretty awesome, i admit

in the end, it all ends well... traded (with some additional dough) for a Faye Sing

[univalve]

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