frigid midget wrote:
I'll keep the case/board around in case (pun not int.) I want to go big again, but even though I replaced a slightly smaller board with this one not too long ago, I kinda found out that I'm not putting the extra pedals to good use. Dismanteled the board, but threw everything on again for a quick pic. Here's what I wanna go to:
-Bye bye Phaser. At least untill I find something similar with a more present, bigger deeper 'swoosh'. But I could get by phaser less and live happily ever after.
-Replace the Mastotron and Fuzz God II with one gnarly sick fuzz that'll do both hairy gritty single notes as well as chords. Something with lots of low end, not too much fizz, and it has to cut through a loud mix like it's nobody's business.
-I'm digging the Afterneath, and the delay combo too. Though if anyone knows of a version of the DL-8 that has top mounted jacks, or at least a smaller footprint, I'd like to hear about it.
-Pretty obvious and not really relevant, but in order to get away with a super convenient small board, I'd move the a/b box and channel switcher offboard.
-If I should run out of space on the new tiny board: Anything out there like the CE-2 that has top mounted jacks? Hotcake: Same question.
Anyone got any tips, for any/all of these 3rd world problems?
i down-sized my board from a PT-Pro to a PT2 and now its a PT Mini. i started out wanting a giant board with all the pedals from niche builders and the unique graphics but realised that it just had too many drawbacks for my liking. bulky, heavy, hard to use. great if im experimenting alone in my room for hours but to write songs and play with people in a practical and interesting way, not so much. so i set out to strip it down and make it as minimal as possible, but increasing the power and versatility of the board. so that meant embracing MIDI, using presets, tap tempo, and expression control, all of which really open up the possibility of effects, and doing all this with as few pedals as possible. essentially: fewer pedals, more options. with presets and exp control, i can make and combine sounds in ways that single pedals just could not produce without a lot of tweaking on the fly (not practical). i was prepared to sacrifice sound quality to some extent but to be honest, the difference in sound is none to negligible (to my ears) and considering the benefits, it was an obvious choice for me.
- first thing i did was invest in a H9. this solved alot of space and usability issues. the H9 kicked off my tuner, delay, looper, and a ton of modulation pedals. all in one box now. presets and midi. top jacks. stereo outs. exp control.
- i often combine 2 modulation effects (phase and trem, filter and ring mod, etc) so i needed a 2nd modulation pedal other than the h9. went with the mobius. its big but the range of sounds, and the dept in which each one can be tweaked outweighed the real estate it ate up. also, i can place it before/after the h9 easily with its pre/post mode. presets and midi. top jacks. stereo outs. exp control. using presets i can combine, multiple modulation effects in both the H9 and the mobius, into a single stomp. say, phaser+trem+filter+bit crusher. 1 stomp. and control it via exp pedal.
- 1st delay pedal which also acts as another looper: el cap. h9 is the 2nd delay pedal.
- invested in a disaster area MIDI controller. these things are great and really make me want to create presets.
- 1 or 2 dirt pedals with options. went with a VST-modded Twosome. it has more sounds than i need. i know i wanted some kind of muff with a filter option (musket side sorted that) and something more scratchy (fix'd side). the boost options on the fix'd is a good bonus. 2nd dirt is an Elements which also doubles as an EQ.
i think maybe these digital pedals are considered by some as boring tgp fodder and maybe not as niche or "cool" but i just want shit that doest what i need it to do. i'm still on the lookout for ways to lean it down even further and make the board more powerful at the same time.
