Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:40 pm
rustywire wrote:BitQuest.
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Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:04 am
Yep, the gap has def narrowed but there's still behavior unique to analog & digital circuitry the other struggles to duplicate or recreate. Inductor/transformer core saturation, optical compression, bit-crushing, jitter, time-stretching...you know. Fun stuff. Spice of life stuff.rfurtkamp wrote:We're at a point where well-done digital and analog are functionally indistinguishable.
Other than very, very specific things, the Boss Space Echo does everything my actual one does.
And does some stuff better, and does so with no hassle or maintenance.
I think the digital revolution is most about access and convenience, consistency. Now you can have an entire electronic studio in your pocket. Compare that to the digital of 20 years ago. Mind-blowing
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:10 am
Berenstein 90s?HighDeaf1080p wrote:Don't you remember the 90's? When we were paying $500 for a vintage mutron III or $300 for a vintage electric mistress. Then Lovetone came along and saved us. We started paying $600 for brand new pedals cuz they were all Analog.
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:14 am
The only stuff the tape Space Echo does that the digital doesn't is stuff that the original was never intended to - when you set the erase head a bit low, and let it build with a slow sound on sound in the background, etc.
The big thing I hate to say it sliding me more firmly in the digital camp is I've never lost a session to having to clean the heads, swap tape, etc.
Even if the whole unit fries, I import my backed up patches and go!
The big thing I hate to say it sliding me more firmly in the digital camp is I've never lost a session to having to clean the heads, swap tape, etc.
Even if the whole unit fries, I import my backed up patches and go!
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 5:58 am
I have not plugged in a pedal for at least a month.
All I use anymore is my iPad.
All I use anymore is my iPad.
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:06 am
He's come full circle.
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:17 am
Dang I need to use my ipad for music more...at all.
Do I just need the irig thing?
Do I just need the irig thing?
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:21 am
The only digital effects I've really loved playing with were the Rainbow Machine and the Xero Deluxe. Not saying there aren't more out there that're worthy, I just haven't played 'em yet.
I guess it all depends on what you're trying to do and how you want your music to sound though.
I guess it all depends on what you're trying to do and how you want your music to sound though.
I think pretty much what rustywire said.rustywire wrote:Yep, the gap has def narrowed but there's still behavior unique to analog & digital circuitry the other struggles to duplicate or recreate. Inductor/transformer core saturation, optical compression, bit-crushing, jitter, time-stretching...you know. Fun stuff. Spice of life stuff.rfurtkamp wrote:We're at a point where well-done digital and analog are functionally indistinguishable.
Other than very, very specific things, the Boss Space Echo does everything my actual one does.
And does some stuff better, and does so with no hassle or maintenance.
I think the digital revolution is most about access and convenience, consistency. Now you can have an entire electronic studio in your pocket. Compare that to the digital of 20 years ago. Mind-blowing
Also, this's the name of our new band.rustywire wrote: jitter time
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:05 am
If it sounds great, I'll take it! I've nothing against digital effects. Even digital artifacts can be used as a creative brush, depending on what you're after.
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:06 am
!!!Chankgeez wrote:Also, this's the name of our new band.rustywire wrote: jitter time
Damn good band name
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:08 am
[100 emoji intensifies]cloudscapes wrote:If it sounds great, I'll take it! I've nothing against digital effects. Even digital artifacts can be used as a creative brush, depending on what you're after.
<3 digital artifacts from 12bit nonlinear samplers & time-stretching. The s950 in particular
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:48 am
I like digital. I think it's the future still but whatever floats your boat.
I remember buying a Fabtone in the 90's for 60 bucks...who the hell was paying that much for shit back then??? lol
I remember buying a Fabtone in the 90's for 60 bucks...who the hell was paying that much for shit back then??? lol
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:49 am
In my experience how the sound is arrived at has so little to do with whether or not I'll like it that, while it's fun to learn how my stuff works, it's basically irrelevant to me.
To answer your question I have all kinds of digital shit and analog shit. "Purism" is for bedwetters.
To answer your question I have all kinds of digital shit and analog shit. "Purism" is for bedwetters.
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:51 am
Yea, I still have mine. Glorious, mean pile of hell. Paid $39 on sale at GC the week they came out, it bumped the HM2 off my board.jwar wrote: I remember buying a Fabtone in the 90's for 60 bucks...who the hell was paying that much for shit back then??? lol
The people buying the overpriced EHX shit were the same ones who janked the Space Echo prices up from $100 a pop to $400+ in Chicago overnight thanks to Billy Fucking Corgan.
Re: The Digital Pedal Revolution...for me
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:33 am
Well...I have a more open mind toward any piece of gear these days. Literally anything (digital, analog, acoustic) can become a tool that I'm unable to use to a frustrating degree. Why discriminate?
Back in the day, I had this delusion that I was going to be good someday, and didn't want that one digital pedal to prevent that meteoric rise because it was obscuring the subtle details and nuances of my playing. LOL.
I'm hysterical.
Back in the day, I had this delusion that I was going to be good someday, and didn't want that one digital pedal to prevent that meteoric rise because it was obscuring the subtle details and nuances of my playing. LOL.
I'm hysterical.