The Tremolessence May 2011 *1st video page 7*

[proroby]

I have had a full week now almost with my tremolessnce and must say it is the greatest tremolo pedal there is! I'm in the process of changing boards and am waiting for my new board, so I don't have a board picture with it yet. I will also try to make a little video demo, in stereo!@!

[colin]

Please do make a stereo demo, I'd love to hear it. Not that it really matters, as I've already decided that I'm buying one of these for my birthday in September. And if the Ultimate Cosmichorus is ready by then too, I'll have one hell of a two pedal birthday gift for myself.

[Ryan]

What kind of power supplies are Tremolessence users using? Ive got mine powered by a 9v, 200mA wall wart, and there's considerable noise in the signal path when the pedal is not engaged. Should the mA be closer to 50 (like it says in the manual) to get it smoother?

Stew and I have been chatting about this but I don't know if he's come to a resolution yet.. also Stew, I didn't catch that part in your email, that you have noise when the pedal is not engaged.. if you unplug your adapter does that noise go away? That would make me think of a bad adapter or a weird interference.. keep me posted!

The Trem needs a regulated power supply, 9VDC-18VDC, and 50ish mA. I think I might have lowballed that a bit in the manual and 75 is probably more correct, but it's not a big deal. I use a few adapters around here, the BOSS PSA-120T, BOSS PSA-120S, Visual Sound One Spot, Godlyke PowerAll, and Voodoo Lab PP2+. All perfectly quiet with the Tremolessence.

I have had a full week now almost with my tremolessnce and must say it is the greatest tremolo pedal there is! I'm in the process of changing boards and am waiting for my new board, so I don't have a board picture with it yet. I will also try to make a little video demo, in stereo!@!

That's awesome to hear, Rob! Love to see a demo vid!

I'm going to do stereo demos soon.. I have a really cool little stereo rig set up except I'm still waiting on a speaker cabinet. But then watch out, stereo time!

Please do make a stereo demo, I'd love to hear it. Not that it really matters, as I've already decided that I'm buying one of these for my birthday in September. And if the Ultimate Cosmichorus is ready by then too, I'll have one hell of a two pedal birthday gift for myself.

Colin, if you've been a good boy this year then I definitely think you'll deserve two birthday pedals.. I'm watching you though... you need to clean your room... *scary music*

[honestengine]

Received my new Trem on Friday and gave it a test run at practice this weekend. Tone and features are everything I've ever wanted in a trem pedal.

Q?: In the hold mode I'm not hearing anything. I see the LED ramp up when I'm holding the the switch down, but nothing audible is happening. No problems with manipulating the effect in regular On mode. Any ideas? Granted, I've only spent an afternoon with the pedal thus far so I may be missing something simple here, or misunderstanding the purpose of the hold feature. Any clarification would be appreciated.

[Ryan]

Thanks for picking one up!

Your pedal has to be on when you use the hold mode... you click the pedal on, then click the toggle into hold mode, and then you're ready for holding!

[oinkbanana]

Q?: In the hold mode I'm not hearing anything. I see the LED ramp up when I'm holding the the switch down, but nothing audible is happening. No problems with manipulating the effect in regular On mode. Any ideas? Granted, I've only spent an afternoon with the pedal thus far so I may be missing something simple here, or misunderstanding the purpose of the hold feature. Any clarification would be appreciated.

to get into hold mode, stomp the pedal on, and then flick the hold switch. if your pedal is off, you can't be 'holding' the effect...
report back.

[honestengine]

Thanks for the quick responses, I was misunderstanding...

Will try tonight!

[Ryan]

The first instruction manuals I sent out didn't say how to use the hold mode very well, sorry about that! I took it for granted that people would know the pedal had to be on before you can use the hold mode, but that's not very clear.

I hope that's the solution to your issue though, sounds like it is. *crosses fingers*

Thanks again!

[PerFusionist]

So the 9VDC vs higherVDC thing, it really depends I guess. Giving a signal more room to do it's thing shouldn't really matter if it doesn't need the room, but musical gear generally sounds better running at higher voltages vs lower voltages and the extra headroom can never hurt so I say if you have the ability, go for it, but if you don't, don't lose any sleep about it. I can do 18VDC for multiple pedals but I just use 9VDC for everything and I don't feel like I'm missing out. 9VDC is my design goal with every pedal, the designs revolve around that, not higher voltages.

I think higher voltages can fool people sometimes as when you switch to 12 or 18 the pedal will be a little louder and a little louder pretty much always sounds a little 'better', so that's probably part of the equation too.

With circuits that add a lot of gain using higher voltages has a big effect on the sound as you're increasing the headroom so much, it changes the character of the distortion/overdrive, sometimes in a great way but sometimes not, it's something to experiment with for sure. The Frazz and Elements can do 18VDC but I only use them at 9VDC.. they're way more distorted!

Thanks for the info, Ryan! I'm really enjoying this pedal

I compared 9 and 18 volts last night and found that I prefer the sound at 9 volts. Even though 18 made the pedal louder at any given volume setting, there is already PLENTY of volume on tap at 9. I also found the modulation sounded deeper at 9 volts, that could be my imagination though

Anyway, thanks for a great pedal!

[rotaryunison]

What kind of power supplies are Tremolessence users using? Ive got mine powered by a 9v, 200mA wall wart, and there's considerable noise in the signal path when the pedal is not engaged. Should the mA be closer to 50 (like it says in the manual) to get it smoother?

I'm using a OneSpot and have not noticed any noise at all.

[stew36]

Power/noise update, for those interested: I'm thinking it's something else in the pedal chain. I had to switch my mini RRR power source (2 pedals down from the Trem on the board) from a Power-All to a stand-alone adapter to make room, so maybe that's the culprit. I've been meaning to investigate further, but my 10-month-old has had other plans for me.

[oinkbanana]

does the miniRRR take 18v? can't remember atm.

[your name here]

I'm totally selling my Vibutron and getting one of the green ones... Or maybe...

Hey, Ryan... You want a Vibutron trade? Lol.

[Connor]

any updates on the new enclosures?

[74vibrolux]

Lordy I love this pedal.