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EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:28 pm
by DarkAxel
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:31 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Yeah that looks cool. Love those soft touch switches, not sure I like how the switches have 'none' in the middle though, it just seems wrong to me.
Minor complaint to be sure, the main thing is the sound, which I'm sure will be good based on other Empress pedz. Keeping an eye on this, because tapey-ness is what I like about the DT Jr, but sometimes I do feel like tap tempo and modulation would be nice.
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:32 pm
by Ancient Astronaught
Isn't it a lil late for a El Capistan competitor though? I mean it's nice to have options, but I'd much rather have adjustable knobs then toggle switches, onboard reverb, and the ability to store a preset if i so desire.....
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:34 pm
by DarkAxel
added a demo, check it
interested about the price, i'm expecting 300-ish edit: 249 it is
Astro, to be honest from what i've gathered, i don't consider El Cap to be really ideal with the hidden features, it's more tweakable though
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:37 pm
by ryan summit
onboard reverb
vox missed the mark on that one too
empress does look slick though
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:39 pm
by DarkAxel
We need Kayzer on this one...
to be realistic though... i will probably just keep my Faux Tape Echo, because i haven't heard anything that could do such lush dark walls of echo if dialed right...
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:44 pm
by DarkAxel
also - it has presets, but they are in the "Advance configuration" thang
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TAR-lQlqJM[/youtube]
not a fan of that
also: $249, not so steep
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:47 pm
by Ancient Astronaught
DarkAxel wrote:added a demo, check it
interested about the price, i'm expecting 300-ish
Astro, to be honest from what i've gathered, i don't consider El Cap to be really ideal with the hidden features, it's more tweakable though
It does sound good, atleast on par with the EC if not a lil more analog actually. I never found the hidden features on the el cap hard to use, but it's definitely not for on stage in between song adjustments. This one seems more straightforward, albeit a lil less tweakable. Definitely sounds good for what it is on the demo, just doesn't seem to be something totally new to me.
DarkAxel wrote:also - it has presets, but they are in the "Advance configuration" thang
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TAR-lQlqJM[/youtube]
not a fan of that
So it has hidden features and presets as well?
Not bad, just not my cup o tea.
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:53 pm
by Casavettes
the demo sounds nice..
i don't mean to be a wet blanket but i kinda feel meh about this
i also hate when they put the power jack right above sidemounted input/output jacks... probably alone in that department but it just seems in the way.
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:54 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Ancient Astronaught wrote:Isn't it a lil late for a El Capistan competitor though? I mean it's nice to have options, but I'd much rather have adjustable knobs then toggle switches, onboard reverb, and the ability to store a preset if i so desire.....
It's a bit cheaper, but I guess you're right. Both of those cost more than I think I can bear paying for a single delay though (timeline and stuff get exceptions maybe), so whatever. Sounds good enough that I'll keep a look out for a decent used price, but the same is true for the el cap...
^and yeah I can't say I'm
excited about it. Looks pretty nice though.
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:57 pm
by DarkAxel
To be honest - El Cap is definitely unique in some things... if i were to invest in my delay and if i were supposed to choose between those two, i would not know what to choose...
El Cap would attract me because it has multihead and reverb
Empress on the other hand is cheaper and i like the choices between the tape age for example - it would make it easier for me than tweaking it. and i like the sounds as well, of course
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:08 pm
by skullservant
No stereo delay? I'm surprised
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:11 pm
by sylnau
I'm not sure about that thing.
It's exactly the same thing as the Tape part of the SDVM... nothing new.
I like my superdelay, but I feel like it could have been improved to compete with the TimeLine.
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:57 pm
by hollowhero
skullservant wrote:No stereo delay? I'm surprised
That's why the el cap exists
Re: EMPRESS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:59 pm
by sylnau
hollowhero wrote:skullservant wrote:No stereo delay? I'm surprised
That's why the el cap exists
And that's why they should have improve what they have instead of doing this.
