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Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere

2111 by losthighway
bassdriver wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 2:34 pm
Kniferide wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:55 pm
bassdriver wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:29 pm lundahl or cinemag transformers
Call me crazy, but it doesn't have to be the highest quality transformers in the world. I'm talking about inserting a super fuzz on a kick drum or a flanger on a casio track. Good enough is good enough. I just kinda want functionality over highest quality. I have a bunch of transformers (like 12) from Shure M67/8 mixers. No idea what ratio they are. I wonder if they could be used for a thing like this. Also, I've used fx on inserts of my mixer a million times without caring about impedance at all and been happy enough, just "trying" to do things the right way.
Of course it doesn’t have to be $$ transformers. I’m not the guy who could tell the difference anyway.

Everyone's work flow is different, but I've had a Radial passive reamp sitting next to my board plugged into an aux out for years. I DI it back in through a mic preamp with a DI on the front (would use a DI box if I didn't have that).

In my mixing work getting saturation or other guitar effects is very specific to a moment or sound, so I don't mind printing just a single channel when I find my magic sound. In other words, I can't imagine managing 8 sends reamped to 8 different pedals but I suppose if you do analog summing and love a palette of different distortions it could be a setup.

Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere

2112 by losthighway
Gramsci wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:47 am I need some advice on my home (studio) rig.

I’ve got a Mesa Mark I plugged into a Mesa CabClone. My effects are running through the Mark I loop. I’m either playing to a good pair of Sennheisers or into my laptop via an iRig.

The clean signal is fantastic with my SG and Travis. But the distortion pedals I’m using is a struggle. I’ve got a Hotcake, which as low gain overdrive sounds great but my RAT and XXL both are clipping when I play chords. Chuggy riffing is fine but if I play a full barred chord the separation is terrible. Is this the pedals? If so can someone recommend a good high gain distortion pedal. Or is this just what happens with my set up?

For context when I say a full chord I mean a high gain
dropped D bar with a polychord off the high strings a la Helmet and that general vibe.
Questions, clipping the headphones? The input on a laptop? By separation do you mean the volume difference between clean tone and dirty?

Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere

2113 by Gramsci
losthighway wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:08 am
Gramsci wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:47 am I need some advice on my home (studio) rig.

I’ve got a Mesa Mark I plugged into a Mesa CabClone. My effects are running through the Mark I loop. I’m either playing to a good pair of Sennheisers or into my laptop via an iRig.

The clean signal is fantastic with my SG and Travis. But the distortion pedals I’m using is a struggle. I’ve got a Hotcake, which as low gain overdrive sounds great but my RAT and XXL both are clipping when I play chords. Chuggy riffing is fine but if I play a full barred chord the separation is terrible. Is this the pedals? If so can someone recommend a good high gain distortion pedal. Or is this just what happens with my set up?

For context when I say a full chord I mean a high gain
dropped D bar with a polychord off the high strings a la Helmet and that general vibe.
Questions, clipping the headphones? The input on a laptop? By separation do you mean the volume difference between clean tone and dirty?
I mean the distorted signal off either high gain pedal tends to get very muddy with a full chord. It sounds blasted out with the strings competing for space. The clean and mid overdrive sounds great. But high gain is muddy with more than power chords.

The question is really “would a better high gain distortion pedal fix this?” If so can people recommend a good “metal” distortion pedal with good note separation.
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Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere

2114 by MoreSpaceEcho
Gramsci wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:16 am The question is really “would a better high gain distortion pedal fix this?” If so can people recommend a good “metal” distortion pedal with good note separation.
I like this thing for metal. That said, i only play metal once in a great while. Most of the time I'm playing strummy indie/shoegaze kind of stuff and I've really found that i much prefer single coils/low gain humbuckers/cleaner amps, etc. Any time I try it with a high gain sound, almost immediately I'm like nah, so boring. i like being able to drive the amp with my right hand and with too much gain it's just too mushy and undynamic.
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