cheddatom

Random idea: High gain distortion reduces all dynamics from the input signal. What if a pedal "read" the dynamics of the clean signal, then obliterated it, then used the "reading" to vary the volume of the output?

You shouldn't have to have latency at all. Check you have the right drivers for your card and OS. Does the driver have a control panel? Anyway, it would be worth your while to get a decent USB audio interface - there are loads of great cheap ones around.

Good on you for helping bands out! I did a couple of albums for free last years (but they were turd polishers) and i'd like to do more, just to get experience, and hopefully to help people. Obviously i'm no where near your standard yet!!

Heh, I think i'll do it away from other more health conscious people in future!

no the socket for the external footswitch is to control other parameters.

Sell tickets up front? I think I said I might go last time but couldn't make it. It depends on the date, i've never been to one of these deals, it could be fun!

[quote name='Protium' post='782572' date='Mar 22 2010, 04:54 PM']I can't use lead solder the smell makes me feel very sick, modding american pedals is horrible I thought the sale of it was banned in the EU?[/quote] Really? I have loads of it. I made a loom in the living room the other night and my girlfriend said the smell made her feel sick. Is she just being a pussy? You can't really get ill from it can you?

I've pasted this from a thread I made. I think you may have a similar problem. IME Zoom footswitches are sh*t. Everything else is amazing. [quote name='cheddatom' post='738722' date='Feb 8 2010, 09:30 AM']The footswitches on my B2.1U stopped working properly a while a go. Sometimes they'd stick, sometimes they just wouldn't work. The other day I decided to get off my lazy arse and fix it, so I thought i'd share my findings here. The foot switches are actually micro switches underneath the things you step on. On my pedal, the poles you step on weren't reaching the micro switches. I searched for ages online looking for a good fix, but it seems people either replace the micro switches, or stick tape onto the poles to make them longer. I didn't feel like either of these were a long term option, as the micro switches seem fragile and tape can come off. I bought two momentary (non latching) footswitches from maplins. I soldered these to the back of the little PCB which had the micro switches on. Then, I got out the old footswitches and put my new ones in. The only problem is the little PCB with the micro switches on it won't screw back into place, as my new switches are taking up room. I've just taped it into place instead. Sorted![/quote] I had to do a similar thing to my old GFX707.

There's a fiendish envelope filter dealy on the XP-100 whammy wah.

If you have the option to mix two signals together, it would be worth trying the two channels in parallel, or better yet... Set one channel to punchy compression, then mix this around 50% with clean, then feed that into the limiter!

I'd like to see pics. also, did you build your own traps? Was it easy? Prices etc? I was about to start on my own but Travis Perkins never got back to me with a price on rock wool, and I managed to sort the problem with EQ. I'm going to start recording in this room soon though, so it would be better to make some traps.

IMO there's a big difference between using compression to correct a lack of dynamic consistency in your playing, and using it for tonal effect. I don't want people to be put off compression by the common view of "compression is only for people who can't control their dynamics" because it can be really useful IMHO.

I know there's a good pic of his live board in the other thread, but you really can't tell what's on the bottom layer, and I have no idea how it's routed etc.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='773982' date='Mar 13 2010, 11:11 PM']Hi guys, Just got back from the Karnivool gig at Rock City. For those of you wondering how Jon runs his effect processing here it is! I had a word with the tour manager and he let me on stage before they packed his board away... There are two rows of pedals at the back, one on top of the other with the switch unit at the front. The bottom row I couldn't get to correctly but there is a Tech 21 XXL Bass edition there[/quote] Thanks so much! My phone doesn't have a flash so I couldn't get a picture of his board. It was an amazing gig. They have a pro tools rig for samples and stuff. I thought it must be total overkill, so I asked the guitarist about it, and he said "it's the minimum we can get away with". I made a thread in the effects section in the hope that someone actually knows what's on the bassist's board.

On my peavey combo, I always have the bottom EQ fader right the way down. I'm not sure what frequency it is, but it just makes everything tighter, and I can go louder without bringing the clip light on.

I saw them play on saturday. The bass player's tone was absolutely bollock shaking. I took a look at his pedalboard later, there was a looper of some sort, controlling loads of pedals which were behind some perspex. The perspex wasn't exactly polished, and my vision wasn't exactly focussed. Can anyone tell me what he uses?

I thought that's what it was. There's something on the live DVD called "whamola jam" or something, and it sounds like the same instrument but he doesn't come on stage with it. It was very cool on Monday night, seriously heavy at one point.

I loved it!! I didn't know most of the songs, but i'm going to get them now! The sound was good but I thought both his mics could have been louder..? The percussionist was amazing. The funny thing is, I was so amazed by Les I never noticed the weird masks on the other guys, which my friends kept going on about. What's the name of the one stringed metal bar with a whammy on the top?

I deffinitely think you want a limiter rather than a compressor.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='765363' date='Mar 5 2010, 04:37 PM']If you used a crossover and a stereo coompressor, then mix it back again, would that be a dual band compressor?[/quote] yes

I saw a band dressed as man-wolves. It was highly amusing and certainly memorable.

I've never thought of doing it off stage before. We always tried to coordinate and wore(sp?) the same home-made shirts and stuff.

You could run your clean bass into one side, keeping the peaks down, then run your pedal board with at least 4 distortion pedals (you do have one, right?) into the other side, and compress it. Then blend them together or bi-amp it for maximum bite and punch.

Someone said that "bassists in general know what they're doing with gear" - that's really not the case. I've had some total retards use my bass amp. I've also found that no matter how loud and clearly you tell them how to use it, they will ignore what you've said. I let people use my rig, but only because I know it has protection in so it'll cut out on them before it dies. [quote name='M4L666' post='764468' date='Mar 4 2010, 09:09 PM']I'm never allowed to use my own gear. I've also played gigs where I'm not allowed to EQ :/[/quote] ARRRGH How can people tell you what to use? That happened to me once, at a battle of the bands. We were a 3 peice and the other bands were 4 peices with two guitars. I was allowed to use my own bass amp, but....wait for it..... I wasn't allowed to use my guitar combo for the bi-amp rig because the other bassists didn't have one!!! Yeh, they have guitarists instead, but that doesn't matter, you have to have sh*t tone.

Shall we have a who has the biggest pedal collection (penis) competition?