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New update coming in the next couple of days. We get all the usual minor tweaks and fixes, but for us specifically there is to be an Aguilar Tonehammer. Which is nice.

Cheers man

Which rather neatly returns me to my original question. How does one know one is buying a good quality usb cable?

This echoes my experience

Thanks for the tip

Oooh. I didn't know that. It's a slow learning curve for me but very rewarding

I've just discovered a lovely feature. With the signal split you can move between path A and path B with the dynamics of your playing. The sensitivity is fully customisable as are the relative levels of each path. It's so clever. Hit the strings harder down goes one path and up comes the other. Soften your touch and the process reverses. Get it just so and they blend.

Thank you for all the replies. I have done all that can be done, the usb cable is a kind of last resort. May not seem logical but it's all that's left. I reset windows on the laptop and that did the trick with the Ampero but not it seems with the Core.

Trying to connect my Boss Core to a windows machine and failing, I began to wonder if the quality of usb cable might have any significance. I'll buy a new one I thought. But how the hell can I tell a quality cable from a crap one? Any ideas?

A dual foot switch needn't be hugely expensive. Those videos have a lot of really useful advice. Rehearsing with headphones is a bugger isn't it? Never translates - you have my sympathy.

Also scroll to 6.36 on this one https://youtu.be/q13bgV9aPBo

I think you might be pleasantly surprised by the possibilities of external controls. This guy knows his stuff ... https://youtu.be/uXBgFGpCyeg

She knows I only know the best

Yes. They are looking for a guitarist too. But the band leader asked me to ask about a bassist

Edited to avoid confusion, thank you Jack

I know they are I don't think it.

Lifted this from my friend's FB page: Hello we’re looking for our new forever g̶u̶i̶t̶a̶r̶i̶s̶t̶ bassist got lots of gigs this year first one as early as next Saturday! Here is our bio if it’s something you can get on board with and be reliable then hit us up so we can arrange an audition. Joli is soul singer songwriter, covering genres such as RNB, Soul, Funk and jazz. She showcase her love and inspiration for powerful singers such as Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Amy winehouse, Erykah Badu, Ray Charles. And new artists such as, Leanna La Havas, Jorja smith, ELIZA, Biig Piig and Pop Millet Joli has a band of highly experienced musicians of up to a 9 piece band. Showreel https://youtu.be/t8DCAF6wMFU Our EP will be realised this year you can hear some demos of our original music via SoundCloud https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/1SJa92L6ZUjh4YUZ7 Live performance (cover)- https://youtu.be/ZLhp5oKKELY https://fb.watch/aNiiy5yvEh/ Solo showreel - https://youtu.be/FNRj21IQIYI https://www.facebook.com/Jolisoul1/ https://www.facebook.com/joliandthesouls/ We’re are based in and around Wiltshire but often gig in Bristol and as Joli will be moving to Bristol it seems fitting to post on here. Hope to hear for you soon!

I have the Ampero footswitch to add two switches for greater flexibility in stomp mode. Adding those three pedals will give you a killer set up!

Whatting and whatting?

Sliding if not entirely off topic, at least topic adjacent. @Quatschmacher picture of his amazing tidy workstation got me thinking about how different we all are. Here's mine

Yes I use it. It isn't without its limitations - but then all pedals have those. I have to say it remains the easiest pedal to set up without recourse to a computer or tablet. It has fantastic effects and a couple I feel could be better - specifically the octave up and pitch shifts can be wobbly and pitchy. The touch screen is great, the overdrives, fuzzes, filters, modulation, compression and amps sound great. Don't use the cab sims so can't say. I've finally got the software to work on the PC and it's fine, intuitive. I owned the Helix and I don't know if the Ampero is definitively better, because personal taste comes into it so much. I've gigged with it as part of a pedal board and as a standalone. It's great as a stomp with the additional 2 button footswitch. I think it's great, but I haven't used it as much as other people might have because I'm a pedal board butterfly and keep changing up.

I have an astonishingly ludicrous pedal collection too. But I enjoy building boards, most of which seldom get gigged. It's creative and fun and I learn about pedals a little more each time I do it. My 'Pedal option paralysis' is related to multi effects units. If I'm not doing everything they're capable of doing then I feel I'm under using them and they get shelved. It's ridiculous. If any pedal produces just one sound which enhances my overall sound, then its served its purpose. Take the Ultrawave. I feel overwhelmed by the possibilities, and bewildered by the software. So it sits on the shelf. Last night I just decided to find six compressor presets I liked, load them up and then select the best one. Can it do more? Yes. Does it have to? No.