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Playing around today with some sounds etc and giving my new Nova Delay a run for it's money... (iPhone footage/audio so not great). All improvised on the spot so bad timing and duff notes all round. [media]http://youtu.be/mTCJPHLgL2Y[/media]

[quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1331723748' post='1577640'] I think I'll just order one from the above mentioned site, as long as "free shipping" as it says really means free shipping. ..Oh wait, it's free shipping to the UK. :damn: Erm, yes, I would appreciate you asking for me. [/quote] TC Say they are shipping as we speak to be in stores for sale before the end of the month!

[quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1331678500' post='1577209'] I'm looking at you, Shep. [/quote] I'll ask - I'm sure US retailers have a date now though.

Thinking about the Seas of cheese dates - Apparently one night is a 'Best of' set, the other night is Sailing the seas of Cheese & the new album start to finish (Both nights will be 2 sets with a break apparently!?).

[quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1331406906' post='1572578'] Ringmod just sounds like (to use a British expression) buggered-up tremolo to me. [/quote] Lol. On its lower frequency settings I tend to agree!

I think the issue comes from the use of onomatopoeic words like 'wooshing', 'swooshing', 'watery' which are perceived differently by everyone and create expectations in the sound being described - this is a point I think I'll raise on the blog comments actually. I (and by that I mean my mind and ears) consider the resonant sounds of a flanger to be the most 'watery' of the effects, followed by chorus which I perceive to be a little more 'dark and brooding'. To me the resonance of a phaser is a little more sci-fi and space age rather than watery. This is why listening references are better than words! Surely everyone can agree that ring modulation can sound like the Transformers though, yeah?

I guess it's important to point out that they are all capable of achieving deep sounds, or fast sounds etc - a flanger could be used for slow deep whooshing and so your point (lxxwj) is correct. My post pays reference to the 'typical' sounds associated with the effects in order to let the less educated reader get a good overview to the effects application. Your typical flanger will have its 'middle' settings of speed much faster and more resonant that that of a chorus pedal. And a phasers default settings will typically be slow swooshing sounds - not that they are not capable of doing more besides.

[quote name='lxxwj' timestamp='1331403571' post='1572518'] Always thought that flanger was the whooshing, airplane-like sound.. Phasers are more watery, for sure. Chorus is just your sound mixed with the detuned sound but can also have a watery effect as well as the usual "not in tune" wobble-y noise. [/quote] Phasers become 'watery' only when they have controllable resonance (like most modern phasers) and said control is turned up. With little resonance they are quite dry sounding. Chorus is not strictly 'detuned', just out of phase, though the audible effect is much the same. As for flangers - i would certainly not describe them as whoosing, rather fast and highly resonant compared to a chorus effect - though the process of creating the effect is very similar. http://youtu.be/z5P_p7NCjv4

New blog post! This time: Modulation & LFO's... [url="http://www.sheponbass.co.uk/blog/2012/3/8/signal-chain-basics-part-iii-modulation.html"]Shep on Bass: Signal Chain Basics, Part III: Modulation.[/url] The original intention was to cover filter-based effects as well but due to the size of the post filters will be covered in a post of their own... Enjoy. Comment on the blog with any feedback, additions or insults Shep

Pimp My Board - Awesome idea.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1331299839' post='1570998'] I should get in on this really shouldn't I lol Si [/quote] I'm going to need a week!! lol

Cool - Just let me know!

I edit my last post before you replied - sorry about that. Day/weekend trip to Notts is the answer!

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1331246638' post='1570409'] The others seem to have x amount per output. The gigrig seems to share. Think i might order after payday. Shep - dont suppose you fancy another board to feng shui up? heh [/quote] Course! Thats my idea of heaven. Get all the components together, get to Nottingham early one weekend and we'll nail it in a day. I have all the tools, tape, cable ties, clippers, cable testers etc etc. Even know a local market store than can get the super industrial velcro that you need to use a crowbar to wrench the pedals off the board. Hot Rox is almost next door as well if you run out of George L's!

Loads of options. GigRig has the benefit of being so powerful that it will always have room to grow. You're kind of future proofing your power system if you end up with a massive board. At the end of day, you just need whatever works for you bud!

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1331241250' post='1570295'] Hah yeah! Std base 2 thing. Except the dha... Which needs 3(!) supernova's in paralell. Think i'll get another supply for that. Power for all (bar dha) - 160 quid Power for all (inc dha) - like 300 odd! :| [/quote] Ouch. Yeah some pedals are a bit of a bummer like that. The adapter would be a monster as well - bigger than some pedals! lol

[quote name='RichF' timestamp='1331240889' post='1570286'] thanks, thought as much. It was already discontinued when I was looking so not too frustrated. Amazing sounding bit of kit. if i look to upgrade I will go for one. [/quote] Yeah. I'm really impressed with it. Id never found a compressor aside the onboard ones in EBS amps and the Multicomp that I liked for subtle stuff and I'd never heard a noise gate that didn't kill my low end and my sub stuff. Lovely bit of kit.

Best bit of kit ever. The noise gate is the best I have ever used without a doubt outside of a super expensive studio rack and the compressor is totally transparent. I'm blown away buy how it really does not effect tone at all. Even my sub. I use very subtle compression in 3 band studio mode, just to keep the ear splitting highs in check and it's perfect. In the single band mode I get a little click if its set to 100% wet. As soon you you mix in any dry (which you will pretty much always do when you play a stringed instrument that heavily relies on the attack of the string) then I don't hear it at all. I doubt I'll ever use the squashy single band stomp mode anyway... That noise gate needs an award. Bad part is that its discontinued now and TC have none left to ship. Shep.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1331239009' post='1570246'] 'kinell, your board weighs more than my tube amp! [/quote] Weighs more than my amp, cab and bass together. Weighs more than our drum kit inc. hardware!

[quote name='deej' timestamp='1331238751' post='1570239'] Do GigRig do any adapters for AC pedals? I couldnt see anything on their site for it so im gonna guess not. I hate the power supply for my Line 6 M9 but havnt found anything else that can power it. [/quote] They did make the Whambo which powered the AC Whammy IV (and other pedals with that requirement). It was withdrawn though, I believe this was because one of the manufacturers went bust/was effected by natural disaster in Japan. Dan would need to confirm this but I did have a Whambo at one time and wanted it modding slightly and they were unable to do it due to issues getting components from Japan. I would expect the AC based support will return in the future though.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1331238469' post='1570229'] Dude your board must weigh a ton. Team lift? [/quote] Not been officially weighed but its circa 50-55KG at an estimate. Strictly a 2-man lift - unless you are mcgraham who decides to play super man when he helped out at a gig - and nearly broke his back in the process!