MrDinsdale

Oooo nice, always been intrigued by the Non Human Audio Slow Loris, this seems like it can get in a similar ballpark but with more control.

Yeah not sure exactly what the criteria is, I think there are some scenarios with changing signal chain a lot between presets which results in a gap but I never noticed it jumping between them.most of mine had pretty different parallel split arrangements and fx placement too.

I guess one thing to call out is that the GT1000 has gapless switching between presets so it’s pretty easy to achieve the same effect as scenes just with copied presets. That being said it’s not as manageable as having the option for all those “scenes” encapsulated in a single preset that can be moved and backed up as a single item.

Yeah I think assigns are great for doing more nuanced things but scenes that let you batch multiple changes at once would be really useful.

Absolutely love the Handbox WB100, very glad I didn’t sell while I was between musical endeavours.

Still need to get some Velcro on the Greathammer and get it locked down but extremely happy with this setup. I’ve added an fx loop between The Accountant and the Element in case I want to add anything else like the Model FeT for guitars etc. TBH it’s a bit overkill so might take that out as it adds a bunch of extra wires and clutter. Other than that I can see myself keeping this setup for the foreseeable as long as I can resist the QCmini 😬

I think 24 blocks is great but they could do with some more flexibility in what blocks are available. It was all a bit confusing too I think for newcomers, having the fixed blocks for certain fx like Chorus or Comp which had different options to the more general fx blocks. As soon as you start doing parallel chains you quickly hit the limits of the blocks.

Just filling in with my brother-in-laws band Goo supporting Marmozets. Such a fun gig! Gutted I didn’t get more time in Bristol, we had to shoot off early.

Played at Thekla in Bristol last night, such a cool venue. Highly recommended!

It wasn’t shiny, but it’s a lot less fragile and helps keep power requirements low enough to work off one Cioks output in its defence. It definitely isn’t cutting it though now and even on newer devices with touch screens their UI design is pretty atrocious. Their amp modelling is solid though and eventually they had a really solid offering. The effects are solid although sometimes not the most exciting. The thing that grated on me was the ecosystem, all the companion apps and patch sharing sites etc are so low quality and archaic. I also think the release cadence should be more consistent, a quarterly release with some fixes and bonus features/blocks keeps it exciting. Honestly, not a clue what they’d do for a flagship to compete with the other high end offerings. I don’t feel like they’d go down the capture route personally.

All set up and ready to go👌The regular pedal sized Bass Driver can’t come sooner 🤣

Always loved the RB Duo 2.1 board but hated the lack of a patchbay like its bigger siblings. Did some modding, don’t have a decent work area available so it’s pretty rough but the wonky cuts will be hidden. Gonna finish setting it up later 👌

Mini board for some upcoming shows, there’s not really a need for any effects or extra drives so decided to slim it right down from the RB Tres 3.0 to a 2.1. I do miss having the patch bay but it’s far less complicated should I hit any issues. Still can’t help eying up the new QC Mini 👀👀👀

Yeah, I think this is the one for me. Loved the QC except for the size. Honestly a Dual Cortex would’ve been perfectly sufficient for my needs at a reduced price but this looks epic. The smaller form factor combined with the v2 captures which are apparently a big improvement on the already impressive v1 is a great sell. It ain’t cheap and obviously there’s the Anagram but the ecosystem of captures out there vs NAM and ease of doing my own are the thing that’s put me off. I’ve never been a fan of the bass focused drives I’ve tried in the past, all my favourites are guitar centric so the bass-focused side of the Anagram is actually a little off putting.

NAM is essentially a virtual snapshot of a piece of gear, could be an amp or a pedal that can’t be created and shared by users. It can’t do modulation, time based effects etc right now, it’s mostly just preamps and drives etc. They’re typically very realistic in how they react and allow you to share gear captures of gear that might be hard to obtain. Its just a snapshot of the gear with a specific set of controls though, the block has some gain, eq, and volume controls but they’re not necessarily going to respond the same as the actual gear would so you really have to create multiple captures of the gear with different settings. They’re well worth experimenting with, in my experience a good capture can sound excellent. Particularly when you want to experiment with stuff that’s a bit off the beaten track.