stewblack Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 How does one tell if a pedal is one or the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) A good indicator is current consumption - the vast majority of analogue pedals will be happy with roughly a hundred mA, digital stuff will a usually in the region of 500mA. Unless you’re running a valve pedal - they need lots of juice too. the obvious exception is digital delays - they can quite happily run at 40 or 50mA, but they will have delay times going into a few hundred milliseconds - much longer than analogue delays. Edited June 5, 2021 by paul_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 These days one can only really tell from the spec sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Maybe the A or D is written in the user manual? There are also digitally controlled units with analog signal path and so on. If the sound pleases, it is the right unit for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Hmm. It's a chorus pedal. Nothing on the builder's site to indicate either way. Just one mention on Anderton's saying digital - not really conclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 What chorus pedal is it Stew ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 16 minutes ago, Hellzero said: What chorus pedal is it Stew ? Mr Black, Double Chorus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Cheapy Chorus in the FS section... Just Sayin' 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: Cheapy Chorus in the FS section... Just Sayin' 😉 I am selling not buying though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, stewblack said: I am selling not buying though! You feelin' OK? Side effects of ya second covid jab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 1 hour ago, stewblack said: Mr Black, Double Chorus Less than 60mA of consumption, must be a digital one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Unscrew the base plate and have a look at the chips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 2 hours ago, stewblack said: Mr Black, Double Chorus I am suspecting looking at their site, as they make a huge deal of their analogue ones, so it probably isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 We have decided its digital 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) On 05/06/2021 at 17:32, paul_5 said: A good indicator is current consumption - the vast majority of analogue pedals will be happy with roughly a hundred mA, digital stuff will a usually in the region of 500mA. Unless you’re running a valve pedal - they need lots of juice too. the obvious exception is digital delays - they can quite happily run at 40 or 50mA, but they will have delay times going into a few hundred milliseconds - much longer than analogue delays. All the analog pedals in my current setup (that is 14 units) require less than 50mA pr unit to run properly, actually far less on an average, and of the digital pedals I have in my setup (that is 5 units) the one requiring most power to run properly consumes no more than 150mA and the one requiring least just about 100mA, which as far as I know, unless, as you correctly point out, utilizing tubes, is more in line with what you typically would expect. Most digital pedals that require more than 250mA to run properly will be multi effects, stand alone digital effects will typically require a minimum of just around 100 to 150 mA or (though you are right about certain digital pedals requiring a bit less, more in the realms of around 60 or 70 mA or so), but rarely over 250mA (unless, as said, being multi effects), and I've yet to run into an analog pedal that doesn't utilize tubes that require more than 60mA to run, and by far most analog pedals even being happy with way less, typically something more like in the range of 5 to 30 mA. Pedals that utilizes tubes will typically require something more like in the range of 500 mA to 2000mA (0,5 to 2 A) to run properly. So if the power consumption of you pedal is 60mA or beyond it by far most likely is digital, if bellow it by far most likely is analog, 100mA or beyond and you can almost be certain it is in fact digital, and 30mA or bellow you can be absolutely certain that it is an analog pedal. Here's a pretty comprehensive list of the power consumption (aka minimum power requirements to run without issues) of different effect pedals : https://stinkfoot.se/power-list Edited June 11, 2021 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 If no-one can tell, does it matter? 🙃 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: If no-one can tell, does it matter? 🙃 Of course it does, as a matter of principle - this is a hill on which many noble souls have chosen to die! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 37 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: If no-one can tell, does it matter? 🙃 Obviously. If people don't know whether it is digital or not they cant criticise it for not sounding as good as an old analogue one! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 14, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Jus Lukin said: But were they our souls? Sadly many were 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobothy Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 …. as there are so many effects out there anyhow I just set myself some parameters for my current builds of analogue. Been playing ages but not ever into effects, until the first lockdown, now I have a few boards and a fair bit lighter in the wallet 😳! I did have a Stomp but wasn’t the direction I wanted to go in at the time. However it was great and would have been very practical for gigs etc. I’ll probably get another similar type thing when the Medivac eventually finds the hill I’ve been left on he he 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 13/06/2021 at 00:26, Jus Lukin said: But were they our souls? Could have just been digital copies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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