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Long live the mega board/zord. Megazoard.

i swapped out the Realizer and put the Soft Focus back on the main board. i think the SF is better suited to the relatively normal board while the Realizer lends itself better to the specialized-processing section. that done, i decided to put the front-end board together as much as possible while waiting on the Demedash T-120 and Analog So High So Low to arrive which will (should) complete it. i really should just get a more compact power supply because it would make things simpler, but i don't want to spend anything more unless i have to so it's shoehorn-and-calipers time again. i revised the layout from the photo posted a couple of hours ago in the unedited version of this post to improve the ergonomics...now all the boxes i need to adjust with multiple foot switches are on the bottom tier in normal orientation, while the WIIO and Lo Fi that seldom get adjusted sit up out of the way. i'm tired of dealing with boxes that are rotated 90°...at one time that was common on the main board because it helped the old arrangement work, but i never liked it. the Shallow Water still has to rotate as does the SCF on the big board, but i don't adjust them that much. layout limitations:

--i have to have the boxes with tap tempo--the T-120 and the Gyroscope i squeezed in after hearing it on one of my old loops--oriented normally so i can tap
--the input is always on the bottom right for boards that work with a guitar plugged into them, because otherwise the cable gets dragged across the knobs and fucks your settings up
--output is usually at upper left to keep cables from underfoot
--clearance required in front of power supply for DC power cables

i have a 90° IEC adapter coming so i could mount the power supply horizontally rather than vertically (the power supply's AC port is on the left end so it's now mounted with that port facing out) , but i'm not sure that would work space-wise. all of this is entirely subject to change at this point, and will probably go through more iterations/adjustments to improve the ergonomics which is always a big concern for me. i don't need to make this any harder than it already inherently is.

note: since the Octron has to go at the start of the chain if i'm looping whether the FEB is there or not and there's no room to leave a open spot on the FEB, i'm just using a 9V battery and will unplug it when not in use. it only draws 12 mA current so a battery should last for months. i have some rubber feet around here somewhere.

prospective signal path: Mellowtone Hi Five clean boost balances guitar output levels->CMC Effects WIIO Hiwatt-in-a-box clone adds sponginess and crunch->Ibanez LF7 Lo Fi adds dirt and filtering->Stomping Stones Virus adds grain and distance->Analog So High So Low (goes in lower tier between Virus and Gyroscope) adds serious distortion and serious filtering->Copilot FX Tap Gyroscope adds woop-woop filtering->Fairfield Shallow Water soothes and distances->Demedash T-120 (goes at far left bottom tier, top jacks) makes Boards of Canada echoes->Realizer does independent-cinema reverbs.
funny how this suddenly turned into a filtering module.

Been like 5 years?

Hey hey, been a while! Cool looking board as ever

verrrrry pretty!

murr. question - is there something like the Timeline but smaller? or just newer? i have a Dig v2 on my board and it sounds damn good but... i miss all the options in the Line. the Wampler Metaverse just looks... meh? is that the only thing close to it?

i meaaaaaaan... i kinda want an LVX. but i went away from the H9 because multi efx were annoying me. on the other butt, i don't click with the H9's interface.

behndy wrote:verrrrry pretty!

murr. question - is there something like the Timeline but smaller? or just newer? i have a Dig v2 on my board and it sounds damn good but... i miss all the options in the Line. the Wampler Metaverse just looks... meh? is that the only thing close to it?

i meaaaaaaan... i kinda want an LVX. but i went away from the H9 because multi efx were annoying me. on the other butt, i don't click with the H9's interface.

Empress Echosystem
Source Audio Nemesis V1/V2
BOSS DD-200

thanks! Empress... just kinda hated using their stuff. too much muscle memory. love Source and their designs, HATE side jacks. Boss looks dooooooope! might grab at some point.

kinda went silly far into Does Too Much territory, ordered a Meris LVX.

behndy wrote:thanks! Empress... just kinda hated using their stuff. too much muscle memory. love Source and their designs, HATE side jacks. Boss looks dooooooope! might grab at some point.

kinda went silly far into Does Too Much territory, ordered a Meris LVX.

Are you doing any post-processing in a DAW? You could always record a session and then stick a VST delay on the backend. Most of the best delays are software---no menu-diving, easy to save & recall presets, randomization controls, et cetera. (Spaced Out, Fragments, Sandman Pro, Wires, Bleass Delay)

The LVX is the most powerful digital delay pedal I've ever used, and I'll revisit that again eventually. (great for extreme experimentation and lush, cinematic soundscapes) For day-to-day use, though, delays without sub-screens are better for me (Alter Ego X4, Volante, Polymoon, and so forth). GL with the LVX.

lol. GOOD LUCK BIIIIIITCH! LOVE it.

yeah. i'm actually trying to play around with more Outside The DAW effects. i have a bunch of soft effects i adooooore, but i have never had good luck with monitoring processed inputs without enough lag to be annoying. i totally get that approach though, most synth and drum machine stuff i get just frustrated spending an hour slogging through someone's idea of the ideal interface to get where i could get in about 2 minutes time in Live. and i'm not even AMAZING at Live, it's just a more verbose architecture than any dedicated platform kinda can be?

i'm looking forward to the LVX. should be in tomorrow? but if it feels more overwhelming than fun, will totes check out all y'all's other amazebutts suggestions.

murrrrrrrf. i don't think i like the Blume? lol. i actually... want it on my board more for how it looks than sounds. very cute box. but every tone i can kind of dial in feels just... muffled. which is weird because so many demos sound great. i do suck at pick and stay on fingers, mebbe that's the problem? i just got in a Hizumitas and oof. ADORE it. fuck me. so huge. there's always a buzz when muted though. i don't know how bad that will be with recording it, might be a deal breaker. there's a buzz on Blume on most setting too. is that just a thing with EQD distortion/fuzzes? i don't get that unless everything is banana maxed on the TAFM.

i think the Mandrake gets in tomorrow too, very excited to check that out.

been a minute.. newest.. version.. added the walrus distortion.. it is loud! and the topper things.. found out the I actually didn't need all the high taming EQs for the cello.. just needed different strings

hawwwwwt. PACKED. AND. DELICIOUS.

murrrr. found a pedal that i'd had rehoused by Danno, THOUGHT it was a Freeze but nurp. ended up being a MASF Raptio. super fun. makes me want to swap it for a more modern glitchy pedal. kinda thinking about grabbing a Particle, havna tried the V2 but remember adoring the V1. or the Catalinbread CSIDman. although i really hate side jacks.

thoughts on those two?

MOAR CELLO CENTRIC EFFECTS YES.

i was considering a Particle v1 for a couple of minutes. like most effects, especially digital ones, i think they screwed up the v2. in order to make it do more clever functions, they degraded the actual sound of the effected signal. i decided i don't need or want to ever rasterize anything, but if i was to choose it'd be v1 by a country mile.

[quote="behndy] kinda thinking about grabbing a Particle, havna tried the V2 but remember adoring the V1. or the Catalinbread CSIDman. although i really hate side jacks.

thoughts on those two?[/quote]

I’ve had both at different times- the Particle v2 does a lot of cool things. Things I liked: footswitchable freeze, fully wet effects always sounded great, easy preset system. Things I didn’t like: the mix control. It’s almost always reducing the level of the dry signal, unless you go in the editor and select analog dry through, but then you can’t go fully wet…it’s the same on all of RP’s new pedals. I ended up selling it because I wasn’t using it much- just wasn’t into the sounds I was getting. Totally personal though, lots of people love it.

CSIDMAN I liked a lot but not for glitchy stuff. Things I liked: basic delay sound is really good. I don’t know why- maybe it’s the preamp inside, or a good design, but it just sounds really nice. It made my guitar sound better going through it. Things I didn’t like: nothing really. The glitchy effects are kind of repetitive so it gets old fast- I think that’s why I used it as a regular old digital delay. Sold it because I felt bad about not using it’s intended sounds…really dumb but I feel guilty when I only use like 5% of a piece of gear’s capabilities.

I get the same irrational guilt. Very annoying

lol. right? this thing does EXACTLY what i want. but. also does twenty seven other things i will never use.

THROW IT AWAY.

i have a Csidman hitting today. might feel one trick on bass after awhile, if so i'll try it in they synth/drums yarea.

annnnnd i have my pedalboard running into my patchbay, so i can always send silly stuff into pedals.