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You can eventually say I used OT to send midi clock and CCs.
Both worked independently, not together. I was sending 2 or 3 different CCs, plocked (no continuous sending), no other messages.
They call it a transparent overdrive and my o my is it. I have not found an instance where it doesnt improve tone without “changing” it character. With no drive its a beautiful boost. It works amazingly on some already amazing vintage tube circuits, 59 bassman, brownface deluxe, marshall 1974x 18 watt. And straight into daw.
Its a klon clone that i think has won some shootouts. Im my mind, i imagine 2 of these would kill an analog heat for simple warming up of a signal (obviously not for bells and whistles). Maybe i will try it on analog rytm dual vco?
The klon circuit is great, I have a couple (Way Huge Conspiracy Theory and the MXR Sugar Drive) and I like them on bass too. Bit of a stretch to say it would compete with an AH on varied sources though. AH just has so many more flavours.
I think the Strymon’s Ola Tri-Chorus setting sounds great, especially in stereo. I like it at the end of a chain with a stereo delay in front of it. The Boss Dimension C also sounds great, I think, but maybe a bit more headroom on the Ola for higher level input,
Man this thread has me gassing for an American professional 2 jazzmaster. Unfortunately it’s so beyond my reach financially, but if I ever eventually sell my eurorack it’ll be the first guitar I buy.
In a more positive note, I managed to get a deal on a lovely Faith ‘naked’ Venus acoustic guitar, which I’ll be picking up on Tuesday as a Xmas present to myself…I’ve been after a Martin for years but again, too cost prohibitive but my local guitarguitar has this Faith reduced from £700 to 450, plus I’m part exing my fender player mustang so I’m basically getting it for £200.
I love the minimal look, it’s made from exceptional wood (spruce and mahogany, no sprays or lacer ) , with the idea that over time it creates its own lived in and well played look, which is something I find cool, it’s got a pick up and tuner hidden somewhere too, beautiful tone and I’m sticking some 13’s on so I can play with my fingers the way I prefer in my preferred alt tunings and break it in while I get progressively more pissed over Xmas.
Focus is on Bass atm for some recordings. Flangers back on later when guitar can play with us again. @bpgrand89 I dig the Boss CE-2B most, mostly because it’s the CE-2 with a mix pot, and it’s so easy to mod. One of these on the board is modded to be slightly brighter (like a CE-1) and can be mixed to full tremolo at Wurlitzer speed! Definitely prefer the 2B to my new CE2w for everything.
DC-2w is great for stereo chorus from still micro pitching to EHX Clone Theory like vibes.
Whoa, chorusman! So if you only kept one, which would it be?
And have you tried the dc-2w on rev2? And maybe we already discussed, but did you think the rev2 chorus was respectable enough comparatively? I like it i guess but im not an expert….i like rev2 chorus better than the Octatrack chorus thats fo sho!
Yes I tried the DC2w on the Rev2 but via the mixer fx loop (SSLSiX cue/ext), so I could mix to taste rather than straight into the DC2w which would have no mix control. That said, it sounded excellent.
I found the chorus in the Rev2 a bit pedestrian, but I get excellent chorus naturally by layering and panning with pitch modulation, basically a true 16 voice (32 OSC) chorus Throw in Slop and pan modulation, it gets wilder. This is how I decided the Rev2 was my perfect string machine.
As for guitar and Bass, I’d keep the CE-2B and replace the resistor inline with the mix pot to half its value, and swap the 47cap on the depth control with a 60. And jump points 3&4 to get 9v and I’d keep the so called high pass bass filtering cap as is, which sounds better for guitar too; more depth especially with distortion/OD.
But good to hear your thoughts. I will have to try and recreate a patch as you describe:). Youre using 1 lfo to mod pitch and another to mod pan on layer A and then doing same on layer B but changing rates/depths differently? And prob a no no to talk too much synth in this thread sorry so i will stop right there.
pF tiny disc type. It’s a very subtle change, the kind of thing you notice in a side by side test. Altogether the mod I described sounds closer to the CE-1 mode on the new CE-2w but with mix control.
On the Rev2, like you said, just copied A layer to B that has a few more cents and rate change on the OSC tuning, so just mimicking a standard chorus. But yeh, no rules.