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How come this pedal doesn't have a tone control?

You mean like the one you already have on your amp and your guitar that you still donā€™t know how to use? I am guessing you can probably hear the ā€œbrandā€ of battery the pedal is using as well.

Lm308 vs Op07. You canā€™t tell the difference. Stop lying to yourself, lol.
 
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Once we moved beyond the oversized fuzz box era, we shouldā€™ve adopted a more modular system. Pedals should just use a single TRS jack for send and return like the insert on a mixing console, and just have a bypass looper unit that they all interface with. Half as many cables needed, and then when youā€™re switching the order of two effects you just need to swap two cables instead of four. Would also make pedals and outboard studio gear more immediately compatible with each other.
 
Bricksnbeatles said:
Once we moved beyond the oversized fuzz box era, we shouldā€™ve adopted a more modular system. Pedals should just use a single TRS jack for send and return like the insert on a mixing console, and just have a bypass looper unit that they all interface with. Half as many cables needed, and then when youā€™re switching the order of two effects you just need to swap two cables instead of four. Would also make pedals and outboard studio gear more immediately compatible with each other.
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It's different than what you describe, but I've always loved the idea behind the Yamaha PSE / Korg PME lines
Cartridge based, but not some flimsy gimmicks like the Nintendo cartridges.
 
DGWVI said:
It's different than what you describe, but I've always loved the idea behind the Yamaha PSE / Korg PME lines
Cartridge based, but not some flimsy gimmicks like the Nintendo cartridges.
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Pretty much what I was thinking of. Brilliant in theory, just didnā€™t was ditched before it could really take off. Tony Levin used the Yamaha system for a while I think
 
Clipping methods all sound the same; hard or soft diode clipping, opamp, CMOS, germanium, or siliconā€”once you have a moderate amount of saturation, there's no perceptable difference. What really makes a difference is where and how the gain stages are EQ'd.
 
Nostradoomus said:
what if theyā€™re in a vintage distortion +
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Hard clipping is hard clipping as best I can tell. The forward voltage of the diodes will change the volume and amount of clipping, but if you set the knobs to get the same volume and saturation, they sound close enough that you'd be hard pressed to reliably tell them part.
 
Audandash said:
Lm308 vs Op07. You canā€™t tell the difference. Stop lying to yourself, lol.
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I bought a 308 for 12 didgeridollars, and couldnt tell the difference, I sold my life pedal with an op07 cuz turns out to my dumb ears, a promethium sounds the same as a rat anyway, and takes up half the space.

now I feel obligated to build a muroidea just to sell it with the 308 in it to get it out of my collection
 
Aleph Null said:
Clipping methods all sound the same; hard or soft diode clipping, opamp, CMOS, germanium, or siliconā€”once you have a moderate amount of saturation, there's no perceptable difference. What really makes a difference is where and how the gain stages are EQ'd.
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I have to disagree. I did a fair bit of research on this topic, in the same circuit with just the clipping method being different. One aspect (and probably the most relevant IMO) is that soft clipping cleans up a lot nicer (more seamlessly) when lowering the guitar volume. Hard clipping is more suitable for really heavily distortion though, when you don't care much about how it cleans up. It is, however, possible to get heavy distortion from soft clipping too.
 
JTEX said:
I have to disagree. I did a fair bit of research on this topic, in the same circuit with just the clipping method being different. One aspect (and probably the most relevant IMO) is that soft clipping cleans up a lot nicer (more seamlessly) when lowering the guitar volume. Hard clipping is more suitable for really heavily distortion though, when you don't care much about how it cleans up. It is, however, possible to get heavy distortion from soft clipping too.
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This is why I posted this opinion in the "hot takes" thread and not anywhere else. :p I was careful not to say there was no difference; I said there was no audible difference at moderate saturation levels, once volume is matched. Some differences might become apparent with very light overdrive or in a fuzz context. Clipping method does effect the output level, the amount of saturation available, more difficult to quantify things like "feel", etc.

Also, this is just, like, my opinion, man.
 
zeropluszero said:
I bought a 308 for 12 didgeridollars, and couldnt tell the difference, I sold my life pedal with an op07 cuz turns out to my dumb ears, a promethium sounds the same as a rat anyway, and takes up half the space.

now I feel obligated to build a muroidea just to sell it with the 308 in it to get it out of my collection
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That seems like a plan- If someone is tone deaf to the point that an HM-2 and a Rat sound the same, then yeah, no point in having a 308.
 
I got banned from r/diypedals a while back for asking someone if their mom put their bib on before I spoon fed them.

Any more I'd rather just point someone in the direction I found the answer at and take no follow up questions.
Also, quit asking AI for answers. It can't solder ... yet.
 
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