Erik S
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@dan.schumaker ’s take on the Boss DM-3.
If you scored one of these boards when Dan offered em up, you should build it. It’s great. I’ve been on a mini analog delay journey and this is my favorite of the bunch so far.
I started with a skoolie from Madbean. I dig the modulation, but I need to take another pass at calibrating it to try and reduce the noise. I was real excited to finish that one and should have spent more time on that step.
Next up was an AD-9 from @blackhatboojum. I put in a full effort on calibrating that one and got better results. It’s been on my board since I finished it and it sounds great. There is noticeable clock noise in the upper range of delay time, but I’ve mostly just kept it at 12 o clock or below and it’s been great.
So today I wrapped up the DM-3. The clock noise is there, but it’s even quieter than the AD-9, and I’d say the repeats are a little bit brighter in a way that I like.
After hyper focusing on the sound of that clock frequency and spending a lot of time tweaking trimmers I think I’m hearing it in an over-emphasized way.
To re-set my expectations I plugged up my three DIY delays along with a Boss DM-2 Waza. With the DM-2 in classic mode where it should equal the original, both the DM-3 and the AD-9 had less noise than the Boss with the time cranked on the boss, and the other two set to match it.
That made me feel better that I didn’t need to keep chasing my tail, and also left me even more impressed with the efforts of Dan and Clinton putting these together.
If you scored one of these boards when Dan offered em up, you should build it. It’s great. I’ve been on a mini analog delay journey and this is my favorite of the bunch so far.
I started with a skoolie from Madbean. I dig the modulation, but I need to take another pass at calibrating it to try and reduce the noise. I was real excited to finish that one and should have spent more time on that step.
Next up was an AD-9 from @blackhatboojum. I put in a full effort on calibrating that one and got better results. It’s been on my board since I finished it and it sounds great. There is noticeable clock noise in the upper range of delay time, but I’ve mostly just kept it at 12 o clock or below and it’s been great.
So today I wrapped up the DM-3. The clock noise is there, but it’s even quieter than the AD-9, and I’d say the repeats are a little bit brighter in a way that I like.
After hyper focusing on the sound of that clock frequency and spending a lot of time tweaking trimmers I think I’m hearing it in an over-emphasized way.
To re-set my expectations I plugged up my three DIY delays along with a Boss DM-2 Waza. With the DM-2 in classic mode where it should equal the original, both the DM-3 and the AD-9 had less noise than the Boss with the time cranked on the boss, and the other two set to match it.
That made me feel better that I didn’t need to keep chasing my tail, and also left me even more impressed with the efforts of Dan and Clinton putting these together.
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