All things pedal related.

[vurt]

most of the smaller "proper" pubs here have a room with at least one night a week being a jam night or local band.

by proper pubs i mean not gastro or wine bars, which are shit.

the one my family used to take me to on a sunday after church, for irish rebel songs, recently got closed down, after the current landlord got cut in to pieces with an axe. which is quite sad, used to love it there.

we also have the studio which is a larger venue, but only hosts local stuff really, very few bands from outside come here these days...

and warrington aside from bars and cafes, has the art cafe bar, which is something to do with the college, and has lots of college bands playing and jam sessions.

i think music as a social activity has always been there, just some of us grew out of it, till we noticed it was missing.
i only really know about these because ive been to see thomas at a couple and from the help i did with the group.
but it's not really my thing, performing in front of others but do enjoy watching others some times.

we did also used to have a place for techno acts (multiple genres really) but that for some reason didn't catch on.

[vurt]

"doesn't play well with others" would probably be a good review for me

[waiting man]

https://www.ehx.com/products/big-muff-p ... re-plugin/

Coming soon, Big Muff Alexa Voice Transformer Fuzz Pi and the Big Muff Air Fryer Fuzz.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

I saw that yesterday and I still can't decide if that's incredibly awesome or total overkill. I love the idea of it, but then, it's only a Big Muff circuit (don't get me wrong, I love em, but they're not exactly versatile). I love that there's seemingly no need for a reamp box and it's all handled via USB. But I can still only run one per project. But then again, it's also a standalone pedal and a Big Muff with presets. And frankly, I have a few Big Muff pedals ITB and none of them are spot on with a hardware Muff IMO - usually lacking the brutal sustain.

[vurt]

if you don't have a muff it's probably a good thing.
but for those of us with muffs its less exciting (well for me anyway)

for a beginner guitarist getting in to computer recording, the fact it doubles as your interface is a bonus

be interesting to see what else they do with this line...

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

if you don't have a muff it's probably a good thing.
but for those of us with muffs its less exciting (well for me anyway)

for a beginner guitarist getting in to computer recording, the fact it doubles as your interface is a bonus

be interesting to see what else they do with this line...

I just like the idea of having an analog BigMuff with digital I/O and plugin control, but I hope someone takes this idea and expands it to an analog distortion toolkit. Imagine having a Muff, a Clon, a Rat, a Screamer, and a Fuzz Face all in one unit with digital I/O and plugin control. With surface-mount, it should be possible. That in a desktop friendly enclosure that maybe doubles as a deluxe stomp box, and I'd be all over that for $800. I wouldn't want one stomp for each, but rather one box that does it all, even if it cost substantially more. That might be a large one-time purchase that would be absolutely worth it.

JHS charges $249 for the Muffleta/Bonsai/Packrat line, so I think you can fit all those analog circuits in one enclosure and build the rest of the product out where an $800 price point is doable. It's basically the same idea (a bunch of distortion circuits in one enclosure), then just have relays to turn various circuits on/off with the digital I/O and build the plugin editor...that'd be killer.

I can't see myself buying this Muff pedal (have many and a reamp box) but something a little more versatile like I'm describing would be very attractive. I still think most ITB distortions aren't quite there. There's The Scream, which nails the Tube Screamer, but I haven't found a Muff or a Rat I think is as good. And any solution where aliasing is a non-issue, would be terrific.

[vurt]

yeah, that could be interesting, as you say itb fuzz and distortion isn't quite there yet, close enough for some things maybe, but at extreme settings on a focal point, not so much.

also agree, it doesn't offer much for us, but like i said for those just dipping their toes in, could be a good way to cover your interface needs too and get you a classic stomp for the price too

[jbraner]

I wonder how much latency this introduces (?)
The audio is going out from the DAW, through the plugin, into the hardware (via USB) and then back - so it won't be insignificant

[vurt]

I wonder how much latency this introduces (?)
The audio is going out from the DAW, through the plugin, into the hardware (via USB) and then back - so it won't be insignificant

is it going to be much more than for example
guitar, interface, daw, interface speakers.

as in, i don't notice any delay between plucking and hearing, although there is latency, it's so low i don't register it.
(i am often very high, others may notice it)

i don't have a clue which is why im asking, not trying to be clever
cos i ain't.

[jbraner]

But there's a good chance you're using your *normal* audio interface - so it's really:
guitar, interface, daw, back out to the muff, back in to the daw, speakers
so it's really going to double (at least) your latency - unless you'll use this muff as your audio interface - but why would you do that if you already have a good audio interface?
I don't know either - just wondering aloud (sounds like an old Jethro Tull song...)

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

I'd think latency would be comparable to using UAD plugins on the DSPs. Audio from DAW into Big Muff, output from Big Muff back to DAW, probably high enough latency to not want to use live but fine for mixing. Just a guess.

[jbraner]

That's what I would have thought.
But this is something you'd really want to play through - wouldn't you? (ie "live")

[vurt]

then id just use the pedal

[jbraner]

which defeats the whole point

[vurt]

or adds value (for some)