2020 a year in gear (what have you/are you bought/buying?)
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- KVRian
- 969 posts since 5 Sep, 2014 from Heaven
imrae have you ever used solder braid (or 'solder wick') to desolder? It often works better than a pump.
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- KVRian
- 949 posts since 25 Sep, 2014
Ordered myself a couple of singing bowls for a me-to-me birthday gift. 5", 7" and 9" metal bowls. Gonna record me some drones, and some experiments like filling 'em with water, or maybe a marble.
Unfortunately I had to buy kinda blind, but these ones were fairly cheap. If things start opening up a bit again I'm hoping to go to a local shop and get one with a nice low tone if I can afford it. In the meantime I'm thinking it'd be fun to record at 192kHz, then change the sample rate to 48k in Audacity to shift the recording down two octaves.
Unfortunately I had to buy kinda blind, but these ones were fairly cheap. If things start opening up a bit again I'm hoping to go to a local shop and get one with a nice low tone if I can afford it. In the meantime I'm thinking it'd be fun to record at 192kHz, then change the sample rate to 48k in Audacity to shift the recording down two octaves.
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
To me? No, to you.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
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- addled muppet weed
- 111306 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
nice 
should be lots of fun.
i still havent gotten round to ordering any
should be lots of fun.
i still havent gotten round to ordering any
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- KVRAF
- 8079 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
Purple Rain is here...
The "lo-fi" part definitely overwhelms the "compressor" part, but it's a neat toy for sure. I discovered you can latch the Freeze effect by putting a book on it
The "lo-fi" part definitely overwhelms the "compressor" part, but it's a neat toy for sure. I discovered you can latch the Freeze effect by putting a book on it
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- addled muppet weed
- 111306 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
that looks much funfoosnark wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:47 pm Purple Rain is here...
The "lo-fi" part definitely overwhelms the "compressor" part, but it's a neat toy for sure. I discovered you can latch the Freeze effect by putting a book on it
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- KVRAF
- 2719 posts since 2 Jul, 2010
There's supposed to be some in the mail, but I'm wondering if that order got lost...spunkmuffin wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:51 am imrae have you ever used solder braid (or 'solder wick') to desolder? It often works better than a pump.
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- KVRAF
- 9064 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
5 more battery powered clip-on LED gooseneck spots, from China (AliExpress). Arrived in 20 days, at less than half the price than the cheapest shop I could find (Bax). And they came with little USB-to-power cables, too!
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- KVRian
- 665 posts since 29 Nov, 2002 from Bury St. Edmunds, England
Guitar purchased today...
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WatchTheGuitar WatchTheGuitar https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=440193 - KVRAF
- 13256 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
Nice. I will get a tele one day. It’s next but one on my list after an Epiphone Casino (or Elitist if I’m flush)
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- KVRAF
- 11336 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
I'm done for now with my pedal board.
After a ridiculous amount of YouTube demo-watching, I decided to go with Meris delay and reverb, The ottobit is just for me, to make things fun.
As I get more up to speed with workflow, I'm sure I'll revisit Midi integration, but the Midi Box4 should be good for now at least (until I kick off the training wheels... maybe this is all I need, maybe not).
I have a Moog expression pedal and I still haven't decided if I need to have it hooked up to more than one pedal yet. There's some decent options for switching pedals connected to the expression pedal, but I don't know how much switching I need yet so I'll wait before throwing more money at it.
I've got some screws (for customizing the board) and cables coming today, and then it should be time to make some noise!
After a ridiculous amount of YouTube demo-watching, I decided to go with Meris delay and reverb, The ottobit is just for me, to make things fun.
As I get more up to speed with workflow, I'm sure I'll revisit Midi integration, but the Midi Box4 should be good for now at least (until I kick off the training wheels... maybe this is all I need, maybe not).
I have a Moog expression pedal and I still haven't decided if I need to have it hooked up to more than one pedal yet. There's some decent options for switching pedals connected to the expression pedal, but I don't know how much switching I need yet so I'll wait before throwing more money at it.
I've got some screws (for customizing the board) and cables coming today, and then it should be time to make some noise!
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- addled muppet weed
- 111306 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
exp wise for the otto.
you set controls in down position.
move up, set controls.
now it will fade between the two.
or you can just sweep the filter of course.
similar on the other meris too, fade between two presets kind of thing.
midi, ive not used, but looks a lot more programmable, obvs having more channels of control.
i should give it a go,i even have midi to jack cables now
and...
nice looking board!
plenty of power and fun! enough to keep you going creatively for a good while
you set controls in down position.
move up, set controls.
now it will fade between the two.
or you can just sweep the filter of course.
similar on the other meris too, fade between two presets kind of thing.
midi, ive not used, but looks a lot more programmable, obvs having more channels of control.
i should give it a go,i even have midi to jack cables now
and...
nice looking board!
plenty of power and fun! enough to keep you going creatively for a good while
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- KVRAF
- 11336 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
I have a feeling I'll want the exp on all 3 Meris pedals the most. I've also left the Monterey on top for easy access to add expression there too. It'll work as a wah, but otherwise does autowah which I'm excited to have.vurt wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:56 pm exp wise for the otto.
you set controls in down position.
move up, set controls.
now it will fade between the two.
or you can just sweep the filter of course.
similar on the other meris too, fade between two presets kind of thing.
midi, ive not used, but looks a lot more programmable, obvs having more channels of control.
i should give it a go,i even have midi to jack cables now
and...
nice looking board!
plenty of power and fun! enough to keep you going creatively for a good while
Thank you guys for introducing me to this rabbit hole! Modular is of course next, but probably a couple years off. This should keep me busy until then.
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- KVRAF
- 8079 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
FX Aid XL (the new 6HP version of FX Aid) arrived today. It's got plenty of FX that can be abused as weird resonators, plus some unusual reverbs... it's going to spare me from going after Desmodus Versio after all. 
Most of the programs are very friendly with feedback, letting you get freaky without it exploding into an undifferentiated buzz like a Jomox T-Resonator.
The app that lets you customize programs is pretty brilliant -- generating a WAV file to update the firmware and an FX list in PDF format. Right now I've got 31 factory programs on it plus someone's Spin FV-1 oil can delay (which I'm probably going to modify a bit to allow for some more extreme ranges).
Despite the "XL" name, the knobs are still uncomfortably close together. 3 of them are D shaft and one is T18, but I'm told the Befaco micro knob caps fit them all anyway, so I've got some on the way.
Most of the programs are very friendly with feedback, letting you get freaky without it exploding into an undifferentiated buzz like a Jomox T-Resonator.The app that lets you customize programs is pretty brilliant -- generating a WAV file to update the firmware and an FX list in PDF format. Right now I've got 31 factory programs on it plus someone's Spin FV-1 oil can delay (which I'm probably going to modify a bit to allow for some more extreme ranges).
Despite the "XL" name, the knobs are still uncomfortably close together. 3 of them are D shaft and one is T18, but I'm told the Befaco micro knob caps fit them all anyway, so I've got some on the way.
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- KVRAF
- 9064 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
Lovely board, elxsound!
Speaking of expression pedals, I own 2 types that have something going for them:
- EHX Dual Expression Pedal: it's dual! I use it with my WMD Geiger Counter (which has 2 expression inputs)
- M-Audio EX-P: cheap
Speaking of expression pedals, I own 2 types that have something going for them:
- EHX Dual Expression Pedal: it's dual! I use it with my WMD Geiger Counter (which has 2 expression inputs)
- M-Audio EX-P: cheap