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MrNixon
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Hey all, kind of a long post here, so if you want to skip the TL;DR i've underlined the cliffs notes for you lol.
In planning out the next addition to my pedalboard, I know a 'necessity' is a boost pedal. I'm trying to decide between a Vexter SHO and an Empress ParaEQ. I like the straight up simplicity and volume you get out of the SHO, but just the same I like the insane flexibility and ability to really sculpt tone with the ParaEQ. They're both great great products - that aside, where they both will really serve me best is in my amp's FX loop(s) - there's both a Serial and a Parallel loop at my disposal on my Einstein.
I was running both my Timefactor (I/Os @ Line) and Carbon Copy in my Serial loop for a while. Even though the Carbon Copy is strictly an instrument level device, the delays/echoes sounded great enough at the time. But there was one glaring problem - on one patch that i use a lot on my Timefactor, there was this weird 'clipping' that would happen during high-intensity passages. It was almost a popping, followed by a limiting effect on the delay repeats from the 'factor. If it werent for this, I'd probably still have the CC still in the Serial Loop. Just recently, i put the CC out front and now with the Timefactor being the only effect in the loop, it's like I'm rediscovering it; the depth and fidelity of the effect is so much better now that the I/Os are 100% leveled properly for the Serial Loop. Prior to fixing my signal chain, the Timefactor was essentially choked out/neutered! Reverse and TapeEcho models was comparably useless - their repeats were very muted, the Ducking model wasn't working correctly, there were some patches that were much louder than the others... it is crazy how the mismatched levels totally robbed the unit of functionality!
I'm afraid that introducing either the SHO or the ParaEQ the way I need will only reiterate the mismatch issue. Is there something I'm overlooking that will enable me to use either one in my Serial Loop - i can see the ParaEQ possibly having a level switch just like the Eventide units, or are they straight-up 'instrument level only' effects? Will the sheer volume available thru either allow me to dial through the -10dB/+4dB difference? If i understand this correctly, is the only way to get the output on guitar fx up to snuff a DI, or else i'll suffer the decreased fidelity/tone?
Honestly, because I only need a volume boost, I'm leaning towards getting the Vexter SHO @ $160ish. this is all hypothetically speaking.
THANKS DUDES
In planning out the next addition to my pedalboard, I know a 'necessity' is a boost pedal. I'm trying to decide between a Vexter SHO and an Empress ParaEQ. I like the straight up simplicity and volume you get out of the SHO, but just the same I like the insane flexibility and ability to really sculpt tone with the ParaEQ. They're both great great products - that aside, where they both will really serve me best is in my amp's FX loop(s) - there's both a Serial and a Parallel loop at my disposal on my Einstein.
I was running both my Timefactor (I/Os @ Line) and Carbon Copy in my Serial loop for a while. Even though the Carbon Copy is strictly an instrument level device, the delays/echoes sounded great enough at the time. But there was one glaring problem - on one patch that i use a lot on my Timefactor, there was this weird 'clipping' that would happen during high-intensity passages. It was almost a popping, followed by a limiting effect on the delay repeats from the 'factor. If it werent for this, I'd probably still have the CC still in the Serial Loop. Just recently, i put the CC out front and now with the Timefactor being the only effect in the loop, it's like I'm rediscovering it; the depth and fidelity of the effect is so much better now that the I/Os are 100% leveled properly for the Serial Loop. Prior to fixing my signal chain, the Timefactor was essentially choked out/neutered! Reverse and TapeEcho models was comparably useless - their repeats were very muted, the Ducking model wasn't working correctly, there were some patches that were much louder than the others... it is crazy how the mismatched levels totally robbed the unit of functionality!
I'm afraid that introducing either the SHO or the ParaEQ the way I need will only reiterate the mismatch issue. Is there something I'm overlooking that will enable me to use either one in my Serial Loop - i can see the ParaEQ possibly having a level switch just like the Eventide units, or are they straight-up 'instrument level only' effects? Will the sheer volume available thru either allow me to dial through the -10dB/+4dB difference? If i understand this correctly, is the only way to get the output on guitar fx up to snuff a DI, or else i'll suffer the decreased fidelity/tone?
Honestly, because I only need a volume boost, I'm leaning towards getting the Vexter SHO @ $160ish. this is all hypothetically speaking.
THANKS DUDES
