johnpace2
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psychodave":3h5xh4q7 said:
Sick. Glad I got one coming from the Kickstarter thing.
Sick. Glad I got one coming from the Kickstarter thing.
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braintheory
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I know right, that would be awesome. That sent my Standout and Empresss PQ packing easily. A TC Electronic 1140 in a pedal would be even better imo. Somehow I just don’t think it’ll happen. I think at best someone will try and it won’t be as goodKapo_Polenton":3htevuso said:I just want to know who is willing to step up to the plate and design a Furman PQ3 in a pedal! lots of talk over the years, nobody up to the challenge!
errrrrl
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I'm really curious on that eq pedal...and a little interested in those new Wizard pedalsstephen sawall":29zcbqw6 said:
Crunchtime
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I tried turning the impedance trim pot up all the way but, with my gear and the sound I am after it sounds better in the middle. Sounds more aggressive to me.
stephen sawall
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Peter has a few extra Merman he is making. I'm picking one up.
psychodave
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stephen [url said:
It’s really cool. I like the compression knob. It has the germanium and silicone diodes connected to it. So I set the tone I like then turn the pot to the left or right to add in either set of diodes. It really adds to the feel and sound.
stephen sawall
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psychodave":ctwz9xom said:
Do I understand this correctly ?
Less compression is more silicone. More compression is more germanium.
That sounds awesome. I'm kind of glad I waited for this version.
moltenmetalburn
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Peter posted more details on the noise floor issue. Not exciting.
8 - The charge pump in the SPS system has a small voltage trimpot, but I've found that this trimpot also has a significant impact on the noise floor. I'm still investigating exactly why, but there are settings that are "sweet spots" that significantly reduce the noise floor, as well as other spots that induce a significant amount of noise. I plan to make a video on this later, but here is a process on how to reduce the noise floor of your pedal.
STEP 1 - Connect your pedal into the signal chain as you typically would have it, but turn it over and remove the backplate.
STEP 2 - Connect your instrument & turn on your amp, but completely turn down the volume of the instrument (or whatever is last in the chain before the pedal)
STEP 3 - Activate the pedal and then turn up everything to maximize the self-noise of the pedal.
STEP 4 - Find a small screwdriver that can turn the tiny voltage trimpot (I use a flat head screwdriver that is just 1.5mm wide).
STEP 5 - Make really tiny adjustments to find a "sweet spot" where the noise floor drops considerably (in my tests, most were around 3:00).
STEP 5, part II - If you are connected to an output rated for 100mA, you may need to set the voltage somewhere between 12:00 and 2:00.
STEP 6 - Please report to me what you found, including the power supply you were using.
I've started making this process a standard part of my testing procedure for every pedal, but I don't know if what I do with my power supply (1 Spot) will exactly match your setup. I highly recommend this procedure for everyone. I should also note that some of the "sweet spots" took some time to find, but the big drop in the noise floor was well worth the effort. If you can report back
8 - The charge pump in the SPS system has a small voltage trimpot, but I've found that this trimpot also has a significant impact on the noise floor. I'm still investigating exactly why, but there are settings that are "sweet spots" that significantly reduce the noise floor, as well as other spots that induce a significant amount of noise. I plan to make a video on this later, but here is a process on how to reduce the noise floor of your pedal.
STEP 1 - Connect your pedal into the signal chain as you typically would have it, but turn it over and remove the backplate.
STEP 2 - Connect your instrument & turn on your amp, but completely turn down the volume of the instrument (or whatever is last in the chain before the pedal)
STEP 3 - Activate the pedal and then turn up everything to maximize the self-noise of the pedal.
STEP 4 - Find a small screwdriver that can turn the tiny voltage trimpot (I use a flat head screwdriver that is just 1.5mm wide).
STEP 5 - Make really tiny adjustments to find a "sweet spot" where the noise floor drops considerably (in my tests, most were around 3:00).
STEP 5, part II - If you are connected to an output rated for 100mA, you may need to set the voltage somewhere between 12:00 and 2:00.
STEP 6 - Please report to me what you found, including the power supply you were using.
I've started making this process a standard part of my testing procedure for every pedal, but I don't know if what I do with my power supply (1 Spot) will exactly match your setup. I highly recommend this procedure for everyone. I should also note that some of the "sweet spots" took some time to find, but the big drop in the noise floor was well worth the effort. If you can report back
stephen sawall
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From the emails it looks like low inpedance and fine tuning the voltage gets the least noise.
Probably going to open it up and mess with it this weekend.
All the updates he has been doing to the pedals is to get less noise and more range.
I ordered a Merman a few weeks ago.
I'm using pretty different settings on the Standout depending on the amp and guitar I am using.
Probably going to open it up and mess with it this weekend.
All the updates he has been doing to the pedals is to get less noise and more range.
I ordered a Merman a few weeks ago.
I'm using pretty different settings on the Standout depending on the amp and guitar I am using.