medyo mahaba nga, hehehe... got nothing to do for the last two days e.
sir voidmain,
thanks for the trouble of reading this. (hehehe) more questions now...
what are loopers? and how do they work?
if i understand correctly, they are a sort of bypass switches for the signal path. parang ung switch para lumiko ang mga train. so the signal would travel a different path when engaged. the idea is to use the quickest route to arrive at the destination or travel the route kung saan may sasakay or bababa or something like that. (hmmm... that analogy needs work...) if it is, then you are still using a single signal or train. its simple and direct. thats why it works so well.
(i'm not sure about this. i'm just deducing from your diagram) (so pls confirm my theory. thanks!)
my idea (well it's not exactly mine. more on this later.) is a bit different. i borrowed the concept from signal routing from the soundtech point of view. the way the soundtech use aux send and return on the mixer. first the signal from the microphone is assigned to channel 1. leaving it alone like that would keep it dry and it would eventually go straight to the main output where a host of devices await it. (compressors, limiters, sonic maximizers, crossovers, eqs, blahblah, to main amp) quite similar to the pedalboard concept actually. but here you cant put time based modulations on the main mix. that microphone is not the only thing connected to the mixer. theres the drumset, bass guitar, triangle, maracas... you name it. now imagine, using cathedral type reverb on a double pedal using drummer/drumset, well, that it's not exactly a pretty picture... (there are applications of this concept on the pedal board. a few examples are given on earlier posts of this thread) thats where the aux busses come in. here you can send the mics signal to lets say aux1, where it gets modulated by a reverb device then maybe a limiter before returning it to the return socket. that alone is pretty good. but wait! there's more! you can even return the signal to a different channel (lets say channel 12) on the mixer. making your options go up exponentially. from this setup, you can control the gain, eq, pan, grouping, and fader of your fx signal. then you can send it again (if you want to) on a different aux bus for further processing. all this can be done without corrupting the original signal from your microphone. that is if you push channel 12's fader down, only the fx/wet signal would go away not the main signal itself. (the parallel concept i described on my previous post)
now. this is the system that i'm trying to recreate in the pedal board. (scaled down and with a twist of course) the extra output on the od/dist would play role of the psuedo aux bus, thus allowing me (in theory) to overcome (at least partially) the tonesuck epidemic guitar players keep complaining about. it would even overcome the boston dd100 (and other similar delay pedals) signal cut problem when switching off.
on the pedal modification however, its already a made decision. i've been planning to visit sir BAMF for the longest time but something always comes up. (translation: wla pa akong pera) i keep buying something else lately. i paid him a visit once but he was out when i got there. i didnt make an appointment after all. i want my two dirt pedals modded for a different reason (upgrade/make it sound something else) first, but since i'm kind of lazy, (i dont go out much if its not a gig) and this 'concept' struck me, i prefer to get the most of everything everytime i go out of the house. another thing is, i almost always stick to what i buy. unless its really a total $h1t. (i got two gtx/boston dirt pedals and since i'm not into the heavy and high-gain stuff, i found a way for these two to work for me.) by getting it modded, i can further improve its role from acceptable into 'exceeds expectations' maybe even an 'outstanding'. combined with my 'concept' and fate willing, i may arrive into a tone uniquely my own. something most of us guitarplayers search for in our lifetimes. and for the price of what? just like the equivalent of buying a popular brand everybody use? maybe even less... (not all of us of course, a great number just wanna sound like thier idols or basically, somebody else...)
about the amp sim, well, thanks! that one i kinda missed on the equation. i got into the habit lately (in my multi before it broke down that is) of switching off the ampsim. i do this so that i can hear the distinct character of the amp i'm using,(letting it sing with it's own voice instead of making it conform to something it's not designed for) and for some reason it makes tweaking with the amps eq a lot easier. it never crossed my mind what would happen on the main mix though. the eq? i have other plans for that. i think i'll discuss that on later posts.(if ever) i'm still lingering on the 'backbone' of the concept anyway.
another thing, from my previous post, if there's a directbox, there's always an amp and there's always a main mixer. (at least on the venues i play) i think there might be some confusion there. the sansamp, if i'm not mistaken, has 3 outputs, one xlr wet, one 1/4' wet, and another 1/4' dry. it can function as the direct box. send the wet to the mixer, and the dry to the amp. its sort of redundunt to use a guitar ampsim on a good guitar amp does it? expensive though...
well almost everything on this post is still in the theoretical stage so if this thing fails, i think i'll just employ the looper system. no harm in dreaming of a better world once in a while...
by the way, how about that question on the reverb pedal from the earlier post? any info pls! thanks!!!
...and what does IMHO means?
parang ang haba na naman nito ah...
