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10-04-2007, 09:48 AM
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I'm not a compressor expert by any means. I have used an MXR DynaComp, Aphex Punch Factory and the various compresor options in a Digitech BP200 and Boss GT-6B. My rig is a Sterling HS through a GK Backline 210. I really like the Soul Preacher. I find the noise level to be very acceptable (I adjusted the internal trim pot). It does a much better job of evening out the volume levels between the strings than the other four mentioned. It also providea a very percussive sound when set to the slow attack and about 2 o'clock on the sustain. It also sounds very good placed after the Nano Baseballs and before an MXR M-80, expecially when using a pick.
I'm very pleased with it. |
10-04-2007, 11:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | | Good to hear you liked it!
I really wonder how it'd work with my current setup (I've changed strings and pedals since I last owned one)...
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12-23-2007, 07:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Michigan | | | hey man,
i have a soul preacher . How you adjusted the internal trim pot?. |
12-23-2007, 09:21 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | If you open it up, you will see a small blue square component with a white spot in the middle. That white spot has a slot in the top, and it is meant to be turned with a small screwdriver. First mark the original position with a pencil or pen; then turn the screw one way or the other and listen to any changes in the sound quality as you play through the effect. |
12-23-2007, 12:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | +1 to bongo's post.
As an added note, you're going to notice it get louder and more distorted in one direction, and cleaner but quieter in the other. Don't worry about the volume loss, because you can simply turn the Volume knob up to get it back. The point of adjusting the trimpot is to make the compression milder and easier to work with on bass.
Basically, the gain trimpot inside is pre-compression, while the Volume knob is post-compression, and the default setting of the gain trimpot is pretty damn squishy. 
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12-24-2007, 09:11 AM
| | | | I too love my Soul Preacher. I bought it on a whim for my rib because I was not pleased with the Dyna Comp and could not easily get my hands on a BBE Orange Squash. I was quite impressed with the sound. Very happy I got it. |
06-19-2008, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticBoo  +1 to bongo's post.
As an added note, you're going to notice it get louder and more distorted in one direction, and cleaner but quieter in the other. Don't worry about the volume loss, because you can simply turn the Volume knob up to get it back. The point of adjusting the trimpot is to make the compression milder and easier to work with on bass.
Basically, the gain trimpot inside is pre-compression, while the Volume knob is post-compression, and the default setting of the gain trimpot is pretty damn squishy. | Will it get less hissy when adjusting the trim?
Even on a 1:1 ratio off/on, there's lots of hiss when it's on, quite annoying indeed. A little bottom loss, not bad though, and I like the compression it gives but the hiss is not acceptable.
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06-19-2008, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by D.Don Will it get less hissy when adjusting the trim? | If you haven't already adjusted it from the stock setting, you'll find it can get dramatically quieter in the noise department, but it still won't be noiseless. It's far less noisy than the Clone Theory, at least (and that wasn't easy to come to terms with, despite how much I love that chorus sound!).
The Soul Preacher is pretty tolerable (IMO) when not using tweeters or hi-fi cabs. But if you are using those sorts of things... it's going to drive you nuts, since the noise largely lives up in those frequencies. 
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06-19-2008, 08:38 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | Yep. I use tweeters, hifi cabs, and hifi headphones, and the noise was intolerable for me at all settings of the trimpot. I'm sure if I lost the tweeters it would sound pretty good though. |
06-20-2008, 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by MysticBoo If you haven't already adjusted it from the stock setting, you'll find it can get dramatically quieter in the noise department, but it still won't be noiseless. It's far less noisy than the Clone Theory, at least (and that wasn't easy to come to terms with, despite how much I love that chorus sound!).
The Soul Preacher is pretty tolerable (IMO) when not using tweeters or hi-fi cabs. But if you are using those sorts of things... it's going to drive you nuts, since the noise largely lives up in those frequencies. | Maybe that trim could be replaced by a pot, just looked inside the pedal, and a small pot would fit in on the side just next to the input jack ..
Will play around and tweak with the trim later today and then we'll see.. 
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