Oh god, this one hurts the most. I WILL, repeat WILL be buying one of these again as soon as I possibly can, but I'm moving for school at the start of next month, and if that wasn't enough, I have an opportunity to buy a bass that I've lusted after for a LONG time. That said, I'm selling the effects that aren't completely crucial for my music...
And as ridiculously lush and beautiful this delay sounds, I don't NEED it as I have a EQD DM that works a little better for what I'm currently doing and is a bit cheaper. It doesn't sound half as good as this one though...I really wish every delay ever had that expand footswitch...the effect is so wonderfully musical (basically kicks the depth knob up to 10 when you're holding the switch down).
My favorite thing about this delay is that, even when set to crazy/near-self oscillating settings, it seems to be able to read my mind and know when I want the lush delay wash push through or kick back. Not to mention it looks like some sort of sweet 1970's power control panel.
It's in great condition, industrial velcro applied to the bottom, perhaps a few very, very mind dings, but they're hardly noticeable.
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I'm not even going to try to describe this, I'll let Juan do the talking:
If that's not enough, check out the EAR website description of the AD4096.
The previous owner and myself both tweaked with the internal trim pots a bit, but I set them back to very close to stock settings. When I got it, it had been set to introduce more clock noise in the circuit, which sounds great, but I wanted it to clean up a bit. When I emailed Todd Kelly, who runs EAR, he was incredible helpful and replied with the following info:
When I first got this thing, I played with it for something like 6 or 7 hours straight, getting completely lost in the wash of sound that was emanating from my cabinet. I meant to check it out just for a few minutes and spend time with it later, but that went out the door right when I kicked it on. This is one of those pedals that makes you want to play and just oozes creativity.
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I'm asking the low price of $270 SHIPPED CONUS. The only trade I'm interested in right now is a Wren and Cuff Phat Phuk B plus cash on your end.
I fully reserve the right to come to my senses and take this listing down and I hope that I don't realize that I'm made a horrible mistake immediately after selling this, but drastic times call for drastic measures.
And as ridiculously lush and beautiful this delay sounds, I don't NEED it as I have a EQD DM that works a little better for what I'm currently doing and is a bit cheaper. It doesn't sound half as good as this one though...I really wish every delay ever had that expand footswitch...the effect is so wonderfully musical (basically kicks the depth knob up to 10 when you're holding the switch down).
My favorite thing about this delay is that, even when set to crazy/near-self oscillating settings, it seems to be able to read my mind and know when I want the lush delay wash push through or kick back. Not to mention it looks like some sort of sweet 1970's power control panel.
It's in great condition, industrial velcro applied to the bottom, perhaps a few very, very mind dings, but they're hardly noticeable.
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I'm not even going to try to describe this, I'll let Juan do the talking:
If that's not enough, check out the EAR website description of the AD4096.
The previous owner and myself both tweaked with the internal trim pots a bit, but I set them back to very close to stock settings. When I got it, it had been set to introduce more clock noise in the circuit, which sounds great, but I wanted it to clean up a bit. When I emailed Todd Kelly, who runs EAR, he was incredible helpful and replied with the following info:
Even when everything is adjusted correctly, there is some intentional use of clock noise in a controlled way and it is never 100% gone. The ECHO knob has it intentionally mixed in through filters to give it a sort of synthy glitter. The DELAY knob has some but much less. In INFINITY mode you will also hear an increase of this.
As for adjustments you will need a meter to adjust the BIAS setting. This is the most important. It is a DC voltage so black lead to ground and the red lead to the test point. You the adjust the BIAS to between 4.14 and 4.20 volts, I adjust them to 4.14 during my calibration process. The CLOCK trim pot is for adjust the range of the TIME knob. With the TIME knob in the slowest (all the way down) position, measure the test point and adjust for 4.74 volts. This is not critical but is the preferred setting that gives the best feel to the range of the TIME knob. Without test equipment, you can only adjust the NULL trim pot by ear. A constant tone is best but also makes it difficult to get it dead on. Try to find a tone that does not interfere. Here, I use a sub audio signal at about 6-10hz, which can be obtained from anything with an LFO. With the TIME knob still all the way down, depth at 12 or less, DELAY fully up, and ECHO fully down, insert you tone. Adjust for best cancellation of clock noise. If you can use an LFO as the signal, you will hear it modulate the noise and it makes it easy to tune by ear. I have been wanting to make an MP3 or audio file to put on the website that people can use for this purpose. If I can do that soon, i'll let you know.
I have also had many people give me feedback that they love the pedal but have a hard time loving the intentional use of clock noise. I am almost finished putting together a DIY tutorial on modding the pedal to significantly reduce this effect while retaining all the other subtleties. Basically the mod consists of soldering some components to points on the back of the pcb. This means anybody who solders can mod the pedal by simply removing the rear cover and no other disassembly. This will be finished soon. If you are interested, let me know and I'll make sure you get that.
As for adjustments you will need a meter to adjust the BIAS setting. This is the most important. It is a DC voltage so black lead to ground and the red lead to the test point. You the adjust the BIAS to between 4.14 and 4.20 volts, I adjust them to 4.14 during my calibration process. The CLOCK trim pot is for adjust the range of the TIME knob. With the TIME knob in the slowest (all the way down) position, measure the test point and adjust for 4.74 volts. This is not critical but is the preferred setting that gives the best feel to the range of the TIME knob. Without test equipment, you can only adjust the NULL trim pot by ear. A constant tone is best but also makes it difficult to get it dead on. Try to find a tone that does not interfere. Here, I use a sub audio signal at about 6-10hz, which can be obtained from anything with an LFO. With the TIME knob still all the way down, depth at 12 or less, DELAY fully up, and ECHO fully down, insert you tone. Adjust for best cancellation of clock noise. If you can use an LFO as the signal, you will hear it modulate the noise and it makes it easy to tune by ear. I have been wanting to make an MP3 or audio file to put on the website that people can use for this purpose. If I can do that soon, i'll let you know.
I have also had many people give me feedback that they love the pedal but have a hard time loving the intentional use of clock noise. I am almost finished putting together a DIY tutorial on modding the pedal to significantly reduce this effect while retaining all the other subtleties. Basically the mod consists of soldering some components to points on the back of the pcb. This means anybody who solders can mod the pedal by simply removing the rear cover and no other disassembly. This will be finished soon. If you are interested, let me know and I'll make sure you get that.
When I first got this thing, I played with it for something like 6 or 7 hours straight, getting completely lost in the wash of sound that was emanating from my cabinet. I meant to check it out just for a few minutes and spend time with it later, but that went out the door right when I kicked it on. This is one of those pedals that makes you want to play and just oozes creativity.
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I'm asking the low price of $270 SHIPPED CONUS. The only trade I'm interested in right now is a Wren and Cuff Phat Phuk B plus cash on your end.
I fully reserve the right to come to my senses and take this listing down and I hope that I don't realize that I'm made a horrible mistake immediately after selling this, but drastic times call for drastic measures.