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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2
- Thread starter fivestringgecko
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I knew that Tim Lefebvre had input here, but as much as I enjoy his playing and often the music he gets involved in ... I will not buy a pedal with his name on it.The competition is just to much of a presence a the moment( Mr. Beigel just one of them...and Cogeffects and so on).
Petty, I know...really petty!
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I doubt Spencer will lose any sleep over the very small amount of customers he might lose because of the name of his pedal (see: PWNZOR). There certainly a lot of good octave options out there, but to discount one because you don't like the name, especially one that hasn't even been released yet, seems quite shortsighted.
Spencer could make a pedal with all of my ex's mother's names etched into it, and I'd still buy it.
I am not sure someone who did not know of Tim's input would make the naming connection.
I like the name anyway...so no bother to me
I like the name anyway...so no bother to me
It's a play off the name of Tim Lefebvre who according to reports on this thread helped with the development and beta testing and apparently is OK lending his name to the product.
I think it's a brilliant name if the modern master of the octaver is effectively going to sponsor this thing. It may take 3leaf's profile to a whole 'nother level...
I'm only interested in what it'll do for me. I'll buy one, and then see if it makes the cut for my board.
The competition is just to much of a presence a the moment( Mr. Beigel just one of them...and Cogeffects and so on).
What does that mean?
Agreed; call it Ham Sandwich for all I care if it works like that Instagram clip we saw earlier and with the same quality and working professional ear as other 3leaf pedals.
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That means if there are a few strong competitors are after ones custom, even a name can get in the way of a sale.
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It's interesting that the 'competition' you mention are another pedal that has not been released yet (Octave Divider) and an obscure octaver that there is very little real-world information on (T-65). It's almost like betting on an imaginary horse race.
...and ruling out betting on a horse because you don't like the name "Secretariat."
But I agree, to each their own. Some of us here seem to buy just based on the name "3Leaf"!
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There are other octaves I am considering at the moment, beside the ones I mentioned.
But yes...those two are unknowns at this point as well and both just like the 3leaf one are built by builders/designers of good repute.
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So, I had a lightbulb moment maybe while researching the old Mutron Octave Divider, which Spencer has indicated is partly the inspiration for the Octabvre (along with the OC-2)...
The Octave Divider had a "Ringer" switch which seemed to add some octave up and overtones. Is this roughly equivalent to what the "You're Doom" provides, except in a separate, more customized package?
The Octave Divider had a "Ringer" switch which seemed to add some octave up and overtones. Is this roughly equivalent to what the "You're Doom" provides, except in a separate, more customized package?
- Jun 25, 2006
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The "ringer" switch on the Mutron (which is the same as the Armstrong Green Ringer) is a different circuit than the Doom but it's somewhat similar in what it accomplishes. You're Doom has a much wider bandwidth and dynamic range though - you couldn't really use the Green Ringer as a fuzz.
