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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2

#241
I just got an Enabler pedal. I have a couple of quibbles to start with: First, I was surprised that the pedal did not ship with a power supply. But I got over that when I realized I had a couple of 9V, negative center adapters. Second, I expected a miniplug jack for the headphones. But that is a design decision that is almost guaranteed to disappoint half the buyers, no matter what. Again, I found a miniplug-to-1/4in adapter and got over that.

I have only tried the Enabler with headphones so far. The Enabler is the most natural sounding headphone amplifier that I have tried for bass, and I have owned several, including Raven Labs, the Sadowsky headphone amplifier (a justifiably short-lived product), Phil Jones Bass Buddy, and the EBS Microbass II. The Enabler sounds the way I have always wanted a headphone amp to sound. So, great work, based on my first impression.
 
#242
RHFusillo said:
I just got an Enabler pedal. I have a couple of quibbles to start with: First, I was surprised that the pedal did not ship with a power supply. But I got over that when I realized I had a couple of 9V, negative center adapters. Second, I expected a miniplug jack for the headphones. But that is a design decision that is almost guaranteed to disappoint half the buyers, no matter what. Again, I found a miniplug-to-1/4in adapter and got over that.

I have only tried the Enabler with headphones so far. The Enabler is the most natural sounding headphone amplifier that I have tried for bass, and I have owned several, including Raven Labs, the Sadowsky headphone amplifier (a justifiably short-lived product), Phil Jones Bass Buddy, and the EBS Microbass II. The Enabler sounds the way I have always wanted a headphone amp to sound. So, great work, based on my first impression.
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You will very rarely see pedals shipped with power supplies. They're usually only included when the power requirements are out of the ordinary.
 
#243
RHFusillo said:
Second, I expected a miniplug jack for the headphones. But that is a design decision that is almost guaranteed to disappoint half the buyers, no matter what. Again, I found a miniplug-to-1/4in adapter and got over that.
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It's designed to be used with professional headphones, which always use 1/4" plugs.
 
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#246
alainkills said:
I've been curious on what would be the next shiznit for 3leaf audio? :hiding:
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I saw Spencer mentioned recently that an octave was on the cards. Although not sure if its something happening soon.

Seems to me (and Spencer please correct me if I'm wrong) that a lot of his time is taken up with Darkglass now, including a new Fuzz pedal that they're working on. So maybe it could be a while till there's anything new from 3leaf?
 
#249
I'm back in the club with a new to me PWNZOR (serial number 063) and could not be happier with it so far. I have been through a lot of compressors including the Keeley, Diamond and most recently, the Empress and this one is coming out on top so far. I liked the Empress a lot but it was a bit large on my tiny PT Nano board and I found it a bit too neutral in tone. I preferred the "sweetness" that the Diamond added to my sound and the simple controls.

The PWNZOR is the perfect size (small), uses standard 9v power, has a good amount of controls, fattens and sweetens my tone, adds no noise and just makes everything sound better. I hope Spencer brings these back at some point!
 
#250
The cheap excuse for posting the pedalboard is showing my two 3Leaf-pedals.

The board has looked like this for a little while now and I hope it stays that way.
(not that dusty though...nasty rehearsal space)....

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#251
Hey Spencer, where is the Gain located in the circuit of the PWNZORs? I assume it's output gain, but I've been really dialing in every nook and cranny of my board and was curious. Couldn't find it in the manual or here!

Thanks man!
 
#252
enjoi1018 said:
Hey Spencer, where is the Gain located in the circuit of the PWNZORs? I assume it's output gain, but I've been really dialing in every nook and cranny of my board and was curious. Couldn't find it in the manual or here!

Thanks man!
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The gain knob isn't in the signal path - it just controls the gain going into the envelope detector.
 
#253
Spencer! said:
The gain knob isn't in the signal path - it just controls the gain going into the envelope detector.
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Huh. Really? Why is my signal altered volume wise when I adjust the Gain knob then? My LED is also responding the same way to my dynamics, but shouldn't it change with the envelope receiving more/less gain?

Sorry if I'm missing something here. FWIW, I keep the knob closest to what my ears are saying is unity with the compressor off. I'd say 9-10 o'clock.

I have found my settings, but clearly didn't completely know how the circuit worked!
 
#254
enjoi1018 said:
Huh. Really? Why is my signal altered volume wise when I adjust the Gain knob then? My LED is also responding the same way to my dynamics, but shouldn't it change with the envelope receiving more/less gain?

Sorry if I'm missing something here. FWIW, I keep the knob closest to what my ears are saying is unity with the compressor off. I'd say 9-10 o'clock.

I have found my settings, but clearly didn't completely know how the circuit worked!
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Your volume is effected because of the effect I would think. If you turn the gain up on the effect, it's going to spike on different frequencies. I think this may be the case anyway.
 
#255
enjoi1018 said:
Huh. Really? Why is my signal altered volume wise when I adjust the Gain knob then? My LED is also responding the same way to my dynamics, but shouldn't it change with the envelope receiving more/less gain?

Sorry if I'm missing something here. FWIW, I keep the knob closest to what my ears are saying is unity with the compressor off. I'd say 9-10 o'clock.

I have found my settings, but clearly didn't completely know how the circuit worked!
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Oh whoops - I had the controls mislabeled on the schematic. The gain knob is an output volume control - the amount of gain is fixed and the control is an attenuator.
 
#257
Hi again,

just a quick question concerning fx-loops in general and the Wonderlove's fx-loop in particular:

Is there anything (sound- or otherwise) that speaks against putting the entire chain into the Wonderlove's fx-loop (with the Wonderlove in buffered bypass so the effects can still be used on their own)?

It would be kind of nifty to have the in- and output of the entire board in one place. :)
 
#259
My thinking is put everything into the Wonderlove's loop that you would otherwise have put in front of the pedal (excepting a buffer or Thumpinator). That way level changes on those pedals don't affect the filter threshold. As to other pedals, I don't know if there is any benefit from having those in the loop.

The start of my effects chain is bass into Thumpinator into Wonderlove, octaver + overdrive in the loop, and then all other pedals after the Wonderlove.
 
#260
^This is essentially what I do and it works great. No need to put the modulation and time effects in the loop. For that matter, any dirt you want after the filter should not be in the loop either. Compression can sound great in the loop but sometimes you want it after the filter to tame spikes, just depends on how you use your comp.
 

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