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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2

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Erithon said:
To continue the matching tissue color conversation:

I've just realized that Spencer is also changing the ink color used to print the image of the pedal in the user manuals to (roughly) match the color of each batch. At least, my Proton has a dark blue (not quite indigo, but close) and gold ink and today I saw a manual for the Blood Red Doom 2 which has Red ink. I took a picture (below). Can any Miami Octabvre MKIII owners confirm the pedal image in the user manual features seafoam-colored ink?

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This level of detail is wild. In a good way. I mean, it's utterly unnecessary. Absurd even. And yet it's something I would do so I very much appreciate it lol. The whole tied preamps was messed up, but Spencer has the details of presentation down.
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There you go

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Derek Williams said:
Seriously, who isn't refreshing their tracking page multiple times a day? :D
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I have had the same problem with DHL.

It said "Waiting for customs to be paid" on Thursday at 11am. I assumed I would pay it to the delivery guy.
It said the SAME on Friday at the same time.

I assumed someone was manually checking the parcel before picking it up for delivery and the system was telling to keep it in the warehouse.
I contacted DHL's CS and asked :

-They could not reach me (no phone number nor mail)
-The "pay online" button does not show on the tracking page
-You cannot pay to the delivery man above €80.00 (I paid €120.5 of VAT, roughly $130)

DHL'CS sent me a link to pay them, and I drove to DHL's center (1.5 hour drive but I could not wait ahhaa)
 
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Romain909 said:
I have had the same problem with DHL.

It said "Waiting for customs to be paid" on Thursday at 11am. I assumed I would pay it to the delivery guy.
It said the SAME on Friday at the same time.

I assumed someone was manually checking the parcel before picking it up for delivery and the system was telling to keep it in the warehouse.
I contacted DHL's CS and asked :

-They could not reach me (no phone number nor mail)
-The "pay online" button does not show on the tracking page
-You cannot pay to the delivery man above €80.00 (I paid €120.5 of VAT, roughly $130)

DHL'CS sent me a link to pay them, and I drove to DHL's center (1.5 hour drive but I could not wait ahhaa)
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As soon as I saw it needed payment, I went to their payments page (this step really should be more accessible). Also, it is so nice to pay Canadian import fees instead of UK. Ouch!
 
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Derek Williams said:
As soon as I saw it needed payment, I went to their payments page (this step really should be more accessible).
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Yes it should definitely be more accessible!

It‘s also very strange that DHL is in general the default package service in Germany. But DHL Express seems to be something completely different (other login, other apps etc.). Nonetheless, could pay upfront, received the package and I‘m happy :)
 
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I had the chance to compare the revoiced (Blood Red) Doom 2 with the original version. It sounds more different that I'd expect and should probably be called the Doom 2.5 or something lol. Both pedals have the same clipping voice, but the new crossover frequency really brings out the upper mids; the original, on the other hand, has more presence in the low mids. And the gain is noticeably boosted. I think that the original does the low gain bass synth sound better, but the new one is superior for higher gain sounds. Overall the revoiced version has a more open, raspy sound; the original is more compressed, more reserved. The revoiced version does heavier sounds and has a bit more bass in the fuzz circuit (@Bassbigboom pointed this out to me); the original produces more musical harmonics--especially when playing in the upper register. I can see an argument for having both on a board.

What's particularly interesting to me is how they interact with the Octabvre MKII and MKIII. The MKII has more low-end presence and the MKIII has more mid presence so the distinct voices of the original and new Doom 2 mix with the suboctave in different ways. And also drive downstream filters in different ways.

All my recording gear has been stashed away because I moved a couple months ago, but I dug it out today: I thought this thread would appreciate hearing some of the differences between the original and revoiced Doom 2 as well as the Octabvre MKII and MKIII. I've never recorded bass guitar before--I only got the gear a couple years ago and that was for acoustic guitar--so I'm sorry if the quality isn't up to audiophile standards! I know the gain is low so be sure to use headphones and boost the volume. But overall I found the process pretty straight-forward. Easier than recording acoustic instruments, actually, since I just went through a DI and didn't bother with stereo scd mics. Anyway, here it is:







Nothing is EQed or post-processed. Signal chain is: bass --> looper --> 3 Leaf pedals --> Empress Bass Compressor --> sfx micro-thumpinator --> Khan VTDI --> Demeter VTBP-M-800D with Jensen DI. There's some LBA2020s in there as well.
 
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Erithon said:
I had the chance to compare the revoiced (Blood Red) Doom 2 with the original version. It sounds more different that I'd expect and should probably be called the Doom 2.5 or something lol. Both pedals have the same clipping voice, but the new crossover frequency really brings out the upper mids; the original, on the other hand, has more presence in the low mids. And the gain is noticeably boosted. I think that the original does the low gain bass synth sound better, but the new one is superior for higher gain sounds. Overall the revoiced version has a more open, raspy sound; the original is more compressed, more reserved. The revoiced version does heavier sounds and has a bit more bass in the fuzz circuit (@Bassbigboom pointed this out to me); the original produces more musical harmonics--especially when playing in the upper register. I can see an argument for having both on a board.

What's particularly interesting to me is how they interact with the Octabvre MKII and MKIII. The MKII has more low-end presence and the MKIII has more mid presence so the distinct voices of the original and new Doom 2 mix with the suboctave in different ways. And also drive downstream filters in different ways.

All my recording gear has been stashed away because I moved a couple months ago, but I dug it out today: I thought this thread would appreciate hearing some of the differences between the original and revoiced Doom 2 as well as the Octabvre MKII and MKIII. I've never recorded bass guitar before--I only got the gear a couple years ago and that was for acoustic guitar--so I'm sorry if the quality isn't up to audiophile standards! I know the gain is low so be sure to use headphones and boost the volume. But overall I found the process pretty straight-forward. Easier than recording acoustic instruments, actually, since I just went through a DI and didn't bother with stereo scd mics. Anyway, here it is:







Nothing is EQed or post-processed. Signal chain is: bass --> looper --> 3 Leaf pedals --> Empress Bass Compressor --> sfx micro-thumpinator --> Khan VTDI --> Demeter VTBP-M-800D with Jensen DI. There's some LBA2020s in there as well.
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Ima delve into this- big thank you @Erithon!
 
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