I don't think you can separate them. I'm pretty sure one won't work without the other.
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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2
- Thread starter fivestringgecko
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This whole time I've been thinking they were independent. Now I understand that for the anima preamp to work, the bass must be plugged directly into the Octabvre MKIII. And vice versa. I recant my previous criticism. Clearly bundling was necessary.
The $800 Vulcan XL in the classifieds made me laugh. Can't tell if it's a Broughton-style '$550 joke' or if he thinks he'll get that. I've yet to hear an $800 drive pedal, and I have a Vulcan XL.
I finally got a chance to compare my newly acquired Proton (first time playing one) to my trusted GR2. Needless to say both are keepers. In up sweep, for now I still prefer the GR2. It may be because I have more experience with it and know where I like the attack and decay for bubbly funky tones. Also, I think I read somehwere on TB that the Proton v4 is not strictly speaking a LPF (please correct me if this is incorrect), whereas I set my GR2 in low pass mode specifically for fat up sweeps. So this might explain my preference here. However, in down sweep the Proton is hands down better IMO. No need to fiddle with knobs to get it to sound good, just flick that switch from up to down and it sounds great as is.
I've been comparing this thing to my Chromatron. It basically has the same controls. At first I thought I had a dead string, until I switched basses. The Wonderlove seems more focused, narrower band, but more organic and less technical than the Chromatron. The resonance seems more effective on the Wonderlove as well. I do like the larger knobs and big flat switches, definitely easier to use. I'm very surprised more people seeking a Chromatron haven't gotten this one.
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The GR2 was the very first thing I bought off of TB lol - only 160 smackers. Replaced a new C4. Excellent filter. Never even gave the FX loop a chance, not sure I even had another pedal to place there.
This is my opinion of course but my feeling is that Spencer took a great design from Lovetone and made it smaller and more user friendly with the original GR and even better with the GR2. Every new filter pedal he has put out since has been worse than the last.
Well, if I had to choose the Chromatron or Wonderlove, I'd choose the Chromatron, but barely. The Chromatron has always been my favorite pedal as well. Like you say opinions, but others on my board are the Barbanera, Iron Either XD, Broughton Signal Cypher, Chromatron and Wonderlove. The last two will probably be sorted out, I can't have pedals too alike to each other or I won't use one, but among all of those the Chromatron is still the easiest to use/dial in, broadest analog band sweep, and works great clean or mixing other effects. I love all of them though, I've found applications for all of them.
I did love the GR2, I do however remember it was quick to quack. Resonance was very sensitive. I've always wondered if anyone uses more than one envelope trigger in a pedal, have two (or more) to focus on difference parts of bandwidth, equally trigger from bottom to top.
Funny you mention that, a lot have spoke out on how nice the Proton is (v4), and I mean a good year back before people discovered gold bars inside them...
I did love the GR2, I do however remember it was quick to quack. Resonance was very sensitive. I've always wondered if anyone uses more than one envelope trigger in a pedal, have two (or more) to focus on difference parts of bandwidth, equally trigger from bottom to top.
Funny you mention that, a lot have spoke out on how nice the Proton is (v4), and I mean a good year back before people discovered gold bars inside them...
I disagree! I own the proton mk3 and mk4. The mk4 is way better imo. I couldn't get the mk3 to sound right. However, the filter that has remained on my board is an XD.
It's not pretty, but was able to successfully breadboard the Anima preamp in pedal format. All working except for the LED and volume control. Now to order some more parts so I can do a solderless install and not mess up any original parts. It sounded really good with my passive J bass and may eventually put in a future bass. For now will just be a basic preamp pedal.
Is there a difference in having a pickup wired up verse a line level/instrument level input?
I don't think so. It's just internal copper wire vs guitar cable and patch cables. There is no functional difference with the output of your pickups inside your guitar and outside of it through the jack.
Very creative! Thank you for sharing. I'm looking forward to how this progresses.
Loss of label problem. Solved.
Might as well do the octabvre next. And yes, I know the logo isn't period correct, I like this one better, and this was pre-bundle days -
Might as well do the octabvre next. And yes, I know the logo isn't period correct, I like this one better, and this was pre-bundle days -
