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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2

#8,521
Erithon said:
This is an excellent summary. I agree with all of it, except the Gematria of the BEAD which is actually 13.
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By no means am I a preeminent Gematria Scholar, but I know how to use Google. ;):roflmao:

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#8,523
Charlie Tuna said:
Great comparison @MikoFX . And like @labeledbass said, the BEAD can take a while to figure out and a lot of that is balancing the blend and leaning heavily to the (low-passed) clean side. Otherwise the pedal can get into some harsh territories your ears may not want to hear. :laugh: It’s worth the effort to spend time with it.
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Only other thing to note when I had it was it’s hard to stack… like if you had a overdrive before it to try and get a dirty low end you would also get an effected ultra compressed bead dirt… not sure if that changes in later versions but the v1 did and I didn’t want to have to run extra pedals like mixers or switchers.
The Bead with the highs tamed a bit did make a low B of a five string sound pretty amazingly “brassy” though

Wanted one again but not posting to Australia at this time :(
 
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theunknowndude said:
Only other thing to note when I had it was it’s hard to stack… like if you had a overdrive before it to try and get a dirty low end you would also get an effected ultra compressed bead dirt… not sure if that changes in later versions but the v1 did and I didn’t want to have to run extra pedals like mixers or switchers.
The Bead with the highs tamed a bit did make a low B of a five string sound pretty amazingly “brassy” though

Wanted one again but not posting to Australia at this time :(
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There have been a few iterations and the newest one really allows for stacking much better. My first V3 was without the LPF like in Zach Rizer's wonderful demo. I emailed with Alex and asked him if he could add an HPF on the wet side for a similar reason you mentioned. I used a Broughton FFXL with the BEAD in the loop and the HPF really helped with stacking an octave in front. It didn't push the BEAD into gnarliness right away and it really opened up the sound. Alex tried the HPF and said he loved it so he's added it to the newest version. It's definitely a welcomed addition. BTW, the HPF only affects the wet side so your overdriven bottom end would still be there when you use the blend knob.
 
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Charlie Tuna said:
There have been a few iterations and the newest one really allows for stacking much better. My first V3 was without the LPF like in Zach Rizer's wonderful demo. I emailed with Alex and asked him if he could add an HPF on the wet side for a similar reason you mentioned. I used a Broughton FFXL with the BEAD in the loop and the HPF really helped with stacking an octave in front. It didn't push the BEAD into gnarliness right away and it really opened up the sound. Alex tried the HPF and said he loved it so he's added it to the newest version. It's definitely a welcomed addition. BTW, the HPF only affects the wet side so your overdriven bottom end would still be there when you use the blend knob.
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Yeah really bummed he won’t post to aus now doh!
 
#8,526
Charlie Tuna said:
There have been a few iterations and the newest one really allows for stacking much better. My first V3 was without the LPF like in Zach Rizer's wonderful demo. I emailed with Alex and asked him if he could add an HPF on the wet side for a similar reason you mentioned. I used a Broughton FFXL with the BEAD in the loop and the HPF really helped with stacking an octave in front. It didn't push the BEAD into gnarliness right away and it really opened up the sound. Alex tried the HPF and said he loved it so he's added it to the newest version. It's definitely a welcomed addition. BTW, the HPF only affects the wet side so your overdriven bottom end would still be there when you use the blend knob.
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I'll also add, if you want to hear some really cool burpy/synthy lows, push an octave like the COG or Sub blaster type before the BEAD. The D2 is kinda in that territory, if you fiddle with the levels right, but that BEAD sounds amazing.

I didn't realize this until I had a COG grand tarkin, there's an amazing difference in pedals that simply use a parallel path, and ones that "condition" those paths with a little gain staging, filters and buffering. I'm sure it's easy to just split and sum the signal, but it you have one that goes the extra mile to beef up that clean line, it's absolutely worth it.
 
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labeledbass said:
I'll also add, if you want to hear some really cool burpy/synthy lows, push an octave like the COG or Sub blaster type before the BEAD. The D2 is kinda in that territory, if you fiddle with the levels right, but that BEAD sounds amazing.

I didn't realize this until I had a COG grand tarkin, there's an amazing difference in pedals that simply use a parallel path, and ones that "condition" those paths with a little gain staging, filters and buffering. I'm sure it's easy to just split and sum the signal, but it you have one that goes the extra mile to beef up that clean line, it's absolutely worth it.
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Agreed! The BEAD is amazing with Octave. I tried it with the Octabvre MKIII, COG T-47, & Broughton SVD and they all brought something different to the table. The COG was by far my favorite paired with the BEAD, although the synth signal of the SVD coupled with Sub was also pretty fire.
 
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All this gematria talk makes my tiny brain hurt even more than it did before. Can’t we all just get back to all the pissing and moaning that seemed to perpetually haunt this thread? I got seven pedals riding on the dysphoria involved with their purchase and not one of them makes me a better player, so let’s get back to commiserating if we can.
 
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