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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2
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Only if I can bet on you..I live in New Zealand...
Man, I'm still on the fence about this little black box. I want to wait until your guys's initial impressions start to come out before deciding, but I'm afraid he'll sell out!
I'm finding it really has a wide range of tones. Full on, or just there. It's not the same as overdrive, to my ear, but you can be subtle with it if you want.
- Apr 15, 2010
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YD to me is more of a analogue synth sound than OD. Which is pretty good thing because the market is full with various ODs and fuzzes but nothing like YD has been here before. I use mine a lot with Proton now and in some settings it can get very close to my Akai Deep Impact synth which is close to $1000 on a used market now. So what I would do is as soon as Octavbre is released I buy it and put together with my B3K, YD and Proton on the board making it a complete bass synth combined together and any of them on its own as independent effects if used separately. Than I can just sell my Akai Deep Impact and it saves me some $$$
The points being made about YD are why I love it: versatility with quality. It does several sounds really well. I use mine primarily as a distortion pedal pushing a VMTD, though I definitely utilize it's synthy goodness from time to time.
There is just something about putting some YD with some proton with some deep, spacey reverb ....playing the theme from "Terminator" and "Blade Runner" and having your entire band turn around and look at you. Worth the $219 price of admission right there!
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Hey guys,
I just got a Proton. I'm diggin' it. Never had a envelope pedal like this before. I need to spend some time with it and find the tone and response I hear in my head. Something along the lines of a funky and full mid range sweep. I don't have it dialed in just yet. I hear that very different responses with varied input level and range of dynamics you give it. Also, 18v comes through clearer than 9v power. I guess that's the nature if the beast.
The overall effect is more subtle than expected. That's kinda cool. Keeps me from going over the top with it
I just got a Proton. I'm diggin' it. Never had a envelope pedal like this before. I need to spend some time with it and find the tone and response I hear in my head. Something along the lines of a funky and full mid range sweep. I don't have it dialed in just yet. I hear that very different responses with varied input level and range of dynamics you give it. Also, 18v comes through clearer than 9v power. I guess that's the nature if the beast.
The overall effect is more subtle than expected. That's kinda cool. Keeps me from going over the top with it
18v is kinda like the high def mode. It seems to open up the mid range response and / or output. The 9v sounds old school cool by comparison.
I put chorus and flanger effect behind it and really love the combo. Lush and funky. Yeah boy!
