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Cali76 only smaller?

#21
smo said:
Oh geez, I didn't notice the price. (gouge) Ouch!

A pedalboard friendly 1176 clone is something we know is gonna sell. Origin knows their poopie making pedals this size.
I'd like to see if they release a larger version with Boost footswitch > I'd buy one of them straight up.
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Have u tried the full size germanium boost with parallel, clean blend?
 
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#23
Thank you for that.

If this pedal lives up to expectations, I for one think the price is fair as an MSRP. After a while, some discounted retail and clean used units should hit the market. North Americans will think the price high due to the exchange rate; but that's a taste of how it is to buy our domestic output overseas.

Before buying a Cali76 Compact Bass, I would like to play it in an A/B comparison with my Empress Compressor. If to my taste it sounded even 90% as good as the Empress, then I would switch to save space and weight.

With bass guitar, I do use the Empress for New York compression (parallel compression), but I do not use the side chain. The tricolor status LED I am used to from my Diamond Bass Compressor. Though I much prefer the Empress's meter style LED arrays, I don't need them.
 
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Super interested! But I'm curious how this non transformer version stacks up against the tx. Especially the Lundhal. I've owned a standard, regular tx and Lundhal and i have to say the amount of thickness and punch I get from the Lundhal transformer is absolutely amazing and worth the extra space on my board. Come to think of it, even though I'm a somewhat heavy effects user,I love the way that big pedals look on boards. I feel the same about the Megalith. Can't wait to try it though. I love that jewel light.
 
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lemongrenades said:
Super interested! But I'm curious how this non transformer version stacks up against the tx. Especially the Lundhal. I've owned a standard, regular tx and Lundhal and i have to say the amount of thickness and punch I get from the Lundhal transformer is absolutely amazing and worth the extra space on my board. Come to think of it, even though I'm a somewhat heavy effects user,I love the way that big pedals look on boards. I feel the same about the Megalith. Can't wait to try it though. I love that jewel light.
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A few people have suggested that the Lundhal is so linear and quiet that it is better for studio use. That the TX is a bit better if you want to hear some transformer saturation. Would you agree with that?
 
#30
Mosfed said:
A few people have suggested that the Lundhal is so linear and quiet that it is better for studio use. That the TX is a bit better if you want to hear some transformer saturation. Would you agree with that?
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I would. Totally. If someone was trying to get a bit of breakup with it, I'd go for the Origin transformer for sure. I like my signal super clean coming out of the compressor, with a little bit of volume boost. Then I go into a blender with a drive and maybe a distortion. I get the best results with my rig when the signal im blending with is super clean. But, when I use the darkstar pick-ups and have the Cali on high gain, it actually does have a slight saturated vibe, depending on how the input knob is set.
 
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nshuman said:
I hope that it is almost the same circuit but all in SMD and that it sounds very similar. It will be funny to see the usual crowd of audiophiles say they can hear the smd components :)

Then again, even if it is like 90% of the big box one is, it will still be very cool. Not sure about one knob for the attack and release though, but I guess they know what they are doing.
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The SMD MELF resistors have less noise than the thick and thin film SMD resistors, so that should stay consistent with its bigger brother.

The original attack time control range was less than a millisecond, so it went from lightning fast to just really fast. A one control for the attack and release makes a lot of sense to me, for this design.:thumbsup:

With the HP filter in the side-chain and dry blend controls it should be a killer comp for bass... my guess is something between an 1176 and a Distressor.

-Frank
 
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boomertech said:
The SMD MELF resistors have less noise than the thick and thin film SMD resistors, so that should stay consistent with its bigger brother.

The original attack time control range was less than a millisecond, so it went from lightning fast to just really fast. A one control for the attack and release makes a lot of sense to me, for this design.:thumbsup:

With the HP filter in the side-chain and dry blend controls it should be a killer comp for bass... my guess is something between an 1176 and a Distressor.

-Frank
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Ah HA!! Now that you are done selling me all YOUR comps you have moved on to selling me OTHER comps! ;)

I should mention that I am only speculating on them using SMD, but it does seem like a logical move to keep size down.
 
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nshuman said:
Ah HA!! Now that you are done selling me all YOUR comps you have moved on to selling me OTHER comps! ;)

I should mention that I am only speculating on them using SMD, but it does seem like a logical move to keep size down.
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MELF resistors are SMD, so your speculation is correct. I am assuming that they used metal film MELF resistors instead of carbon MELF's for better noise spec's. But, a lot of people believe that there is sonic mojo in carbon resistors, so I may be wrong on the type used. Also, by running the circuits hotter (more current) there will be less noise. So this little guy may actually be quieter than its bigger brother.

I have a few more comp designs that I want to produce, so you will have a chance to own more if you wish.;) I will always be a fan of good or interesting compressors, so take my biased enthusiasm with a grain of salt.:)

-Frank
 
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boomertech said:
MELF resistors are SMD, so your speculation is correct. I am assuming that they used metal film MELF resistors instead of carbon MELF's for better noise spec's. But, a lot of people believe that there is sonic mojo in carbon resistors, so I may be wrong on the type used. Also, by running the circuits hotter (more current) there will be less noise. So this little guy may actually be quieter than its bigger brother.

I have a few more comp designs that I want to produce, so you will have a chance to own more if you wish.;) I will always be a fan of good or interesting compressors, so take my biased enthusiasm with a grain of salt.:)

-Frank
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More compressors!! :)
 
#40
smo said:
Okay so I saw this;

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I'm assuming it will sound a little different, as I'm doubting they could pack in the transformer and all the features of the Cali76, but hey, I'm sure mighty interested to see if it's close to the big-box Cali76.

I wonder if the big jewel-like LED will indicate the *attenuated* signal?

Discuss.....
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Dammit...I definitely clicked on the thread to type something snarky about no such thing existing...and now the universe is punishing me for my snark by forcing me to find a spare $500 :banghead:
 
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