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Darkglass Anagram Multi FX Announced

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The Anagram has 3 footswitches. I understand you can load up any number of sounds/fx/blocks associated with each of the 3 footswitches, but essentially, without an additional MIDI footswitch device, you have 3 overall sound options/combinations to choose from at any given time. Is this correct ? Silky's approach seems pretty clear to me, except for the kinda odd, non linear layout of the 4 additional footswitches (and the apparent inability to have plain language labels for the extra sounds) on the Kedem box, but I understand his motive is to keep the package down to a Nano sized fly rig.

I keep drifting back here to the Anagram thread, and it does seem like a cool box, but my interest gets cooled off a bit when I read some of the things being posted about various players setting the thing up for live work.
 
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pfschim said:
The Anagram has 3 footswitches. I understand you can load up any number of sounds/fx/blocks associated with each of the 3 footswitches, but essentially, without an additional MIDI footswitch device, you have 3 overall sound options/combinations to choose from at any given time. Is this correct?
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If you use Stomp mode, you can have more combinations. All stomps off + all the combinations of the other footswitches on/off.

pfschim said:
I keep drifting back here to the Anagram thread, and it does seem like a cool box, but my interest gets cooled off a bit when I read some of the things being posted about various players setting the thing up for live work.
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Which things? If you give me some examples, maybe i can add some information to your doubts :)
 
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IvanBassist said:
If you use Stomp mode, you can have more combinations. All stomps off + all the combinations of the other footswitches on/off.


Which things? If you give me some examples, maybe i can add some information to your doubts :)
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Hey Ivan, thanks for your response!

well, MIDI drives me nuts to begin with, but I have worked out various MIDI related setups for DAWs and MIDI keyboard setups that I feel like I could deal with that. As far as other "things" I'll reference Silky's most recent posts about gain blocks and Anagrams lack of a dedicated input gain as an example. Again, this is something that can be worked out, and the resources here are great (other players figuring some of these things out ahead of me helps a lot). Keep in mind, I would be coming from a fairly simple, old-school analog pedal board, which for all it's limitations, I at least understand how to use it and set individual pedals/FX up to get the functionality I want.

I'm still very interested and continue to watch as this box develops.
 
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Zbysek said:
Yeah, you are probably right.

Here is the way I am thinking about it: clean compressed low end works in many/most genres. So it boils down to how driven the mids and highs are.

I need/want to be able to change the level of saturation for my mids and highs...without affecting the low end. I hate it when bass player engages a pedal and the low end is suddenly gone.

Using crossed-over dual band setup allows me the flexibility to use subtle saturation for pop songs and medium-gain overdrive for rock songs during a single set or gig...while keeping consistent low end all the time....

Here is my current pedalboard:

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Hi -
Looks like you have the Shure wireless system... you recommend it?
 
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Heres my mini-board I just finished setting up 🙂 3M dual lock for all mounting. Sticks like concrete… 🙈 Stuck with DC7 because I can use it between this board and my QC board, and it has a USB output for charging my wireless transmitter.
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pfschim said:
Hey Ivan, thanks for your response!

well, MIDI drives me nuts to begin with, but I have worked out various MIDI related setups for DAWs and MIDI keyboard setups that I feel like I could deal with that. As far as other "things" I'll reference Silky's most recent posts about gain blocks and Anagrams lack of a dedicated input gain as an example. Again, this is something that can be worked out, and the resources here are great (other players figuring some of these things out ahead of me helps a lot). Keep in mind, I would be coming from a fairly simple, old-school analog pedal board, which for all it's limitations, I at least understand how to use it and set individual pedals/FX up to get the functionality I want.

I'm still very interested and continue to watch as this box develops.
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For 90% of the time, I treat my presets as a regular analog signal chain. Most of them are just: a distortion pedal, Amp or preamp block, a cabinet, maybe some EQ, octave and compression if needed.

Signal chains can get complicated if you want to. But in general, you can get really great tones sticking to the basics :)
 
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IvanBassist said:
That’s on your MIDI footswitch :)

On the Anagram, just set the binding for Off Value = Block Off, On Value =
block On.
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for the DG Midi pedal, should I just leave the configuration as default in the suite?, I feel like I'm one step away from getting it. I believe I've done as you've directed, but then when switching the midi, nothing happens.....I won't give up! grrrrrr - I truly appreciate everyone's help so far! I feel like I should get Silky's midi pedal instead
 
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Jeff O'Connor said:
for the DG Midi pedal, should I just leave the configuration as default in the suite?, I feel like I'm one step away from getting it. I believe I've done as you've directed, but then when switching the midi, nothing happens.....I won't give up! grrrrrr - I truly appreciate everyone's help so far! I feel like I should get Silky's midi pedal instead
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I’ll make you a quick video later today showing how to do it.
 
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