A friend of mine has probably 6 “vintage” Marshall 200 heads, a couple of 100s and quite a few 4-12 cabs. He also has lots of “vintage” Fender amps, and rolled and pleated Kustoms. All of that is just a fraction of the stuff he owns. Quite a few vintage Les Pauls and Strats. It’s like walking through a toy store.
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Darkglass Anagram Multi FX Announced
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The way you have asked this question could be interpreted many different ways as you've mixed up a lot of concepts.
If you meant, "is there a list which describes what each of the Anagram effects blocks are likely inspired by", then yes:
https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/anagram-block-list/
Anagram Block Reference
Specs and information about each block the Anagram provides for you to work with. Please note this section will not include information about Marketplace plugins, only OEM blocks and plugins released by Darkglass.
anagramanswers.com
I’m sorry. Being unfamiliar with the Anagram I didn’t know what to ask or how to ask it.The way you have asked this question could be interpreted many different ways as you've mixed up a lot of concepts.
If you meant, "is there a list which describes what each of the Anagram effects blocks are likely inspired by", then yes:
https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/anagram-block-list/
Anagram Block Reference
Specs and information about each block the Anagram provides for you to work with. Please note this section will not include information about Marketplace plugins, only OEM blocks and plugins released by Darkglass.
If the Anagram has the capabilities to comp my listed effects / features, by either downloading or creating them, then it’ll work first me.
I browsed the link you sent and it appears that some of what I asked is in there. Thanks for posting that. Much appreciated.
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We may be from different backgrounds. I’m a bassist who uses various effects pedals (envelope filter, bass octave, chorus, flange, bass synth, boost) to replicate bass sounds from rock, pop, funk, tunes.
I’m wondering if I will find any of those effects (perhaps you’d say blocks) available for the Anagram. I hope that helps.
I’m not into amp or cab simulations.
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Thanks so much! Can’t wait for the Anagram to show up. One other question. How difficult is it to access saved blocks/effects without using a MIDI footswitch?
Welcome to the world of Anagram. As a long time player, a user of a modest traditional pedalboard (comp, octave, OD, Envelope, tube DI), and not someone who has used multiFX devices in the past, I would say you will likely find similar things to what your looking for in the Anagram's large collection of amp, FX and controls ... other than Synth. But an example I will give is this: I use the Boss OC-5 (+1, -1) Octaver. There is no single FX in Anagram that does that. You have to combine two FX, and there is nothing that tells you that, you just have to dig through the available FX and play with their controls to work that out.
As someone who has recently got an Anagram, and spent the last 2 weeks digging into it to try and more-or-less replicate my pedalboard so I could replace it with the Anagram for live work .... be prepared for some challenges navigating the box.
Lots of potential, maybe too much. Can be overwhelming
Decent manual for general definitions of the functional aspects of the box, not so much on the "how-to" side of the equation. Be prepared to ask questions here on TB and plan to sign up for AnagramAnswers (non Darkglass resource).
Good luck! Ask questions!
Overwhelming is what I’m concerned about. I’ve been more of a “plug-in, tweak, and play” guy and pedals are easy to dial in. I’m up for a challenge and my reasoning for picking the Anagram is because it made by a company that specializes in things for bass guitar.
Thanks for your reply. It appears I have my work cut out for me.
I think what pfschim meant is that it CAN get overwhelming if you go down the rabbit hole.
The Anagram is very plug-n-play and user-friendly. Blocks tend to be tuned to a very playable default out-of-the-box. You can simply drop an effects block and be happy in many cases.
But there’s a lot of options and a lot to mess around with if you want to. You don’t have to.
+1 on what @Scott McArron said above.
You can start with simple stuff like dropping a compressor and chorus etc. into a preset. I.e. start replicating parts of your pedalboard.
Then just keep adding (e.g. pre-amps for tone) and playing around based on your level of comfort.
Having used Line 6 Helix and Hotone Ampero II Stage I was amazed how easy the Anagram UI was by comparison.
I highly recommend watching some of Darkglass' YouTube videos.
The older ones cover many of the Core Concepts in nice short videos.
You can start with simple stuff like dropping a compressor and chorus etc. into a preset. I.e. start replicating parts of your pedalboard.
Then just keep adding (e.g. pre-amps for tone) and playing around based on your level of comfort.
Having used Line 6 Helix and Hotone Ampero II Stage I was amazed how easy the Anagram UI was by comparison.
I highly recommend watching some of Darkglass' YouTube videos.
The older ones cover many of the Core Concepts in nice short videos.
No preset without a noise gate
On my high gain distortion presets i put one at the front and one at the end of the chain.
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Envelope Filter: 2 blocks available
Flanger: 1 block available
Chorus: 1 Block available
Octaver: 3 blocks available
Bass Synth: Work in progress
Boost: Either use a gain block or the Harmonic Booster
Tuner: Yes
What's the device between Shure and Anagram?Playing around on these today. So far, QCm is reaffirming for me how much better the Anagram is for bass, and it’s not even closebut they are both sick, portable units
Bass Synth:What's the device between Shure and Anagram?
Haha, nothing so exciting as a synthWhat's the device between Shure and Anagram?
It a Shure battery charger for the transmitter pack to make my nano-board an all-in-one solution. I always have a spare fully charged battery around. One less thing to worry about
Shhhh.... its secret magic unicorn toan sauce! It uses uh... magnets and electrons and is VERY expensive. Not a lot of people know about it...Haha, nothing so exciting as a synth
It a Shure battery charger for the transmitter pack to make my nano-board an all-in-one solution. I always have a spare fully charged battery around. One less thing to worry about
First time using the anagram live (after have it since launch day) and in a couple of fly gigs in LA and San Diego during NAMM (where I had a quick chat with @IvanBassist, at the Darkglass booth, cool dude!)
The goods:
The “bad”:
Other than that I’m very happy how it sounded.
The sound guy loved how the tone was easy for him and trashed the bass player of the other band with a Tech21 FlyRig (which I find cool, but maybe the pedal wasn’t the problem…
)
Wah, delay and tremolo:
it's so tiny, I love it:
The goods:
The form factor is awesome.
The independently controlled outputs are a game changer.
I can keep one XLR for the IEM system, another for the FOH and the 1/4 for the stage amp. And fine tune each output without mess with another.
The last update with Wah and volume pedal was two days before this gig and I was able to update and got the 3 presets going and worked great live.
The “bad”:
Super low level XLR output (that was remedied with a gain block, but should be a switch in the settings)
Once you disconnect the exp pedal the level goes to zero, meaning if you have a preset with volume pedal you aways need it there. (My workaround was duplicate the presets without it, for emergencies)
Still need some extra features like blend and level/volume in every single block. So you don’t need to add extra blocks or parallel lines just for something so simple.
All delays/tempo based effects needs a ms configuration and that 1-10 and range gotta go. This ain’t analog stomp boxes. You gotta give the exact ms so we can match and stack effects.
The bpm mode is useless until is preset based.
Other than that I’m very happy how it sounded.
The sound guy loved how the tone was easy for him and trashed the bass player of the other band with a Tech21 FlyRig (which I find cool, but maybe the pedal wasn’t the problem…
)Wah, delay and tremolo:
it's so tiny, I love it:
