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Darkglass Anagram Multi FX Announced

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javi_bassist said:
Last night I played with my Anagram (as usual for 4 months) and I had some noise. Not Anagram's fault, my Fender Mustang is a little bit noisy. However, today I have been playing with the same preset and I added a Noise Supressor. No noise, which is good. However, I find that it makes some kind of "clunk" and the attack feels like a higher volume, but not in a pleasent way. It is difficult to explain, but it does not sound the same. Is it normal?
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I have it as well, and it gets worse with a higher-gain signal path.

I moved the initial Noise Suppressor from the first block overall to the first block after the crossover (to the Mid/High path), and it worked like magic! No hum, no noise, just perfect, clean sound, improving two things with one tweak.

Check it out at the preset "EV: Start Here (v2)", just tweak it around to your best fit.
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TaySte_2000 said:
Added the noise suppressor today as the sansamp clone was being a bit hissy and didn’t experience this. Even checked toggling it on and off because I’d read your comment earlier in the day.

I suppose hard to test but does it do it if it’s the only thing on? Or if you’re running fairly minimal blocks?
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I have been trying different positions and it is more subtle at the end for instance. I am trying to find a better spot, but in general it does it everywhere

Rodrigo EV said:
I have it as well, and it gets worse with a higher-gain signal path.

I moved the initial Noise Suppressor from the first block overall to the first block after the crossover (to the Mid/High path), and it worked like magic! No hum, no noise, just perfect, clean sound, improving two things with one tweak.

Check it out at the preset "EV: Start Here (v2)", just tweak it around to your best fit.
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Thank you! I will try it
 
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JesseMalaska said:
The Ampeg model in Anagram is old 70's "blue face" without gain control! Like this: Invalid Link Removed

It's accurate, but I understand some people want one with gain control and model that they are more familiar with! This has been noted by the team! :)

All the newer amps have gain control that works just like the real ones!
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In my opinion an SVT-2 Pro model (Peggy Modern maybe?) in the style of the newer ISOBRICK 750 OD block would be perfect to fill that void. The 2 Pro has a gain knob, but it also has a drive knob that pushes it even further. This addition would be particularly appreciated by the user base since one of the most downloaded presets in the hub is called "Pown Tortal", an attempt to recreate Morten Ogstrup Nielsen of Town Portal's signal chain. That preset doesn't really hit the mark without that extra juicy preamp gain from his 2 Pro.
 
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If anyone is looking to grab a Morningstar MC8 Pro to use with the Anagram they are back in stock directly from them. If you are able to add it to the cart it should mean they are still available. I have no affiliation with the company and I'm simply passing on the information as I eagerly await for mine to be shipped.

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Finally had a chance to play with my Anagram for a couple hours last night!

I did it through headphones (Audio-Technica ATH-M40x) and did find the output to be very low without maxing it and adding a gain block from the utility list.

I remembered a fellow user that was having that particular problem and I can say with 90% certainty that it is definitely an Impedance issue.

The fact that the jack is a 3.5 mm leads me to believe they had IEM's in mind as the primary use case.

Maybe @IvanBassist can chime in.
 
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makanudo said:
Finally had a chance to play with my Anagram for a couple hours last night!

I did it through headphones (Audio-Technica ATH-M40x) and did find the output to be very low without maxing it and adding a gain block from the utility list.

I remembered a fellow user that was having that particular problem and I can say with 90% certainty that it is definitely an Impedance issue.

The fact that the jack is a 3.5 mm leads me to believe they had IEM's in mind as the primary use case.

Maybe @IvanBassist can chime in.
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Just wondered if you set the headphone to the 0 or +10 setting. By default it’s set lower. Three dots top right, device settings, headphone.
 
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Rockgeezer said:
No, press the three buttons at top right, choose device settings, then headphone and choose 0 or +10. Then you can go back to master mix screen and adjust headphone out.
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Oh boy I did not do that.

Will do later today. Thanks!

Oh, by the way, I did not post that as a complaint.

I didn't and don't expect it to blast my ears with 80 dB SPL. Just kinda wanted to add on to the discussion in previous days.
 
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makanudo said:
Oh boy I did not do that.

Will do later today. Thanks!

Oh, by the way, I did not post that as a complaint.

I did and don't expect it to blast my ears with 80 dB SPL. Just kinda wanted to add on to the discussion in previous days.
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All good, my headphone volume is way louder than I’ll ever need it. Just need to bump that setting up. Enjoy!
 
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@makanudo the suggestion from @Rockgeezer is spot on. Before you change your headphone output setting, which will easily accommodate a wide range of headphone impedances, be sure and lower your output settings in the mixer back to 0. I like to set the headphone output (-10, 0, +10, etc.) with the mixer at 0 as a sort of "broad strokes" level set, then use the mixer to fine tune the amount of volume I want relative to the appropriate headphone setting.
 
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silky smoove said:
@makanudo the suggestion from @Rockgeezer is spot on. Before you change your headphone output setting, which will easily accommodate a wide range of headphone impedances, be sure and lower your output settings in the mixer back to 0. I like to set the headphone output (-10, 0, +10, etc.) with the mixer at 0 as a sort of "broad strokes" level set, then use the mixer to fine tune the amount of volume I want relative to the appropriate headphone setting.
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Yeah I was going to do that. Thanks for the tips!
 
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makanudo said:
Finally had a chance to play with my Anagram for a couple hours last night!

I did it through headphones (Audio-Technica ATH-M40x) and did find the output to be very low without maxing it and adding a gain block from the utility list.

I remembered a fellow user that was having that particular problem and I can say with 90% certainty that it is definitely an Impedance issue.

The fact that the jack is a 3.5 mm leads me to believe they had IEM's in mind as the primary use case.

Maybe @IvanBassist can chime in.
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Adjust your headphone gain:
 
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