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Yea, on the HX I was always fighting things like that to get them to work with bass, but the Anagram just sounds good for most of the modulation and reverbs, I just want more options. The Anagram also probably have more bass centric pedals than the HX just because ALL of them are tuned for bass. I dig it.
I had one of those Toneports, but with a lesser software package, that I mainly used for practice. I quite liked it, but I seemed to spend more time tweaking than actually playing.
As has been mentioned before, the default block settings in the Helix and other Line 6 stuff are often "what on earth were they thinking" settings. They were probably designed by guitarists who don't properly understand how bass should be treated. The Anagram, however, even with all parameters set to 12 o'clock, sound great straight away. You could build a perfectly giggable preset with a few blocks all at default settings. That just shows how great Darkglass' designs are.
The Toneport had an older emulation tech than the HX. Really nowhere as good as the HX system.
I'm so used to fighting the knobs on my old Line6 Toneport. Like you said, every control at noon and it's already really usable. Just a little tweak here and there and voilà.
Not technically the same - mono after stereo would normally involve mixing the left and right together and adjusting the volume. But I doubt you would hear the difference with reverb which is diffuse. If it was a stereo delay then you might notice - one side often gets a delayed signal after the other side.
Ampeg B-15 Portaflex?
You could hook up an expression for each omniport, and even have each control a different Quickknob and the expression, but your sacrificing those 6 slots for other bindings.
They do seem to be the 'new hotness' since the origin effects bassrig fifteen dropped.
I've thought about doing this, and have a page on the MC6 that would change the CC of the Expression according to what pedal I want to control, Volume, Wah, Pitch, Phaser Rate, etc. but I didn't want to sacrifice my Quickslots as I also use those to toggle blocks in Stomp mode.
I won't lie, I've looked at them in the shop counter of my local store more than once!
No rumors. We are working on a synth
yes, its the same site where you update your Anagram operating system. The Suite also has all kinds of presets to check out and download to your Anagram. Well worth the effort to learn how to use it.
I'd go for the mc6! You'll get the most of the anagram. I was a noob to midi as well and I owned the dg footswitch for a while. And it is true. It is very easy to set up. But also: you might not learn anything about midi when using it. Compared to the the mc6 it is underwhelming in it's functionality. Maybe DG will add some functionality to the footswitch as well once they roll out deeper midi, but I simply cannot image that it'll reach the level of morningstars midi pedals.
