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Darkglass Anagram Multi FX Announced

#4,182
I’m really loving the Anagram and I’m getting close to no other pedals.

The only holdout for me is my Peterson tuner (and a synth😬). I use a sweetened tuning, which I believe is proprietary to Peterson, so it would be awesome if they sold a tuner in the Marketplace.
 
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I’m debating on getting one of these (probably don’t need it ). I have had some modelers in the past and the quality of downloaded “patches” or sounds was all over the place back then. My question is, is this still a problem with the Anagram? I mean if I downloaded something from say tone3000 would the quality of the patches be up to par with what already is built in to the unit? Also, are there unity gain issues on the downloads? I hope these questions make sense.
 
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I’m debating on getting one of these (probably don’t need it ). I have had some modelers in the past and the quality of downloaded “patches” or sounds was all over the place back then. My question is, is this still a problem with the Anagram? I mean if I downloaded something from say tone3000 would the quality of the patches be up to par with what already is built in to the unit? Also, are there unity gain issues on the downloads? I hope these questions make sense.
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The Anagram has a separate preset library (Anagram Preset Hub), which is not the same as NAM profiles from tone3000. I've had an Anagram for a few days and it is super easy to get good sounds from it just by building a preset from scratch. There's lots of good stuff on the Anagram Preset Hub as well. I've used NAM profiles for guitar (no need to use them for bass IMO) and they are more hit-or-miss, which is to be expected. I'm not sure if I'll keep mine since I have an Axe Fx3 that I use for guitar and bass, but imo, when it comes to meat and potatoes bass sounds, it is much easier to dial in than the Axe Fx.
 
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Deleted member 360599 said:
I’m debating on getting one of these (probably don’t need it ). I have had some modelers in the past and the quality of downloaded “patches” or sounds was all over the place back then. My question is, is this still a problem with the Anagram? I mean if I downloaded something from say tone3000 would the quality of the patches be up to par with what already is built in to the unit? Also, are there unity gain issues on the downloads? I hope these questions make sense.
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Yes, the quality of the sounds NAMs, IRs etc. you can download ist very inconsistent. The Volume too.
It´s because it´s user created / provided and 100 users who create NAMs have 92 different pieces of gear to create the NAMs.
I found very very good ones, and incredibly bad ones.
 
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Deleted member 360599 said:
I’m debating on getting one of these (probably don’t need it ). I have had some modelers in the past and the quality of downloaded “patches” or sounds was all over the place back then. My question is, is this still a problem with the Anagram? I mean if I downloaded something from say tone3000 would the quality of the patches be up to par with what already is built in to the unit? Also, are there unity gain issues on the downloads? I hope these questions make sense.
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Any system that allows user uploads is going to have this kind of problem: more uploads means more options but also more searching. The "trending" and "most downloads" sorting definitely helps though.

For amp captures, you'll get to know who are the good capture makers and follow your favorites. For guitar amps, I always use 2dor or Amalgam - I'm not opposed to paying for quality captures. For bass amps, I've just been using the official darkglass uploads and admittedly haven't explored at all.

For pedal captures, as long as it's calibrated or they at least describe the calibration, they're pretty hard to screw up. There's a ton of amazing fuzz pedal captures out there.
 
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I’ve had my anagram for a couple days now and I really like it.

I see a lot of people use aftermarket power supplies with their anagrams and I think I get why.

I had an idea and was wondering if a product like this existed. People make docking stations for Mac minis. Does anyone make an Anagram docking station?

You could have a power supply with the same foot print as the Anagram. The anagram sits above it. It has an IEC cable, an on/off switch, and like 6 ports to power other pedals.

You could even possibly have it extend a little in front of the anagram and have a row of midi switches built in.

Is this a thing?
 
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micahwc said:
I’ve had my anagram for a couple days now and I really like it.

I see a lot of people use aftermarket power supplies with their anagrams and I think I get why.

I had an idea and was wondering if a product like this existed. People make docking stations for Mac minis. Does anyone make an Anagram docking station?

You could have a power supply with the same foot print as the Anagram. The anagram sits above it. It has an IEC cable, an on/off switch, and like 6 ports to power other pedals.

You could even possibly have it extend a little in front of the anagram and have a row of midi switches built in.

Is this a thing?
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If you take a step back (or just spend a few weeks in Anagram forums), you'll probably appreciate the near impossibility of a simple 'one-size-fits-all' dock.

What you are describing is essentially a Pedalboard, but one that has:
* fixed power supply (fixed in number of outlets, power per outlet, etc.)
* fixed number of MIDI footswitches (and position relative to Anagram - some like in front, some like to the side)
* fixed size (i.e. how many additional pedals can you mount? in what layout?)
* price v quality of all of the above components
* software to configure MIDI footswitches

So if you ask 10 people what they would want in a 'simple' dock, you'll get 38 different answers :)

The existing ecosystem of 'Build Your Own' pedalboards let's each person have exactly the combination of the above that they want AND then replace components as needed.

I'm not sure you could even really say there is a bit of a 'sweet spot' of people that just want a 'pre fab' pedalboard with enough room to add 1-2 pedals (inc. Exp pedal), power for all devices, 4 MIDI footswitches mounted in front of Anagram, etc.
 
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Got my new Anagram cover from mosh3dprints! Josh is a great guy to deal with, this thing fits like a glove..."It's Godzilla" 🦖:bassist:
 

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Really loving my Anagram so far! However (and this makes sense because it is primarily marketed towards bass), it doesn't appear to have robust stereo capabilities? Specifically, there is no ping pong delay capability and there also doesn't appear to be the ability to pan blocks. Specifically, you can run dual amp blocks, but they are summed to mono; you can't have one on the left and one on the right (or anywhere in between). Or have one amp with two separate cab blocks that are panned in the stereo field. This is something I've never cared about at all with bass, but the Anagram is very good with guitar as well and this functionality seems pretty mandatory there. Something like the delay seems like it would be trivial to implement, but panning seems like it might be a bit more complicated? At the very least a utility panning block seems like it could get most of the way there.
 
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JengDoe said:
It needs to be connected to a mixer.
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Thanks I should have been clearer on my post, Trying to type at work and not get caught:) Currently I run from Bass/Anagram/Mixer/speakers. With the HX Stomp I used a Mesa Subway pre-amp pedal as well on the pedal board then to the mixer. I'm new to the Anagram so I'm wondering how folks here are using it in live direct situations.
 
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pgbassman said:
I'm new to the Anagram so I'm wondering how folks here are using it in live direct situations.
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Output 1 (XLR) to an FOH/IEM split, and output 3 (1/4") via an output block in my signal chain to an amp covers me for 99% of situations I'm in. There's one group I occasionally work with that doesn't have their own split, so in that case I send output 1 to FOH and output 2 to IEM, and they both receive the same signal.
 
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silky smoove said:
Output 1 (XLR) to an FOH/IEM split, and output 3 (1/4") via an output block in my signal chain to an amp covers me for 99% of situations I'm in. There's one group I occasionally work with that doesn't have their own split, so in that case I send output 1 to FOH and output 2 to IEM, and they both receive the same signal.
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I run the same routing. Very convenient to be able to put output blocks before any amp/cab combo without using the FX send.
 
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