Darkglass Anagram Multi FX Announced

[Maramos43]

The opening shot is a Darkglass 212 cab. Funnily enough I'm not overly fond of the Darkglass 12" cab sims yet I own one of those cabs in real life and like it a lot

I have not been able to dial anything close to nice with those darkglass cab sims. Not a sound I'm used to I guess. However, the modern cab sims are

 

[silky smoove]

The opening shot is a Darkglass 212 cab. Funnily enough I'm not overly fond of the Darkglass 12" cab sims yet I own one of those cabs in real life and like it a lot

I've had that experience before with other cab IRs. I found one of a Bergantino NV115 that sounds NOTHING like the actual cab that I own.

 

[Murph_Orpheus]

I have not been able to dial anything close to nice with those darkglass cab sims. Not a sound I'm used to I guess. However, the modern cab sims are

Yeah those Mesa cab sims are the best on there to my ears.

 

[silky smoove]

I saw a Mountaintino cab sim, which must be a Bergantino. Looked like it might be an NV. How is that one holding up? Are there other Bergs that come stock?

 

[Murph_Orpheus]

I saw a Mountaintino cab sim, which must be a Bergantino. Looked like it might be an NV. How is that one holding up? Are there other Bergs that come stock?

It is indeed a Bergantino and it sounds great. Very close to my Berg HD210.

 

[silky smoove]

It is indeed a Bergantino and it sounds great. Very close to my Berg HD210.

That’s exciting. I previously owned an HD210 and it was one of the nicest sounding cabs I’ve ever owned. Should never have sold it.

 

[silky smoove]

I just booked my first series of fly dates for the year. Since selling my HX Stomp I haven't had a viable fly date pedalboard as I don't want to travel with my big board. This might be the motivation I need to buy an Anagram once Sweetwater gets them back in stock.

 

[sunbeast]

Technically, the Anagram is comparable to a guitar multi-effect, with characteristics that guitarists would love to have (compact, powerful, great UI, and NAM). In particular, NAM is very efficient for high gain tones, that guitarist use more than we do.

Guitarists would love to have a guitar version of the Anagram, they would buy it, and they represent a much bigger market (= business opportunity = sales) than the bass market. All it would take to make a guitar version of the Anagram is to develop guitar specific blocks (amps, effects, etc.)

On of the big advatage of the Anagram for us is to have bass curated content (no dozen of Marshall amps etc.), but if they release a guitar specific version aside the current bass specific version, everybody would be happy: we would not loose anything, guitarsits would be able to use it, and Darkglass would make more profit.

Or even better: they could add guitar specific content, but add the possibility to configure the device with "bass" or "guitar" curated content, so you lend your pedal to your guitarist, and vice versa, and still get a nice uncluttered user interface.

That's why I think it would make sense, so may dissagree of course.

I suspect since Korg owns both Darkglass and Mod now (known for guitar-heavy modeler/multi-fx tech) and Mod engineers contributed the fundamentals of their work to the Anagram that there will be some guitar-centric version of this idea at some point in the near future, maybe under the Mod brand name. Perhaps it will just be a future firmware update for the Anagram though, to avoid creating a competing product under the same umbrella of brands

 

[DamirDart]

Maybe it’s a bit off topic, but does anyone know when will Darkglass update the Anagram software and enable the audio interface and bluetooth functionalities?

 

[Cruizer8]

Maybe it’s a bit off topic, but does anyone know when will Darkglass update the Anagram software and enable the audio interface and bluetooth functionalities?

In one of the interviews, they said those will be part of the next update, but he also said it would probably be a couple months. So I'm guessing the earliest would be sometime in June.

 

[DamirDart]

Thank you @Cruizer8! Then I will patiently wait. But I already love my Anagram very much. It’s easy to dial in great tones and it can replace bunch of pedals I used to carry around.

 

[Chrishi87]

I have not been able to dial anything close to nice with those darkglass cab sims. Not a sound I'm used to I guess. However, the modern cab sims are

For me, they always sound like a cocked wah pedal. I can´t stand that sound.
Many QC Presets from famous YouTubers who worked with stock cabs also had this (for me) disgusting filter sound.

I can really recommend the (free) Shift Line IRs. There is a Mesa 215 which is probaly the best IR I´ve ever heard.

 

[IvanBassist]

Just a friendly reminder that a tone which sounds unpleasant on its own, can work extremely well in a mix.

Of course, there are exceptions to this, but the general principle is to judge things in context. Not on their own

 

[Murph_Orpheus]

Just a friendly reminder that a tone which sounds unpleasant on its own, can work extremely well in a mix.

Of course, there are exceptions to this, but the general principle is to judge things in context. Not on their own

Wise words and would give the same advice to others myself. For my ears though, the Darkglass 212 cab in the Anagram didn't work well in a band mix for me personally. But it could sound good to someone else.

As mentioned in a post above, the Shift Line Mesa 215 is probably the best IR I've heard and used. It's my go to and highly recommend people check it out.

 

[Ratterbass_]

Just a friendly reminder that a tone which sounds unpleasant on its own, can work extremely well in a mix.

Of course, there are exceptions to this, but the general principle is to judge things in context. Not on their own

Personally, I like to combine the two.

So that it sounds disgusting both with and without context, of course.

As mentioned in a post above, the Shift Line Mesa 215 is probably the best IR I've heard and used. It's my go to and highly recommend people check it out.

Same. It was mind boggling how well that IR works when I first tried it ages ago. I used to create my own IR by filtering and merging different IR but that Mesa 215 one instantly hit home. Also haven't felt the need to use my TwoNotes stuff due to this.

 

[oo.viper.oo]

I have not been able to dial anything close to nice with those darkglass cab sims. Not a sound I'm used to I guess. However, the modern cab sims are

I never liked any DG IRs till I stumbled on Nolly's Mega Meld. I really like this one.

 

[oo.viper.oo]

Does anyone have any opinion what's the difference between the two included envelope filters?

 

[Bassguitar1919]

I'm really considering selling my board and pedals and getting an Anagram when they become more widely back in stock. I do feel like before doing this that I need to travel somewhere and try one out in person for at least a little while....which sadly there aren't many stores near me that are going to have one available.

It would lighten my load that I'm carrying into my regular church gigs as well as increase my tonal capabilities. Probably the only thing I would combine with it on a mini board would be my current volume pedal for the ability to do swells in and out. Do you all foresee any type of external addition of a footswitch being needed for live purposes similar to the HX Stomp or does it function really well just with the given footswitches? I can't see myself switching between more than 2 to 3 scenes/presets on a Sunday. Exciting times to be playing our instrument with all the new tech coming out and how good it sounds! Cheers.

 

[ga_edwards]

How is the screen brightness on this device. Is it usable outdoors in sunlight? I can barely see my Helix screen when playing outdoors.

 

[SteveC]

I'm really considering selling my board and pedals and getting an Anagram when they become more widely back in stock. I do feel like before doing this that I need to travel somewhere and try one out in person for at least a little while....which sadly there aren't many stores near me that are going to have one available.

It would lighten my load that I'm carrying into my regular church gigs as well as increase my tonal capabilities. Probably the only thing I would combine with it on a mini board would be my current volume pedal for the ability to do swells in and out. Do you all foresee any type of external addition of a footswitch being needed for live purposes similar to the HX Stomp or does it function really well just with the given footswitches? I can't see myself switching between more than 2 to 3 scenes/presets on a Sunday. Exciting times to be playing our instrument with all the new tech coming out and how good it sounds! Cheers.

I struggle with this, even with my Stomp. I don''t use a lot of effects. I could do individual pedals on a fairly small board. Sometimes I wish I could just use a tuner and tube DI, but I have gotten used to a pitch shift so I don't need an Eb bass. My Stomp works fine. Yeah, it's a little long in the tooth these days, but so is a SansAmp and plenty of people still use them.

It's the "new shiny" that is hard to dismiss. Also, it does have a few things that are nice that the Stomp does not.

My struggle is I use so little potential of these devises, but having just one thing is really nice.