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Future Impact now available!! WAS: deep impact reissue!!! interested?

#342
I would be very interested in this also. I've been looking for a really high quality bass synth for a long time and not willing to pay the extortionate resale prices of the original. I remember the GAS i had for the Original DI when I first came across it. Well I can definitely say its back!!! Will be keeping a close eye on this forum from now on :)
 
#346
Hahah, turns out that's what Im known for. Ha. :D

But really, I'm interested in this. Considering how good digital effects are, it would be nice to see this redone. Seems like a great pedal at the time and more flexible than a lot of other options.
 
#353
mxm said:
That's good and the lack of one wouldn't put me off a purchase. In my experiences the a/p switch provides a 'level playing field' for active basses to start with.
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But the old "active = hotter signal" is just not true!
There are higher output and lower output basses, and the passive and active classes overlap almost completely.
So many different levels, an adjustable sensitivity/input gain knob makes more sense to me than a switch. I hate those badly named "passive/active" switches with passion. They often just provide a poor pad and contribute to disseminating the myth of active = hot".
 
#354
lokki said:
9v standard boss center-negative. without the display and the relay power consumption is 22ma, very modest for a digital pedal.
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Wow, modest indeed! Are we potentially talking < 100 mA even when those other factors are considered? To power off of a single Voodoo Labs-style 9V 100 mA port would be amazeballs.
 
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#355
mcnach said:
But the old "active = hotter signal" is just not true!
There are higher output and lower output basses, and the passive and active classes overlap almost completely.
So many different levels, an adjustable sensitivity/input gain knob makes more sense to me than a switch. I hate those badly named "passive/active" switches with passion. They often just provide a poor pad and contribute to disseminating the myth of active = hot".
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I'm making this suggestion based on my own experiences of synths and tracking (having owned the G5, EHX MS, Roland VB and MarkBass SS) and was never really happy with the results using actives. Old Skool P basses were a different story...:)
 
#356
I just read more of this - jeez you guys have went nuts on this!

Why not go for basic reissue with some tweeks?
  • 2 or 3 buttons (On/off, up, down)
  • visible screen - VU meter not even essential
  • maybe 10 patches
  • maybe 4 or 5 buttons/knobs.
  • some form of editting (USB would be great for me!)

Possibly make it look a little like this...http://s154.photobucket.com/user/trentp_photo/media/Bass Gear/IMG_0343.jpg.html

The original SB-1 was, what £80? So IMO £250-300 is fairly reasonable for me! But that's if it tracked well and could be tweeked easily.

I REALLY hope this isn't going to be too good to be true.
 
#359
mxm said:
...count me in.

No battery supply needed, active/passive switch would be nice.
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No please. These are always less useful than having a variable control, which this pedal will already have.

To address your other post without quoting it directly, if your previous experience was limited to active jazz basses and passive p bass when going into a pitch tracking effect like a synth, your issues may have been partly due to the greater harmonic content of the jazz basses and not solely due to difference between the signal levels. Just hazzarding a guess.
 

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