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#201
M Sterling said:
My experience is that the difference is pretty subtle until you hit about 9 o'clock on the morph knob. I can definitely hear the sound changing as you start counterclockwise from 12 o'clock, but it isn't obvious until about halfway down. I don't know if this is true, but it seems like the fuzz sound is the same throughout, just the pulse width gets narrower and more "pinched" as the morph knob gets below noon.
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Absolutely, this is my experience too.

M Sterling said:
I can also hear a very big difference between the morph all the way cw and 12 o'clock.
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This is not at ALL the case for me. No matter what settings I use on the Oxide or my bass or technique, I hear almost NO difference between fully CW and noon. Do you really hear a big difference there? For me, all the changes happen between fully CCW and 10:00.

And this is with me alone in a room, my face directly in front of my speaker. In a band context, it would be even harder to hear change.
 
#204
My sparkly blue Xerograph Deluxe arrived in the mail today. Even with the vast range of sounds this pedal has, I don't think it's possible to dial in a bad one. It also combines very well with my FrantaBit for a very synthy sweep, and my Stache for... whatever sound that is. In fact, I don't think there is any pedal the Xero won't work nicely with.

Thanks, Taylor.
 
#205
bassofthe said:
My sparkly blue Xerograph Deluxe arrived in the mail today. Even with the vast range of sounds this pedal has, I don't think it's possible to dial in a bad one. It also combines very well with my FrantaBit for a very synthy sweep, and my Stache for... whatever sound that is. In fact, I don't think there is any pedal the Xero won't work nicely with.

Thanks, Taylor.
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Pics please...
 
#208
smeet said:
Absolutely, this is my experience too.


This is not at ALL the case for me. No matter what settings I use on the Oxide or my bass or technique, I hear almost NO difference between fully CW and noon. Do you really hear a big difference there? For me, all the changes happen between fully CCW and 10:00.

And this is with me alone in a room, my face directly in front of my speaker. In a band context, it would be even harder to hear change.
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Right. I was wrong in that it is not a very big difference. I do hear a difference, though. Mainly in how present the upper octave is and a little in how the decay filters out different harmonics. I listened through headphones the other night, and it seemed like the upper octave is more present as you go further cw. Maybe this is not accurate, but it was what I perceived at the time. Let me know if you think I'm on track, or not.
 
#209
M Sterling said:
Right. I was wrong in that it is not a very big difference. I do hear a difference, though. Mainly in how present the upper octave is and a little in how the decay filters out different harmonics. I listened through headphones the other night, and it seemed like the upper octave is more present as you go further cw. Maybe this is not accurate, but it was what I perceived at the time. Let me know if you think I'm on track, or not.
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Yeah, that sounds right. I exchanged some email with Taylor and it sounds like the Oxide is functioning properly. I love the sound, so I'm happy as long as there's nothing wrong with it.


alec said:
A couple of quick vids showing one example of the Xero Dlx feeding a Frantabit.

The settings for both vids are the same. Xero is set for a huge peak and Franta is on single bit obliteration.

Frantabit and Xerograph Deluxe dynamics - YouTube

Xerograph Deluxe into Frantabit - YouTube
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Cool. I really want to get a Xerograph Dlx...
 
#212
For those of you (like me :D) who can't get enough of our resident sonic wizard, Effects Database did an interview with Taylor on everything Iron Ether...

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Enjoy!
 
#214
Thanks, guys. I think it's pretty cool what Bart at Effects Database is doing with these interviews - I have definitely enjoyed the ones with other builders that I have read. It's really interesting to get a sense of the diversity of approaches in the pedal scene.
 
#216
Taylor Livingston said:
Thanks, guys. I think it's pretty cool what Bart at Effects Database is doing with these interviews - I have definitely enjoyed the ones with other builders that I have read. It's really interesting to get a sense of the diversity of approaches in the pedal scene.
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Taylor, I really liked how you characterized your pedals. Great interview. I guess thats why I have 5 on my board and use them regularly. Last time I got excited about a pedal made in the last two decades was my purchase of a ZVex Fuzz Factory. (I have #16.). You and Zachary have brought new life to pedal options on the fringe. I could argue that yours are more conventional, but that suits me better. I'd love to see the following from you: xero talking pedal (with "yo" vowel), fox-tone-frantabit machine (an octave up that snarls and decays into oblivion); dressed-up to get messed up preamp ( preamp that initially sounds like a polite Sadowsky-esques modern tone but then degrades into a primordial filter-sample-hold trail off); and finally, an atmospheric octave that applies Frantabit and/or polytope effects to selectable ranges: 2 octave down, 1 octave down, octave up, and 2 octave up decay. Mike Matthews, Beigel, and Vex would be bowing at your feet. Too much to ask?
 

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