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Iron Ether Appreciation Society

#563
emjazz said:
I had a Nimus SE when they came out....was more than I needed. When I recover from this week's soon-to-be pedal purchase I'll be looking for an older Nimbus. Still the most solid sounding reverb for bass I've had. Also the easiest reverb to get a great sound from.
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Yeah, I have the one with the filter...it is amazing. A bit more than I need, but if I had some presets on it...well then it might be JUST what I need :)

I'll probably be listing my older one for sale soon.
 
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#569
theunknowndude said:
Not my usual listening but I quite like this... I really love the mix and the vocalists... very awesome song!
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Thank you, I appreciate it. I actually sent the mix back 3 times before I heard something I liked. It has lots of power live and I wasn't hearing it on the studio recording. With the caveat that often groove-related songs straighten out in the studio, it just wasn't 'firing' for me. This is a bit closer to what I like to hear.

Also, the Nimbus has been getting rave reviews from my band. It may become a subtle 'always on' pedal for me.
 
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#571
Diddywah said:
Also, the Nimbus has been getting rave reviews from my band. It may become a subtle 'always on' pedal for me.
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+1 - My Nimbus is always on; gives that subtle "air" to my sound :)[/QUOTE]


For awhile I was taking a pedal board to a gig and the Nimbus was always on with just a small amount of reverb added to it...Love it.

Sadly Im too lazy to bring my pedal board out to gigs lately.
 
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#576
I got a Divaricator off reverb yesterday and played with it last night - at first i thought I could put my whole synth train thru it (I have a Mosquito blend pedal that goes out to a FI --> FMeron --> QF2 --> Xerograph delux that I can blend in or out with an expression pedal), but since the 3 switches on the Divaricator (Growl, Harmonics, Density) are pre-send I don't think the FI or FMeron will like that too much.

I'm now thinking it will be good to tame the QF2 and avoid the low end suck that it can have. I tried it last night by putting my guitar pedal rig (Hudson Broadcast, Keeley Superphat, Dr. Scientist the Elements, TC Nova delay, TC Hall of Fame2, Mooer Radar) thru the insert and it definitely preserved the low end perfectly. Here are some thoughts I had on it which are probably premature since i only played with it one night, but I've never been afraid to speak authoritatively on a subject I just learned about ;) :
- Density switch - is it a reverb? chorus? there is def a delay type thing going on, it sounds great with long notes but tends to muddy any fast playing. would be a cool option to have a gate on this so it turns off when you stop playing.
- Harmonics - gives a signal 1 octave higher from where you are playing, not sure how tho - i can do chords and it still works fine. wish there was a level on this.
- Growl - kinda distortiony, with the excite knob up and density on can make some cool sounds.
- wish there was a pre/post insert switch for the 3 switches
- I wish there was an expression pedal in for a overall clean/wet mix so you can blend in when you want to.
- got some way cool sounds moving the x-over freq around - very synthy. another expression pedal in?
- wish there was a footswitch for the 3 switches in/out as well.

overall a really well built pedal (as all of Taylor's pedals are) that is really unique (don't know of anything else like it) - you can use it to put a bass sucking guitar pedal in your path without sacrificing your low end, and the sonic textures it adds are pretty unique...

Polytope is up for sale on the iron ether web site for anyone interested...

-carl
 
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#578
thumbslapper said:
I got a Divaricator off reverb yesterday and played with it last night - at first i thought I could put my whole synth train thru it (I have a Mosquito blend pedal that goes out to a FI --> FMeron --> QF2 --> Xerograph delux that I can blend in or out with an expression pedal), but since the 3 switches on the Divaricator (Growl, Harmonics, Density) are pre-send I don't think the FI or FMeron will like that too much.

I'm now thinking it will be good to tame the QF2 and avoid the low end suck that it can have. I tried it last night by putting my guitar pedal rig (Hudson Broadcast, Keeley Superphat, Dr. Scientist the Elements, TC Nova delay, TC Hall of Fame2, Mooer Radar) thru the insert and it definitely preserved the low end perfectly. Here are some thoughts I had on it which are probably premature since i only played with it one night, but I've never been afraid to speak authoritatively on a subject I just learned about ;) :
- Density switch - is it a reverb? chorus? there is def a delay type thing going on, it sounds great with long notes but tends to muddy any fast playing. would be a cool option to have a gate on this so it turns off when you stop playing.
- Harmonics - gives a signal 1 octave higher from where you are playing, not sure how tho - i can do chords and it still works fine. wish there was a level on this.
- Growl - kinda distortiony, with the excite knob up and density on can make some cool sounds.
- wish there was a pre/post insert switch for the 3 switches
- I wish there was an expression pedal in for a overall clean/wet mix so you can blend in when you want to.
- got some way cool sounds moving the x-over freq around - very synthy. another expression pedal in?
- wish there was a footswitch for the 3 switches in/out as well.

overall a really well built pedal (as all of Taylor's pedals are) that is really unique (don't know of anything else like it) - you can use it to put a bass sucking guitar pedal in your path without sacrificing your low end, and the sonic textures it adds are pretty unique...

Polytope is up for sale on the iron ether web site for anyone interested...

-carl
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I've been using a Divaricator for a few years now. I did use the "Growl" control when I first got it, before I found a fuzz that I really liked to drive the Xerograph that I keep in the loop.

Within it's loop I have Fuzz->Xerograph Deluxe->Strymon Timeline. Beyond the D/V making the XD work in a slightly more controllable way (it can get really deep if you're not careful), it allows me to turn on/off a set of effects quickly for short mid-song uses.

I don't really use the either the Density since if you're not careful, it can get muddy. And the octave control always seems to be not quite 'on interval' to my ear. I've used it occasionally for a few choice 'oddity' tone moments but 99.9% of the time all three 'exciters' are off.

The thing to know is that the excite knob does indeed impart it's own sauce whether or not the three switches are engaged. So it's worth playing with that control on it's own to see where you like it and what it does.

Then again, I also feel the same way about the crossover point. It's worth spending some time dialing that up and down to see where it functions best for you. For me it's right around 9 o'clock.

So my process for basic setup is:
-Turn all effects off.
-start by leaving the crossover wherever, for me between 9-noon.
-start A/Bing between bypassed and on, and adjust the high and low volumes to reach a reasonable balance between the two and unity gain. The 'as close to bypass tone/volume'. I leave the clean volume off.
-from there I try each effect in the loop and set it for unity with the bypassed signal.
-then I combine effects and make sure they're all still unity (they should be).
 
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