Xerograph came in today. I forgot how stank nasty that thing is.
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Iron Ether Appreciation Society
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Nope. But I did order a arcing prisms and it took four or five days before a tracking number was sent and then it was just for the created label and took a day or two after that to show movement. It’s suppose to be here Monday.
I still like my Polytope. I don't use it very often though. But it's really great at what it does, and kind of unique in it's range.
Got the arcing prisms yesterday. Had a lot of fun with it last night with my expression pedal. My band loved it too.
Anyone want to sell an oxide?
Also the xerograph is amazing. Love that pedal.
Anyone want to sell an oxide?
Also the xerograph is amazing. Love that pedal.
That’s cool G, and a little dark. Are you OK? LOL!
I couldn’t grab the Frantabit because wanting the Dub.
Really really appreciate the heads up Regardless.
I’m kinda tapped until I get around to moving some gear.
I’ve had a number of failed attempts at getting an octave up thing for Rock gigs that doesn’t sound corny in that context. I’ve used Detuning to better effect at occupying more space in the mix when needed anyway and a Polytope will do that and more.
Cosmicevan hipped me to the Meris, sounds dope. We’ll see if those kind of gigs return to a degree that justifies is use and outlay. Kinda scary, be safe.
I couldn’t grab the Frantabit because wanting the Dub.
Really really appreciate the heads up Regardless.
I’m kinda tapped until I get around to moving some gear.
I’ve had a number of failed attempts at getting an octave up thing for Rock gigs that doesn’t sound corny in that context. I’ve used Detuning to better effect at occupying more space in the mix when needed anyway and a Polytope will do that and more.
Cosmicevan hipped me to the Meris, sounds dope. We’ll see if those kind of gigs return to a degree that justifies is use and outlay. Kinda scary, be safe.
It's been an Iron Ether kind of week!
Have an IE Divaricator and a Xerograph Deluxe on the way!
Have an IE Divaricator and a Xerograph Deluxe on the way!
I’m ready to grab some more iron ether stuff. I’m so happy to have the xerograph deluxe again. I should have never sold the first one. Digging the weird sounds of the arcing prisms as well. Need moarrrrr.
A slippery slope, right? I started with a Polytope 3-4 years ago before I was ready. I flipped it. Then I repurchased a Polytope, shortly followed by an XD, Nimbus, FMeron, and Subterranea...
A few years back when I got the xerograph I had planned on getting more iron ether stuff but they were pretty unobtainable. I wish I would have kept my oxide too. I love the unique weirdness factor of Taylor’s choices in pedals.
@Taylor Livingston Do you send off your boards to be populated since your stuff is mostly surface mounted? or do you easy bake oven them yourself?
The FMeron has at least 2 very usable sounds for me so far. It is the rare pedal that make my bass sound as big as a synth bass in the mix.
It doesnt sound just like a synth bass but it can make your bass guitar compete in terms of sonics in a different way than an octave pedal can.
It doesnt sound just like a synth bass but it can make your bass guitar compete in terms of sonics in a different way than an octave pedal can.
I'm finally getting the hang of my F Meron that came about a week ago, and I'm digging what it do. Always thought this graduated silver/purple /orange was quite the looker too.
Thanks @Taylor (Even the accordian cardboard packaging was cool)
If I remember correctly you sold the 2nd Polytope to me
and I'm grateful because it's one of my fave pedals. Not unlike the F Meron in that it's got such a wide rangatof sounds in that little box! Best pedal I didn't even know I needed and my gateway IE. Thanks Graham! Mine is on a LOT (with a dedicated clean blend) weather at home or using milder settings with the band. In my mind it's like a chorus PLUS PLUS.
Hey GhOst, I have a Divaricator as well. You can do some very heavy tone creations with it. Now I’m not saying I’m a dullard,
but if I possess any intelligence it hasn’t prevented me from doing stupid s**t. So I can only say that through experimentation and approaching the options from various angles I was able to achieve my initial goal of a one click tonal shift meant to delineate or provide emphasize within a song. The Divaricator did however expose some weak links in my signal chain and in some of my ideas. Just as well. And while with a few adjustments I know I can achieve what I’d set out to do, along the way I was hearing tones so thick and visceral that I may end up using it always-on/default tone and finding some other arrangement, dynamics, bringing pedals within its loop in or out and such instead.
That said, and I really have no education in this area mind you, while the crossover point is adjustable I’m wondering if some arraignment to allow frequencies below the x-over point selected to be available to the Hi/loop side is possible or even beneficial. If you are using the Divaricator Hi/loop as a loop (Option B in the manual) everything is summed anyway so I’m not sure it would serve any purpose or if some cancellation problem would occur. The x-over point is, of course a stark division of the available frequencies and at times I’ve found myself wanting to send more to the loop side while not robbing the bass side of clean low mids. One of the configurations that sounds so good to me involves using very little, if any clean in the final summed mix out and it may actually be that stark division of frequencies that is operative there so I honestly don’t know and I’m just throwing this out there. I’ve bugged Taylor enough already and if you’ve read this far, that’s probably starting to sound entirely plausible.
In fact it occurs to me that I kinda have been saying “I’m a dullard” but just with a bunch of ¢50 words. Now that I think of it, every time someone has accused me of using ¢50 words I have to bite my lip because in that moment I’m thinking to myself “Damm...I paid a dollar for that word!”
And you wouldn’t believe some of the ridiculous and ill-conceived wiring schemes or signal routing rabbit holes I’ve pursued! Then again that too might be easily visualized.
So I’ll stop now and just tell you what I learned from all that:
If you have an idea but really don’t know everything needed to make it work the way you think it will so you go on the internet and do a thorough search for information on the WOLRD WIDE
WEB about it or parts of it and you can find absolutely nothing...it’s a bad idea.
yep self isolation + waiting for Dubterranea release is getting to me!
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And how about the cut to size Velcro! Nice touch! You don’t even have to think or go looking for...
and pretty slick actually, kind of a mental commitment or impulse sort of thing LOL!
