Iron Ether Appreciation Society

[BurningSkies]

Ok...need some advice here.

Had a gig yesterday where I brought out my XD to use on a couple of tunes. Before leaving, I set it the way I wanted it using the bass I'd use on the gig, but not the amp I would be using.

I get to the gig and set everything up and with the settings I was using at home was getting some high pitched feedback from my amp when I turned the pedal on, and this was happening even without playing.

I made further adjustments to the pedal, and was able to make the feedback go away but than the Envelope Generator sound I wanted went away. Ended up not using the pedal on the gig.

Bass was an Alembic series 1, amp was a Mesa TT800 which was really the first time I used it on the gig.

Could my issues have been caused by there just being too much gain on the amp?

The only thing I see is the Filter volume knob is much higher than where I usually set mine. Is there a big volume jump when you engage the pedal and play? How about when the filter opens all the way?

Same observation here: I barely ever push the Filter volume knob past noon (which feels roughly unity gain for the Clean knob)

At first I would have suggested that it was the Resonance control because that's the easy one to use to drive feedback, but I'd agree with the assessment about the output level of the filter. Maxed out would definitely do SOMETHING to whatever is downstream. If you're not going to mix the clean signal, then at least start by turning the filter volume all the way down, then click the pedal on and off and compare the clean level and the effect level until you get them balanced.

 

[glocke1]

At first I would have suggested that it was the Resonance control because that's the easy one to use to drive feedback, but I'd agree with the assessment about the output level of the filter. Maxed out would definitely do SOMETHING to whatever is downstream. If you're not going to mix the clean signal, then at least start by turning the filter volume all the way down, then click the pedal on and off and compare the clean level and the effect level until you get them balanced.

Thanks. Problem is I think the filter knob probably was at noon when it happened and that its current position was after doing some frantic knob turning trying to fix it.

I clearly need to mess around with my rig more to nail this down.

 

[HolmeBass]

Woah! Too long away from the Effects forum!

Let’s see... Xero Dlx 2, Subterranea, Polytope, Oxide, and FMeron.

I will take a number for sure.

 

[revd]

I just got this from IE website (apologies for the huge pic, I don't know how to make it smaller)

 

[Matt Dean]

I think that's security feature of Chrome. I had the same popup appear, and I just followed it through to the Iron Ether website.

 

[revd]

On my iPhone currently that mesqge came from Safari, same in Chrome, Firefox just refuses to load at all.

 

[teopatl]

It's weird. Chrome on my Android loads the site without a complaint, and sslshopper shows the cert and trust chain as valid. Apple apparently disagrees, although I can load other GoDaddy sites fine.

 

[Taylor Livingston]

Everything seems right with the SSL cert from what I can see, but I'll keep looking into this and see if I can figure out why you're seeing that.

 

[thumbslapper]

it looks like you have a intermediate cert pointing to the same intermediate cert instead of hte root cert:

Carls-MBP:scripts carlstanley$ openssl s_client -connect ironether.com:443 | openssl x509 -noout -issuer
depth=3 C = US, O = "The Go Daddy Group, Inc.", OU = Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
verify return:1
depth=2 C = US, ST = Arizona, L = Scottsdale, O = "GoDaddy.com, Inc.", CN = Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2
verify return:1
depth=1 C = US, ST = Arizona, L = Scottsdale, O = "GoDaddy.com, Inc.", OU = Repository, CN = Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
verify return:1
depth=0 OU = Domain Control Validated, CN = ironether.com
verify return:1
issuer= /C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com, Inc./OU=[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2

the ironether.com cert (depth=0) points to the intermediate "CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" which is good, but that should link/point to the Go Daddy root cert, not the intermediate G2 cert again.

also getting a non-response 2 out of 3 times, so may be some server issues there as well.

i'm pretty sure this is right, but cert config lives in a magical mysterious world, so maybe a small sacrifice or burning some dried sage would help...

 

[kranahan]

The Xerograph Deluxe is in stock at the IE shop!

 

[cosmicevan]

The Xerograph Deluxe is in stock at the IE shop!

So tempted to buy one and sell my existing one since I really like that finish.

 

[kranahan]

So tempted to buy one and sell my existing one since I really like that finish.

What's your old one look like? I may be interested as I prefer the older finishes.

 

[Matt Dean]

So tempted to buy one and sell my existing one since I really like that finish.

I think they do look boss!

 

[cosmicevan]

What's your old one look like? I may be interested as I prefer the older finishes.

I have a silver deluxe one. Black writing that's a bit distressed

 

[cosmicevan]

Wow, they already sold out

 

[leamdav]

When did these pedals get so hard to get? There are almost none on the used market. Only three years ago I feel like you could have gotten them no problem.

 

[AVFCbass]

Might just have been a one off, extra, or a return.

 

[revd]

And the website is still blocked on my phone...

 

[Matt Dean]

When did these pedals get so hard to get? There are almost none on the used market. Only three years ago I feel like you could have gotten them no problem.

Cause there’s nothing else like’em.

 

[spufman]

Site working fine for me. Yep, the Xero Dlx is simply a fantastic pedal and unlike many filters, plays well with other effects in front of it. Mine is a permanent fixture, no doubt.