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Jule Amps Monique part 5

#3,843
boamedt said:
I loved the platform of the subway di pedal. I sold mine once i got my monique, but the layout and feature set was superbly done. I didnt need a 3 or space rack with the subway. Just a two space for my power amp and the little subway di sitting atop all small and everything. The monique's tone reigns supreme though. A pedal monique with everything on the back of the subway di would be incredible mix up
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Thank you.

Good look. Quite usable. I like it. More straightforward than most. Some seem to think that if they have at least one more knob than their competitor they are doing good. Maybe they are right. ;)

Quite a bit of activity on the top, but it does a lot.
 
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Peredur said:
A REALLY good feature on a Pedalboard power amp would be a decent run of power sockets for the rest of the pedal board. I have no idea whether this is a potential minefield of earthing issues etc
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There are a number of multiple tap power supplies out there already. I suspect they work, since they have not disappeared. I'm probably missing something? I have one that cost about $30, and has a couple of voltages and various currents to choose from.

Not sure I understand the grounding/earthing "reference" reference. Is this a "hum" issue?
 
#3,847
boamedt said:
Gettin alot of complaints from the neighbors about things rattling in their homes since i got the Monique, but not to my face.....hehehe

I added a broughton l+hpf to help them out
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Ages ago, as a Navy dude, I remember seeing part of the land side of a submarine communication antenna system. Antenna to talk to subs under water far from home. Subsonic. Down below that B for sure. Point is that Bass traveled thousands of miles. It's just what we do. :cool:
 
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juledude said:
There are a number of multiple tap power supplies out there already. I suspect they work, since they have not disappeared. I'm probably missing something? I have one that cost about $30, and has a couple of voltages and various currents to choose from.

Not sure I understand the grounding/earthing "reference" reference. Is this a "hum" issue?
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Yes @juledude there are plenty of isolated distribution power supplies to power fx pedals on the market. While it's a nice idea, I would not incorporate this in the design of a pedal sized power amp. The whole idea is to keep your design small and simple as possible to fit on a pedal board. If you start adding 9v transformer isolated outputs to the design it's going to make the pedal way bigger, defeating the purpose of it being compact....

Isolated power supplies are usually mounted under the pedal board anyway and don't take up real estate on a pedal board. Perfect place for them. My recommendation is to keep the power amp pedal design simple and as small as possible to fit on a pedal board. One input, IEC connector for power, One speakon connector, on/off/bypass switch, and One master volume knob.
 
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Peredur said:
There are a number of multiple tap PSUs out there, but having one less thing to put on your pedal board is always nice. I put the hum/earthing stuff in because I am technically clueless and was covering myself. It is just as well I do not have to admit that on an international forum........ wait..........
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Pretty sure I'll stay out of that area. Let those who know best do best.

In the world of stuff that plugs directly into the wall with a power cable, grounding is more simple than in the in the pedal world where everthing is floating on the other side of a wall wart. But I digress.
 
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juledude said:
Ages ago, as a Navy dude, I remember seeing part of the land side of a submarine communication antenna system. Antenna to talk to subs under water far from home. Subsonic. Down below that B for sure. Point is that Bass traveled thousands of miles. It's just what we do. :cool:
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Sorry folks. Much left out of the "submarine" reference.
1. You can approximate the frequency of a radio wave by seeing how long tne antenna is. Shorter antenna means higher frequency. Very long antenna means very low frequency. In the case of a submarine antenna it can be a long drive from one end of it to the other.
2. With enough power behind it Bass can travel way farther without distortion than high frequencies.
3. I have no idea how we got to submarines. Sorry.
 
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juledude said:
Sorry folks. Much left out of the "submarine" reference.
1. You can approximate the frequency of a radio wave by seeing how long tne antenna is. Shorter antenna means higher frequency. Very long antenna means very low frequency. In the case of a submarine antenna it can be a long drive from one end of it to the other.
2. With enough power behind it Bass can travel way farther without distortion than high frequencies.
3. I have no idea how we got to submarines. Sorry.
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Learn something every day ;-) thanks for today's lesson!

I got my new Monique rack mount yesterday! Had some time at home and then took her to band practice. @juledude delivers!

I have all sorts of different overdrive and distortion pedals, but I think I'm going to be going clean for the foreseeable future...I'll have a compressor, cab sim, and micro-thumpinator in a little rack shelf above Monique, and I think that's all I'll need. The Dingwall, Monique, Greenboy fEARful combo brings the heat :bassist:

@BurningSkies has been my gear idol for a while now ;)
 
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maisbass said:
Yes @juledude there are plenty of isolated distribution power supplies to power fx pedals on the market. While it's a nice idea, I would not incorporate this in the design of a pedal sized power amp. The whole idea is to keep your design small and simple as possible to fit on a pedal board. If you start adding 9v transformer isolated outputs to the design it's going to make the pedal way bigger, defeating the purpose of it being compact....

Isolated power supplies are usually mounted under the pedal board anyway and don't take up real estate on a pedal board. Perfect place for them. My recommendation is to keep the power amp pedal design simple and as small as possible to fit on a pedal board. One input, IEC connector for power, One speakon connector, on/off/bypass switch, and One master volume knob.
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I agree. Seems like something best left to other devices. The fun of the Monique is that it provides exactly what's needed and leaves out bells and whistles.

My board has a Truetone CS12 tucked underneath along with my HPF-3. The only pedal I have that has a through or power out is my Polytune, and I only use the out because I've run out of iso's.

A Simone with 3 tone knobs, 'sensitivity', DI and main outs, and a DI lift/ground switch on the side...that would be nice. Sounds familiar.
 
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EMoneySC2 said:
Learn something every day ;-) thanks for today's lesson!

I got my new Monique rack mount yesterday! Had some time at home and then took her to band practice. @juledude delivers!

I have all sorts of different overdrive and distortion pedals, but I think I'm going to be going clean for the foreseeable future...I'll have a compressor, cab sim, and micro-thumpinator in a little rack shelf above Monique, and I think that's all I'll need. The Dingwall, Monique, Greenboy fEARful combo brings the heat :bassist:

@BurningSkies has been my gear idol for a while now ;)
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Well...I don't think you need any gear idols. Seems like you're doing just fine all on your own. Spent the weekend at a gig with absolutely none of my 'trademark' gear and had a blast...though I do prefer my own path on hardware.
 
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Cyborg BurningSkies in the fog with Monique on stage last night.

Sound engineer: "are you the bass player? Because we have that Markbass rig up there"
Me: "Yes. That's nice. I'll put my rig right next to it..."
Sound engineer: "... ... ... we were thinking that you could just use the markbass."
Me: "..."
Me: "Cool. My rig will go right next to it, then"
Sound engineer: "..."

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BurningSkies said:
Cyborg BurningSkies in the fog with Monique on stage last night.

Sound engineer: "are you the bass player? Because we have that Markbass rig up there"
Me: "Yes. That's nice. I'll put my rig right next to it..."
Sound engineer: "... ... ... we were thinking that you could just use the markbass."
Me: "..."
Me: "Cool. My rig will go right next to it, then"
Sound engineer: "..."

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juledude said:
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You know, one thing in life that is a guarantee...that I hate is sound engineers who treat guitarists with deference, but don't do the same for bass players. I have a very specific setup, I've chosen my gear deliberately and carefully to provide as close to what I consider the best bass tone.

Last night one of our guitarist actually OFFERED to use an amp that was already on stage and the same engineer told him 'no, you should definitely use your amp'. So I will continue to expect the same consideration. ;) I are fighting for the bass player to not be considered a second class musician. And almost always after the fact there's a conversation about how good the band sounds and how easy it is to mix. So, yeah, that seems like it reinforces my desire to use my full signal chain not just the first 1/3rd of it.
 
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BurningSkies said:
You know, one thing in life that is a guarantee...that I hate is sound engineers who treat guitarists with deference, but don't do the same for bass players. I have a very specific setup, I've chosen my gear deliberately and carefully to provide as close to what I consider the best bass tone.

Last night one of our guitarist actually OFFERED to use an amp that was already on stage and the same engineer told him 'no, you should definitely use your amp'. So I will continue to expect the same consideration. ;) I are fighting for the bass player to not be considered a second class musician. And almost always after the fact there's a conversation about how good the band sounds and how easy it is to mix. So, yeah, that seems like it reinforces my desire to use my full signal chain not just the first 1/3rd of it.
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If I were mr. sound man, I would not mess with cyborg burning skies, let alone the real one!!
 
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BuffaloBob4343 said:
If I were mr. sound man, I would not mess with cyborg burning skies, let alone the real one!!
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This was a case where I really did my best to make it seem like I didn't know what he was suggesting...then he realized I knew exactly what he was suggesting and I was having no part of it and wasn't even discussing. Also, it was a local one and we were pretty far up the bill, but a venue that's never hosted us or I think any of the other bands on the bill. So it was a moment to flex a bit of gravity. ;) Because what was he gonna do.

(after the show he DID come up and tell me that he would happily mix us anytime we wanted, and that he was looking forward to being able to do it)...And mentioned that we were the easiest to mix of the 10 hour festival. That doesn't come from being good players, but just from playing a spit-ton of gigs with different situations. We have a routine and setup that's been done just a whole bunch of times in pile of different settings.

It's also why I love Jule's work. Super easy to use, super easy to get great sound and deliver it effectively to the audience. I'd way rather have Jule's 3 tone knobs and a couple volumes than have semi-fully-15-band-parametric with loops and zoomclickers flashywingdangs.
 
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