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NPD: SA Aftershock

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Kinda feel the same. I bought a Hub and I mainly use it as a means to control my AS and C4 via expression.
I'm looking forward to the Multiwave Distortion @rsmith601 once teased. I'd be delighted to see as many distortion engines in it as the AS has. Even if that isn't the case I have a feeling it will completely replace the AS for me.
 
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Robertron said:
Kinda feel the same. I bought a Hub and I mainly use it as a means to control my AS and C4 via expression.
I'm looking forward to the Multiwave Distortion @rsmith601 once teased. I'd be delighted to see as many distortion engines in it as the AS has. Even if that isn't the case I have a feeling it will completely replace the AS for me.
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I mean, just bought the AS a month or two ago and I'd re-buy.

I've also had the Hub do a weird thing or two where it decided to not send expression on the channel I have the C4 on randomly with no recourse to dig in 'in the field' to make any changes. That was a bit of a mind-bender, given I'd never messed with the hub expression MIDI send settings. I did figure it out once I was home and had my laptop connected but didn't inspire much confidence.
 
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BurningSkies said:
I mean, just bought the AS a month or two ago and I'd re-buy.

I've also had the Hub do a weird thing or two where it decided to not send expression on the channel I have the C4 on randomly with no recourse to dig in 'in the field' to make any changes. That was a bit of a mind-bender, given I'd never messed with the hub expression MIDI send settings. I did figure it out once I was home and had my laptop connected but didn't inspire much confidence.
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That sounds like a headache for me! I still have yet to even touch MIDI. I just have the two hooked up to the HUB via TRRS and set the expression settings per patch.
 
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Robertron said:
That sounds like a headache for me! I still have yet to even touch MIDI. I just have the two hooked up to the HUB via TRRS and set the expression settings per patch.
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The Hub has a setting for what channels it sends expression on. I have my C4 on Channel 1 and for some reason the Hub decided it would send expression on 2 and above. I hadn't even realized that control existed until I had to figure out why none of my envelope sweeps were working though the C4 had the expression control set correctly.
 
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BurningSkies said:
While I enjoy the Aftershock, I really hope that SA drops a new pedal soon that has similar MIDI implementation to the C4 or Spectrum.

Really not digging having to use the Hub to trigger presets then having no ability to edit/resave on the fly.
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I agree. I love how the C4 is implemented. I recently bought an aftershock and really like the sound but don't think I'll be going through the hassle of adding a hub.
 
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Hey everyone, I have a problem with this pedal. First of all, I don't know if it's the cause of the problem, but it happened when I change the AC adapter of the pedal power because the original adapter had a broken wire so I changed it with another one and that's when the problem on the pedal came out.

The problem is that when I engage the pedal I hear a loud noise, the pedal works well, but after 2 or 3 minutes it starts to make loud noises, so loud that my bass head clips and so I don't hear anything anymore.

What is the problem? and is it possible to solve the problem? I brought it to a dude that knows his way through electronics but he told me that he doesn't think he can solve the problem because it's a digital pedal.

Somebody help me please. I need to have this pedal fixed by next sunday for the gig. Do I really need to buy it new and throw away the old one??? I really hope not
 
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andbaggio said:
Hey everyone, I have a problem with this pedal. First of all, I don't know if it's the cause of the problem, but it happened when I change the AC adapter of the pedal power because the original adapter had a broken wire so I changed it with another one and that's when the problem on the pedal came out.

The problem is that when I engage the pedal I hear a loud noise, the pedal works well, but after 2 or 3 minutes it starts to make loud noises, so loud that my bass head clips and so I don't hear anything anymore.

What is the problem? and is it possible to solve the problem? I brought it to a dude that knows his way through electronics but he told me that he doesn't think he can solve the problem because it's a digital pedal.

Somebody help me please. I need to have this pedal fixed by next sunday for the gig. Do I really need to buy it new and throw away the old one??? I really hope not
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Have you tried it with a different 9v power supply that can provide 180ma of power draw or more?
 
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BurningSkies said:
Have you tried it with a different 9v power supply that can provide 180ma of power draw or more?
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yes I did. I tried with the original AC adapter of the pedal power that gives juice to all the pedals, but the problem is still there. At this point I don't know if using another AC adapter created the problem on my pedal maybe by giving different kind of power (I don't know much about these things) or if it's just a coincidence. All I know is that the rest of the pedals worked fine, including my bass comp which is a 18 volt powered pedal with inverted polarity.
 
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andbaggio said:
yes I did. I tried with the original AC adapter of the pedal power that gives juice to all the pedals, but the problem is still there. At this point I don't know if using another AC adapter created the problem on my pedal maybe by giving different kind of power (I don't know much about these things) or if it's just a coincidence. All I know is that the rest of the pedals worked fine, including my bass comp which is a 18 volt powered pedal with inverted polarity.
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andbaggio said:
Hey everyone, I have a problem with this pedal. First of all, I don't know if it's the cause of the problem, but it happened when I change the AC adapter of the pedal power because the original adapter had a broken wire so I changed it with another one and that's when the problem on the pedal came out.

The problem is that when I engage the pedal I hear a loud noise, the pedal works well, but after 2 or 3 minutes it starts to make loud noises, so loud that my bass head clips and so I don't hear anything anymore.

What is the problem? and is it possible to solve the problem? I brought it to a dude that knows his way through electronics but he told me that he doesn't think he can solve the problem because it's a digital pedal.

Somebody help me please. I need to have this pedal fixed by next sunday for the gig. Do I really need to buy it new and throw away the old one??? I really hope not
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the c4 adapter broke and your using a different one now?
 
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BurningSkies said:
I mean, just bought the AS a month or two ago and I'd re-buy.

I've also had the Hub do a weird thing or two where it decided to not send expression on the channel I have the C4 on randomly with no recourse to dig in 'in the field' to make any changes. That was a bit of a mind-bender, given I'd never messed with the hub expression MIDI send settings. I did figure it out once I was home and had my laptop connected but didn't inspire much confidence.
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You can use the mobile app if you need to make deep changes to the AS, then save to the hub.

BurningSkies said:
The Hub has a setting for what channels it sends expression on. I have my C4 on Channel 1 and for some reason the Hub decided it would send expression on 2 and above. I hadn't even realized that control existed until I had to figure out why none of my envelope sweeps were working though the C4 had the expression control set correctly.
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if your talking about the 3 CCs in the global options, that’s for assigning hub expression, X and Y hot hand to midi output, it’s for use with effects downstream of the hub for expression control of midi pedals lacking an expression input.
 
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Rebu said:
Just curiosity
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Bob typically wants to have the raw audio data at 48K for his mathematics. I assume that is what he does in the Aftershock. I would think that performing math on 96K audio would be pointless. I believe, but don't quote me, that the converters run at 96K, but they interpolate down to 48K.
 
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Good evening, it's me again with another question. So I can't find the cable so I can't use my phone to use the app with the pedal, and I have to use the pc software with the pedal connected with a usb cable.

On the software I see 6 possible "spaces" where to store the various settings I change. I assume that the first three are for the "red light" presets and the other three are for the "green light" presets.

If I'm not mistaken I learned that the "red light" presets are not based on where the knobs are at the moment I engage the pedal, but if I then do turn a knob the pedal takes on the change of the knob. Did I learn correctly?

I hope I explained myself well. Thanks for the help
 

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