Many musicians I know personally do not like to tour around with expensive pedals. They prefer to keep cheaper stuff like Boss and MXR when they go to bars and other potentially rowdy places. Their home recording setups have much nicer pedals.
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Origin Audio Cali76 FET compressor (1176 inspired)
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bongomania
Commercial User
IMO where you will hear the biggest, clearest difference between the Cali and most other pedals, including the CP9Pro, is when you allow your signal to stay over the threshold more of the time. When the CP9Pro "stays lit up", the tone can be muddy, but when the Cali stays lit, it sounds great.
Interesting you say that bongo. Thinking back that was certainly the case, the CP9 when lit up constantly didn't sound as sweet as the Cali. And my settings tend to have the Maxon on most of the time.
Played this so e more and I can now aporeciate the brilliance of this compressor. It's so smooth and the tone it imparts is just peachy.
Always thought the Maxon was great but this is in another league
Always thought the Maxon was great but this is in another league
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
Yes it will and I have mine at the beginning it's a serious pedal and you want the transformer version.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
beginning ? Interesting.
Thanks, placed the order for the cali with the transformer.
I bet it'll sound great with a blowerbox, a bunch of IE pedals and a B7K at the end!!
I sold my FEA Labs DE-CL to get it I love this thing and the transformer takes it over the top congrats and I love my Blower Box
Can't wait for it to get here. In the mean time I'm reading the manual... this caught my eye:
"When actively engaged through the use of an 18V supply, the
transformer-board effectively buffers the signal at all times,
even when the unit is set to "Bypass""
Would this render the amazing buffer on my micro thumpinator redundant?
Eric
"When actively engaged through the use of an 18V supply, the
transformer-board effectively buffers the signal at all times,
even when the unit is set to "Bypass""
Would this render the amazing buffer on my micro thumpinator redundant?
Eric
bongomania
Commercial User
Bongo... should I move my thumpinator to the end of the chain then, or is the Cali at the start and the b7k at the end enough?
Good question, I'm selling my thumpinator... I know you still get the filtering benefits, but I really liked it because of the buffer.
Humm.. You have a good point. I'll hang on to the thumpinator and play around with both of them.
Anyone else running a thumpinator and a cali? Where are they in the chain?
Eric
bongomania
Commercial User
I don't know the impedance ratings of the B7K. Also, whether it matters (regardless of the impedances) is purely subjective.
