It's the Link Removed and its great! A ton of functionality in a small package. There is a lot of discussion about the Mini Pro over in @scubaduba's compressor thread, where I learned about it. It seems to be popular on TB.
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Show me your compact pedalboard setup
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It's the Link Removed and its great! A ton of functionality in a small package. There is a lot of discussion about the Mini Pro over in @scubaduba's compressor thread, where I learned about it. It seems to be popular on TB.
Well. I have tuner-->hpf/lpf-->preamp-->dirt.
My rationale was the hpf/lpf would clean up any clank from my fingers, then the preamp would shape the tone to give a better signal into the dirt.
I have no need for DI out. Yet.
But the way above looks better.
My rationale was the hpf/lpf would clean up any clank from my fingers, then the preamp would shape the tone to give a better signal into the dirt.
I have no need for DI out. Yet.
But the way above looks better.
It is a neat design but the builder is working out some kinks. I’ve had two so far and both were noisy. I’m told it is being addressed.
Something happened with solderless? I am using solderless now, sure want to be aware of any potential issues.
Yeah, every cable that I've had that has failed has been solder less. George L, Planet Waves, 3 Monkeys, D'Addario. The last failure has me swearing off them. They look neat on the board, but reliability is far greater than a cool pic.
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I totally agreed until I got the flat patch EBS cables....totally like those.
I used to have only a hpf as the last thing on my board. I played a big outdoor stage where I went into the DI box that the sound company provided. The full frequency sound system made my overdrive sound really bad, although on stage it sounded fine because I’m monitoring with my amp (tweeter off).
With the hpf/lpf I cut the highs around 2-3k and that helped a lot when going into a bigger sound system via DI. I find the od responds better to a full freq signal.
The MXR preamp is there as an active DI that’s powered by my Volto as well as a footswitchable eq for a boost or bass bump if needed.
I bet that sounds really good though. The old DOD preamp is big and punchy.
It’s great. The simple one knob eq is very helpful in funky rooms, and even when it’s off the buffer really makes a difference. It’s also nice to have the boost in front of the compulator to compensate for a few basses I have with weaker output.
So from 3 weeks ago mine has changed again. Polytune 2 off, Pedaltrain SST Tuner on with a passive mute switch so I could get some modulation on. Long term I think I want a Valeton MDR for modulation, but the cheap little sonic cake does a good job. I'd love to get a PRA Audio ELF WiC Wireless and velcro it to the top of the micro Thump, but we'll see. So far the SST is not amazing to be honest. Seems to be quite slow and hesitant. But at this point it's the only way to get all I want on a Nano sized board other than use a clip on tuner.
After the helix did not really satisfy me i am back with a rockboard tres
So from 3 weeks ago mine has changed again. Polytune 2 off, Pedaltrain SST Tuner on with a passive mute switch so I could get some modulation on. Long term I think I want a Valeton MDR for modulation, but the cheap little sonic cake does a good job. I'd love to get a PRA Audio ELF WiC Wireless and velcro it to the top of the micro Thump, but we'll see. So far the SST is not amazing to be honest. Seems to be quite slow and hesitant. But at this point it's the only way to get all I want on a Nano sized board other than use a clip on tuner.
Your cable management is always just mind blowing..
What's.. SONICAKE.???
So from 3 weeks ago mine has changed again. Polytune 2 off, Pedaltrain SST Tuner on with a passive mute switch so I could get some modulation on. Long term I think I want a Valeton MDR for modulation, but the cheap little sonic cake does a good job. I'd love to get a PRA Audio ELF WiC Wireless and velcro it to the top of the micro Thump, but we'll see. So far the SST is not amazing to be honest. Seems to be quite slow and hesitant. But at this point it's the only way to get all I want on a Nano sized board other than use a clip on tuner.
Yeah, nice cable management. Those EBS cables are the bomb. Nice seeing the Becos compressor on there. Nice device.
The Sonicake pedal is the 5th dimension right? How do you like it?
Been having fun with this little guy going in to a Mesa D-800+ and Mesa 115/112 stacked cabs.
@scubaduba @MTN.bass72 yes it is the Sonicake 5th Dimension. I grabbed this and the Tom'sline Mod Station to compare. The Mod Station has a killer Phaser but the Chorus is washed out and average to me and the pedal is a little noisy. The 5th Dimension to me is pretty quiet, the 2 chorus modes are good, as is the flanger, and the vibrato mode, however the phaser is not as strong as the Tom'sline sadly. All in all the 5th Dim was a better option. Chorus and Phaser are my priorities for this pedal.
From what I can tell - Valeton and Sonicake are the same company. The Valeton Coral Mod II and the Coral MDR (Modulation/Delay/Reverb) look excellent and I think I will grab an MDR to try.
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Yes the EBS cables are da bomb. Even the power cables saved a few mm which was significant with this layout. The EBS Gold are so much smaller than the originals also, which I didn't realise until I stumbled across a comparison pic on the interwebs.
Very happy with how it came together. All running off a wallwart feeding a 6 and a 4 outlet EBS via a 1 into power y cable and it is quiet. Can't believe it.
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Thanks mate. Appreciate the compliment!!Your cable management is always just mind blowing..
Board re-haul means dirt decisions. Put together this little guy to test things out.
So much Boss love is never done until there’s an OC-2 or OC-3 on the board.
