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#722
caeman said:
Why does inserting a cable have to turn it on. Shouldn't the foot switch do that?
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Inserting a cable powers up the pedal to ready it for activation. The footswitch serves to toggle from bypass.

The soundblox pedals use active analog bypass, which is essentially a true bypass of the effect circuitry but it ads a buffer to the signal to prevent degradation. This is why the pedal stays powered even when in bypass.

How'd I do Jesse?
 
#723
Not bad for a bass player!

The key reason one wants the pedal to be on and ready is to elimante the pops, clicks, and delay that would happen if the effect were engaged from a completely powered-off condition. It is a long tradition to power-on pedals by inserting the input plug. This eliminates a switch and decreases the likelyhood of running down a battery by leaving it on.

All of our non-battery pedals (such at the Pro series) power-on via the power plug and not the input jack. Hope this clears up the question.
 
#724
Just for future reference, I had that same problem too. I found that if I "thunked" down on the floor with enough force, I could get the pedal to power off. Hasn't done it in a long time, so I probably just had a bad cable.
 
#726
As a result of my recent purchase of a BEF, I got a free hot hand unit. It arrived quickly from the SA folks, but today was my first chance to play with it. And right now, play is the operative word. You can do some fun changes to the sound with it, but I imagine some practice is necessary to make music with it.

My son loved it. I put it on his hand and let him manipulate the sound for me. So easy an 5-yr old can do it!
 
#727
caeman said:
As a result of my recent purchase of a BEF, I got a free hot hand unit. It arrived quickly from the SA folks, but today was my first chance to play with it. And right now, play is the operative word. You can do some fun changes to the sound with it, but I imagine some practice is necessary to make music with it.

My son loved it. I put it on his hand and let him manipulate the sound for me. So easy an 5-yr old can do it!
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Funny...that's exactly what I did with my 5-year-old great-niece! It sounded awesome, and it freed me up to just play. Obviously, it wouldn't be practical live, but I'm thinking about recording that way!
 
#728
Fun with BEF! I am slowly learning some of the useful sounds I can use with the BEF. I used it this weekend for the first time during two different church services. I am trying to be deliberate in my inclusion of effects in the church setting.
 
#729
I realized today that if I remove the Passive DI box from my small pedal case, I can fit four Tri-Mod sized pedals in there at once. :bassist:

So, uh...is that future EQ pedal tri-mod sized? *Goes back to find pictures in this thread*
 
#730
caeman said:
I realized today that if I remove the Passive DI box from my small pedal case, I can fit four Tri-Mod sized pedals in there at once. :bassist:

So, uh...is that future EQ pedal tri-mod sized? *Goes back to find pictures in this thread*
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The EQ pedal us much smaller than the current "Soundblox" pedals. I am not in the office, but it is about 2.5" x 4.5".
 
#737
caeman said:
But...I just bought the BEF! :( Nah, the BEF Pro is way more features than I need at church. I might pick up the Phaser later on.
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Ah, but the BEF Pro can possibly suit your phaser needs...The Tri-Mod Phaser is of course a better all around phaser, but depending on your phasing needs you may very well be able to use the BEF Pro.

Its definitely working well for live work, though I think if I was recording, I might go with the stand alone. Its fun to use the last three settings with an expression pedal to control the tempo on the fly.
 
#739
I ended up getting a second hand BEF a couple of weeks ago. It didn't really sound quite right so I sent an e-mail off to Source Audio asking if there was some way it could be checked out.

Roger wrote back to me saying that I could send it in to be checked out. When I found out I was only an hour away from their location, I asked if I could physically bring it in. Roger said sure.

When I got there, I met Jeff and Jesse. Both were very friendly and accommodating. We checked the pedal out and sure enough, there was a problem with it. There was another BEF in the shop. They checked it out to determine if it was one hundred percent (which it was) and let me take that one.

All in all, it was a very positive experience; the way a company should be run (great product /great customer service). It's companies like Source Audio that I enjoy doing business with.
 

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