I'm very much a supporting kind of player, haven't played a bass solo in my life, but the Hot Hand makes it almost tempting to cook up something short to play between songs, wave the hand around on stage and be a bit theatrical for once. 
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Source Audio Sorcerers Society (S.A.S.S) Part 3
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I wanted to check for merch on the webpage last week but the webpage was down... well now that it's back up, and there's still no merch anywhere, I'm seconding this opinion!
I'd say that it's great for a supporting role as well!I'm very much a supporting kind of player, haven't played a bass solo in my life, but the Hot Hand makes it almost tempting to cook up something short to play between songs, wave the hand around on stage and be a bit theatrical for once.
Here's a tip on the Hot Hand 3 (I think it may have been discussed earlier but it took me some time to figure this out):
It seems the HH3 is a bit finicky about the power supply; if you don't give it enough juice it can cause a digital noise from the receiver and it will bleed into the audio. The math said one 1Spot should be enough but three SA pedals plus the Hub with HH3, two Zooms, a tuner, a DI and a Ditto is apparently too much for the poor thing. So, I added a second 1Spot, split the power daisy-chain so SA is on one 1Spot and everything else on the other and the noise went away.
It seems the HH3 is a bit finicky about the power supply; if you don't give it enough juice it can cause a digital noise from the receiver and it will bleed into the audio. The math said one 1Spot should be enough but three SA pedals plus the Hub with HH3, two Zooms, a tuner, a DI and a Ditto is apparently too much for the poor thing. So, I added a second 1Spot, split the power daisy-chain so SA is on one 1Spot and everything else on the other and the noise went away.
rsmith601
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Different question: since the Hub only receives/sends MIDI on one channel, is there any issue if the Hub's signal "doubles back" on itself?
Not-so-hypothetical example: Hub OUT (primarily for expression and HH3 out over MIDI) is going to a MIDI merge box with several other devices (merging things such as tempo, PC and CC data, etc.). The MIDI merge box is going to a MIDI splitter box so that these combined commands are split to several devices, some of which cannot be chained together for whatever reason. For the Hub, this would be to receive the PC commands.
This is ultimately the most economic routing so that all MIDI output gets merged from the necessary sources, and all pedals that receive MIDI get what they need. But the Hub would be the only one that would technically be in a loop of receiving its own signal (along with other commands). I'm just wondering if this could potentially cause problems.
If no one has an answer, I anticipate being able to test it out for myself within the next two weeks...
Not-so-hypothetical example: Hub OUT (primarily for expression and HH3 out over MIDI) is going to a MIDI merge box with several other devices (merging things such as tempo, PC and CC data, etc.). The MIDI merge box is going to a MIDI splitter box so that these combined commands are split to several devices, some of which cannot be chained together for whatever reason. For the Hub, this would be to receive the PC commands.
This is ultimately the most economic routing so that all MIDI output gets merged from the necessary sources, and all pedals that receive MIDI get what they need. But the Hub would be the only one that would technically be in a loop of receiving its own signal (along with other commands). I'm just wondering if this could potentially cause problems.
If no one has an answer, I anticipate being able to test it out for myself within the next two weeks...
Just for fun, a quick test using the Hot Hand 3 with a 3Leaf Wonderlove filter, plus other pedals. Nothing a Manta plus Orbital can't do better, but on request from the 3Leaf thread.
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The noise level will tell you quickly. It really is case specific. I think you ought to be ok.
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I'm using the same setup but a M5 instead of HH plus a polytune. No Noise issue for me
Same here, I don't have the HH, but I run quite a bit on 1 1-spot, probably 4 SB2 pedals and a couple other pedals. But, they are so cheap so you can just add another one. I run something like 29 pedals + the hub on 5 x 1-spots/poweralls tucked under my board and it works wonderfully. This includes 4 SB2s and a few other very power hungry pedals (WP Blender v4-h2, 3Leaf Enabler).
I have three SB2 pedals and the Hub with HH3 on one 1Spot and that's fine.
Something odd with my MWBD Pro - at high gain, it has this clicking sound every time the LED flashes.
It's not a major problem, the moment I play anything, the background noise and the clicking sound vanishes. Just posting this here for awareness.
It's not a major problem, the moment I play anything, the background noise and the clicking sound vanishes. Just posting this here for awareness.
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Has anyone had issues with the buttons on a SB2 pedal becoming unresponsive? I picked up a used OFD from the classifieds (the guy is a TB regular) and it was fine when it came in but after a day or two the Tone Shape button became almost completely unresponsive. I have to hit the button several time just to get it to move down from treble to mid.
My SB2 pedals aren't quite perfect in that regard either, the Option Select on the Manta and the Noise Gate button on the OFD skips a position (jumping two positions on the LEDs) sometimes, but I have used them so little yet so I thought I'd give them some time and see if they get better with use.
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The first day I had the OFD I noticed that it would sometimes skip over one setting like you described, but for me that was tolerable. The way it is now it can take me up to a fill minute just to get to the EQ band that I want.
