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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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Yup, it's FV-1. I've always been happy with FV-1 effects, but have always wished I could get some more tubey warmth out of it. And now I finally got it
That's actually super cool. I don't smoke, but I love pipes and the smell of pipe tobacco. Makes me think of my grandpa and brings back cool childhood memories. I've got three of his old pipes and I keep them in the shop. Sorta like existential fidget devices.
The old submini tubes Sushi used had 2 gain stages, just like a 12a*7 tube; and old drw had 2 submini tubes, so the same 4-count gain stages the drwx has
*6n21b were the old submini tubes I believe, dual triodes
Yup, correct. 6N21B (and earlier 6N17B-VR used in even older builds) are dual triodes, just like 12AX7 but with less gain. Exact same circuit between all the versions, with the small exception that later builds added a volume dropping circuit so you don't blow everything up by turning up the master volume.
Ha! Love it. I smoked a pipe until my my wife and I moved in together. She has a sensitive nose. But every once in a while when she's out of town I break out my old churchwarden.
Depends on how you're using the VMT. If you're looking for warmth with just a bit of grit you may be interested in Underground Accelerator or Elementary, if you're looking to get more dirt out of it you could check out Dr. Wattson or JC Emerald.
Lab Rat was designed to have a nice fat bottom end, which is the main reason people tend to use a blend on bass, so while it's possible to put a blend in, it's not something currently on my to-do list.
A churchwarden was my favorite when I still smoked a pipe. I had a couple others that were more portable, but the churchwarden got the nod when I was at home.
I had one. I liked it, it sounded good. But it didn’t fool me into thinking it had tubes, didn’t have that heft in each note. IMHO.
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Oh whoops, disregard, I owned the Master 300, not the 100.
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Is the EQ in Dr Wattson pre or post gain/tubes?
I often set mine flat/noon, but looking at putting EQ before with a scooped tone, and then be able to quickly enable/disable that tone when the song calls for it.
I often set mine flat/noon, but looking at putting EQ before with a scooped tone, and then be able to quickly enable/disable that tone when the song calls for it.
Dr. Wattson goes Gainstage 1 -> Gain control -> Gainstage 2 -> EQ -> Gainstage 3 -> output
This looks awesome. Any way to add in presets? Would be killer to have toggle between Chorus/Flanger/Phaser by hitting a stomp and not having to also adjust parameter knobs in between songs. That would make it very appealing for live use.
Unfortunately not currently, nope. This is about as bare-bones as you can get with digital multi-fx. Storing presets would take a lot more processing power than is currently in there as well as some way of visualizing the stored presets.
I have an analog overdrive pedal with a preset and a clever way of visualising the knob values : with the preset engaged, when you turn a knob, either the left or right LEDs of the pedal blinks to indicate which way to turn the knob to get to the correct position for the preset. Once there, both LEDs blink to indicate that the value of the knob matches the value of the preset.
I have not seen something similar before, maybe some day you could expand on this idea
I have an analog overdrive pedal with a preset and a clever way of visualising the knob values : with the preset engaged, when you turn a knob, either the left or right LEDs of the pedal blinks to indicate which way to turn the knob to get to the correct position for the preset. Once there, both LEDs blink to indicate that the value of the knob matches the value of the preset.
I have not seen something similar before, maybe some day you could expand on this idea
Yea, that's how the Sansamp Programmable BDDI does it, which the first time I saw it I was impressed by how intuitive that was. Of course it is like 2x the size and doesn't really have any DSP so can allocate all compute to the presets. Wish my Source Audio pedals did the same thing. Sounds like it's out of the question for the Glass Butterfly sadly, but understand that it adds a whole additional layer of complexity.
I wanted an Elementary, but then I realized the higher voltage hand wired option is on available on the Dr Wattson but not the Elementary. Hmmm.
Are there any sounds the Elementary can produce that the Dr Wattson can’t? I know the DW can get more gainy, but in the range of gain they can both do, so they sound the same?
Are there any sounds the Elementary can produce that the Dr Wattson can’t? I know the DW can get more gainy, but in the range of gain they can both do, so they sound the same?
@warptheory and @XLunacy y'all should bear in mind that @Sushi Box FX is one brilliant guy but this is a hobby for profit thing not his primary career. Those other companies have decades in the business, development budgets and multiple people on staff or consulting. He is building totally unique and outstanding products alone for those of us fortunate to have discovered and support his genius - no need to set impossible expectations.
Depending on your needs the difference between SMD and HW may be negligible. Through my studio monitors or headphones I can hear the difference but in a live situation through an amp not really, add guitars, drums and other sonic horrors none at all.
- How much? - None at all.
Interesting, based on other comments I was thinking much the HW would be bigger sounding.
