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WHOA...Digitech The Drop

#82
LSMFT6 said:
Looks like Prymaxe got theirs, though it's called the Drop Everything on the site.
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That's...weird. Guess someone just read the press release articles without looking too closely at the product.
 
#85
As much as I want this so so badly, it's looking like I'm going to wait maybe a month or two at least. I'm in the middle of a move and a job change, I'm so recovering from surgery on my ankle, and I've got a bit of financial uncertainty right now. For job reasons we had to move away from a house we still own and had renters this past year; now we need new ones. I think it will happen but until it does, it's kind of nerve wracking. #firstworldproblems and all that, but still.

However, I desperately await all of your reviews so that eventually the GAS will be irresistible.
 
#86
So, quick review. Works well, much better than the Morpheus I had. Tracks well. I only used it on 2 songs but it will definitely stay on my board.

I did notice some high end loss, but nothing extreme. All in all, having only had a couple of minutes with it and 2 songs, I'm impressed.

The momentary switch is really cool. Instead of dropped d, I set the drop to 1 step and used the pedal only when played on the E. Just to test it. Worked exceptionally well. Not something i'd do a lot, but I liked it. If you want that big low D, but only once in a while, it rocks.

Played a whole song dropped 2 steps to C, and it held up in the mix. Also the octave/dry tracked really well.

Nice work
 
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DirtyDuke said:
So, quick review. Works well, much better than the Morpheus I had. Tracks well. I only used it on 2 songs but it will definitely stay on my board.

I did notice some high end loss, but nothing extreme. All in all, having only had a couple of minutes with it and 2 songs, I'm impressed.

The momentary switch is really cool. Instead of dropped d, I set the drop to 1 step and used the pedal only when played on the E. Just to test it. Worked exceptionally well. Not something i'd do a lot, but I liked it. If you want that big low D, but only once in a while, it rocks.

Played a whole song dropped 2 steps to C, and it held up in the mix. Also the octave/dry tracked really well.

Nice work
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So when you compare it to the Morpheus, do you mean on bass? I've always been happy with my Morpheus on guitar for great tracking and negligible latency. But you can lose a lot of the clean tone. And bass is another story---I notice the tone and latency issues right away. Sounds like the Drop solves all of this.

Can't wait to try this pedal.
 
#90
So I have a frustrating story tangentially related to the Drop. Someone in either this thread or the "Digitech New Pedals" thread mentioned that if I really wanted to hear what the Drop sounded like, I should check out one of the newer Whammys (V, DT, or Bass) because while the Drop has a tweaked algorithm, it's in the ballpark. So I went to the Guitar Center "VIP" event last night (they were open late for people on their e-mail list, I guess, sign up for a raffle, a few deals, etc.). I asked to play the Whammy V on guitar that they had in one of their glass cases. The guy goes over to a different location and gets out a Whammy and plugs me in. As I play through it, it starts to dawn on me that this doesn't have the features I thought the Whammy V was supposed to have. There is also some tracking issues. Some of it is great and cool, other parts, not so much. I tried it on bass, same story. The polyphony is really bad as well.

I returned it to the front and looked at everything, and yep, this is a used Whammy II, not the Whammy V in the case. I discuss this a little bit with the guys there, and while nice, they obviously don't totally know what they're talking about regarding the differences between the two units.

I dunno, maybe I'll go back and say I really, really want to hear the Whammy V.

DigiTechRep: they also said the Whammy they used had a proprietary power supply, is this correct or not? Will the Drop be compatible with standard Boss-style 9V plugs?
 
#92
Adamixoye said:
So I have a frustrating story tangentially related to the Drop. Someone in either this thread or the "Digitech New Pedals" thread mentioned that if I really wanted to hear what the Drop sounded like, I should check out one of the newer Whammys (V, DT, or Bass) because while the Drop has a tweaked algorithm, it's in the ballpark. So I went to the Guitar Center "VIP" event last night (they were open late for people on their e-mail list, I guess, sign up for a raffle, a few deals, etc.). I asked to play the Whammy V on guitar that they had in one of their glass cases. The guy goes over to a different location and gets out a Whammy and plugs me in. As I play through it, it starts to dawn on me that this doesn't have the features I thought the Whammy V was supposed to have. There is also some tracking issues. Some of it is great and cool, other parts, not so much. I tried it on bass, same story. The polyphony is really bad as well.

I returned it to the front and looked at everything, and yep, this is a used Whammy II, not the Whammy V in the case. I discuss this a little bit with the guys there, and while nice, they obviously don't totally know what they're talking about regarding the differences between the two units.

I dunno, maybe I'll go back and say I really, really want to hear the Whammy V.

DigiTechRep: they also said the Whammy they used had a proprietary power supply, is this correct or not? Will the Drop be compatible with standard Boss-style 9V plugs?
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Hey Adamixoye,
Was probably me making that suggestion! ;) The polyphonic feature wasn't introduced until the Whammy DT, then carried into the Whammy V and subsequently the New Bass Whammy as 'Chords' mode.

Would only try one of these 3 newest pedals to test drop tuning. All of these plus the new Drop are standard Boss adaptor power while the older ones were all a specialist adaptor.

Try not to expect too many miracles as there are limitations, same as knowing how to get the best out of a Boss OC-2. But I love em all, especially the classic setting strangely...... Haha!
 
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#93
Andy Will said:
Hey Adamixoye,
Was probably me making that suggestion! ;) The polyphonic feature wasn't introduced until the Whammy DT, then carried into the Whammy V and subsequently the New Bass Whammy as 'Chords' mode.

Would only try one of these 3 newest pedals to test drop tuning. All of these plus the new Drop are standard Boss adaptor power while the older ones were all a specialist adaptor.

Try not to expect too many miracles as there are limitations, same as knowing how to get the best out of a Boss OC-2. But I love em all, especially the classic setting strangely...... Haha!
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Thanks for the info! As I've mentioned ad nausem, the minimum I want is my Morpheus Droptune in a smaller package that works on bass. I'm happy enough with the tracking/polyphony on the Morpheus (I would say latency is an A, tracking is an A-, tone and attack range from A- to C depending on setting and whether you're clean/dirty). So far it sounds like the newest Whammy stuff is at least comparable.
 
#95
Andy Will said:
No problem. Have been a massive Whammy fan for many non-obvious uses for years now so love seeing how the revisions have been panning out. Thank you Digitech for making such a fun tool (no pun intended) and creative wonder!

Another link that's 'kinda' good for comparing with the Morpheous is this one:
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I've watched that before. He lost some credibility with me when he said the Morpheus wasn't true bypass (it is, I've tested it). While in one sense I appreciated that he gave his conclusion up front, he kept harping on it so much that I don't think he did a very good presentation of actually comparing the two. I assume that what I'm saying here is related to why you called it " 'kinda' good."
 

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