Muttley wrote:Especially compared to the older modelling in things like the GT-5 (which I know Mr Madfillder has used).
Still using it mate.
Yeah, was a nice bit of kit for a while. But with my new(ish) JMP1 amp I don't need the distortions, and mine seems incredibly noisy, and not flexible enough to control the JMP1 really.
madfiddler wrote:
Muttley wrote:I'd be interested to hear how that sounds live. Only noodled with a "demo" copy for a while before ditching it (too much latency and too much CPU usage).
The Sonic Maximizer arrived on Tuesday, but I've only had time to quickly throw it in the new rack case this lunchtime and have a quick play. It's really a quite remarkable little box from initial tests.
My current setup actually has quite a lot of clarity on it's own (or so I thought), being a Marshall JMP1 into a Marshall 9100 power-amp and then into a 1960A 4x12 loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s. With the Sonic Maximizer stuck between the JMP1 and 9100, and playing with the controls seems to remove an additional layer of mud I didn't even realise was there (if you see what I mean). The Lo Contour control seems to give your guitar an extra thump (especially when doing Palm-muted chugging) but it doesn't muddy things at all. The Process control opens up the top end quite a bit and can give a bit of sizzle on higher settings. I think this is where the much reported "turning it on is like removing a heavy blanket from your speaker cab" comes from, and it does sound just like that.
It's still early days though, and this is only a quick impression from 10mins playing at polite levels. I'll report back how it handles itself at rehearsal levels in a week or so.
Muttley
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Muttley wrote:Yeah, was a nice bit of kit for a while. But with my new(ish) JMP1 amp I don't need the distortions, and mine seems incredibly noisy, and not flexible enough to control the JMP1 really.
Yeah, I bought a Ground Control Pro to control a rack that I never bothered finishing...
Muttley wrote:Yeah, was a nice bit of kit for a while. But with my new(ish) JMP1 amp I don't need the distortions, and mine seems incredibly noisy, and not flexible enough to control the JMP1 really.
Yeah, I bought a Ground Control Pro to control a rack that I never bothered finishing...
It was a tough decision between that, its bigger brother or the Keystation 88 that m-audio do, but common sense prevailed.
Also caved in and bought the Korg Digital Legacy pack so I can once again bask in the glory which is the Wavestation
Legacy Digital is great! I loved going through the M1 presets and remembering hearing the patches that adorned so many early '90s records. The wavestation is great, too!
sponge wrote:Legacy Digital is great! I loved going through the M1 presets and remembering hearing the patches that adorned so many early '90s records. The wavestation is great, too!
Never got a chance to work with an M1 so I'm looking forward to playing with the vst. As for the wavestation it was the first hardware synth I bought (still have it infact) so have a great affection for it
sponge wrote:Legacy Digital is great! I loved going through the M1 presets and remembering hearing the patches that adorned so many early '90s records. The wavestation is great, too!
Never got a chance to work with an M1 so I'm looking forward to playing with the vst. As for the wavestation it was the first hardware synth I bought (still have it infact) so have a great affection for it
The M1 is fantastic stuff, right down to tricky, fiddly sound editing! When you've registered it, you can then download all the T1 sound banks, too. A million cards....
The wavestation is fun. I never had one, but I guess I kinda do now.... Of course for full effect, you should have grabbed the Korg Kontrol keyboard - The little joystick they popped on it is just the thing for wavestation morphing... I guess that's why they put it on there.
after much deliberation I've kicked off my mid life crisis with a decent amp purchase
I'd have loved to have gone for a half stack of some description but sense prevailed (this way I could still afford a new guitar in a few years)
Initial practice indicates that it is rather a nice amplifier
I'll see what it's like at louder volumes soon after I move into the new house. In other news I have a mate at work who is dying to start jamming so I'm looking forward to that as well.
sponge wrote:The wavestation is fun. I never had one, but I guess I kinda do now.... Of course for full effect, you should have grabbed the Korg Kontrol keyboard - The little joystick they popped on it is just the thing for wavestation morphing... I guess that's why they put it on there.
Indeed it is and the Kontrol works perfectly with my Wavestation SR rackmount too
sty wrote:after much deliberation I've kicked off my mid life crisis with a decent amp purchase
I'd have loved to have gone for a half stack of some description but sense prevailed (this way I could still afford a new guitar in a few years)
Initial practice indicates that it is rather a nice amplifier
I'll see what it's like at louder volumes soon after I move into the new house. In other news I have a mate at work who is dying to start jamming so I'm looking forward to that as well.
Llovely.
You know, rather than buying a new guitar you could just spend a couple of hundred pimping the Yamaha. New tuners, bridge and pickups and it'll almost be a new guitar.
Muttley wrote:You know, rather than buying a new guitar you could just spend a couple of hundred pimping the Yamaha. New tuners, bridge and pickups and it'll almost be a new guitar.
Muttley
I may actually do that anyway before I was to splurge on anything new, that way I'd get another great guitar.
now you got me thinking about Hotrails pickups, Floyd Rose etc etc
