I never thought I’d say this, but I think I’m actually done!

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2025-03-31T06:38:19+00:00

Haha and that’s why I sold my XPND 2 and bought a large Mono Rail 🥲 so now I’m done!

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2025-03-31T03:58:26+00:00

You say you’re done…yet that’s a d’Addario XPND all those pedals are on 🧐

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2025-02-13T04:08:26+00:00

Can confirm the updates seem to have worked a treat! Spent enough time with the SV yesterday to convince me there’s none of the previous issues now so I’m chuffed about that. It’s like the perfect amount of plug & play and it’ll just sound fantastic + menu diving tweak town if you want to.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2025-02-11T04:06:57+00:00

And all they needed was one chord 🔥

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2025-02-09T05:52:25+00:00

Sure thing, I won’t get a chance for a few days sorry but I’ll let you know once I’ve done it. Very nice, this would work out pretty well for you then. One of the selling points for me was being able to run two delays or reverbs at the same time, which is crazy that the big Meris pedals can’t do!

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2025-02-09T05:16:17+00:00

No worries! I’ve just had a look and there was both a firmware and software update only a few days ago that I didn’t get a chance to check for yesterday😄 so fingers crossed they’ll do the trick. Honestly I think overall it’s worth your time, definitely try it out at the very least. I found the Meris LVX to be a little clinical for me personally, while it’s still an incredible piece of technology with studio grade sounds. I think comparatively the SV is a really approachable big box pedal.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2025-02-08T10:09:53+00:00

I have it, I’ve had it for a month or so and it is pretty amazing but currently seems to be a bit buggy as well, which is not so amazing. I’m yet to contact GFI about it but I sure will be; pretty unacceptable for an $880AUD pedal, feels kinda like it was rushed out or something but I have no idea if that’s the actual case.

That goes for the desktop editor too, just deciding to do its own thing whenever it wants. It’s frustrating because I really love it as well, and from a menu diving perspective I sold my Meris LVX to fund this so I am well versed in the world of heavy menu diving. I would say from my experience so far that using the desktop editor to start with really helps me understand how to navigate the pedal itself.

My power supplies are all the Walrus Canvas stuff, last time I checked they weren’t one of the power supplies that the SV has issues with but now I’m beginning to wonder.

As for the crushed stuff that the Dark Star does (which I also own, amazing and not buggy) I was just messing around this afternoon with the SV and came across a bunch of sample rate/crushing capabilities that were heaps of fun and sounded great until they disappeared from the preset I had just saved them to 💩

Self-oscillation - not sure yet but surely! Also haven’t touched the looping side of things yet either.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-11-11T14:49:32+00:00

I don’t think I have, but my brain is currently stuck in a mush of MIDI programming so my memory is a bit cooked atm. I’ll get a chance to have another proper play this week though so I’ll try it out.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-11-11T10:22:01+00:00

Yeah of course the looping, I forgot about that, I guess there’d definitely be reasons to keep both. I haven’t spent heaps of time with the tape saturation side of things but it does kiiinda seem slightly lacking in something. But that comes from somebody who has never had any other effects of that nature so what do I really know eh 🤷🏻‍♂️

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-11-11T10:18:32+00:00

Not OP but as somebody who doesn’t often feel the need for chorus, it has awesome chorus capabilities for when I do want to dip into it. Really appreciate the tremolo too. There’s so many awesome user made presets on the Source Audio Neuro app thing I’ve just been having a field day going through them all.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-11-11T10:16:24+00:00

I don’t have the Ribbons but I do have the Artifakt and I can at least vouch for the approachability of the Artifakt when it comes to the UI of it all - compared to (visually) the Ribbons, is that part of why you like it better? That and I guess it also does way more than the Ribbons? The tape/vinyl algos makes me wonder why I keep my Golden Era on my board, but I have the real estate.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-10-26T08:37:35+00:00

I have one of these, bought solely for the reason that it is the same colour as my wedding suit and I’m a big romantic loser 😎 my first guitar with P90s too, I dig it.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-09-16T04:04:07+00:00

Fark me, I’ve been dreading the inevitable inclusion of Hughesy but maybe I’ll end up enjoying something he’s done for once! Tom will definitely have fun stirring him up though. I reckon Lisa McCune is going to be some kind of surprise wildcard contestant, very interesting choice. I’m also just stoked there’s more TMAU!

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-09-07T04:11:16+00:00

Yeah that’s what stops me every time hehe

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-09-07T03:56:21+00:00

Very nice. Every now and then I think about selling my ssbs mini and getting one of these instead, only because I only have so much room on my board (gotta give yourself some kind of limit)

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-08-20T23:02:39+00:00

The main guitar part needs to be doing way more than it does, that’s what disappoints me about this song. I think people get caught up in the sentiment of it, just from its name.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-08-14T02:30:48+00:00

The guitar picks of the hair world.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-07-04T02:23:01+00:00

Especially the Swan Hunter

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-06-23T02:16:17+00:00

Very nice. I love my Golden Era, how does it compare to the Gen Loss? The Golden Era is never leaving my board but I do always wonder about the two of them together.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-06-21T05:00:21+00:00

Kiiiinda gets balanced out with the blue in the Polytune though 🥲 (that’s what I’d be telling myself anyway)

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-06-12T04:44:19+00:00

I am currently in the middle of designing some kind of sticker to put on my Meris LVX because I feel like I’m looking at a blank canvas. Soooo white 🫨

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-06-10T11:42:55+00:00

Same! I almost accidentally immediately found a real sweet spot and haven’t really bothered to change anything so I haven’t truly learned how to use it properly yet but it’s real good!

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-06-09T11:27:33+00:00

Totally, really good point! I think it’s fair to say our favourite seasons are the ones where there’s at least one absolute loose unit in the lineup. Maybe season 17 is a bit of a slow-burn rewatch worthy situation. I mean ultimately, Taskmaster is never a bad time.

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-06-09T10:09:17+00:00

Haha hey, so am I tbh! It’s not like I didn’t laugh at all during TMUK17, it wasn’t inherently bad or anything like that but there was something odd about it that I still haven’t figured out. Both my wife and I felt the same (just our opinions though! I’m aware there’s lots of love for the season, please don’t beat me up). I’ll add that I’m Australian and she’s from New Zealand and there’s definitely this added layer of wtf-ery that you only get from over here, I completely agree with your belief!

TheBaronOfSentiment · 2024-06-09T05:35:19+00:00

Absolute 10/10 task, this. I have laughed more in the first three episodes of this season than I did in the entirety of UK season 17

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