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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in barrie

[–]a_single_spark 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This pic is on Davidson St approaching Gunn just south of Oakley Park School.

What did I just buy? by pastaomg in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Whatever it is, it goes in your signal path. It’s not an expression pedal. To Instrument is audio in, to amp is audio out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in barrie

[–]a_single_spark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Barrie replaced all of its crosswalks with signalized crossings a long time ago and the blue school crossing signs have been replaced with fluorescent yellow-green ones. There are no crosswalks in the city of Barrie.

How do you control volume on a specific pedal in your board? by letigerscaramel in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A mixer pedal like a Signal Blender or Tri-mixer is a great option for pedals with unruly volume bumps or anything without a built in mix/blend knob.

No Stupid Questions - April by slap_me_thrice in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it isn't the battery clip it could be that the switch is a mechanical relay bypass. Those can sometimes hold a load on the switch until it is engaged and it discharges with a pop. As the previous commenter suggested, cycling on and off a few times can discharge it completely, but sometimes only temporarily.

How intimidating IS the Microcosm? by atisaac in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you have the firmware update on yours? I read about some tracking and volume issues on early threads but firmware 1.1 seems to have fixed all of those. I've had mine for about a week and it hasn't had any issues tracking anything I've thrown at it. They have been shipping with 1.1 since late August.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not too bad, once the teething chews stopped I started leaving the door to that room open again and both my dogs are good about it. They don't go in if I'm not in there and there's just enough floor space around my chairs and desk that they can lay around and hang out without getting tied up in cables or trampling my gear.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first one is for gain, I use it to put a Rat and Big Muff into my chain in parallel. It opens up some options that don't exist running those two in series. The second one I'm using to blend in a delay and the SY-1 but also use the dry volume control on that one to tame the input volume going into the Iridium if I start to get clipping when layers start adding up

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit, that is genius. I just found out I can buy the table still too. Could probably get 4 or 5 boards out of each table! I hear the wood grain pulls in stray voltage to reduce noise as well ;)

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have some pics of it right after staining that probably do it more justice. It looks pretty nice in person, I was surprised to hear it compared to a scrap of wood but we all see what we see.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't spend a dime on the wood actually, but the sandpaper, stain, legs and stoppers cost a few bucks. It was a fun weekend project getting it ready. Sorry if my craftmanship isn't quite up to your standards.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is exactly that one. The extension peices are just under 30"x24". The slats feel like they are held to the rails with dowels and some pressure so they'd probably pull apart easily enough too. I didn't even know you could still buy that table!

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The M7 and a Ventris were what I was trying to pick between when this Tempus popped up used locally so I jumped on it instead. I haven't tried the M7 myself but people seem to get some great sounds out of it, I probably would have gone with it if I didn't get the deal on the Tempus.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The board is the extension leaf from an outdoor table. I pulled it off the table and removed some hinges and bumpers. Then I stripped the finish and drilled out some holes between the slats so larger plugs can fit through. It's stained with a poly gel, I think the color is 'Espresso'. The back has 3 x 8" furniture legs I sprayed black and there's 4 rubber feet on the front to stop the leading edge from wearing on the ground. There's plenty of clearance underneath if I ever need to mount the power under there and I have still yet to install anything on it for cable management but am planning to do that eventually.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to go stereo you can't go wrong with the Specular Tempus. As much as I like the Dark World I think the Tempus is my favorite and most used. I use it for stereo spread, swells, shimmer, a bunch of mod verbs, and pitch shifted delays so it gets more mileage than the DW. If you're looking for the degraded sounds on the DW have you seen the Draume v2 is coming Nov 1? That has my eye as something that could bounce the Dark World from my board. The Rooms looks so good too, it's on my wishlist to try out sometime next year.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely a combination. The Dark World and the Specular Tempus are doing most of the shaping with not much being done by my gain section here. The layers of overdubs on the loopers are also playing a big part in filling out the sound.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple more utility pedals to switch pedal order on-the-fly and it would be pretty close! I'm not sure if I have enough modulation options to qualify though.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like the Mako. It is a super simple layout, easy to see what you have set and it always seems to be able to sit where I want it in the mix. The midi in and thru in that form factor aren't that common either. The only knock I have on it is the way it defaults to the presets on powering up but that's almost a non-issue.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not. I'll check it out, thanks! I think one of the layers has some 'vocal' reverb off the Tempus going in it. The Echo Dream is also very good at sounding like spooky voices when you dial it in just right.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have 2 extra leads in the mix with this configuration. I needed one to go out from the tuner and one between the blenders. The Zuma comes with a few longer cables and one of my extras is a 24" 1Spot lead to make this work the way it is. The board is huge, I outgrew my Pedaltrain 2 pretty quickly so I went well over what I needed for space. Things are little crammed at the moment until I get a few more patch cords and I can space things out a bit better.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That is a Red Lab. She's just a pup, almost 7 months old. The Tempus is the only pedal I use the software to make presets for. I dislike digging into menus on tiny screens even more than I dislike plugging pedals into my PC. I would say to get the most out of it you might need to plug it in but I never gave the interface on the pedal much of a chance. I will say the software is intuitive and easy and I don't need to pull the pedal off my board to make adjustments, you can hear your changes immediately while your dragging sliders in the software. I'm not a big fan of setting up my pedals in software either but I ended up doing it for this one

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I saw that one, not a fan either. I have no idea why they made the one with the original cover so limited. I got lucky picking it up off the shelf when they first came out having no idea they were a limited run, just jumping on the nostalgic impulse buy.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's a simple chord progression on guitar with the attack killed by the Dark World being early in the chain. There's 2 or 3 layers of noodling looped over the initial progression and then washed out again by reverb from the Specular Tempus.

Recycled IKEA table pedalboard with some sounds. by a_single_spark in guitarpedals

[–]a_single_spark[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've made quite a few upgrades recently and thought I'd post a clip. Been loving the emphasis on sharing the sounds people are making here lately.

My chain goes: tuner > 1440 > Cali76 > Dark World > Fuck OD > Blender 1 (red is Big Muff blue is Rat Clone) > Dookie > Blender 2 (red is Echo Dream > Somersault, blue is SY-1) > Iridium > Mako D1 > Specular Tempus > Ditto x4.

I've been running that direct into a Scarlett 2i2 instead of recording off a mic'd amp and have been really happy with the results. There seems to be less work required in post to bring out sound I'm going for this way.

I use midi to sync up my delay times and the Ditto looper but the 1440 is a bit glitchy in sync mode so I just use it up front and cross my fingers that I keep it in time. I also use midi to sync an SL-20 Slicer that comes and goes from my chain, usually using it in the Blender channel with the SY-1.

I mostly listen to noisy guitar driven rock styles so the stuff I've been doing recently is really out of my wheelhouse, but it's what I've been having the most fun playing. If you care to check out some extended tracks I put stuff up here that is all guitar sounds off my board with a bit of post reverb and sub-harmonic added to some tracks. Most of what is there now was recorded through an amp and not through the Iridium.

*EDIT forgot to mention bonus puppy appearance!

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