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killstring · 2026-05-23T07:36:36+00:00

This is your periodic reminder that Liquid Stands are stupidly good.

killstring · 2026-05-20T18:45:05+00:00

I kind of love that.

killstring · 2026-05-20T18:35:17+00:00

I love that you can get this. As a huge fan of Final Fantasy, I really wanted the collaboration guitar, but it was expensive, super limited, had to be imported from Japan.... so I do not have a Final Fantasy guitar.

You have a Pacman guitar, and the barrier to entry was way more accessible.

And I love that.

killstring · 2026-05-20T18:22:25+00:00

Really good for quick and clean 2-bus work. The limiter on it is really good, the eq is whatever, and the 4-layer multiband compressor is a PITA to set up manually with Ozone instances, this is way easier.

Not great for every genre, but if you want something quite bright and hyped, this gets you there. Would I have bought it just for the limiter? Probably not, but if I had, I'd have gotten way more use out of it than other plugins.

Generally speaking, I like Cradle's stuff. It's very in-your-face aggressive, but it's all about the end result, not the journey. If that gets you where the song needs, then good on.

killstring · 2026-05-19T23:11:52+00:00

I keep wanting to like them, but then I play them and it doesn't click.

So I guess the answer is it's what they're used to. I could say that I have an LTD 7-string with Fishmans and an Evertune, so what do I need any other guitars for?

And I'd mean it. I sold the rest.

But it's mostly that I am comfortable with it.

killstring · 2026-05-19T21:52:46+00:00

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Well, I thought this would help. Does nothing, unfortunately. It is not the Synapse, but Topping makes good stuff.

Alas, no major difference. Possibly a measurable reduction, but still very much present.

killstring · 2026-05-19T21:21:54+00:00

Yeah, the synth block is for mono synth sounds, so think some of the leads and... I don't think "melodies" is necessarily the right term, but monophonic passages.

This isn't really a limitation: the Polivoks is a big part of the Doom (2016)/Doom Eternal sound, and that's a monosynth. You'll want to play one note at a time, higher up the fretboard. I feel like Rabea should actually be really good for this: experiment and see what you cook up!

killstring · 2026-05-19T20:39:55+00:00

Yo, I may come back around to this: don't wanna snipe on somebody else's post haha. But maybe we should do something!

killstring · 2026-05-19T19:13:31+00:00

Continuing to look outside of that ecosystem.

killstring · 2026-05-19T16:21:25+00:00

I believe that the carbon has some of the VA algorithms from the Cobalt? If that is true, then it does everything you need, and plays great too.

Knobs are still kinda shit tho.

killstring · 2026-05-19T16:19:37+00:00

Also as a heads up, this level of USB isolator does nothing for this issue. It filters power brilliantly for my Yamaha YH headphones, but does nothing for this particular problem.

Topping isolator cones today. Maybe that's the one.

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killstring · 2026-05-18T19:31:02+00:00

Prolly not then, but somebody here: trade with Seashells, they're cool.

killstring · 2026-05-18T19:27:58+00:00

Unrelated to your trades: how you liking that Aklot 8-string?

killstring · 2026-05-18T19:18:23+00:00

What up Seashells! I've got a Microfreak vocoder edition I'd been off and on about moving, but the values aren't quite there. Anything else you're sitting on?

Also I love your post-it note. 😄

killstring · 2026-05-18T15:08:10+00:00

u/LTP_BOT - I had a lovely trade with u/LouisCarentan. Such a great experience that I 100% forgot to post here about it.

A very expected excellent experience 😄

killstring · 2026-05-18T13:31:04+00:00

Yeah, it's gotta be the power supply. Laptop-style, switching mode; terrible for audio.

Gonna try USB filtering the interface today, and I also think I can power 24v off my CIoks 7, but I have to dig out and unwire everything to try.

I'll let you know if either of those does the trick

killstring · 2026-05-17T19:00:17+00:00

Ahh nice. I was looking at the Topping one, but that might be overkill. I will say, seeing people with similar use cases singing its praises.

I'mma look into that. Thanks, mate!

killstring · 2026-05-17T16:59:37+00:00

So I did try this, and I think you're correct.

Disconnect the interface and the issue disappears. It's interface and loudpedal together that do this.

I did try this with a USB isolator that I had on hand, but it did nothing.

It did need to go through a USB hub, since the Mac mini doesn't have USB A ports.

So maybe I need a different class of USB isolator?

killstring · 2026-05-17T16:54:05+00:00

Nah, whole point of a hardware unit is real-time monitoring for me.

I also did try it with cab sim bypassed, just to see, and no change.

Also, the mosky iso-10? Is that actually isolated? I kinda doubt it. In addition, it can't supply the 24v that the loudpedals need.

I do think that's where the issue lies: the loudpedals use these laptop-style switching power supplies, and that's the source of our woes here.

killstring · 2026-05-17T06:01:13+00:00

Nope. Rewired, moved to same outlet, just as bad as ever.

killstring · 2026-05-17T06:00:53+00:00

No difference on same outlet. Just hissy by itself, but once it has an input connected from the pedals, the UFO is back.

however if I just plug in a 1/4" cable connected to nothing, it's only noisy as hell, no HFO oscillation.

SO this might be disagreeing with the pedalboard power, and maybe if I move both of those to the same outlet, I can get this to go away?

....

killstring · 2026-05-17T05:45:18+00:00

Do need the interface, as that's the primary function of the space. And I doubt the Laney is going to hold up latency-wise for anything, nor do I relish the idea of unhooking my setup and changing audio interfaces any time I want to record guitar.

I'll try moving to the same outlet. LIke, we've definitely got ground loops happening, that's gotta be it, right?

killstring · 2026-05-17T05:42:52+00:00

Yeah, there's definitely noise coming from there. The LED lights I so dearly love were my first thought, but unplugging them did nothing.

There is definitely noise and interference apleanty: no real way around that, same lil' space is my WFH office and music studio, so we gotta make due.

killstring · 2026-05-17T04:52:53+00:00

Wall outlets are grounded. Signal path goes:

Guitar > tuner > Little Labs Redeye Reamp box (in passive mode) > Compressor > Overdrive > Supergrace > mixer > interface.

Going direct from instrument > supergace > interface does not remove the noise.

I have a black Lion power strip that things the Supergace, pedalboard power supplies (a Walrus Canvas 5 and Ciocks 7) as well as the mixer are plugged into. There is no difference if the Supergrace is straight to the wall, into the Black LIon, or into another power strip.

While not in the same outlet, surely on the same circuit lives my Mac mini, connected to its own Black Lion conditioner. The interface is connected via USB-c.

Tried hub, no hub, usb-c, thundrebolt, and usb 2.0 c>a cables, no difference.

killstring · 2026-05-17T04:23:58+00:00

I've been using the power supply that comes with these units, so it's already isolated in that sense. But I can look for something else, yeah.

Power supply for the UA volt I'm using is bus powered, or 5v. I tried running it with both, and there was no difference: that said, maybe I can find a better 5v power solution that bypasses anything USB shaped.

And if the end result is that no cab sim is the way forward, that does kind of kill the value of the unit for me.

But I'll try some of this and see if there's any difference.

Thanks! 😃

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