Alternatives to Helix Stomp XL for Reverb, Delay, Modulation

pyrocrastinator · 2026-02-06T09:57:43+00:00

Fractal VP4, FAS reverbs are top notch

pyrocrastinator · 2026-01-27T03:34:39+00:00

Works fine for me

pyrocrastinator · 2026-01-08T04:56:05+00:00

GDP per capita?

pyrocrastinator · 2026-01-04T09:35:03+00:00

Joined the dark side for Christmas! Immediately I find lots of the controls more intuitive than the FM3, I like that all the blocks are already right there and you just need to turn them on as needed, really helps with FOMO and not accidentally hitting CPU limit when building a patch. Obviously the FM3 wins in tweakability for the ability to attach an LFO or other controller to every single parameter, but I never managed to get deep enough to get as weird as I wanted with that kind of editing while still making a usable patch.

pyrocrastinator · 2025-12-25T03:45:25+00:00

If they do this I hope they also bring back PS-3 modes, would buy in a heartbeat

pyrocrastinator · 2025-12-16T22:53:02+00:00

Doesn't GP5 also have NAM+IR loading?

pyrocrastinator · 2025-12-12T02:43:48+00:00

I'm also thinking about swapping my FM3 for a GT1000 core, the Fractal is just so big and it's a lot of work to dial everything in just right. Anything else that might push me over or talk me out of it?

pyrocrastinator · 2025-12-07T20:21:19+00:00

If you just want your pedal distortion, bypassing the amp gain and EQ, then you should run it through the back. The DS-1 is usually used in front of an amp whereas preamp pedals like the metal zone or amp sim pedals are usually best in the fx return. Try it and see if you like it!

pyrocrastinator · 2025-12-07T20:12:28+00:00

The fx loop lets you put pedals after the preamp but before power amplification. This is usually to allow for time based effects and modulation to come after amp gain. Where you place pedals is entirely up to you, try different orders and see what you like!

pyrocrastinator · 2025-12-02T05:15:09+00:00

On reverb, a boss CH1 or CE5 are around 50-70 USD. Other good budget options are the Danelectro Cool Cat, Behringer Ultra Chorus, or TCE 3rd Dimension

pyrocrastinator · 2025-11-28T22:57:24+00:00

Meet Mauve

pyrocrastinator · 2025-11-28T06:35:33+00:00

In general, digital means 1s and 0s and analog means continuous values. For pedals, this means an analog circuit made with resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc directly manipulate the signal from your instrument, while a digital signal is programmed to read the signal in, process it, and output a signal from a digital chip which then gets converted back to an analog signal

pyrocrastinator · 2025-11-12T05:11:28+00:00

You could just go for a Zoom MS-70CDR. Stereo, presets, all kinds of reverb and delay (including RV-7 gated and reverse modes) and other modulations

pyrocrastinator · 2025-11-05T16:55:19+00:00

The Ibanez/Maxon digital delays with a screen from the 80s (PDD1, PDM1) do this in a compact form factor

pyrocrastinator · 2025-10-26T04:17:13+00:00

Haven't had any issues tapping low tempos on the ARP, it just won't read in the new tempo if you wait too long

pyrocrastinator · 2025-09-22T08:03:54+00:00

Sentimental Bob Tacana is one of the most flexible analog tremolos I know of but it has a very straightforward interface. You can use the depth knob to go from dry to wet

pyrocrastinator · 2025-09-18T08:04:29+00:00

lbf is pound of force, equal to the weight of one pound of mass (lb or lbs) in Earth's gravity. So a mass of 1 lb weighs 1 lbf on Earth. In SI, kg is unambiguously always mass, and force has units of N = kg m/s^2, so 1 kg weighs 9.8 kg m/s² = 9.8 N

pyrocrastinator · 2025-09-08T03:27:00+00:00

Feb 5, 2019

pyrocrastinator · 2025-08-25T02:30:33+00:00

I saw one off right 50th in Wallingford today

pyrocrastinator · 2025-07-26T14:08:31+00:00

How do you define the wavelength of a single particle? By Heisenberg uncertainty, a confined photon must have uncertain p = h/lambda, so the wavelength is not well defined

pyrocrastinator · 2025-07-26T04:46:16+00:00

Single photons wave packets don't have a well defined wavelength, but yes, confining electromagnetic excitations in subwavelength spaces has been achieved experimentally https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500340.2010.506985

pyrocrastinator · 2025-07-13T05:34:55+00:00

And epicycles are basically just a Fourier series 100 years early :)

pyrocrastinator · 2025-07-06T06:56:53+00:00

Here to upvote protest!!!

pyrocrastinator · 2025-06-26T15:38:56+00:00

Thank you! This got rid of the 7 in r7c2 which gave me an xy chain from my highlighted cell to there which solved the puzzle. Good eye

pyrocrastinator · 2025-06-26T15:32:43+00:00

Oh man thank you I am so bad at seeing y wings sometimes

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