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Hi all!
I recently grabbed an Effectron II (ADM 1024). It's an 80's delay and I'm quite enchanted by it. The delay sound is percussive and it fits into the mix perfectly - plus the modulation is weird enough to really capture your ear. I like it enough that I've searched up 2 more because I'm betting that this 80's gear has a limited lifespan. I use the Axe Ins and outs to let me fake a line mixer.
The Axe ADM style delays are awesome - but the Effectron sounds more like a poorly tuned 2290. It's an ADM delay - but the sampling freqs are FAR lower. At the 2x delay settings I can hear some digital weirdness that just fits perfectly with a bit of modulation. As a certified delay nerd I just can't turn it off.
Another part of what makes this device so cool is the pseudo-stereo output. It has the typical 80's "invert the right channel" setup to make a mono delay sound "stereo-ish" but this one sounds different. The inversion circuit is a simple opamp but to my admittedly non-expert eyes it looks like a frequency dependent inversion. I sounds like lower frequencies are not effected at all. I found a schematic of the inverter - the C26 cap would seem to support this.
Is there a way to do smooth frequency dependent phase inversion in the AFIII? I've tried a pair of opposing filters at about 300Hz with a phase inverter after one of them but it frankly sounds pretty different than the Effectron. Maybe that opamp inverter has a few more tricks up its little analog sleeve? Has anyone built anything like this in the AXE and can offer some advice?
I recently grabbed an Effectron II (ADM 1024). It's an 80's delay and I'm quite enchanted by it. The delay sound is percussive and it fits into the mix perfectly - plus the modulation is weird enough to really capture your ear. I like it enough that I've searched up 2 more because I'm betting that this 80's gear has a limited lifespan. I use the Axe Ins and outs to let me fake a line mixer.
The Axe ADM style delays are awesome - but the Effectron sounds more like a poorly tuned 2290. It's an ADM delay - but the sampling freqs are FAR lower. At the 2x delay settings I can hear some digital weirdness that just fits perfectly with a bit of modulation. As a certified delay nerd I just can't turn it off.
Another part of what makes this device so cool is the pseudo-stereo output. It has the typical 80's "invert the right channel" setup to make a mono delay sound "stereo-ish" but this one sounds different. The inversion circuit is a simple opamp but to my admittedly non-expert eyes it looks like a frequency dependent inversion. I sounds like lower frequencies are not effected at all. I found a schematic of the inverter - the C26 cap would seem to support this.
Is there a way to do smooth frequency dependent phase inversion in the AFIII? I've tried a pair of opposing filters at about 300Hz with a phase inverter after one of them but it frankly sounds pretty different than the Effectron. Maybe that opamp inverter has a few more tricks up its little analog sleeve? Has anyone built anything like this in the AXE and can offer some advice?
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