Dr. Dipwad
Experienced
...that I ever wanted to try, but lacked the money to buy.
We have a nice set of them already (in the Axe II, and presumably the Axe III also).
But I'd love to have all the Wampler, JHS, Bogner, Friedman, ToneBone, MesaBoogie, Keeley, WayHuge, etc. distortions and overdrives, to try out virtually.
Now, I gotta admit: If they were all in there, there'd be massive overlap in tonality because some of those circuits are very similar.
I get that.
But the truth is that I don't know...
So, I want enough Drive options to cover them all...,
and then, in the PDF manual (or a Yek's Guide to...), I'd like a list of all the famous pedals this drive block can sound like (provided you set the params just-so).
That way I'll be satisfied I don't need to shell out another $250 I don't have for Awesome Overdrive XYZ. I'll just dial up the Drive model which the manual says should be used for Overdrive XYZ and go from there.
After all, that's what Fractal has already done for us in the world of Amps and Cabs: They gave us a whole arsenal of GAS-killing options that we could never afford otherwise.
I'm hoping for the same thing in the stompbox realm.
We have a nice set of them already (in the Axe II, and presumably the Axe III also).
But I'd love to have all the Wampler, JHS, Bogner, Friedman, ToneBone, MesaBoogie, Keeley, WayHuge, etc. distortions and overdrives, to try out virtually.
Now, I gotta admit: If they were all in there, there'd be massive overlap in tonality because some of those circuits are very similar.
I get that.
But the truth is that I don't know...
- which ones are identical circuits in different-colored boxes;
- which ones require different knob settings to achieve the same sound;
- which ones are similar but have different EQ sensitivities or gain ranges; and,
- which ones are so different that, no matter how you tweak the knobs on one of them, you would never get close to the sound of the other.
So, I want enough Drive options to cover them all...,
and then, in the PDF manual (or a Yek's Guide to...), I'd like a list of all the famous pedals this drive block can sound like (provided you set the params just-so).
That way I'll be satisfied I don't need to shell out another $250 I don't have for Awesome Overdrive XYZ. I'll just dial up the Drive model which the manual says should be used for Overdrive XYZ and go from there.
After all, that's what Fractal has already done for us in the world of Amps and Cabs: They gave us a whole arsenal of GAS-killing options that we could never afford otherwise.
I'm hoping for the same thing in the stompbox realm.
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