tonejunkie
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Just purchased the unit... probably arrive in a couple weeks. Crossing my fingers that I like it I'm excited to to have the options for EQ in my signal chain too! Here is my current board... and the type of music I play.
Is there any lag between loading a new preset during a tune... so can I go from one preset to another or do you have to use scenes to make a sound change seamless?My workaround was simply bouncing between 2 presets for my verbs and delays.
Is there any lag between loading a new preset during a tune... so can I go from one preset to another or do you have to use scenes to make a sound change seamless?
I have tested the loopy 2 a bunch and it works great! You can get two of them and control up to 4 external drive pedals by using the relay states in the scenes!Here is my little review:
How I am using it: In front of several different clean amps Fender Blackface Pro Reverb, Blackface Princeton, or a JTM45.
Interface: I love the FX8 edit... easy to navigate. I tried to edit via the hardware as well and i don't think its that bad. I want to be able to change fx mix every once and a while live and I think thats easily doable. I really like the screen shows what pedal is activated during each scene. Also its super easy to change your pedal board switch layout each preset.
Time Based FX: Sound great and are easy to tweak... I'm totally happy to trade my Timeline, Mobius, and HOF for this!
Compression and EQ: I did not have this on my previous board shown above. The EQ is very powerful and is really going to allow me to fine tune my live sound. I'm stoked on this! And the compressor is a surprise to me I have never found one I really liked but this studio compressor in the FX8 is great! I used to use my Timmy as an always on boost to compress a little and a tiny mid bump but the EQ and compression of the FX8 is taking over for that.
Drives: I took some time with this... I do think there is some very usable sounds but I like the feel of my analog pedals a bit better so I'm going to keep two analog overdrives on my board... Timmy (light overdrive), and Zendrive (smooth OD).
Switching: I currently use a RJM mini effect gizmo and RJM mastermind to switch everything but now it will be the FX8. I plan to make a remote looper (like a gig rig loopy 2 pictured below) to use the relays in the FX8 to switch in two overdrives. I'm sure it will work flawlessly but will have to report back after I wire up the new rig in the next month. It is a bit less functionality (2 loops with the FX8 and remote switcher vs 5 loops with the RJM but I think all the other benefits of using the FX8 will be great!
Dry Sound / digital conversion: No audible difference... all my Strymon pedals are analog through so my previous board was analog dry throughout... I have no digital issues here.