My last but one ever NPD.

Paul_C

Don't be silly !

Of course it's not.

It is, however, the last on my current list of things I'd REALLY like to try out.

Until something else comes along I will be resigned to buying things I don't really want or need, which I'm only buying because I like getting pedals handed to me by the postie, or because the paint job looks cool, or because I just like buying pedals, ok* ?

So, on the way to me soon will be a shiny new Red Panda Tensor, for more note twisting fun and games.





*and those Korg Volcas, I wouldn't mind a couple more of those, and a Zoia, and . . .

DesVegas

Delete this post. It is far too boring to mention .

Paul_C

TBH, I've already set my heart on buying a Blooper before the end of the year, as long as I can raise the funds.

Paul_C

So, I feel I've finally gone too far* in my quest for weird noises

After half a day listening out for the doorbell a nice UPS man handed over a Chase Bliss Blooper.

Once I'd remembered that making space for it on the stand was of no use due to the buttons on the side nearest the foot switches, and dug out the necessary cables and power supply to get everything working, I fired everything up and . . .  completely failed to get it to make a sound (though lights did come on now and again) other than a small sample saying something I didn't quite catch.

Having made my daughter something to eat I returned to it and finally got it to do something (along with playing the sample again a couple of times).

I reckon this is going to take a while to get my head round (once I have time to read the manual properly) which might at least distract me from buying anything else



*for now, at least.

stevrossthepipe

Hi @Paul_C 

I would say your 'pedalboard' has inspired me more than anyone else's. I wanted in all the mad stuff to sit together well and wasn’t just me plugging all the mad ones in when I had a chance. You definitely got the thought cog ticking over. Also there was a guy on ilovefuzz who has a load of Science amps and like 3 huge pedal boards with multiple tensors and richochets and a revolver pedal  and stuff started to make me think you can do anything and it makes it into something  other.Very fun.

The blooper confused me for a while but now find it pretty straight forward. I sat down with it at the weekend to get my head around the storing of loops.I can highly recommend a Boss footswitch if you aren’t doing anything like that already to control recording allowing your hands to to move about and I couldn't get the timing right with just wacking it with my hand. I thought the firmware update made the stability control more musical.The extra modifiers and modifier editor/ manager will be great. Looks like it’s just going to get better and better. Looks like I might give midi a try. Would  love to have another go with the meris  stuff with midi and it also looks to open up the particle v2 even more. 

 

Paul_C

Thank you so much for that

I bought one more after the Blooper, a Rebel Technology Owl, another which will need a while before I understand it

With that in I've been moving things around a bit and tidying up my MC6 banks to make things a bit easier to get to - currently it has the five Meris pedals, four Alexander pedals and the Mood connected to it - I find it very useful to turn pedals on and off and switch between patches (12 each apart from the Mood which currently has 16 stored but can hold 100+).

The current pedal order is:

Subdecay M3
Mood
Lida Machine
Ottobit Jr.
Polymoon
Hedra
Enzo
Mercury 7 (not sure I needed this, but I'll explore what it can do properly before I decide to keep or sell)
Quantum Time Modulator (this spot is currently the main one for swapping things in and out)
Owl
Tensor
Ghost Fax
Rubberneck (with Pitch Fork, Miku and Prism-9 in the loop)
Blooper
Superball
Marshmallow
Colour Theory
Syntax Error
BitQuest
Architect
Tera Echo
Pizzacrusher

Because I don't have to reproduce sounds (I deliberately delete the raw wave files from time to time) I try not to settle on a fixed order, though it might be a while before I split up the Meris and the Alexander pedals because they look nice together )

joetele

The real question is, do you need a Red Panda Context v1? 

Paul_C

joetele said:

The real question is, do you need a Red Panda Context v1? 

No

I considered the Spatial Delivery, but I'm not buying anything new (for a while) as spare funds are finally running low.

I'd like a Particle 2 (and quite a few others, I'm sure) but there's nothing at all right now that I "need" - I'm focusing on making music for the rest of the year.

joetele

Paul_C said:

 I'm focusing on making music for the rest of the year. 

Said that to myself before too...

Paul_C

Me too

Since the lockdown began I have bought 14 pedals (15 if you include the MC6) and a Korg Volca, and I'm not prepared to add up how much that lot has cost me

My Dad's flat has finally sold (but not completed) so I should be able to hang on to everything I've bought for the time being unless I decide it's no longer needed, and my current feeling is that anything I buy from now on will really only be for fun/curiosity, rather than because it does something I can't do with what I've got.

I've still got to finish my 8 fuzzes in one box and a whole load of other pedals I have the parts for, so it's probably time I got back to that rather than splurging on wildly expensive pedals

Paul_C

So, since the above list, which I considered final, I have received:

EHX Mod Rex (very nice)



Cooper FX Moment Machine (not had time to find out what it can do yet)



and on the way I have a Hexe reVOLVER II



so NOW* I've stopped buying pedals and started thinking about building (and ways of finishing) a few of my own.





*fingers crossed.

Paul_C

reVOLVER arrived and tested, I think I'm going to have lots of fun with this

I'll take one of my usual dreadful photos once the "last music stand I'll ever need" turns up and I've settled on where to put everything.

Paul_C

Paul_C said:

reVOLVER arrived and tested, I think I'm going to have lots of fun with this

I'll take one of my usual dreadful photos once the "last music stand I'll ever need" turns up* and I've settled on where to put everything.

*mumble* and after the 856 for ZELLERSASN arrives *mumble

fretmeister

(Sweet sweet revenge!!!!!!)

Paul_C

Abuse accepted

fretmeister

I can't talk.

You might have noticed that cheap Ibanez bass I bought that I was really impressed with...
It seems there is another colour available too.

Ahem.

(that idea is you fault though, Mr Yamaha!)

Paul_C

Heh - I have at least calmed down in regard to instruments, but there are an alarming number of pedals here which are not currently being used.

After I posted the comment above, the next move was to check the FX for sale page

fretmeister

I've just noticed the different colours available on the 4 string version of the bass...

Maybe later in the year!

Paul_C

The current pedal order is now (new additions in bold):

Noise Swash
HLA
reVOLVER
Pixel
Subdecay M3
Mood
Moment Machine
Lida Machine
Ottobit Jr.
Polymoon
Hedra
Enzo
Mercury 7
Dusk
Quantum Time Modulator (this spot is currently the main one for swapping things in and out)
Mod Rex
Tensor
Ghost Fax
Rubberneck (with Pitch Fork and Miku in the loop)
Komorebi
Blooper
Superball
Marshmallow
Colour Theory
Syntax Error
BitQuest
Architect
Tera Echo
Pizzacrusher

The new stand is here, so I will be bringing back the Owl plus one or two more of my self-built pedals to sit alongside the 856 and the Blooper when I get a moment to decide what goes where.

AntonHunter

Love the Noise Swash! If ever I'm feeling too comfortable with anything, it's guaranteed to f*** s*** up in the most wonderful ways!

Paul_C

AntonHunter said:

Love the Noise Swash! If ever I'm feeling too comfortable with anything, it's guaranteed to f*** s*** up in the most wonderful ways!

Me too, it's a lot of fun