I'd like to see what kind of crunch you could get out of it... Maybe set it up to scoop the mids out while adding some delay and overdrive and a little more reverb and sustain? I need to find out how much you can do with this and how digimal it sounds.

Human Bomb

An analog side pedal attachment would be good too.

The seems like an awesome idea!
The potential for customization and mods is through the roof.

strider_mt2k

Sweet, I've been looking for a way to make my guitar playing even worse.

Hectorvex

It is a very cool idea.

I'm probably too lazy to reprogram one myself, but it's a still good idea.

Oh, and ditto on the need for an analog pedal input.

ideaman2020

Still sticking with my TubeWorks and DOD pedals. Everything else is done by my amp.

OMG! Ponies!

Editing effects using software is not modding. Replacing actual electronics inside the pedal is, this is the same as creating patches on a Line6 Pod which has been out for around 10 years. Anyway, tube distortion and tape echo are the way to go, digital effects have no personality.

Blackti3

What? They couldn't add a pots pedal?

ripfire

I've been burned before (Line 6) by letting my desire for cool technology to overshadow my need for great tone (with was resolved by buying a Mesa). I think this would be really fun to play with, but I do worry about getting a really digital sound.

DorkRawk

A Mesa is $1k+, and not everyone has the room or the need for a 50/100/150watt tube amp. For the rest of us, some sort of an effects pedal chain played through a clean amp and a 12x1 cab is about the extent of our rig.

That said, $350 for effects is a price range that is swimming with some pretty decent selections of multi effects pedals. Sure this thing brings to the table a lot of neat features and has a lot of potential, but it takes time, dedication, coordination, and talent to come up with half decent effects patches. If I were to buy something like this, I would afraid of there being 400 different "Rectifier" patches - a handful of good ones, 20-30 half-way decent ones, and the rest junk. Having to sort through them all to find the good ones is going to be frustrating.

MaxRC

@Blackti3: The interesting thing about this is that there is no "base" to edit. You create the effect from the ground up, equivalent to an analog modular synth that you have to patch the signal path through and customize each individual property. Most of it sounds terrible, but once in a precious blue moon you can come up with some nice effects.

Simply put, this would be creating a whole new Lego set while editing patches would be tweaking a set that's already been built.

Personally I suspect most people will end up setting up simple square wave fuzz and maybe some flange/chorus thing until they get sick of it and pawn it off on eBay.

jibbly

@stratboy: Ditto. I want it. But not for $350 :-\

WildWon

@MagnoliaBoy: Oh I see (from the site)...
- RJ11 expansion port (for potentially adding things like external foot pedals. Uses I2C.)

It also says it has an NTSC Video Out. Uh...OK? For?

MagnoliaBoy

@stratboy: However....if this will make my amp go to eleven....well, sign me up!

(sorry...someone had to do it.)

stratboy

I like it. Anything that promotes more guitar use is OK by me. Guitars AND computers? Geek bonus! If it were $150 or $200 I'd get it pronto. $350? Nope...can't see it happening.

@DorkRawk: I also agree that my most satisfying sounds come from plugging right into the amp and letting the tubes/overdrive/reverb work their analog magic. Lots of good choices from several companies. Mesa is fine indeed. I thank Fender for mine.

stratboy

I'd have to try it out first, you just can't tell otherwise. But why RJ11? There's a modem on this thing, or just cause the cable and ends are cheap and plentiful?

MagnoliaBoy

forget buying pedals! build your own, you can get mad kits online and you will spend about 40-50 bucks for a PCB and parts....companies want to sell you the same pedal for 300 bucks! These pedals are based off of the original schematics. Everyone i have made has excedded my expectations. buildyourownclone.com

QAdam

But it doesn't go to 11!

Magnakai Haaskivi

@QAdam: Forget building pedals; buy them. I got my TubeWorks pedals used on eBay. One is 15 years old and the other 12 years old. They were about $90 each and a built like tanks. My DOD pedals are over 10 years old and still work like a charm.

In my experience, guitar gear is that rare category of electronics that does not wear out quickly and retains functionality with proper care.

OMG! Ponies!

@OMG! Ponies!: i burnt out a capacitor in my crybaby from hell replaced it with a weeping demon and havent gone back to dunlop since. though i do use their picks

stryker1800

@jibbly: Yeah, it's a lot like Reaktor in that fashion. Also, much like Reaktor, there will be a cottage industry of folks distributing their patches to those who don't quite have the skills...

rekoil

Or you could get a ToneCore dev kit from Line 6. More powerful processor, more available knobs, smaller, $200. No LCD, tho. Why is it that "open source" stuff nearly always ends up being more expensive?

pwnz0r

I'll stick to my Axe-Fx. Mmmm.....Axe-Fx.

snubz

I'm assuming no one on this forum is talking about Mesa rectifier heads and tone in the same sentence. Maybe a Mark II series, but not rectifiers. And you guys call yourselves gadget heads! ;)

Ghung

My Vox amp is all I need to sound like Radicalhead.

HotFootMcCook

nice concept- but the interface for programming the thing looks like ass. sorry.

nat lyon