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Post subject: New Pedal Day
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 10:47 pm
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Hopefully this is the right place...

One pedal I've wanted for some time, but either had other things I wanted more (Or other stuff come up)--is an octave &/or pitch type pedal.

I've tried a lot of them out over the years--but for a variety of reasons never found the right one--although some were quite good at some things--the worst things though were poor tracking, nose & an auto-tune type whine.

So recently I saw some online reviews for the TC Electronics SubNUp pedal--and it looked interesting & promising
So I checked it out --on two different occasions--with different guitars & basses-including an early model Mustang (66 or 67--not mine--it was for sale at the store selling the pedal.)

It fit what I wanted--so yesterday I picked one up.

I just got it, so there is that "Honeymoon" period we sometimes have with gear.
But it has a classic mode (Older style Octaver where if you play 2 or more notes together you confuse it), a Polyphonic mode--where you can play chords or single notes--and best of all--the Tone Print mode--where you can download an app to add a third setting--it comes with one that is an organ kind of sound.
The app & the sounds are free too--so that's cool.
They also have an editor for it to create your own sounds or tweak existing ones--I have't done much with that yet though)
But with the sounds available (You can switch them via the app& a smartphone) this pedal will give me a lot of variety in what sounds I can get--so that was a selling point for me.

I'll review it once I've had it for a while & used it more--but it is a cool pedal--and GAS is subsiding a bit (Although a pedalboard would be a great next purchase for me)

I haven't tried it on my Mandobird yet--but that should be cool too.

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Post subject: Re: New Pedal Day
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 12:28 pm
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Glad to hear it works for you, but beware that TC Electronic pedals are consumerist pedals.
I have one ("Trinity") that was discontinued within a year of coming out, and there's no firmware update to it to make it work right with toneprint. Their "solution" is to buy the T2 (and then the T3, Salvation and Genisys, presumably).
It works for as long as it works. No serviceable parts inside, and no long term commitments from TC Electronic.


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Post subject: Re: New Pedal Day
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:13 pm
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Enjoy your new pedal. I keep looking at new ones even though I have quite a few. Still looking for an envelope filter like the Source Audio SA-127 Soundblox Guitar Envelope Filter. It's been discontinued.


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Post subject: Re: New Pedal Day
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:37 pm
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Congrats, Zontar.
I've owned quite a number of TC pedals over the years and still have some and a couple are on my pedal board full time.
I've never once had a single issue with a TC pedal.
They make good gear, in my opinion.
Be sure to give us regular updates as you experiment with the Tone-Print patches that are available now as well as the ones that are coming.

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Post subject: Re: New Pedal Day
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:28 pm
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Congratulations zontar !

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Post subject: Re: New Pedal Day
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 1:04 am
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Thanks for the comments--and as for the firmware thing--I am fine with the sounds it came with--even though I look forward to using the editor more & seeing what I can come up with--but I will most likely pick one to use most of the time--and then maybe change it

But even if the Toneprint part stops working--It still has some cool sounds.

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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 6:47 am
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Congrats!

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Post subject: Re: New Pedal Day
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 7:17 pm
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Zontar I got the G system. Mainly cos I'm hugely in favour of not having wires trailing out front.
I love the shifting on that unit. I've been trying to perfect the delayed shift in an analogue form for years and gave up when I heard TC's take on it.
All their delays are good. Their reverbs are probably great. I don't understand digital reverb too well. But that systems reverb is the only digital job I can get a usable sound out of. Entirely user ignorance.

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