louderthangod wrote:So I've mentioned this before on a different forum and I think with the toneprint editor (from TC electronics) and the H9 (from Eventide) coming out it makes the idea more relevant. People want versatility in their effects as well as deep editing powers to really dial in tones. As digital effects gain more acceptance, digital dirt is still a long ways off. So here's my idea...I'm not an electronics guy so if this doesn't exist, then by all means, I hope someone with technical skill takes it and can do something with it.
What if you had a pedal that internally had digital processors as well as banks of many various Si and Ge transistors of all different types (even 4558's) so that you could more accurately model (as well as creating new designs) different dirt pedals and then run that digitally powered processing through actual transistors so it still had the real feel and tones of analog pedals while still being able to save presets. I know this would have to be an expensive pedal and fairly large but with the popularity of Strymon and Eventide pedals I think people would be willing to spend $500+ on a large pedal that cold replace their muff, fuzz face, D*A*M's as well as creating a few unique tones. Through in pre-post routing for wah pedal guys and deep, digital editing and routing options through phone/tablet apps and maybe let users download patches from each other and I think it would be a hit.
So, is there anything like this already out there, maybe on a small scale? If not, what do you think of the idea and who would you like to see build it? I think a collaboration of Strymon and D*A*M would be awesome....Nick, perhaps you'd want to tackle this?
It's possible, but as Nick said it's a huge undertaking. Strymon may in fact be already working on it. Now, I'm not saying they are or that I've heard it, but it's quite possible considering what they've already produced and their rapid and constant succession of new designs.
The only dirt pedal I know of that does even remotely what you're talking about is the Empress Multidrive. You can select different 'presets' (it's not digitally controlled) using dip switches located on the PCB. It allows for a variety of different tone combinations at the stomp of a switch. When you want to swap things up, you can mess with the combination of circuits, or just have them all at once. It's nowhere near what you're referring to, but it's a relatively close (but analog) example. Killer pedal, too.
t-rey wrote:It's actually my favorite amp that Nick has built aesthetically.
That's exactly what I said as well.
Ancient Astronaught wrote:BTW, a google image search of Hattie Watson was definitely a worthwhile investment of 15 minutes....
I know, right?!
Ancient Astronaught wrote:In light of me picking up 2 cab's this weekend
I'm putting a few pedals on the chopping block to help offset the cost. I've got a black on black BOE Mantra and a black on green EA Supercollider v2 i'm gonna give dibs to the doom room on. 106$ each shipped in the con-us, and I'll post pics tonight. Get at me if your interested.
Damn, want. Will consider.
That tumblr is niiiiiice..... hahaha I started a thread about these kinds of things a few weeks ago, and it seemed to weird everyone out 
