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Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:14 am
by rfurtkamp
Was $249 initially street. I paid that and still using mine. Don't mind in the slightest, still think it was criminally cheap for what it does.

The big thing for me is I wish there was more presets.

Past that, no complaints, I abuse the hold feature regularly still.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:07 am
by frigid midget
I jumped on the hype wagon a year or so ago after reading the countless raving reviews here. The TB got sort of a cult status it seemed, which if I'm honest might've been a part of the appeal for me. Tried really hard to like it, just because the features:price ratio is so insane, and cause the pedal looks so lame and uncool, it's actually twice as cool again...:)

Why I flipped mine, and went back to straight no frills analog dealy, the one single thing that ruined it for me: In most modes, especially with the tone control all the way to the 'bass' side, the volume of the repeats didn't go up to unity level, not even nearly :idk: Not unless I had it set to '100% wet', which obviously kills the original notes. A bit of dirt in front of it made the repeats dissapear completely :idk:

A minor complaint, which isn't too uncommon on budget friendly digital delays I guess: In otherwhise identical settings, the different analog/tape modes sounded too much alike to me, especially -again- with a tiny little bit of overdrive or distortion in the chain...

I'm ridiculously picky when it comes to delay, seems I'm REALLY hard to please :idk:

They can be found for aropund 130Euro around here, which would'be been a total steal if there were an easy/cheap fix/mod for the quiet repeats. The pitch shifter alone is worth the price of admission if you're into pitch shifting, which I'm not.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:23 am
by fcknoise
I just feel like this video is appropriate for this thread

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cgws8Mcbo[/youtube]

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:40 am
by HighDeaf1080p
Digitech has been doing a very impressive job for a while now, in my humble opinion. The Trio pedal, for example, makes me feel funny in my special place.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:13 pm
by hbombgraphics
rfurtkamp wrote:Was $249 initially street. I paid that and still using mine. Don't mind in the slightest, still think it was criminally cheap for what it does.

The big thing for me is I wish there was more presets.

Past that, no complaints, I abuse the hold feature regularly still.

hold function is awesome and I use it all the time,

Have had mine for about 5-6 years I think maybe more, got it used for 100bucks!!!!!

It does all the traditional delay sounds plus gets really friggen weird,
I have a pitchfactor as well so I have never tried to make them do the same things, but I am sure you can come close

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:34 am
by skullservant
I've got one of these incoming after I found a good deal... Really stoked to dig into it

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:41 am
by D.o.S.
Got to listen to Brands make magic with his. Pedal seems worth the hype.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:15 am
by fldrvr
This thread is relevant to my interests.

I'm on my second after flipping the first for some dough for other stuff I wanted to try. It's pretty deep for sure but as others have mentioned not having a volume control for the repeats can be problematic.

It's a pedal that you need to spend time with to get really amazing stuff out of, but boy does it do those fantastically.

I've just put mine into the loop of a superego to pitch and arpeggiate the drone. Should be fun!

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:21 am
by Strange Tales
Sometimes I hate plugging my Timebender in cause I just lose an hour or two fucking with all of the settings. Pedal does far too much.

I still haven't found the allen screw size to open this thing up and install a simple boost circuit on it.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:34 am
by coldbrightsunlight
D.o.S. wrote:Got to listen to Brands make magic with his. Pedal seems worth the hype.
I was chatting to him about how great it is and mentioned I'd sold mine. I believe his response was something along the lines of "what the fuck is wrong with you?" :lol:

He makes really good use of it.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:36 am
by psychic vampire.
Strange Tales wrote:Sometimes I hate plugging my Timebender in cause I just lose an hour or two fucking with all of the settings. Pedal does far too much.

I still haven't found the allen screw size to open this thing up and install a simple boost circuit on it.
If you ever do this, please PM me every step you do. I need to know.

I'm going to be performing a battle set at the end of this month with a cybergrind band. My setup will just be drum machine, bass station ii, timebender, particle. Rhythmic Noise bullshit.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 12:12 pm
by Tom Von Kramm
Strange Tales wrote:S
I still haven't found the allen screw size to open this thing up and install a simple boost circuit on it.
T15

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 12:36 pm
by UglyCasanova
D.o.S. wrote:Got to listen to Brands make magic with his. Pedal seems worth the hype.
Word. I want one.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:11 pm
by Strange Tales
DigiTechRep wrote:
Strange Tales wrote:S
I still haven't found the allen screw size to open this thing up and install a simple boost circuit on it.
T15
Thank you! Gonna look around for this now.
psychic vampire. wrote:
Strange Tales wrote:Sometimes I hate plugging my Timebender in cause I just lose an hour or two fucking with all of the settings. Pedal does far too much.

I still haven't found the allen screw size to open this thing up and install a simple boost circuit on it.
If you ever do this, please PM me every step you do. I need to know.

I'm going to be performing a battle set at the end of this month with a cybergrind band. My setup will just be drum machine, bass station ii, timebender, particle. Rhythmic Noise bullshit.
You know I gotchu.

Re: Timebender Appreciation Thread!

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:43 pm
by UglyCasanova
Brandsmannen rocking his Timebender (amongst other things) in the Vigeland Mausoleum last weekend:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTCEADCrVsg[/youtube]