I'm building a rig especially for effects- goin damage control tube pre>cab sim>delay, reverbfilter, modulation pedals>Full range power amp>either a thiele type ported cab with some near full range speakers like EV's or Altecs- gona try full range PA speakers too
anyways- I need a headphone practice option too. The damage control preamp has a cab sim, but I might like to try the condor and such too.
I was wondering if anyone had experience with a couple things.
-Good cab sims
-Ruby Amp with headphone jack- are impedances important with other headphone amps
- also wondering how well the amp in a box pedals like the wampler blackface 65 work with cab sims direct? itd be cool to get some alternate preamp recording options. I love the amp in box pedals into a clean fender amp. Wondering if using a cab sim with a headphone amp would be a good small practice rig to keep around my apartment?
I see the AMT legend pedals have a built in cab sim and are made for recording direct. those cool (not really into modern amp sounds like soldanos and mesas)? or should i go with a wampler black 65 with a built in cab sim and headphone amp for my practice rig?
Thanks a bunch!
I recorded something awhile back on my Condor cab sim, it was guitar-pedals-condor-soundblaster X-fi. Turned out pretty good.
I recommend these:
http://diy.thcustom.com/shop/rog-condor-v1-1-pcb/
http://diy.thcustom.com/shop/headphone-amplifier-stereo-simulation-v1-1-pcb/
Yeah, put any FET preamp with a nice eq (amp in a box) in front.
Consider a http://diy.thcustom.com/shop/rog-azabache-pcb/ here.
So an Azabache+Condor would make a nice dual pedal for clean recording, is what you're saying?
Quote from: muddyfox on December 11, 2013, 07:14:46 AM
So an Azabache+Condor would make a nice dual pedal for clean recording, is what you're saying?
Right!
Quote from: kothoma on December 11, 2013, 07:21:46 AM
Quote from: muddyfox on December 11, 2013, 07:14:46 AM
So an Azabache+Condor would make a nice dual pedal for clean recording, is what you're saying?
Right!
Funny how things work out sometimes. Just yesterday night I was taking my new soldering iron for a spin and soldered this one up
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sp5R9--Xhdo/UqgZ0uH4caI/AAAAAAAABLQ/7mvWH9GYhWU/w958-h719-no/IMG_0355%255B1%255D.JPG)
It's a board I got from Ronan over at diysb probably a year ago and I was also starting to gather together parts to build a vero Condor (I think it's up on Harald Sabro's site?). Furthermore, I already told Thomas that I'll be spending a bit of my post-Xmas paycheck with him so I may as well grab a Condor board as well. So I may as well make a dual pedal out of it. ;D
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=11632.0 (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=11632.0)
Condor soundclip is in reply #8
i was wanting to put a headphone jack on the ruby amp (386 based mini amp). I read something about needing to match your headphones impedances when building a headphone amp for guitar.
anyone know anything about this? I just got some sennheiser hd 280's... oh and it actually says 64ohms on the headphones!
and yeh ive been looking at the azabache... And it seems to have good reviews but there are some absolutely terrible demoes of runoffgroove pedals... I mean i've heard some demoes of that thing that sound like absolute shit. I'm using a $75 zoom q3 (non hd version) and i make demoes that sound like studio compared to some of the ROG demoes ive heard
Personally I find it very tiresome to listen to mono signals with headphones.
Making it stereo (even with a subtle fixed phase shifter) is a great relief to my ears.
That's why I recommended the second link above.
Quote from: kothoma on December 11, 2013, 04:24:35 PM
Personally I find it very tiresome to listen to mono signals with headphones.
Making it stereo (even with a subtle fixed phase shifter) is a great relief to my ears.
That's why I recommended the second link above.
i agree there, something weird goes on with mono headphones signals that actually makes my ears tired. i might go full stereo like alanp did here
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=11632.0
seems like itd be an awesome way to get a nice stereo start to some of my stereo delays and verbs. i'm excited about this setup. I just got a damage control womanizer preamp on ebay. it does have a speaker cab sim, but its of a 1x12- which i dig, but itll be cool to have some other options. i'm basically goin for a setup similar to strymon has for their demoes on their website. Which I think are some of the best solo guitar tones I've ever heard. not what I really wanna go for in a band context, but for solo ambient guitar stuff i like to do itll be killer