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Post by eeyore on Feb 19, 2019 11:26:54 GMT -7
... I read the manual description on the "Touch Switch". Can someone share settings where the effect is clearly audible? I tried it both clean and with gain and can't really hear a difference on or off. Does the master need to be past 50%? Or is it more noticeable with the presence up high?
Thanks!
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Post by DRZ on Feb 19, 2019 18:45:58 GMT -7
... I read the manual description on the "Touch Switch". Can someone share settings where the effect is clearly audible? I tried it both clean and with gain and can't really hear a difference on or off. Does the master need to be past 50%? Or is it more noticeable with the presence up high? Thanks! Touch switch is not a sonic thing it is a FEEL thing, hence the name TOUCH.
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Post by eeyore on Feb 19, 2019 19:37:09 GMT -7
OK. Need to play some more to pick up on what it does then. Thank you sir!
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Post by Danny on Feb 22, 2019 15:15:33 GMT -7
... I read the manual description on the "Touch Switch". Can someone share settings where the effect is clearly audible? I tried it both clean and with gain and can't really hear a difference on or off. Does the master need to be past 50%? Or is it more noticeable with the presence up high? Thanks! Touch switch is not a sonic thing it is a FEEL thing, hence the name TOUCH. So Mike, can you explain what sort of difference in feel we should expect when it's in either the up or down position? Is the Touch control meant to interact in certain ways with particular guitars, or does it have nothing to do with guitars? Does it effect attack? sustain? I also have been messing with mine and can't sense a difference between the two positions, so I'm rather confused. Thanks!
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Post by eeyore on Feb 22, 2019 21:40:24 GMT -7
Played some more and think it's a very subtle limiting effect without much compression. It was more noticeable (to me) with tube rectifier selected, Hi sensitivity, with the gain above half. EQ didn't seem to matter much. Using the middle position on a Telecaster and playing open chords with bass notes bridging (think Sammy Hagar "Heavy Metal"). With the switch up, and playing hard, the wound strings on the Tele rattle and the plain strings are really bright (Tele-duh!) with a lot of overtones. With the switch down, a very narrow band of those frequencies is reduced and the overall tone becomes very slightly darker and smoother. Less raw sounding. It just knocks a little hair off the signal. I'd liken it to a bright switch (when up) but it isn't that dramatic of a change. Seems like it would be most useful as a "set and forget" based on either the guitar you're using or simply personal preference. My $.02.
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Post by DRZ on Feb 23, 2019 1:17:56 GMT -7
Played some more and think it's a very subtle limiting effect without much compression. It was more noticeable (to me) with tube rectifier selected, Hi sensitivity, with the gain above half. EQ didn't seem to matter much. Using the middle position on a Telecaster and playing open chords with bass notes bridging (think Sammy Hagar "Heavy Metal"). With the switch up, and playing hard, the wound strings on the Tele rattle and the plain strings are really bright (Tele-duh!) with a lot of overtones. With the switch down, a very narrow band of those frequencies is reduced and the overall tone becomes very slightly darker and smoother. Less raw sounding. It just knocks a little hair off the signal. I'd liken it to a bright switch (when up) but it isn't that dramatic of a change. Seems like it would be most useful as a "set and forget" based on either the guitar you're using or simply personal preference. My $.02. Wow eeyore that is a great explanation of the function. A better explanation that I think I could have given. Let me embellish a bit about the technical application of the circuit. It is a .047 uF cap that is added to the Solid State / Tube function. It is VERY subtle, but it does knock a bit of sizzle off the notes and smoothes out the response. I thought to call it SAG , but it is way to subtle in invoke that term. It is a Feely Touchy thing that doesn't effect the signal in any appreciable or measurable way, but you can FEEL it under your fingers. And it is engaged in conjunction with the rectification selected, and works on your pick attack, I hope that helps. Z
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Post by eeyore on Feb 23, 2019 6:49:09 GMT -7
It is subtle and useful. "Tame" would've been a good label. Thinking of possible uses, maybe in a band with two bright guitars, selecting it would help one lay back in the mix slightly. Or if playing a jazzy tune, using it to smooth things out a bit without fiddling with the EQ. Or maybe for recording certain parts of a song and you want a particular guitar part to have a little less bite. Or maybe to knock off an overabundance of those frequencies when using a particular pedal. Lots of uses, and just a flick of the switch. Tone tweakers might have fun playing with the cap value too.
Thanks for the explanation Doc.
Dave
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