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The latest addition to my increasing collection of pedals.

Yesterday I picked up the DITTO from the Stockholm based pedal experts at “These goes to 11“. A very nice store with amazing service, including a big smile  when I opened up the door.

After the audio interface Konnekt 24D I’ve been looking in other directions from TC Electronic. But an increasing bag of bass related things brought the interest back to the company, and then came the DITTO!
A small, yes it really is tiny, looper that do just one thing: Loop! In, out, a volume control and a footswitch, when competing brands push more and more features into the looper pedals, the TC just gives us the simple to use core function. And really, thats all you probably need.

The sound quality is great, the loop sounds just as good as the direct sound. But if you have a too hot signal in it starts to sound bad. I used the FloorQ to boost about 10dB and that was a bit too much for the Ditto to handle. I really love/hate the FloorQ, and should probably find something better.

My intent with the Ditto is to mainly use it as a practice tool, recording instant playalongs. And for that use it’s a perfect match.
One caution though: stomping that footswitch in time do need some practice.

More examples will come on the DITTO Sessions page

Another collaboration with Mark Dorricott.
This has been the fastest turnaround yet. Heard the first version of the song on wednesday, asked Mark if he wanted me to go crazy on it. Received the files on thursday morning, and about two hours later the finished mix was up in the cloud.

Three tracks:

  1. Bassline: Bass EQ all the way up, bass through the 3leaf Audio Wonderlove and a hard working JoeMeek FloorQ. Really using all the bad character of the JoeMeek to shape the sound.
  2. Slap embellishments: Just a clean sound
  3. Solo: clean sound with bass cut, and extra hi mid.

The onboard EQ from UNICORNbass really had to work on this session. And it delivered! The best onboard electronics I’ve ever tried.

 

A short walk through of the gear used to record “Winter Sun”.

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Four awesome pedals down on the floor?
Can you guess who they are?

Incoming love…

July 23, 2012 — Leave a comment

The Wonder Love from 3leaf Audio arrived at the Customs Clearance earlier today.
Nice!