analog vs digital (guitar pedal)

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62jaguar

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sory for the silly question..
what is the different between analog and digital pedals?
here's a comparison..EH Holy Grail and the Boss Digital Reverb..as i've noticed that the Holy grail got a really sweet and warm reverb..never tried the digital reverb. which is better?
thanks for sharing...
 
They are both digital.

The difference between analog and digital, from a technical standpoint, is that analog is real world, and digital is the breaking down of real world signals into 1's and 0's for a cpu to read and tweak then turn back into a real world signal.

For opinions on sound differences, do a search and I reckon you'll find at least 5 very long threads with same title.
 
I came in here armed with my favourite flame thrower.... damn... no one to burn yet..... damn....
 
i'm with Thor on this.

Digital still can't get gain/drive/dirt right. It just feels different. Most of us can be fooled by listening to some recording, but that's not the point IMO. Point in having pride in your own tone regardless of who can hear/feel or not.
 
thor666 said:
Digital for modulation, Analog for gain pedals. That's what works for me.
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but how about digital controls on analogue distortion?

now that will open up one big can of worms.

imagine one knob to at a twist will turn off stage 1 preamp, boost mids, turns up master volume, increase presence by 23%.....

digital controls for analogue is the future... but I dont have the necessary chops and skills to do it.
 
Yea I agree, already products are heading towards digital controlled realm. Although I have to admit, no matter how we feel analogue feels better, digital will replace it somewhat, with analogue just mainly there for biasing and power supply.
 
Yea I agree, already products are heading towards digital controlled realm. Although I have to admit, no matter how we feel analogue feels better, digital will replace it somewhat, with analogue just mainly there for biasing and power supply.
 
edder said:
thor666 said:
Digital for modulation, Analog for gain pedals. That's what works for me.
Click to expand...

but how about digital controls on analogue distortion?

now that will open up one big can of worms.

imagine one knob to at a twist will turn off stage 1 preamp, boost mids, turns up master volume, increase presence by 23%.....

digital controls for analogue is the future... but I dont have the necessary chops and skills to do it.
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Don't ask me, never used those before! :P

I like my pedals to be plain and simple anyway. The only pedal I tweak around is the gain pedals, usually I leave the modulation pedals set fixed more or less.
 
ok.. i study electronics so yeah.. if u want a complicated totally technical explanation in layman terms...

analog pedals, the waveform has variations, and it can't be controlled very well.. it has too many factors which can influence it therefore leading to variations in tone with even the same setting...

digital pedals, the waveform is a square waveform, which means that no matter what u do, the signal can only reach certain values and never go beyond.. you could say that digital signal is somewhat compressed between the two points so there's never really much variation..
 
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