PatheinRaindropMoe
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Somehow the thread up there somewhere got me thinking, whats so difficult about an effect pedal thats difficult to use.
Let take a step back and break down the chain to see if it would help those, who might faced situations that made one think that "so and so pedal is difficult to use". So, is it a matter of the perspective of the one using or that certain effect pedals are really difficult to use.
First of all, most if not all effect pedals meant for geetar(in context of the forum here), can be generally known as signal processor.
What it does, simply that it will accept the signal from geetar{input to effect pedal circuit), goes through the circuit which will do processing to our geetar signal then pass it out to the output of the effect circuit and to amplifier.
In between this input and output, theres usually
1) On/off switch- To route the geetar signal into effect circuit or bypass effect circuit(and to output straight without processing the geetar signal)
2) Parameters control pots(with knobs) to change the quality and characteristic of our instrument signal being process.
For on/off switch, prolly anyone would know what it does, since its everywhere, round our house, office, school and so on. The only thing different, is the physical look of it and the wiring behind it which make it a switch in context of effect pedal to route instrument signal for processing or bypassing it.
For control pots, it can varies from 2 to more then 10 according to different type of effect. But to see it simply, in the context with geetar, theres couple of things which can never steer far
1) Volume
2) Gain
3) Mix(more for non gain effect)
For the rest of the extra knobs, it would be too much to list down, but to see it simply, just know that we are dealing with signal process/sound devices, when we have no idea of what a knob does, then its time to use our god given sense of hearing to judge the differences. One of thing which sometime we can conveniently forget is learning to listen or simply reading the manual.
In general, manufacturers who produced pedals, dont put extra pots and control just for fun(increased production cost and extra space for component on the pcb), without doing anything to the sound. If theres a control for certain parameters, theres usually changes to the sound. Of course, there will be times where we cant hear the differences, not that theres no changes, but our hearing cant detect it.
Anyway, imho, the technical know how of using effect pedals is not difficult, but what is difficult, is the context of usage and the combination of instrument, amps thats being used with the effect pedals that make it, not difficult, but instead, no compatible.
So, in your view, what make an effect pedal, difficult to use or is it just not compatible/suitable for the context which you are using it?
Let take a step back and break down the chain to see if it would help those, who might faced situations that made one think that "so and so pedal is difficult to use". So, is it a matter of the perspective of the one using or that certain effect pedals are really difficult to use.
First of all, most if not all effect pedals meant for geetar(in context of the forum here), can be generally known as signal processor.
What it does, simply that it will accept the signal from geetar{input to effect pedal circuit), goes through the circuit which will do processing to our geetar signal then pass it out to the output of the effect circuit and to amplifier.
In between this input and output, theres usually
1) On/off switch- To route the geetar signal into effect circuit or bypass effect circuit(and to output straight without processing the geetar signal)
2) Parameters control pots(with knobs) to change the quality and characteristic of our instrument signal being process.
For on/off switch, prolly anyone would know what it does, since its everywhere, round our house, office, school and so on. The only thing different, is the physical look of it and the wiring behind it which make it a switch in context of effect pedal to route instrument signal for processing or bypassing it.
For control pots, it can varies from 2 to more then 10 according to different type of effect. But to see it simply, in the context with geetar, theres couple of things which can never steer far
1) Volume
2) Gain
3) Mix(more for non gain effect)
For the rest of the extra knobs, it would be too much to list down, but to see it simply, just know that we are dealing with signal process/sound devices, when we have no idea of what a knob does, then its time to use our god given sense of hearing to judge the differences. One of thing which sometime we can conveniently forget is learning to listen or simply reading the manual.
In general, manufacturers who produced pedals, dont put extra pots and control just for fun(increased production cost and extra space for component on the pcb), without doing anything to the sound. If theres a control for certain parameters, theres usually changes to the sound. Of course, there will be times where we cant hear the differences, not that theres no changes, but our hearing cant detect it.
Anyway, imho, the technical know how of using effect pedals is not difficult, but what is difficult, is the context of usage and the combination of instrument, amps thats being used with the effect pedals that make it, not difficult, but instead, no compatible.
So, in your view, what make an effect pedal, difficult to use or is it just not compatible/suitable for the context which you are using it?
