help on multi fx and distortion please

[theunknown]

haha i dont know if i shud bother reading the technical parts. the jargon will make me go nuts.hahah

ok i get what u mean..hahah. i'll go try them out. but maybe not now. paiseh no money.
if go shop try try try then never like will piss them off. or someone care to let me try his(or hers.hehe) so i can learn? hoohoo.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

heh, actually those reading part just trying to make you spend less/ignore whatever the manufacturers tell you and start listening to how the effect sound, without any prejudice.

Sometime our mind is so powerful, it will drift in certain direction coz what was being advertised and emphasized by the manufacturer. ITs not wrong thou, just that gotta be in control sometime, other then being led by all those extras, when looking for the sound you wanna

Learning cant be done in just trying. Lotsa time and money need to spend on buying, selling, play it thru your own setup, knowing your preferences and dislike. But then along the way, there be fun and pleasure plus pain and discomfort. Have fun is the way, at your own expense that is..

 

[theunknown]

hahah yeah at my own expense of course!
got a long way to go. just started playing nearly two months ago. hoohoo.

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

Okay la, if you really wanna know what this analog talk is all about, I have a feeling its refering to the sound produced by complicated real circuit parts which alter the original sinusoidal waves of the raw signal coming into the effects unit. This usually results in a kinda "truer" tone that's more "raw" (words in " " are just simple terms due to my lack of advanced vocabulary) and a little "vintagy".

Digital sounds would be more of uber neatness and reproduction of the original signal that is coming in, not alteration. It can result in a not-so-pleasant effect in terms of overdrives/distortions and can also be undesirable because of its cleanliness in delays. It sounds so neat, it loses the magical vintagy tone (which are usually by-products of what the original pedals were made for).

But also note that Digital emulation today is advancing quite fast and digital circuits now can reproduce signals which would be similar to the output of true analog pedals. In fact, I am guessing that many pedals we thought was analog are actually using digital circuits but because they can reproducing a raw sound, we assume them to be true analog pedals.

If you want a more technical answer, maybe an electronical engineer can explain what is truely analog or digital. =D

Basically, I look at tone objectively and its whether I like it or I don't like it, I try to avoid the analogish or digitalish thing as it can get quite subjective... Haha. I would prefer my distortion to be raw and my modulations to be superbly pure though... That way, a "live" digital sound can be reproduced, not a dead one.

I was kidding about the techno part cause they use digital synth effects, not guitar distortions.. =)

 

[theunknown]

ok.....i THINK i get what u mean...

ANALOG: alteration of the original signal to retain its rawness

DIGITAL: reproduction of signal that results in being 'too clean' and 'too neat' and 'too digital!!haha' / or too techno? haha kiddings.

am i right?

i can only understand the words. now i have to try them myself and hear. woohoo

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

oh, gotta disconnect your internet connection too. Its digitally evil and distort the impression in your mind after reading too much and not trying enough, which happen to lotsa people.

Beware of this effect. Coz you be spending too much without understanding why, but upon hearsay and reading many things on internet forum

 

[theunknown]

oh my god....is this effect gonna make me hate soft.com??
wont let it!! hahahaha. yeaaah. i don wanna know too much and rely too much on u very helpful softies. hoohoo!

internet distorts my mind, overdrives my capacity of knowlege, flangs(flings) my curiosity way up, delays my other priorities and chores, fuzzes up my eyes for books, gain my knowledge and make me go WAH.

 

[billthegeek]

ok.....i THINK i get what u mean...

ANALOG: alteration of the original signal to retain its rawness

DIGITAL: reproduction of signal that results in being 'too clean' and 'too neat' and 'too digital!!haha' / or too techno? haha kiddings.

am i right?

i can only understand the words. now i have to try them myself and hear. woohoo

Besides the difference in sound, the main difference lies in the way they are built.

Analog effects are purely built out of circuits, without any computer processing unit. Digital effects consist of a computer processing unit which processes the guitar sound signal.

One analogy is that, analog fx are like machines whereas digital fx are like computers.

Hope this gives you a vague idea of their fundamental diff...

 

[Innocence]

heh, techno aint so bad mah

mostly when anyone mentioned analog, its mainly to do with boost, overdrive, distortion etc. Pedals that let you sound upfront, angsty, angry, pissed off, kill mother, kill father type.

heheh..funny explaination there..:mrgreen: