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August 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Hi. Just picked up one of these.
However, I can't seem to figure out how to loop WITH delay. Not possible with the timebender? My memory man could do it, but I hated the hum it produced and how it would "click" when I engaged it. The looping sort of sucked on the memory man, but I feel it was easier to do (didn't always come out GOOD though) and you could loop with delay active...
Any help?
August 20th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Hi Graham - The looper on the timebender is a separate mode from the other delay modes, so you can't have delay while you are looping. You can still use the voicing, modulation and tone though.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Hey,
First, what an awesome site! Thanks a lot. Looks good, features are awesome, I'm talking about the website, not the pedal.
Can you offer a blank template of the front panel for saving our own settings? (kind of like you have in the audio clips section)....what would be awesome, but I don't have much computer experience so it may be too much to ask, but some sort of interactive front panel image so that one could save an image of the settings in folder on the computer. So if you were going to be somewhere, you could either printout a bunch or carry them on a thumb drive.
I am talking visual only, I dont expect it to interact with the pedal obviously.
Also,
When I got the pedal I was hoping to use the reverse function more. Am I doing something wrong, or is it wrong to expect that I could play a signal through it, turn the mix to "dry off", and expect it would just play continuous reversed audio? For example, hook up an mp3 player and a whole song played backwards through the timebender. Possible? (as i write this I think I am realizing it's impossible, but I 'll ask anyway)
Thanks again!!!
October 5th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Hi PawPaw - Yes a template would be a great idea. We'll try to put one together. The interactive thing might be a bit too much work. Remember we are just doing this on the side. As far as the reverse delay goes, your intuition was correct that it is impossible to do what you want to do. This is a real time pedal so it can only reverse relatively short segments of audio (up to 5 sec). I'm glad you like the site!
October 13th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Just bought a time bender and am trying to get a good clean rotating speaker simulation. Think Stevie Ray Vaughn's Lenny. I have been experimenting with settings and get close but seem to end up with too much echo.
Any suggestions?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Hi Nemo
You can get a fairly decent rotating speaker simulation by using the TimeBender's modulation. For a "fast" setting I typically use:
Delay Type: digital
Delay Time: 10 ms
Tone: centered
Repeats: 9:00
Modulation: 3:00
Pattern 1 (single)
Mix 2:00
The Mix pot then acts sort of like a Depth control on a chorus, and the Modulation range acts as the Speed. The Repeats control gives it some feedback - too much sounds unnatural but a bit can emphasize the chorus-y effect.
This is especially realistic using the stereo outputs.
October 13th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Thanks I will give it a try.
October 14th, 2009 at 2:48 am
TB,
I tried your suggestion and it wasnt quite what I was looking for but it got me closer than I was getting on my own. I ended up using envelope, at 200ms, mod at 0, and the repeats around 10:00. This way there is less pitch shift. The mix still acts like depth but I can use the delay time for a speed change.
Thanks for the help it pointed me in the right direction.
Nemo
December 4th, 2009 at 6:16 am
i've just got timebender today. Need to know the Boss (Roland) EV-5 can be used as expression pedal or not? If not, which model of Boss can be? (or other brand) Thx so much for your help.
December 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Hi JJ716 - The Boss EV-5 works fine with the timebender. Personally, I am not a big fan of the EV-5. I had one once and it wasn't very reliable. It also felt cheap and slid around too much. I use an Ernie Ball Volume pedal as an expression pedal with the timebender, which works very well IMO. If you do get an Ernie Ball, just make sure you get the 100 kOhm one designed for guitars. They also have a 25 kOhm version designed for keyboards etc which will not work with the Timebender.
December 12th, 2009 at 7:09 am
great site guys.
Is there a footswitch or exp. pedal configuration that will allow me to turn on and off the pedal? I want to have the pedal in a stool near me so i can change settings while playing an still be able to switch it on and of using a food pedal.
Also do you know what the "mode" button of the fs3x switch does when conected to timebebder?
thnx for your help.
December 12th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Hi yannis. Yes the TB supports both a footswitch and an expression pedal. From the manual:
"Connect an optional 3-button FS3X footswitch to this input to step through the memory locations. On the FS3X, the right button moves you up one memory location, and the center button moves you down one location. When Looper is selected, the left button takes you directly to overdubbing. Connect or disconnect the optional FS3X footswitch only when the TimeBenderTM is turned off."
December 27th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Nice site..!
Sounds like YAN wants to be able to turn on/off the timebender with something other than the left footswitch. I can think of 2 possible ways. With an exp pdl, set the toe position how you want the delay and the heel position to have the delay basically off, maybe the cleanest would be the mix knob full CCW. Not sure how true of a bypass this would be though... Other thought would be to have a "dry" memory location (same settings as the heel position in the first idea would have), but it would be a pain to turn on and off and you lose some memory location functionality.
January 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Hi
I have recently bought a Time Bender. I also bought a Boss expression/volume pedal FV500L which will not work with the time bender as it is for keyboards. The only pedal I can swap the boss for is the boss FV50L volume pedal. Does anyone know if this will act as an expression pedal with the Time Bender?
January 11th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Hi AJ - Yeah, as you have found out, low impedence Expression/volume pedals designed for keyboards will not work with the timebender. The FV50L that you can swap is also low impedence and thus will not work either. Although I have not tried them, the Boss high impedence pedals (FV500H and FV50H) should both work.
TB
January 11th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Thanks. I have ordered the FV50H.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:36 am
Hi TimeBender and everyone else!
It's me again. The blabman "Honch"!
I wonder if there's a possibility out there to use any alternative power supply other than the one supplied? Since it is 9v at 1300mA it's very difficult to find any of those "bunk" power supplies that carries that much current, i e 1300mA. Voodo Labs Power Plus 2 and similar reaches at most 1200mA. T-rex, Gator or the rest seems way too weak in current draw.
BUT! Voodo Labs say also that most manufacturers lists current draw in an upper max or "within safe" limit, i e it can be possible to run TimeBender at 1200mA without ANY problems, noise or hum. They have had no problems with running current heavy pedals from Line6 and so on. Since I have this on a pedalboard it would be nice to skip the wall wart altogether.
Have anyone of you tried alternative power supplies with same results as the original one?
/Honch
February 15th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Hi Honch - I have not tried to use a different power supply from the one that came with my timebender, and unfortunately I don't know enough about it to give you an answer. Maybe you should e-mail Digitech customer service - or have you already done that?
TB
February 16th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
A couple questions:
Does this pedal take line level intsrument level or both? Is there a way to select input level?
Is the dry signal path analogue or does it go through a/d/a converters?
February 16th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Hi Rudy -
I have used it with both line level and instrument level inputs with good success. There is no need to adjust the input level. There is just more headroom for instrument level, which is actually necessary with some of the extra hot pickups out there these days.
The dry signal path is analog in all modes except for envelope, reverse and looper when pitch shifting is used (ie looper is analog too when you don't have pitch shifting employed).
TB
February 17th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I am really interested in this pedal, but I want to know if it (or some other product) can overcome a problem I am having. I currently use a Boss Loopstation RC-2 for looping. The main problem with it is that once I get a loop playing, I cannot adjust the tempo at which it plays. For example, say I record a loop while playing, then let the loop play while I solo over it. If the tempo of the band varies at all, my loop will be out of synch. I have tried using an external pedal to tap a tempo, but this seems to only work when a loop is NOT playing. Does the Timebender share this problem? It drives me nuts!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Hi Ken - You have run into the number one problem of using loopers with a band. Almost all loopers, including the looper on the Timebender will suffer from this problem. You will notice that most bands that user loopers as part of their sound make sure that they get a solid beat with the looper to start with and then play it so loud that everyone else in the band (even the drummer
) has to follow the looper. I've heard the Electrix repeater will follow an external beat source in the loop, so you might want to try that. Unfortunately I don't think Electrix is around anymore so you will have to get one off eBay or something.
TB
February 17th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Hi Rudy - You can get flutter using the modulation, but wow is little harder. You can also try hooking up an expression pedal with the modulation settings different in the heel and toe. The expression pedal will then smoothly sweep both modulation speed and amount.
TB
February 18th, 2010 at 2:13 am
Timebender, I've mailed digitech support - and of course - they recommend using this adapter and nothing else, not even "bunk" power supplies at all. But of course, they have to stear clear of any warranty issues should there be anything wrong with the pedal. Only if they're sure that included adapter has been used, they can go on with warranty repair. Nothing wrong with that really. They don't reveal exact numbers for when the pedal's supposed to work anyway. in MilliAmpere. 1,3 is a lot. For a pedal that is.
I just wondered if anyone tried something else to run it from.
February 20th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Just a thought about the input level on the timebender. Care should be taken what is put before the input stage on the timebender. If you - say - have a distortion or boost box before, and drive that one up too much there's no way of telling if timebender has taken too much of it, until the timebender starts to crack in sound. It sounds like you're snapping your fingernails together, like ugly digital clip.
I don't know if it is the analog input, or the A/D converter that can't handle it, but I think some boost pedals and distortion puts in high frequencies (for no reason) that can make the A/D converter behave badly. I have a KLON centaur which put the timebender into some weird mode. I didn't know first what it was, until I recorded the signal from it onto a computer with a soundcard that has excessively high input rate, and detected that the KLON put out frequencies well above 20 Khz which you can't hear anyway. A couple of peaks there where found, and some A/D filters has these frequencies exactly in the borderline for where it can't filter or track those ones out of the conversion, so aliasing is present in the sound. And digital crackling. This seems to be present regardless of level that is put in to the delay. On the TimeBender at least.
Other delay pedals, such as the T-rex replica, ducked these frequencies perfectly. Now I put the Klon before the input stage of an amp (tube), and just run the TimeBender through FX loop, and then these frequencies are cut out anyway at an earlier stage.
So it may be so that either the input amp or A/D converter on the TimeBender is a little too weak to take care and filter out some high level and high frequency signals entering the circuit.
In this case, I think it's the KLON centaurs fault. They ought to build an analog filter before the signals leave the pedal. You can't say that anything up there will affect the sound in any way at all. Such high frequencies CAN destroy other equipment as well, that is not digital at all. Speaker tweeters and so on. But since that pedal is supposed to be only used before an input stage on a tube amp, this seems to be a no big deal.
February 24th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
I just got my Timebender yesterday and so far it is awesome! It can do amazing things. I've already decided I want to get an expression pedal to fully utilize it. I've seen some discussions on here about which expression pedals work with the Timebender. So far, the BOSS EV-5, FV500H and FV50H have been listed as "working", as they are all "high" impedence, as opposed to the FV50L and other "L" models which are low impedence. Also, 100 kOhm volume pedals like the Ernie Ball were also mentioned. Has anyone tried to compile a more complete list? What about the Boss FV-100? Any others that are known to work?
March 28th, 2010 at 8:38 am
I just got a timebender the other day and this website has been very helpful so thank you! I have a problem with mine though and was wondering if anyone could help. Whenever i try to use my expression pedal, i put my settings i want in my heel position, that put it to the toe position and make the changes i want. The thing is when i have that all set when i bring it back to the heel its a different setting than i began with, making the effects inconsistent and i cant get the sounds i want. I have a line6 expression pedal so that may be the problem, or i could just be doing it wrong. I calibrated the expression pedal just like your video says and did all the steps the same. Please help, its a great pedal and getting the expression pedal to work would make it even better. Thanks
March 28th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Hi Charlie - I have asked around and nobody around here has a line 6 expression pedal, so I can't say for sure what is wrong. However, I did find this doc on the line 6 site http://line6.com/community/docs/DOC-1472 which states that it is a 10 kOhm passive mono linear taper pot. If the expression pedal is mono (i.e. tip sleeve only), then you need at least 250 kOhm for it to work well with the timebender. I use an Ernie Ball Jr Volume pedal, which is 250 kOhm and it works great. It is a bit pricey though, and some people don't like the mechanism (see Honch's comment). We should really compile a list of expression pedals that work well the timebender. Anyone reading this that has used an expression pedal with the timebender that has worked well should leave a comment stating the type of EP, and I will put together a list.
Cheers,
TB
March 29th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Okay thanks, i figured it was something wrong with the pedal because i was following the video and manual exactly the same. I think I'm going to get the pedal you suggested, i have a gift certificate so I'm willing to drop a good price for it if it works. Thanks for the help!
March 30th, 2010 at 5:17 am
OVERKILL using fancy volume pedals for this.
Thank you TimeBender. I actually do think that using a "high quality" volume pedal like Ernie Ball, Morley, George Dennis, Goodrich et al is a bit overkill/waste since what you really need is an EXPRESSION pedal with just one wire out. Also, using optoelectric circuit and TrueBypass volume pedals seems a bit overkill, since you really need one wire out only. Whatever TrueByPass means on a volume pedal. It's either in the chain or it's not. If a pedal "sucks tone" doesn't really matter in this scenario here. You can very well shop around for cheaper ones. You don't need the smooth sound travel of an optoelectric volume pedal, and input or tuner outputs, as there is on some volume pedals.
But what I think is REALLY important is to use a pedal that has the ability to STAY in middle position or anywhere else, like heel position without drifting a bit at all. Jim Dunlop makes one of these, VOLUME pedal that is.
Expression pedals like Line6, M-Audio, and Boss's EV5 and similar, is a bit like playing keyboards, you have to have your foot on it all of the time, when doing volume swells on organ etc. Very few STAYS in a position that you have found with the pedal. I do think we should recommend EXPRESSION pedals instead of volume pedals, but here's the caveat. They're made for keyboards - mostly - and has the wrong pot value accordingly.
It seems that no matter what you turn to, you have to make a compromise or swap the pot out entirely. Also, Morley flatline pedals with a "shallow travel" range makes it harder to nail in a smooth and even travel from top to bottom. We need a pedal that has a large physical angle travel to have the largest range in delay time sweeps or whatever you set the TimeBender to do.
March 30th, 2010 at 7:22 am
Hi Honch, You're right that the Ernie Ball and other pedals you mentioned do have features that are not required/used when they are used as an expression pedal with the timebender. When using these volumes pedals with the TB, they act just like an ordinary expression pedal. There is no guitar signal going through the pedal like there is when you use it as a volume pedal and thus true bypass is a non-issue, and of course the tuner output is not used.
However, the reason I like the Ernie ball Jr is precisely because it stays where you set it and it accurately goes to the correct heel and toe position after you set it. I have tried a few of the cheaper plastic expression pedals like Boss's EV5, and frankly after using the Ernie Ball Jr, they are just unacceptable to me. Too light and flimsy and they do not always return to their correct values. I agree that it would be nice to find a high quality expression pedal that has solid construction, a large angle of swing, accurate heel/toe return, and enough control that you can put it in a midway position fairly accurately, but for now the Ernie Ball is working fine. If you find something though, let us all know!
TB
March 30th, 2010 at 9:51 am
I am very interested in the Timebender, but would love to know how well it works with non-guitar instruments before buying one. Acoustic and electric cello, handrums with deep voice-bass udu and djembe--do you know how the TB handles signals lower than the guitar range?
I'd settle for a clean, recordable echo for everything, but would love to have the octave down option for the cellos.
Thanks,
TJ
March 30th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Hi TJ, That would be pretty cool using it with a cello. We have not tried that but we have used it with a dilruba (search this site for dilruba and you will find a video), and probably more important to you, with a bass guitar. We find that the shifting on the timebender works pretty well down to note 36 (i.e. C below the lowest string on a standard EADGBE tuned guitar), which I think is the lowest note on a cello. So it should work fine. But you might want to try it before you buy it, or buy it from somewhere with a 30 day return policy. Note that the only issue is with the pitch shifting part of the TB. All other features will work great with all instruments.
TB
March 31st, 2010 at 5:00 am
Thank you TB. It would be great if EB released an Expression pedal only. As far as I know, they're only volume pedals at the moment. I used to use an EB waaay back, but the string kept on crapping out on me, and the volume, live. It was used only for swells and country steel guitar things though. Then I went for opto, because I didn't want a crackling pot either. But it had it's problems with keeping the signal straight and altering the sound. It seems there's nowhere to turn. Mainly I think it's because there's never any set standard for controllers or foot pedals, regarding pot values, and input/output range. Especially polarity, latch or momentary, stereo or mono-jack switches. Each brand has their own "standard".
At least DigiTech themselves should put one or two "expression" pedals or volume pedals out but they haven't as far as I know. If they have, it's full of FX anyway, like PitchBend and other Wah type effects.
Also, one major gripe I have with all expression pedals, volumes and wahs is that they never make them with cable cover protection, i e just a thin wall of plastic, or whatever, that surrounds the pedal, so any cable won't get caught in between the pedals movement range. As a guitarist - live - you tend to move around, and if you're into rocknroll you tend to jump around a lot, with the cable getting hooked in all places. Couldn't be that hard to make, or at least to make it an option, like a convertible car. Cab up or cab down...
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TJ on cello and octave:
When in looper mode on the timebender, you can turn the MusiQ-knob and use it as a pitch shifter. The range it does are limited, but it's - normally - used to put a bass line into whatever loop you're using. However - of course - you don't need to press the start button to record any loop at all. Just play this octave below. And you don't need to turn the wet/dry knob at all. It's heard an octave below anyway and none of the direct signal.
Of course, when using the wet/dry mix only to whatever in the octave range, you can play echoes to it, with direct signal an octave below (even two I think... not sure though) or above and anything in between. No direct clean signal is leaking through, if you don't want to.
I have already had female singers singing into it, creating human beat-box things, and whatnot with octave ups, octave belows and anything in between. Hilarious fun.
March 31st, 2010 at 7:28 am
DEDICATED EXPRESSION PEDALS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK:
1. None. Basically no one had MONO plug, Audio taper, or within 100 kOhm - 500 kOhm range. They may work with limitations. I couldn't find anyone at least. Maybe you can?
DEDICATED VOLUME PEDALS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK (technically):
1. BOSS FV-500H = mono, high-impedance (No pot value stated).Passive, Audio Taper. Both Expression/Volume pedal. Road and thrustworthy. The only one they got.
2. ERNIE BALL Volume 6166, 6168, 6180, VP, VPJR = mono, high impedance (250k). Passive. Audio taper. Sturdy built. One of few who lists pot values.
3. ROCKTRON Hex = mono, audio taper, listed just as BOSS as an expression/volume pedal, and doubles as both. Passive, no pot values listed. Sturdy classic design.
4. JIM DUNLOP Volume GCB80, DVP1 = They got only one or two. Passive, mono, audio taper, for guitar. Scant info given on website. DVP1 is the shiny one.
5. GEORGE DENNIS Volume GD020 = Mono, Audio taper, but opto-electric, as such, active. NOTE: May work with limitations!
6. GOODRICH Volume L120, 120 = Mono, Audio taper, passive, 500 K. L stands for low profile, not low impedance. Highly regarded volume pedals, industry standard.
7. FENDER Volume pedal = Mono, audio taper, passive, 250K, simple pedal, sturdy built. They only got one.
8. VOX V850 = mono, audio taper, 250K pot, passive. Classic design. Standard built.
9. MORLEY Volume EOV, PVO+ = Optical, active, runs on battery, mono, audio taper. high impedance. NOTE: May work with limitations!
10. LEAD FOOT LFV-1 Volume = Webshop Thomanns own brand, may not be available in USA. Audio taper, mono, high impedance. The cheapest one around though. .
As we are forced to use volume pedals, with their extra inputs outputs not required for TimeBender, I think the BOSS, or the ROCKTRON wins in the teoretical dept, with Ernie Ball coming in at a close third/second. The Boss is for huge-feeted persons... :-). Both these double-function pedals MUST contain double pots or doublethrow pots one each with different values. One for keyboards ctrl MIDI, and one for guitar only. Now, it's only up to you to browse around the net, especially reviews for these pedals at Harmony Central and other places, to see if they're up to snuff and if they're to YOUR taste and feel. Of course, if I forgot some brand/model (which I really do think I did!) please fill me in!
/Mats
March 31st, 2010 at 8:59 am
Hi Mats - Thanks for starting the list - that is great.
One important clarification though. There are several expression pedals that will work (Yamaha and Roland for example). It is only the volume pedal that has to be a mono plug, and when it is a mono plug volume pedal (or a mono plug expression pedal for that matter), the impedence must be > 100 kOhms. That is why volume pedals designed for keyboards with 25 kOhm impedence will not work.
However, ANY expression pedal, whether it is low impedence or high impedence will work as long as the cable is TRS (i.e. three bands with tip, ring and sleeve).
So that opens up a bunch more options.
TB
March 31st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Ok, then, my bad. This is because I don't find any pot values on any expression pedals. Or to which standard they confirm to. Then some other people may do the other half of the list.
Also, I don't find this information in the TImeBender manual, only the mono plug and passive one and that it should be any volume pedal.
There must be some expression pedals that doesn't work at all, in the end. I am not sure but some manufacturers (third party) are telling "will not work with Yamaha and Roland keyboards" but they work with all the rest. Has to be with polarity or impedance or both. Some use their TRS reverse, like RTS - or so I have heard. I think KORG gave up on those pedals, and let the war over to Roland and Yamaha...
All I can tell is that there isn't any confirmed standard for such pedals, even in regular footswitch. Granted, mono cable is signal and ground pretty much carved in stone, but as fast as you use a stereo plug, they can reverse the other two as much as they want leaving ground intact. Same with momentary, latch, and polarity. Active or passive. Or just "sustain" pedals for MIDI keyboards. They all do it "their" way.
That's the best thing with standards. There are so many to choose from!
If we should "hedge our bets" I would give my five cents to the BOSS one or the ROCKTRON Hex one, then we can try out both expression and volume. Either of them should work. And if they don't we can use them on other instruments for other purposes. Or change cables and swap their function on the pedalboards sometimes. Eventually they WILL function as a volume pedal no matter what.
It would even be possible that there is a difference when pluggin the "volume pedal output" to the TimeBender vs the "Expression" output from either the Boss or Rocktron. The Boss one seems to have more travel though. There may or may not be a difference.
If only Ernie Ball was as great with their string system as the rest of their build. Have had numerous situations where the cable got stuck between the pedal travel and damaged the string and thing in there. Only if it was as easy as changing guitar strings, but it isn't. They do have the smoothest travel, but I find opto electronics just as smooth. I have yet to hear anyone bad mouth that BOSS though. Rocktron does have a few caveats but by and large, good. Above average but not more.
April 21st, 2010 at 6:33 am
Hi. I'd love to see some examples of good, washed out delays for Shoegaze music. (Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, etc...)
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:47 am
Hi,I need of an information: I see that in the Time Bender video demos,Mike Dowdle uses an expression pedal made by Ernieball,could I know the exact model of the pedal?
thank you very much
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Not sure exactly, but it looks like a regular Ernie Ball volume pedal or Ernie ball Jr volume pedal. Both of these work well as an expression pedal with the timebender.
July 26th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Quick question on expression pedals...
As the TimeBender can be used for straight up pitch effects by setting the delay time to it's minimum, what happens when setting a heel to no effect and toe to pitch +12? Does it behave like a Whammy pedal?
July 28th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Hi Frugal Guitarist - in that situation, then pitch shift amount will just change from 0 to +12 at the half way point in the expression pedal travel.
August 26th, 2010 at 4:47 am
I would like to add, if you have a suitable expression pedal, whammy effects CAN be created, though not with the same efficiency and smoothness as a real dedicated Whammy pedal. Settings the delay to minimum you have to accept a slight delay in every note, adn the way up or down is pretty much jagged, but it can be done. The pitch shift is - sort of - done with the delay time, and will sound a bit off on the travel way.
August 26th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Is there anyone who've tried this HOLD thing, that I had problem with way back?
I e, when the pattern mode is set to anything but one strum, the HOLD function doesn't keep that pattern at all. It drifts slightly, and after a while, it's totally out of sync. I mean, if I press the hold at the wrong time, I may do that, but then it should hold/lock and sound "out of sync" from the start on, and not drift from it's zero points so to speak.
anyone else experienced this yet?
I have tried the digitech forum, but come on, I have never ever seen any forum suck as big time as that one. And the support didn't answer back. 4 months ago now.
September 5th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Hey, I'm really wanting to get the timebender for some cool post-rock and ambient sounds, the only thing is i would be using it with a bass guitar. I have a solo setup currently with a jamman looper and a few other pedals and I want a nice versitile delay. Now to my question, does the timebender have any tracking issues in the bass frequency range? Do the harmonies come though alright? I have a six string bass, and most of the delayed playing is going to be coming out much higher on the neck as I like to keep the bass freqencies really clean. I'm sure this'll effect its tracking, but I just want some reassurance.
September 5th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Hi Travis. I don't have a bass here so I can't say for sure, but I think it will work for the higher notes on a bass. Im not sure what the cut off is, but I read somewhere that it doesn't track well for the lower notes on a bass. Maybe someone with a bass can chime in and let us know the lowest note that it works for? One thing for sure is that it will work for all notes found on a guitar and a little lower I expect.
TB