Pamparo in Toronto

Updated Pedalboard

Signal Chain

• Xotic EP Booster
• Barber 1/2 Gainer
• Zendrive
• Boss TU2
• Empress ParaEq
• Empress Tremolo
• Diamond Memory Lane Jr.

If I am being honest with myself, these 2 are the only things I need …

Barber 1/2 Gainer

Diamond ML Jr

But where is the fun in that!

I had this melody in my head for a while so i decided to put it down so I won’t ever forget it again!

Spring Fling 12 by rhoydotp

let me know what you think … and please, don’t be polite! hehe

Barber Electronics had some great deals today for their B-Stock (blemished stocks) at 50% off. It was so enticing that I ordered myself a Direct Drive … As if I need another drive pedal!

Barber Direct Drive

The pedals were selling like pancakes but not all of them got listed at the same time. I would have gotten a Dirty Bomb instead have I known! Oh well, I guess I’ll try to enjoy this magnificent pedal

In case you missed it, here’s the list of pedals that went on sale:

Cyber Monday Sale at Barber Electronics

Anybody else got a good deal today?

I wrote this instrumental song about three months ago as an expression of gratitude for all the blessings I’ve received from God. You may find that it sounds melancholic at first and there is a reason behind that. What I find is that even though we are blessed with so much, we still find a way not to be content nor satisfied with what we got. I don’t know about you but this is true, certainly for me. And whenever I listen to this, it reminds me that I should rejoice and always be glad in knowing that God will provide all my needs!

I hope you enjoy this song and may it also serve as a reminder for you …

Click here if you can’t see the player

Finally got the chance to play around with Timeline’s MIDI capability tonight. Program Changes works great as well as some parameter changes via CC. But the couple of settings I really wanted to try before I spend another penny towards this unit is whether the Bank UP/DOWN settings work and how convenient looping will be. Unfortunately, I could not test the BANK UP/DOWN because my FCB1010 (original chip) can only send one CC at a time (or 2 in succession) while the bank changes requires 4. This is not even on the manual (yet) …

for Bank Down, send:
CC# 80, value 0 //A Switch DOWN
CC# 82, value 0 //B Switch DOWN
CC# 80, value 127 //A Switch UP
CC# 82, value 127 //B Switch UP

for Bank UP, send:
CC# 82, value 0 //B Switch DOWN
CC# 81, value 0 //Tap Switch DOWN
CC# 82, value 127 //B Switch UP
CC# 81, value 127 //Tap Switch UP

So instead, I tried the settings for turning A/B on and off with 2 CCs. This works great! Again, this is not in the manual (yet) …

for switch A, send:
CC# 80, value 0 //A Switch DOWN
CC# 80, value 127 //A Switch UP

for switch B, send:
CC# 82, value 0 //A Switch DOWN
CC# 82, value 127 //A Switch UP

I spent most of the time testing out the looper functionality. It works great and seamless! And finally, the settings are in the manual but was only included after the first revision. Hey Strymon, why are you hiding these settings from your users! DOH!!!

Anyway, I got lost in playing with the looper and here’s a couple that I managed to record. Not live looping, just recorded directly from the unit by pressing “Play” after all the overdubs. I’m still getting used to cutting in and out so there’s a bit of glitch in the loop.

These are played thru a standard Tele straight into Timeline then directly to Tascam DR2D.

Strymon TL Loop1

and

Strymon TL Loop2

There you go!