Reachahighernoon wrote: ↑26 Sep 2021, 18:35
I dont get something, what is the point of the line/instrument switch? It is basically a voltage divider to drop the volume of the unit so that it would work better with mixing consoles?
And how does the recording out work? Arent these supposed to be XLR outs?
And damn does the unit you built look fantastic
The line/instrument is precisely to drop the volume. If you're running it into the front of an amp or into additional pedals the output can get a little hot, so you may want to drop it to prevent clipping down the line. It's not that useful in my opinion as the output isn't uncontrollably hot, but people like switches so I left it in.
The recording out isn't a balanced DI output, just a speaker emulated output, so you could send the regular output to your amp and the speaker emulated output to FOH so you don't have to mic your amp. Or if you don't want to bring an amp you can run the speaker emulated output direct to PA or a power amp. It doesn't sound as good as an IR, but it sounds good enough for live use.
Also I finally got around to doing an A/B against the original unit, and they're pretty damn close. Mine is a little brighter sounding, but not harsh-bright, just clear-bright, I actually like it better. Gain levels and EQ seem to be the same, so I'm confident the trace is correct, I attribute the difference in tone to film caps vs MLCC, but obviously with the EQ you can compensate settings to get exactly the same tone.
And I forgot to mention, enclosure is UV print over raw enclosure then covered with sparkly clear powdercoat, my quick and easy finish of choice.