NPD: Alter Ego x4 (Now with Samples)

not_the_dj

Oooo it's good...sod the review, I'm off to play it some more.

 http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/not_the_dj/7495E392-AF18-486A-B0E2-92C3F4AA5E8A_zpsotd9obpv.jpg

joeyowen

Nice looking peda; for sure, out of my price range though at the moment!

clips?

not_the_dj

Futher thoughts on this now I'm not distracted by playing it.

Sounds really great, I spent time just noodling through each sound on there and they're all pretty inspiring. There's no way on the pedal to change the amount of modulation, but TC have obviously spent time getting each one just right.

Everything sounds nice and organic, I was only playing clean and into my Yamaha THR10. I'll get the chance to try it in my main amps FX loop at the weekend so I can try it with some gain (and maybe some fuzz for Gilmour inspired fun :-) )

I'm see if I can record some clips...I'm pretty sure I'll use it somewhere in my entry to the next Fretboard (recording) challenge.

I'm undecided if the lack of a global tempo is going to be a pain or not. I've bought this for my ambient stuff and recording not for using with the bands so I doubt it'll be a big issue. 

I'm not that keen on the looper though, seems a bit limited, and I have a Ditto X2 on my board anyway so I'll stick with that (plus I like my looper after my reverb, a Big Sky, which is sometimes a key part of my loops).

digitalscream

Get the Toneprint Editor loaded up - you can edit all the modulation types and parameters in there

not_the_dj

digitalscream;277379" said:

Get the Toneprint Editor loaded up - you can edit all the modulation types and parameters in there

I really should get round to that. I've had a Flashback and then the single Alter Ego since that came out but still haven't done anything with the editor!

JohnPerry

digitalscream said:

Get the Toneprint Editor loaded up - you can edit all the modulation types and parameters in there

can you edit the presets? or just toneprints from the website?

Chuffola

I'm not sure you can edit the presets with the software... Think they are locked.

digitalscream

JohnPerry said:

digitalscream said:

Get the Toneprint Editor loaded up - you can edit all the modulation types and parameters in there

can you edit the presets? or just toneprints from the website?

You can edit pretty much anything you like (you can even start one from scratch if you want), but you can only store them in the available Toneprint slots on the device. The normal Toneprint pedals have one slot, while the X4 pedals have four slots you can use to store them.

stickyfiddle

I keep looking at stuff like this and concluding that I'll still want a Timeline (or another Timefactor) if I bought one. 

Very interested to hear clips though.

not_the_dj

Here's a quick (well 12 minutes) of the Alter Ego x4 in action. I recorded a loop with my Ditto looper then just went through the new sounds in order (I missed out the 2290 Mod and Rev Mod). The sequence is listed in the soundcloud info. At the end the loop is played clean. http://soundcloud.com/not_the_dj/alter-ego-demo/s-pwrnM

shuikit

Sounds great, lots of variation in there and then you could tweak them in the editor - see how I'm talking myself put of one..? One question about the usability on the fly. If say you're on saved setting A but the knobs are for something completely different, if you wanted to tweak a setting, say decrease the feedback would the delay sound completely change to what's showing on all the knobs when you move the feedback knob or would it just be the feedback that changes?

not_the_dj

Just the knob you change (I think). I've packed up now but pretty sure.

joeyowen

around the 7min mark is a real nice sound, the mix is set juuust right

not_the_dj

Did I first stab at rearranging my big board around it. The Hendrix Fuzz Face into the Echorec setting is glorious (and wonderfully Gilmourish) http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj563/not_the_dj/Mobile Uploads/2014-06/50F2D939-4154-45BD-884C-F094EC85C30C_zpsngcohq6u.jpg

not_the_dj

joeyowen said:

around the 7min mark is a real nice sound, the mix is set juuust right

That'd be the Copykat setting I reckon.

Chuffola

Still pretty sure you can't edit the presets in the software @digitalscream ;

Otherwise, everyone would save them and share them and no one would need to buy anything other than the flashback.

I used the tone print software with the Flashback and I'm almost certain you could only build new tone prints from scratch. Albeit you could do some great things but it wasn't possible to edit any of the preset delays or downloaded artist tone prints.

I'm only harping on about this in case someone buys one under false pretenses. 

dano91

Great demo and nice pedalboard you've got there. Got some really sweet sounds out of it - glad that you're happy with it!