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Title: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: blanik on October 21, 2008, 03:58:38 PM
i tested my ROG EA tremolo at higher volume and with other effects, it sounded very good and natural on it's own but with a distortion in front and higher volumes it behaves strangely, on initial attack on a note the effect is barely audible, i can hear it's there but barely and as the note decays the effect becomes more obvious, i tried wit a behringer tremolo in the chain and no matter what i feed into in the effect is always obvious and choppy.
Title: Re: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: blanik on October 23, 2008, 01:53:56 PM
bump
Title: Re: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: B Tremblay on October 23, 2008, 03:21:55 PM
Try reducing the distortion output level and compensating with the EA Tremolo's Volume.
Title: Re: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: blanik on October 23, 2008, 05:31:57 PM
i tried reducing the overdrive volume and getting more vol from the trem and it helps a little but not much, the effect is pretty much inaudible on initial attack (sounds great without any other pedal though  :icon_sad: )
Title: Re: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: B Tremblay on October 23, 2008, 06:57:00 PM
Which version of the EA Tremolo is it?
Title: Re: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: blanik on October 24, 2008, 01:12:23 AM
the ROG ( yours  :D ) but with the 120k and 68k removed and the depth replaced by a 500k pot, to get 0 depth up to a choppier sound... i like the sound of most amp tremolos (twin, ampeg, etc...) and they chop through any signal you send them, the EA does that on it's own but the OD overwhelms it (still tremoloes a little but not choppy at all, almost like if i'd turn the depth down...)
Title: Re: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: B Tremblay on October 24, 2008, 07:28:46 AM
What distortion circuit is it?  I can try out my EA Tremolo build to see if it happens.
Title: Re: EA Tremolo not reacting as i expected
Post by: blanik on October 24, 2008, 10:19:06 AM
Quote from: B Tremblay on October 24, 2008, 07:28:46 AM
What distortion circuit is it?  I can try out my EA Tremolo build to see if it happens.

i treid with a clon centur  ;) and a BD-2, both big headroom but i'm sure a red llama or OCD would produce similar results...