Members solewheelin Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 The only info I can find on this is that it is 300ms and it does not self oscillate (make spaceship noises). How might it compare to an AD-9 besides that? How do/did you like the tone of yours? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IamBurnout Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 Look for trimpots. You should be able to lengthen delay time, and increase feedback intensity.... If it's built like other Maxon designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seth Carmody Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 I've not played one but as I recall they're decent. Quite sizable next to a AD-9 though. The market for 300ms analogue delay's is not what it once was (thank {censored}) due to the boutiquers, so it shouldn't bee very expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbluetone Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 I own one and yes you can max out the trim pots as you increase the time to say around 400 to 450 ms you pick up some clock noise the regen trim won't get the spaceship stuff but it is a nice delay sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BR4D Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 I've always wanted one of those for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nightraven Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 i read that it's more or less the same as the AD9. i wish they put more on that pedal like modulation or something to make it as awesome as the rest of the pedals in the '99' series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeartfeltDawn Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 Short delay time, won't do the whacked out noises, decent build... I bought one cheap to try and it was pretty cool especially for the slapback stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Supreme Pancake Posted June 30, 2010 Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 One of my first delay pedals ever. Very good, I'd almost say it had a glassy or crystal sound to it. Mine was used and the delay time was able to go 360 around. Was able to get a lot of pitch bends and jumps from it because of that. Have sound samples in my sig below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solewheelin Posted June 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 30, 2010 Savarin, I assume that "able to go 360 around" means that yours self-oscillated?Anyway, your clip was cool but it sounded like the trim pots might have been tweaked too far because the repeats sounded a bit hissy.Also, the glitchy part reminded me of the square wave setting on an EHX Memory boy. Can you get close to infinite repeats with the AD99? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Supreme Pancake Posted July 1, 2010 Members Share Posted July 1, 2010 I suppose it self-oscillates, but its very brief. Only when it reaches max and your rolling clock-wise to the beginning(or going minimum to max counter clock-wise). It is a bit hissy when you dial the feedback and level at the 10, but overall their is hardly any noticeable tone loss. Can't do infinite repeats, but I haven't ever missed with the trim pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solewheelin Posted September 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 I finally just got one of these today. Sounds great but can anyone help with pointing out which trimpots do what? I'm looking to make it self-oscillate.. edit: Here are some that I just took. I marked the settings with a sharpie as is before I touch anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stevemcb Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 I love my AD99. My first, and still my number 1 analog delay, and actually my main delay. Great subtle delay. Seriously, don't mess it up trying to make it self-oscilate. Buy a Mooer Ana Echo for 50 bucks instead, keep the lovely sound of the AD99 intact. Trimpots are cool and all, but your AD99 may never be the same if you can't get it back to the exact same settings it had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solewheelin Posted September 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 ^ Good point, but I do know what i'm getting into. I've done this before to a few pedals.If I liked it as is, I would leave it, but I feel like it has potential to sound better. I have tweaked a bunch of analog delays by ear and you're right. it's definitely not something to half-ass or do while having some drinks.I've also read about a few guys improving this pedal with a small tweak and once I find out which are the clock and bias trims, I will definitely steer clear of them. Thanks bro also, pics added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 I finally just got one of these today. Sounds great but can anyone help with pointing out which trimpots do what? I'm looking to make it self-oscillate.. edit: Here are some that I just took. I marked the settings with a sharpie as is before I touch anything. the internal trimmers can get it to 400-450ms and will make it self oscillate just slightly tweak the internal repeats trimpot and you will get it to self oscilalte tweaking the trimpots will also add hiss, clock noise, whiny noise you probably want to recalibrate to original setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solewheelin Posted September 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thanks Bieke! So which one is the internal repeats trim? And just so I know, which one is for delay time? I'm actually not looking to really stretch the delay time all that much if it will effect the quality of the repeats like it does on other analog delays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 hmmm, one is for feedback, one for delay time (longer repeats, but also darker, grittier), one for balance and one for mojo (perhaps it's clock noise) I guessyou'll just have to experiment as I don't know which is whichthe slightest tweak can make a huge differenceI did mess with trimpots on my DM-3, but it was easy because the trimpot functions are printed on the boardI just played guitar while tweaking to hear what I was doing or you could use a little soundloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solewheelin Posted September 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 Yeah I wanted to avoid the whole experimentation thing if I could. I really don't see too much out there on this pedal. Heres the schematic if that might help someone to help me and anyone else looking for this info in the future. http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/diy/Schematics/Delay%20Echo%20and%20Samplers/Ibanez%20AD99.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 Soulsonic does a mod on the Ad-99DirkHendrik (who used to post here and now resides on well that other forum we cannnot name but you already posted it there so ) could probably tell you which is which as he did the schematicor just email DirkHendrik and ask him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solewheelin Posted September 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 Excellent. I just emailed him. Thanks so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trainbridge Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 This seems really cool guys I had no ideas there were trem pots inside! Might have to try something with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hurtzher Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 I love my AD99. My first, and still my number 1 analog delay, and actually my main delay. Great subtle delay. Seriously, don't mess it up trying to make it self-oscilate. Buy a Mooer Ana Echo for 50 bucks instead, keep the lovely sound of the AD99 intact. Trimpots are cool and all, but your AD99 may never be the same if you can't get it back to the exact same settings it had. This. The AD99 was my first analog delay. Still have it. It works SOOO well as a subtle delay, it would be a crime to muck with it to try and get oscillations. GAWD, I wish the jacks were not reversed and it had a smaller footprint though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members youngpedals Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 The feedback sensitivity trim is labeled "SR4." It won't throw the cal off if you tweak it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 Excellent. I just emailed him. Thanks so much. soulsonic kinda disappeared. http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=940444&highlight=soulsonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solewheelin Posted September 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 The feedback sensitivity trim is labeled "SR4." It won't throw the cal off if you tweak it. And here we go. Thank you again, sir for your help to the masses.So, SR4 = repeats. There are also the SR1 (5K) , SR2 (10K), and SR3 (20K) trims.Now to find out which one is delay time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members youngpedals Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 And here we go. Thank you again, sir for your help to the masses.So, SR4 = repeats. There are also the SR1 (5K) , SR2 (10K), and SR3 (20K) trims.Now to find out which one is delay time. SR1 controls the overall clock frequency range (thus delay time range). SR2 controls the BBD bias. SR3 controls the BBD output balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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