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your custom boutique guitar amp with Adern's MOJO

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of course a virtual one - what did you expect anyway ? :D
as announced here
Respect and special thanks to Alfonso for cyber-soldering a non-me-too-don't-wanna-fake-anything device
as far as I'm concerned this seems to be the most transparent guitar (amp)processor I've ever sent a pickup through. Wow. Stunning.
You can just dial in your tone and you can do it very precise without having to deal with tiny knob tweaks.
Just one question left...
There's an additinal out circumventing the speaker sim
Wouldn't it make sense to have a similiar individual channel sub-out ?
For example for dedicated fx-processing of only the clean or crunch channel ?

cheers and congrats, Tom :D
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astroman wrote:of course a virtual one - what did you expect anyway ? :D
as announced here
Respect and special thanks to Alfonso for cyber-soldering a non-me-too-don't-wanna-fake-anything device
as far as I'm concerned this seems to be the most transparent guitar (amp)processor I've ever sent a pickup through. Wow. Stunning.
You can just dial in your tone and you can do it very precise without having to deal with tiny knob tweaks.
Just one question left...
There's an additinal out circumventing the speaker sim
Wouldn't it make sense to have a similiar individual channel sub-out ?
For example for dedicated fx-processing of only the clean or crunch channel ?

cheers and congrats, Tom :D
I'm very happy of your words....this project started around my need of an amp dsp device that wouldn't punish my only two but really special electric guitars, a self built strat with original 70's pickups (I owned the original strat but the neck was destroyed and i didn't like the heavy body ) and a figured top Gibson LesPaul with Bareknuckle Mules....those two axes have a really beautiful array of tones and most of the times I've put them in some sort of emulation I could probably hear the emulation but I lost the guitar.

The pre speaker output is for live use, at least this is what i've imagined....if I want to play with an amp on stage, like my Marshall TSL 100 or my heavily modded Hot Rod Deluxe (V30 speaker, Blackface mods) I would like to be able to get with Mojo at line level into their power amp through their fx loop return.

Regarding the possibility to have even more I/Os...well, like every new feature it can be of some interest, but basically it is not really practical for live use and you can well overcome this need in the studio simply by using the Mix knob or even loading two Mojos....the device is pretty merciful on dsp. I think that one of the advantages of having an amp in the dsp domain is that you can have some ideal conditions that allow for things impossible with the real amps: some effects like wahs are much better working before the guitar sound hits the amp first stage, that is quite the same in both worlds, but modulation and time based effects are ideally at their best in the latest position that you can achieve, after any form of saturation and breakup. In the real hardware world there is a compromise...you have an fx loop between the preamp and the power amp. But is very well known that those fx can suffer and interfere with the breakup of the power tubes....
Having the possibility to have delays or choruses etc. even after the speaker effect on the sound is something that some guitarists can only dream of.
We Scope users are lucky.....
Anyway....your suggestion is something that at a certain point crossed my mind too, but for now I decided not to go to much into complexity...it already has an additional output...let us see if it can satisfy everybody like it is now...I'll be very careful to opinions.

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Yes we are lucky.
I consider routing in Scope one of it's biggest strengths, and of course it's 3rd Party Developers... :wink:
I am using various samples and VSTi's with it.
I can actually tolerate the hideous noise that comes with the demo since I am having so much fun.
Rhodes and Wurlitzer Physical Models and samples sound really authentic as well as unique and unreal.
Off I go to try Softube's Acoustic Feedback as an external effect in the various chains.
I prefer the serial approach over the stacking as found in the Multi FX-S.
But you and Assaf have brought us a couple of nice toys, I can't wait for the keys.
I do have the noise loop timed to the second though as I have heard it 200 times by now.

Thanks Alfonso.
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Nice to see another Bare Knuckle fan - i have a Fernandes Sustainer custom fitted with a Steve Steven's Rebel Yell pickup.

Have downloaded the demo, seriously thinking of getting this even though i already have a PodXT Pro and all the softube Dynatubes - you can never have too many amp sims and this is a bit different.
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Congratulations on the release of Mojo Alfonso! :)

I'm going to spend some time with the demo to check it out as soon as I've finished the project I'm working on.

I'm don't use or record guitars at the moment, but I'm thinking it could well be an interesting device to apply to synth & drum tracks occasionally. What do you think?

cheers,
Mark
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Shroomz~> wrote:Congratulations on the release of Mojo Alfonso! :)

I'm going to spend some time with the demo to check it out as soon as I've finished the project I'm working on.

I'm don't use or record guitars at the moment, but I'm thinking it could well be an interesting device to apply to synth & drum tracks occasionally. What do you think?

cheers,
Mark
Xite4Live has already started to experiment quite deeply with it, on electric piano....
Mojo's structure allows for so many variations of saturation and distortion that can add a lot to many instruments and sounds.

Mojo is being heard worldwide at the moment....the sound track I've made for the international production documentary "Hair India" features all the electric guitar work played and recorded with it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KdIqPSkJok
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alfonso wrote:Mojo's structure allows for so many variations of saturation and distortion that can add a lot to many instruments and sounds.
That's what I thought.

Thanks Alfonso.
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