Electro Harmonix LPB 2UBE users?

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:11 pm

Anyone using one of these to warm up digital synths and drum machines? Just wondering how it is working out?

konvert · Post by **konvert** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:29 pm

JSRockit wrote:Anyone using one of these to warm up digital synths and drum machines? Just wondering how it is working out?

I used it with Roland D-50. (Story of my life; I've _had_ X, I _used to have X_ ... blargh..) It was nice and added that sought-after-warmth IMO. Also it could be used as distortion when cranked up a little.

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:57 pm

konvert wrote: I used it with Roland D-50. (Story of my life; I've _had_ X, I _used to have X_ ... blargh..) It was nice and added that sought-after-warmth IMO. Also it could be used as distortion when cranked up a little.

That is what I was hoping for... it's not that I need the gain, I need a bit of warmth and a bit of color. Since this is cheap and stereo...it seems like a good candidate.

Post by **kayvon** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:28 pm

konvert wrote:I used it with Roland D-50. (Story of my life; I've _had_ X, I _used to have X_ ... blargh..) It was nice and added that sought-after-warmth IMO. Also it could be used as distortion when cranked up a little.

Wow, I thought the D-50 was one of the few digital synths that didn't need any extra processing. What made you get rid of the LPB 2UBE konvert? I'm thinking about one to thicken up the top end of a Nord Lead if I get one.

Clusterchord uses a 2UBE in his studio I think.

MitchK1989 · Post by **MitchK1989** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:40 pm

wow. I just checked out the audio demos on the Electro Harmonix site and they're friggin' awesome. Instant guitar tones that remind me of the postal service and Dntel.

konvert · Post by **konvert** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:42 pm

kayvon wrote:
konvert wrote:I used it with Roland D-50. (Story of my life; I've _had_ X, I _used to have X_ ... blargh..) It was nice and added that sought-after-warmth IMO. Also it could be used as distortion when cranked up a little.
Wow, I thought the D-50 was one of the few digital synths that didn't need any extra processing. What made you get rid of the LPB 2UBE konvert? I'm thinking about one to thicken up the top end of a Nord Lead if I get one.

Clusterchord uses a 2UBE in his studio I think.

Well, it didn't _need_ one but I still found it sounding nicer through LPB.

Why did I get rid of it? Why indeed... Same reason as I've got rid most of my stuff: idiocy.

I'd imagine it'll do wonders behind NL, if NL really is that sterile sounding i've been led to believe. But no more on that since I've never even heard Nord Lead irl...

synapsecollapse · Post by **synapsecollapse** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:16 pm

kayvon wrote: Wow, I thought the D-50 was one of the few digital synths that didn't need any extra processing..

depends on if you keep the internal reverb on or not. they thin out real quick if its off.

konvert · Post by **konvert** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:22 pm

synapsecollapse wrote:
kayvon wrote: Wow, I thought the D-50 was one of the few digital synths that didn't need any extra processing..
depends on if you keep the internal reverb on or not. they thin out real quick if its off.

Little offtopic here: Don't like the reverb too much but the chorus on D-50 is pretty amazing.

Post by **kayvon** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:00 pm

synapsecollapse wrote:
kayvon wrote: Wow, I thought the D-50 was one of the few digital synths that didn't need any extra processing..
depends on if you keep the internal reverb on or not. they thin out real quick if its off.

Yeah, it seemed to me that the D-50 effects are integral to the overall D-50 sound. Using a different chorus and reverb would get you a board that still sounds great but when you need instant tv/film music, one D-50 and you're ready to go! Now i'm regretting selling mine...

Shame the 2UBE doesn't have rudimentary hi/lo tone controls but i'm tempted to check one out. There is a less than favourable review on HC where some guy said it added nothing to his Nord Electro organs but maybe the guy didn't know what he was doing.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:44 pm

people at HC are mostly morons. i cant stand reading those damn reviews.

that thing is actually a mic pre too? it seems as though the description is trying to lead me to believe it isnt typical starved plate c**p...

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:04 pm

kayvon wrote:There is a less than favourable review on HC where some guy said it added nothing to his Nord Electro organs but maybe the guy didn't know what he was doing.

Yeah, but he was looking for distortion...not necessarily a slightly overdriven warm sound. All of the people that wrote reviews for it were fools. The other said its only function is to boost levels and you're dumb if you expect it to change the sound at all (or something to that effect)...which is its main function, but not its only function. It should add a bit of color and a bit of distortion if used correctly.

Post by **kayvon** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:42 pm

tallowwaters wrote:people at HC are mostly morons. i cant stand reading those damn reviews.

that thing is actually a mic pre too? it seems as though the description is trying to lead me to believe it isnt typical starved plate c**p...

True but you can sometimes glean an approximation of what a product is like from reviews there. I even read the sonicstate reviews and those things are about as intellectually bereft as a toaster.

The 2UBE manual says it's for line level and instrument level stuff so i'm not sure it's designed to handle mic levels. The web page does tout it as a full plate voltage design (not that I know the technical difference) but I guess this is no assurance that it'll actually sound any better than those whack a*s starved plate + led behind the tube designs.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:07 am

the groove tubes brick seems a better choice...

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:59 am

True, but more than four times the price if you want to run stereo.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:41 am

i keep forgetting you people need stereo outs....damn.

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