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Title: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 20, 2016, 02:34:22 PM
Like it says what other ADA gear do you own besides preamps,midi pedals and power amps?

I know Harley had racks filled with ADA delays
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: GuitarBuilder on May 20, 2016, 02:49:30 PM
Here's all of it:

2FX Digital Multi-Effects
Continuous Controller Pedal (CCP)
Digitizer 4 Foot Controller
FS-2 Footswitch
MC-1 MIDI Controller
MC-1 MIDI Controller
Microcab
Microcab II
Microtube 200 Amplifier
MP-1
MP-1
MP-1 Classic
MP-2
MP-2
MXC
MXC
Pedalboard Flanger
PitchTraq
Quad Switch
Quad Switch
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Kim on May 20, 2016, 06:45:17 PM
Over the years I've had:
MP-1 stock
MP-1 MOD3
MP-1 MOD3.1
MP-1 MOD3.666
MP-1 3TM
MP-1 Classic
MB-1
B200s
Microcab1
MC-1 footswitch
Viper w/ prototype(?) Snake Charmer pedal

Now, the ADA stuff I have:
MP-2
MT200
Quad Tube 150m
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: rnolan on May 21, 2016, 02:10:19 AM
Besides 4 x MP2, 2 x MB1, 2 x MXC (icl pedal and quad sw), 1 x B200s, 1 x B500B and 3 x slant split stacks I don't have any other ADA gear (yet  >:D )
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: tomy on May 21, 2016, 02:38:44 AM
guitar rig :
2x split stack cab
1x Mt100
1x mp2
1x mp1 (stock) and another dead

bass rig :
1x bassline 1x15'
1x bassline 2x10'
2x b500b
2x mb1
1x mc1

other :
1977' flanger        ... and i still want some more  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 21, 2016, 06:01:29 AM
My ADA list
Preamps
3  MP-2
6  MP-1 (4 stock,1 3TM ultra+,1 Mod4mkIII)
1  MP-1 classic
2  MB-1

Poweramps
1  MT-200
1  B200-S
1  B500-B
1  T100S

Cabs
2  Split stacks straight  (with the vintage switch)

Pedals
2  MXC
1  MC-1
2  Quadswitch
2  CCP pedals
1  DM-2 (footcontroller for the 2FX)
2  DS-4 (footcontroller for the digitizer and pitchraq)
2  TFX-4 footcontroller
1  FS-2

Effects
2  MQ-1
1  2FX
2  TFX-4
1  STD-1
2  Pitchraq
2  Digitizer
2  S1000
2  D640
2  1.28i
1 final phase pedal
1 flanger pedal
2 Microcab I (one modified to a monstercab)
1 Ampulator

Power supply
Bat Man
Power Plug-5
These are really rare power supply's for pedals made by ADA
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: tomy on May 21, 2016, 07:44:42 AM
well... ok MJ, you won ! :bow:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: GuitarBuilder on May 21, 2016, 09:08:53 AM
MJMP definitely gets the "Official ADA Collector's Trophy"..... :banana-rasta: :banana-rasta:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 21, 2016, 10:03:34 AM
I think Harley has more then me. :lol:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: tomy on May 21, 2016, 11:01:28 AM
Harley is unbeatable, he's got...     SONOFABEAST  :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 21, 2016, 12:21:06 PM
MJMP, You WOULD start a thread like this one ;D
OK, here goes:

   Preamps

     1 MP-1
     1 3TM
     2 MP-1 Classic
     2 MP-2
     1 MB-1

   Poweramps

     2 B200S ( Soon to add 2 more )
     5 MT200
     4 MT100

    Pedals

      2 MC-1
      1 MXC
      1 Quad Switch
      1 CCP
      2 Flanger, (1-1978, 1-RI)
      2 FS-2
      1 DS-4
      1 DM-2

    Effects

      2 Pitchtraq
      1 .64i
      2 1.28i
      9 S-1000
      2 Digitizer4
      1 2FX
      2 Microcab II

    Speakers
   
      8 Split Stack (6-Tops, 2 Vintage Bottoms)

    I think that just about covers it

      Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 21, 2016, 12:22:18 PM
Harley is unbeatable, he's got...     SONOFABEAST  :thumb-up:

 :lol: Too bad ADA didn't think of that one
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 21, 2016, 12:24:01 PM
I think Harley has more then me. :lol:

I think we're more or less even, but one thing is for certain. We're both nuts :crazy:

   Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 21, 2016, 05:32:33 PM
Isn't it great to be nuts  :lol:

BTW why do you have 9 S1000 units,isn't a bit euh nuts  :crazy: ;D
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 22, 2016, 03:00:23 AM
Isn't it great to be nuts  :lol:

BTW why do you have 9 S1000 units,isn't a bit euh nuts  :crazy: ;D

It could be costly to be nuts like us ???

   As I explained a long time ago in the original forum, the S-1000 is a great effect unit that can produce a variety of effects really well. The problem is it only does one effect at a time, it's not switchable. The most useful and pleasing effects to my ears are the Thick Chorus, Flange, Leslie, and Delays.
   One of these units is modified to interface with my EMB Wah, and another that I bought off Evil Bay a long time ago, the push button switches don't work, so I keep it for spare parts. The rest I mainly use with the MP-1 In the large rack, which I'm going to rebuild with the MP-1 and 3TM.

     Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 22, 2016, 09:27:54 AM
Mmm just repairing one of my S1000's ,I'm going to give it a good test.Lately I started using more and more ADA stuff.
I used to use the Digitizer for chorus but now I use it for delays,the delay sound on this unit is amazing.I switched to the TFX4 for chorus (and flanging) now.There is something about these older ADA units ,they just sound so good.
I used to use my G force for all my effects ,now I just use it for reverbs only and some midi stuff like master volume and mute for tuning.
Also saw that these old ADA unit went up in price a lot.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 22, 2016, 11:05:45 AM
Hey MJMP,

    I think I might be able to offer a little bit of light on the subject as to why the older ADA's sound better. This was something I asked about back in the day when I already owned several S-1000's and got my first Digitizer 4.

   I was trying to duplicate the thick Chorus setting I had in my S-1000, to save in the Digitizer 4, and just couldn't get it to sound right. So I called ADA and asked Todd if I was doing something wrong. He told me I wasn't. He explained that the reason it didn't sound the same was because the S-1000, and earlier delay units ran on a Sine wave, where the Digitizer 4 runs on a Square wave. Even though I had duplicated the settings according to the technical specs, it will sound a bit different because of the waveform. The delays are sharper and clearer, but the modulation effects will also be more sterile and not blend into each new modulation as the Sine waves did. The modulation effects will have a bit more "choppiness" to them instead of smoothness.

     Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 22, 2016, 01:23:07 PM
Well the first thing i did on the broken S1000 was the calibration so I made a plot of the modulation on the slowest setting to check if it took 25 seconds and I saw it is not a sine wave but a triangle wave in the S1000.
Don't know about the digitizer but i find it strange that it is a square wave.I'll check it out if I have the time.

Also if I'm not mistaken,on the i series you can select the waveform with a pot ?

Also the ADC and DAC in the S1000 and digitizer are different which also will have an effect on the sound.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 22, 2016, 06:04:58 PM
Yes, this is true about the i series delays, they have a waveform select all the way to the right of the unit.

As far as the waveforms, that is what I was told about the Digitizer.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 24, 2016, 01:44:00 PM
Just checked the digitizer and it seems Todd blew some shit in your ears,it's also a triangle wave form,same as the S1000.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 24, 2016, 02:11:18 PM
Hmmm, I remember the call. I had called him to ask why I couldn't get the Leslie simulation from the Digitizer 4 like I could from the S-1000, and that was the reason he gave me :dunno:

Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 24, 2016, 02:29:18 PM
Well i guess it's something different then this  :lol:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 24, 2016, 02:43:30 PM
Well i guess it's something different then this  :lol:

Obviously. I remember being pretty thrilled when the Digitizer 4 came out and thought it would be great to reduce my rack gear by having the programmable unit in there. So I wanted to install all the effects I had created with the S-1000 in there. I got pretty good results with the others, but that one I just couldn't seem to get. Since I used only about two effects at a time with my S-1000's, I though I'd be able to get by with just two D-4's in a small rack case. That didn't work out either  :lol:

   Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 24, 2016, 03:20:20 PM
I like the delays better with the digitizer compared to the S1000.The digitizer has a better bandwith (16kHz vs 10kHz)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 24, 2016, 04:33:13 PM
That's true, the bandwith is lower with the S-1000, but it still produces great effects. I can adjust the mix for the delays to suit my needs, but the Chorus effects are much better in the S-1000. The Flanger is about the same in both I think, but I seem to be able to fine tune with the S-1000 better.

 Just my opinion

   Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 25, 2016, 01:29:03 PM
Well I really have to check the S1000 out but it still has some problems with the jacks and pots so I'm going to give it an complete overhaul,pots,jacks ,caps.Just did this with my ADA STD-1 and it was a world of difference sound and noise wise.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on May 25, 2016, 04:07:07 PM
I hear you.
I have to replace something in my S-1000 that I have interfaced with the EMB Wah. You had told me what you believed it was in the old Forum, but I never got to it because at the time, I didn't have the tools to do it with. I think it was some type of IC that I had to unsolder and replace.
I'll have to get the unit set up and go through it to identify it again. I'll be getting in touch with you on that one.

   Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on May 26, 2016, 12:16:23 AM
Ok just let me know.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on June 09, 2016, 09:38:06 AM
Here some ADA p*rn
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: GuitarBuilder on June 09, 2016, 10:39:37 AM
 :thumb-up: :whoohoo!: :bow: :P
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: tomy on June 09, 2016, 11:53:27 AM
OK... Mj, you really need a doctor  :lol:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on June 09, 2016, 01:00:02 PM
Listen to this  8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5zInnmyTJg
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on June 09, 2016, 01:13:40 PM
You're such a tease :lol:

Great collection none the less :thumb-up:

Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on June 09, 2016, 02:33:13 PM
So Harley when will we see your collection ???  ::)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Kim on June 09, 2016, 03:27:04 PM
I wish I could check out an Ampulator some day.  I see one every now and then for sale but whenever I have that kind of money to spend, it's always needed somewhere else.   :(   Besides, I got my ass kicked that time I bought a slightly broken MB-1; I couldn't seem to fix it and then couldn't resell it for what I paid.   I really wanted my bassist to have it but he couldn't afford it either.  lol
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on June 10, 2016, 01:19:51 PM
Hey Kim

What are ampulators going these days?
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Kim on June 10, 2016, 01:32:27 PM
IIRC the last few I saw were asking ~600 USD.   

I just want to try one out to check the poweramp sims for recording, as I'm already familiar with the Microcab's cab sims.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on June 10, 2016, 01:43:04 PM
Wow the price on these stays high doesn't it?

Well it sounds very different from a µcab altough it has less cab sims but this is made up by the power amp sim.It's a nice piece of equipment with lots of tonal capabilities.And it's quite original,don't think I have seem something similar.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Harley Hexxe on June 10, 2016, 02:58:45 PM
So Harley when will we see your collection ???  ::)

   I'll get around to it one of these days. I need to finish the big rack, then I'll probably get the rest of the gear out and get a pic of it. I'm working overtime lately, so I have to take it while I can get it.

   Harley 8)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Kim on June 11, 2016, 09:49:16 AM
Wow the price on these stays high doesn't it?

Well, it seems like it's always the same one for sale.  It pops up now and then, nobody buys it and seller tries again later.  So maybe it's too high a price that's keeping it from being sold? 

I thought I had a much better chance of owning an Ampulator than I would a Quad Tube.  lol
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on June 11, 2016, 12:54:54 PM
Yeah, I think a quad tube is more rare then a ampulator.I never saw one for sale here.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Hanneman213 on August 01, 2018, 06:44:31 AM
Ampulator.
I definitely love it. I believe I collapse the entire building if I completely turn the knobs. It saved me on stage many times when I plug my set up to a bad sounding cabinet. I normally close the speaker emulation when the cabinet is fine itself and be in a good condition. But when the condition of cab. is bad, I cannot cut off the grinding sound and it disturbs me during the show even all band starts to play. I open the emulation just 1x12 and every bad noise becoming filtered.
And one more thing, the venue had now an additional xlr cable for directly to the PA !!!!!
No more carrying two tons of poweramp, no more annoying cabinets. :whoohoo!: :banana: I really wonder how will it sound. (Any suggestions accepted, for example what should I do for two buttons around the xlr output)

At the same time, I believe I don't use the amp section of ampulator very well. I just adjust the hum injection. The tube bias and Tube matching knobs make no big sense to me. I did them just for a random adjustment. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on August 01, 2018, 03:30:15 PM
Did you even read the ampulator manual  ;D
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Hanneman213 on August 02, 2018, 04:01:52 AM
Hey, Yes I did, but I can not feel the difference in home situation. My cab is 1x12 mini rec. I will check it at my next show.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on August 02, 2018, 03:14:56 PM
mmm that's strange. Altough I haven't used mine in while, I need to use it again. >:D
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Hanneman213 on August 10, 2018, 03:42:54 AM
Hello from another worst day than the previous one.

Last night we did our show and I connected The Ampulator directly with XLR to PA. And Oh my god... I just hit 1x12 cab and It sound like absolutely Metallica Black Album. I afraided to get too much Trebles from the PA. But the previous settings were at very low to stop grinding High freqs coming from bad cabinet. So I needed to open Highs and everything turned perfect.
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: rnolan on August 10, 2018, 10:44:56 PM
 :whoohoo!: :thumb-up:
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: Hanneman213 on August 11, 2018, 12:55:53 AM
Umm, What about connecting The Ampulator to the end of pedal board ?  ::)
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: MarshallJMP on August 11, 2018, 03:00:56 AM
There's no harm in trying  ;D
Title: Re: Other ADA gear you own
Post by: rnolan on August 11, 2018, 06:38:26 AM
Should work ok  :dunno: , pedal board is usually outputting instrument level signals though, I assume the ampulater wants line level  :dunno: so if the last pedal on pedal board can be switched to line level out, it will work fine.