TC Viscous Vibe

[B2D]

Anyone played with one of these yet?

One of my buddies just dumped his MXR UniVibe pedal for one of these, says it's vastly superior. If it can approach what my JAM Retro Vibe sounds like on a good day I might consider switching over. I'll be doing a shootout on Thursday night.

 

[Funkfingers]

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I have the MXR M68 and a Red Witch Moon Phaser. I really ought to A/B those and see whether one could go.

 

[GilmourD]

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I've had the MXR on my board for a while. I would love to hear a good side-by-side comparison.

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[PFDarkside]

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Is it a "real" vibe? If so, I wonder how it compares to the Voodoo Lab, DryBell and Earthquaker Devices.

 

[B2D]

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Is it a "real" vibe? If so, I wonder how it compares to the Voodoo Lab, DryBell and Earthquaker Devices.

If by "real" you mean does it use a lamp and photocells? Then no, the TC is digital.

The only company I know of that consistently produces digital pedals that pass The Test is Strymon, but they don't make a Vibe pedal.

 

[jtougas]

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Give 'em time... The TC stuff I've bought I've been very happy with, and the TonePrint abilities bring a whole new level of tweaking to the table...

 

[GilmourD]

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If by "real" you mean does it use a lamp and photocells? Then no, the TC is digital.

The only company I know of that consistently produces digital pedals that pass The Test is Strymon, but they don't make a Vibe pedal.

From what I understand they don't make real Uni-Vibe circuits anymore because the photocells use a toxic chemical that isn't used anymore and other photocells not containing this chemical (for whatever reason) don't respond the same way.

 

[superpete]

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the viscous vibe is awesome. i liked it more than the mxr. the way you can speed it up just by holding down the button is a lot of fun.

 

[jtougas]

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When you let off, does it ramp down, or does it just turn off? Ramping down would just be awesome...

 

[TimmyPage]

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From what I understand they don't make real Uni-Vibe circuits anymore because the photocells use a toxic chemical that isn't used anymore and other photocells not containing this chemical (for whatever reason) don't respond the same way.

So I should probably stop rubbing my photocell vibe pedal over my bare skin?

 

[GilmourD]

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So I should probably stop rubbing my photocell vibe pedal over my bare skin?

Especially your nipples.

 

[jtougas]

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And the licking... definitely stop with the licking...

 

[GilmourD]

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Didn't Korg or somebody recently release a UV type pedal designed by the original UV creator with added stuff?

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[PFDarkside]

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Yes, the Nu-Vibe.

That's a set of manual sweep faders, not an EQ. I'd love to match that with a Fulltone Tape Echo, Teese Wah, Mayer octavia and Analogman Fuzz and get my Jimi ON!

http://www.korg.com/us/products/effects/nuvibe/

 

[CTN]

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I love my Viscous vibe.

What do you want to know about it?

 

[B2D]

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I love my Viscous vibe.

What do you want to know about it?

Well I suppose I'll find out all I need to know tomorrow night, but mainly I want to know if it sounds as good as my Retro Vibe.

The Retro Vibe is the most transparent, lush, and musical Vibe I've ever heard and once I heard it I was like, "That's IT." But it's expensive and down on tweakability, but that's OK for the sound it yields.

If the TC can do better I'm interested.

 

[CTN]

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Well I suppose I'll find out all I need to know tomorrow night, but mainly I want to know if it sounds as good as my Retro Vibe.

The Retro Vibe is the most transparent, lush, and musical Vibe I've ever heard and once I heard it I was like, "That's IT." But it's expensive and down on tweakability, but that's OK for the sound it yields.

If the TC can do better I'm interested.

Well i've never played the retro vibe. The tc is a 1:1 digital recreation of the original shin-ei univibe though. It sounds very musical to my ears, especially if you put it before any drive effects. Thick, swirly, and lush are words that come to mind.

I even set up the toneprint patch with a faux-tremolo effect, which soumds great.

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[GilmourD]

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Well i've never played the retro vibe. The tc is a 1:1 digital recreation of the original shin-ei univibe though. It sounds very musical to my ears, especially if you put it before any drive effects. Thick, swirly, and lush are words that come to mind.

I even set up the toneprint patch with a faux-tremolo effect, which soumds great.

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Have you ever compared it to the MXR UV?

 

[CTN]

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I have not. I kept reading reviews of the mxr saying it didn't sound good with drive effects so I skipped it. I chose the tc for it's size, it's authentic sound and for the toneprint capability which makes it tremendously versatile.

 

[GilmourD]

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I have not. I kept reading reviews of the mxr saying it didn't sound good with drive effects so I skipped it. I chose the tc for it's size, it's authentic sound and for the toneprint capability which makes it tremendously versatile.

I have one and put it in front of my MXR Classic Overdrives. It gets pretty swirly but seems to get lost if I set the speed lower than a certain point (I like that slow grind) so I have to make sure I don't bump the speed knob.