why I hate digital buy James Clark.
I hate digital amps and pedals for the following reasons, one they effect your sound in a bad way.
wen you kick on an amp you don't want a digital hum, you want a real smooth sounding noiseless amp and you don't want delay from kicking on the pedals.
2 they suck your tone. wen your in bypass on an analog pedal you cant tell theres a pedal hooked up, wen your on a digital pedal however theres still that hum and its vary loud, I can hear it in my ears, and if I hear something I don't like then I won't use it.
3 they don't emulate as good as analog pedals.
what I mean is the noise thats already been addressed, but how they sound is another thing as well, they sound forced and really muffled, wen you kick on a distorted amp, the noise mixed with the tone is a wall of static and just don't sound good. wen your using analog however, the only noise thats there is the emulation of the tubes and theres a manufacture that does a great job on that, the only place i'll buy from for my pedals from now on is tech21nyc.
not only are their pedals american made, but there built like little tanks. the zoom unit I've got is plastic and I am afraid to gig with it, I've already had to replace a nob myself because it snapped off while playing it in studio.
the last thing I hate about digital is the bypass, tech21 does buffered bypass so that wen your running pedals in a chain it won't suck tone, zoom on the other hand has a digital bypass and its noisy because of it. again you lost tone on the digital bypass and not buffered bypass.
why did I compose this? well because I wanted to, and also to let people know my thoughts on why I won't use digital gear. people get in my face wen I tell them I hate digital and I felt that I could express myself better in composing this than speaking it.
peace and love to all, the great maker knows your name.
stay happy and hopeful. may you find your inner light and gnosis and your pathway in life.
--- James
