pablovostok's Reviews

maybe the best OD ever?

This is an absolute beast. Way better than a TS9, with a little bit more character than the overtransparent Blues Driver, simple but very sensitive to the touch (and I've been playing active pickups for nearly a year now, go figure!). It's transparent enough when you want it but always delivers, from that silky smooth OD to a palm-muting crunch. Get one. Now.

Exceptional for the price

It does everything a power supply should, it's very compact having in consideration how many power inputs it has, but the most amazing thing about the CP-05 is, by far, its price. I haven't seen a power supply this well constructed, this noiseless and this cool, at this price point, ever.

in my opinion, the best Muff EHX has ever done

The Big Muff Pi is an institution. Nothing to be said there. This little bugger, however, is a great expansion to the legacy of the Muff. The additional tonal configurations provided by the 2 little mods go a huge way, making the tone stand out even more in a mix and giving it more bite and edge.

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the gold standard of what a vibrato/chorus should be

This pedal is essentially the MXR M68 with a different casing. Everything about it is great. It has that phaser-y quality that old school univibes had, which I really really enjoy. The chorus mode is a little bit warmer than the vibrato mode, as expected, but it's not that much opaque so it is very much pleasing.

Everyone should get one

Add this little fella to your pedalboard right now. It tightens up everything and tone shines through, whether you're accentuating brighter or darker notes. What I love the most about this pedal is that, in comparison to other world-reknowned compressors such as the MXR DynaComp and the Boss CS-3, the Mooer Yellow Comp doesn't scoop the mids, leaving you with a compressed sound that isn't thin or weak by any means and that doesn't lose its body.

Sounds incredible either clean or distorted (or fuzzed!), it really lifts up everything you play and lets the transients shine through.

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Probably nothing better for this price

In this price range it's very hard to find something this good. The preamp has no discernible noise until ~80% gain. The controls are very simple and effective; and the dual monitor outputs can come in very handy. The construction of this thing is off the charts; it's very solid and built like a tank, and the big knob that controls the monitors is great and very satisfying. The instant reading levels also are very useful. The thing with this little piece of equipment is that Fluid Audio is not a very known audio interface brand (their forté has always been studio monitors [which can explain why this interface has also monitor control functions]), so, for this price range, buyers tend to go towards buying the Audient Evo 4 or even the Scarlet Focusrite 2i2, both great interfaces, but I sincerely think the SRI-2 is superior.

kinda ok for mixing, awfully built

I've had my fair share of headphones and these ones were by far the weakest in terms of construction quality. They're not very durable, it has a lot of little intricate parts that break very easily and, even if you go the length of repairing it yourself (like I did), you're not even extending its life THAT much. In terms of sound, they're kinda good for a DJ in a club, but not very usable in nowadays' situation with COVID and all. If you want them for mixing, they have a weird bass and bassdrum-attack response that's important to have in consideration. So, if you want headphones for mixing, there are headphones out there that are less than half the price of these and have a more adequate and plain response.

great for the price

You won't get anything better for that price. The mic preamp is a bit noisy (which can be icky for a lot of people) but I don't mind it too much, plus you can always get rid of the noise of it with a little bit of post-prod magic. Also, this thing has PHANTOM POWER???

Industry standard for a (bunch of) reason(s)

You could record a whole album with just one of these, and probably do it a bunch of times for a bunch of years and it would still be ready to go.

Incredibly versatile and well constructed!

Very comfortable to play and light. The unfinished C-shaped neck feels very modern and fast, the frets are polished greatly; I didn't even had to set it up it is so well constructed. I was a bit unsure about the SQR ceramic active pickups before getting this guitar because a) I never used active pickups b) they have always been kind of associated with metal and big distorsion genres, something I occasionally enjoy but don't do musically. The pickups blew me away: the clean tones are nice and bright, bigger of course because of the much greater output, and the distorted tones sound incredible, even when doing chords with high gain you can pick every single note that's being played. The bridge pickup is very similar to a humbucker SG and the neck pickup sounds very much like a Stratocaster single-coil. Overall, a surprisingly versatile guitar that has converted me into an active pickup believer; slap a dynacomp at the start of your effects chain (or at the end! you do you I don't judge) and you have virtually every sound you could ask for.

Simple and perfect

It's a MIDI keyboard with a lot of keys. Very simple and hits every note: the keys have great touch, nice weight and velocity sensibility, pretty self-explanatory and simple functions and greatly constructed, useful for whatever you want it, whether studio work or live performances. I've used it in both and have nothing but praise for it.