Lets put the sonic stomp to the test and hear if it delivers as promised bbes sonic stomp belongs to a category of processors that have a mixed reputation and various names such as enhancers, exciters, vitalizers, maximizers, etc. Oct 26, 2005 i was deeply impressed by bbes sonic maximizer software recording plugin. For greater savings check out our used bbe sonic stomp pedal and get a great deal today. Power supplies free delivery possible on eligible purchases. A sonic maximizer is more useful over an entire mix. Bbe stomp board available for both mac and windows systems, the bbe stomp board plugin bundle comes in audio unit, aax and vst plugin formats. Jul 18, 2018 bbe has put eight of the plugins from its stomp ware range into the new stomp board plugin, a selfcontained guitar effects solution. Bbe stomp board is available for pc and mac in vst. It was a great amp, but i kept hearing owners recommending the sonic stomp, saying it removes the blanket from your amp that you didnt know was there.
I have noticed the extreme importance of having a sonic maximizer at the end of an effects chain to clean up the signal and improve sound. Upgrade everything with bbes allanalog sonic stomp, the one piece of gear which improves the performance of your whole rig. Enter sonic stomp, packing the same bbe technology into a pedal for musicians who prefer simple rigs. Lumin bbe sonic stomp guitar pedal pcb aion electronics. Rack mount bbe sonic maximizer processors have been the secret weapon of musicians for years, with each generation of the bbe technology offering more for musicians to discover in their tone. I was wondering what this little magic box did and how i can replicate it on our axes. The concept was developed by paul gagon in the 1980s when he worked at jackson guitars. Since i also noticed the bbe 882i model has xlr outputs, could the single unit effectively be used instead of a sonic stomp pedal and separate d. The new bbe stomp board is a software plugin suite designed to emulate the bbe range of guitar stompbox effect pedals and allow you to access them easily in your daw.
Upgrade everything with bbe s allanalog sonic stomp, the one piece of gear which improves the performance of your whole rig. Recording studios use the sonic maximizer to get the best audio quality when mastering the track mixes into a stereo format. And now, the ms92 lets players with pedal boards have all the benefits of a sonic stomp with about half the space than the ss92 due to new circuit topography and elimination of the battery compartment. It provides processing for a mono channel, brightening, clarifying, and adding fullness to the sound. The bbe sonic stomp is a simple sonic maximizer, or exciter pedal that can be used with any electronic instrument. Bbe sonic stomp sonic maximizer stomp pedal the bbe sonic stomp is a stompbox version of our everpopular sonic maximizer. It is decent for foh if you have less than stellar pa gear. Bbe sonic stomp clone project documentation lumin equalizer. Bbe sonic stomp sonic maximizer pedal musicians friend.
The bbe sonic stomp guitar pedal with builtin this manual will help you to sonic maximizer. The bbe sonic stomp sonic maximizer uses a proprietary circuit that enhances and clarifies your signal to help you carve out a space in your groups mix more easily. I emailed bbe and asked if they had a product that would improve the sound of an acoustic pickup on my 12string larrivee. I echo everything gregp wrote except that the bbe doesnt. The lumin project is a workalike of the bbe sonic stomp sonic maximizer. I was deeply impressed by bbes sonic maximizer software recording plugin. Jun 27, 20 using a proprietary, analog process this pedal corrects for speaker phase distortion and allows you to achieve greater clarity and presence, and boost lows and highs without mud or harshness. I thought i would let you know about a couple of free vst sonic enhancers released on my site. Oct 28, 2016 the sonic stomp is a pedal version of the acclaimed bbe sonic maximizer rackmount processor, providing dramatically improved clarity and definition to sound thanks to its proprietary bbe audio technology.
I guess i liked it on my guitar board, but obviously not enough to keep it. A friend of mine has one and he has it last in his chain. Buy hqrp ac adapterpower supply compatible with bbe sound opto stomp sonic stomp soul vibe guitar effects pedals replacement plus hqrp euro plug adapter. Stomp boxes stomp board software created with plugivery development, stomp board is a standalone host applicationplugin including a guitar preamp section and 8 guitar effect pedals taken from the original bbe stomp ware classics. Does anybody know whats going on with the switches on the schematicthe prepost switch, 12db switch and phase switch have some strange numbering. Years ago, i was interested in picking up a sonic stomp pedal for my vox valvetronix vtx the original blue series. Elements audio has announced the release of sonic enhancer and sonic maximizer, two free dualband enhancer vst effect plugins for windows and mac. First off, i do not own this pedal so i am claiming hands on ignorance. That aside, where is the best place or most logical place for the bbe sonic stomp in a signal chain. Some people love them and use them as their secret weapon, and others think they are completely unnecessary.
The allanalog blacksmith analog distortion is all about force feeding your tube amp for a heavier, chunkier distortion. Unfollow bbe sonic stomp to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Im in a split decision of whether or not to buy the bbe sonic maximizer rack unit or the bbe sonicstomp. Then there is the switch coming off the xlr jack that has no label. Mar 22, 2014 harold at sabro tone did a vero layout of it here, so in about october 2011 started making my bbe sonic stomp clone. Back then, gagon created pickups, amps and electronics for jackson instruments and routinely worked with an alist. Its based on work done by bajaman documented on fsb and sebastian montti stm on diystompboxes in recreating the functionality of bbes proprietary njm2150ad chip. The original unit uses a proprietary analog ic that contains. I got the original model 402 when they first came out two knobs. The later sonic stomp is a stompbox version of the rack unit that was originally released in the late 1990s or early 2000s. Ernie ball volume, boss ttu, mxr micro amp, fulltone fd2, boss dd20, ehx dmm, bbe sonic stomp.
Many musicians dont have a spot for the rack mount unit, but long for the legendary clarity, definition and punch that only a sonic maximizer can provide. Used with electric guitars, it helps an amp cut through a band mix with dramatically improved note definition in chords and solos. Jan 08, 2011 mat posted a comment suggesting a few effects he would like to see, and having a few hours to kill today i took him up on his request. Stomp board software created with plugivery development, stomp board is a standalone host applicationplugin including a guitar preamp section and 8 guitar effect pedals taken from the original bbe stomp ware classics. While rackmount models such as the 482i sonic maximizer are a staple for many. The bbe sonic stomp brings all the audio magic of its rackmounted big brother the 482i sonic maximizer to the foot of the guitarist using pedals. I know nothing of the actual effect box and how it sounds, but im sure its nice.
Mat posted a comment suggesting a few effects he would like to see, and having a few hours to kill today i took him up on his request. The sonic stomp was carefully designed to deliver the same sonic improvement as our rackmounted 482i sonic maximizer, adding clarity, definition and punch to any instrument. Bbe put out a version in stompbox format for guitarists called the sonic stomp, and it sounds. The discussions ive seen seem split right down the middle with folks like me who swear by it and thoise who view it as a hoax. The bbe sm500 sonic maximizer is an allanalog modular singlechannel signal processor designed to be used specifically with 500 series rack made by many manufacturers today. It tricks you into thinking stuff sounds better, when its actually making stuff sound hyperreal, which is why i see it as more of a repair device than something one would use during recording. Each pedal is available separately outside of the stomp board host and is backwards compatible with the former stomp ware. The ultimate bbe pedalboard stomp board is a standalone application and plugin set containing the host stomp board with an integrated amp simulator, and 8 premium modelled effect plugins from the original bbe stomp ware classics. The bbe sonic stomp guitar pedal with builtin maximizer processor. Jul 20, 2018 the new bbe stomp board is a software plugin suite designed to emulate the bbe range of guitar stompbox effect pedals and allow you to access them easily in your daw.
Each pedal is available separately outside of the stomp board host and is backwards compatible with the former stomp ware product line for your. If ones amp cant get dark, bright, or midscooped enough on its own, or one wants a differently eqd sound just a stomp away, a sonic stomp may be useful for those purposes. Some people will tell you that germanium transistors are secret to ultimate fuzz tone. Stomp board is a standalone application and plugin set containing the host stomp board with an integrated amp simulator, and 8 premium modelled effect plugins from the original bbe stomp ware classics. The sonic stomp is a pedal version of the acclaimed bbe sonic maximizer rackmount processor, providing dramatically improved clarity and definition to sound thanks to its proprietary bbe audio technology. You also get four amp models, a tiltstyle tone control, a gate and a spring reverb. Bbe stomp board is a selfcontained suite of software.
When a person hears an instrument live with no speakers involved the sound is organic and provides the particular timbre of that instrument. View all results for bbe sonic maximizer at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. The bbe sonic maximiser has always been a little bit voodooish, a fancy effect that somehow makes things sound better. Bbe sonic somp sonic maximier lumin eualier 1 lumin equalizer bbe sonic maximizer sonic stomp overview 3 1 3 1 1 3 the lumin equalizer is a workalike of the bbe sonic stomp, the singlechannel stompbox version of the rackmounted sonic maximizer first released in the late 1980s.
Tube or solid state amps, this pedal really packs a kick. The circuit itself is identical to the singlechannel rack unit, but intended for use with guitar or bass. Buy hqrp ac adapterpower supply compatible with bbe sound opto stompsonic stompsoul vibe guitar effects pedals replacement plus hqrp euro plug adapter. Bbe sonic stomp demo with evh5150iii amplifier youtube. Its buffered input happily accepts either the input of your instrument or the output of another pedal sonic stomp should be used last in the pedal chain, making sonic stomp as easy to use as any other pedal.
Below is the populated board, and the project in a nice bright red just like the real sonic stomp 1590bb enclosure i ordered from mammoth electronics. Our website and phones are open, but shipping may take a few extra days, for the safety of our team. The casing has changed over the years, but the circuit has remained the same. Bbe sound powered by plugivery are proud to introduce stomp board. Bbe sound developed a sonic maximizer plugin for music recording software that allows you to get the same audio quality as its signal processors. Find great deals on ebay for bbe sonic maximizer and bbe sonic maximizer 882i. Stomp board is available now in aax, au, vst and vst3 format for windows and macos from worldwide dealers. Page 4 sonic stomp guitar pedal featuring the renowned sonic maximizer processor.
Its major advantage over other highend di boxes on the market is its builtin sonic maximizer processor which employs the bbe 4thgeneration processing engine. The pedals can be dragged and dropped and chained in any order you like. Searched but did not find any threads or posts about the bbe sonic maximizer. Congratulations on your purchase of the bbe sonic to insure that the following items are included. Bbe sound, creators of the sonic maximizer and a leading manufacturer of professional and musical audio electronics, introduce the sonic sweet. I echo everything gregp wrote except that the bbe doesnt even generate any harmonics as you can read in this somewhat technically oriented article. Opto stomp optical compressor, sonic stomp sonic maximizer, soul vibe rotary speaker, tremor tremoloautopan and two timer delay. The di100x is a professionalgrade active direct input di box built primarily for recording applications. View and download bbe sound sonic stomp manual online. Bbe stomp board is a selfcontained suite of software guitar. The sonic stomp phase correction box worked very well for me, with small low wattage amps having a am radio mid tone sound the stomp set with dials back gave the amp a hi fi sound, the bass boost signal seems to be independent or split from the treble boost, very fat muddy distorted chords can be set along with notesriffs and still get a.
They suggested their acoustimax preamp with sonic maximizer. Many musicians dont have a spot for the rack mount unit, but long for the legendary clarity, definition and punch that only a sonic maximizer can. Sweetwater s sales engineers are regarded as the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the music industry, with extensive music backgrounds and intense training on the latest products and technologies. Today i show first hand how the sonic stomp from bbe can really add a punch to your amp. Questions about the bbe sonic stomp sonic maximizer. With the introduction of the sonic stomp, we are 2. May 20, 2017 years ago, i was interested in picking up a sonic stomp pedal for my vox valvetronix vtx the original blue series. Get the guaranteed best price on equalizer effects pedals like the bbe sonic stomp sonic maximizer pedal at musicians friend. For now here are some guts and for few days schematic.
Bbe sonic stomp sonic maximizer stomp pedal the bbe sonic stomp is a stomp box version of our everpopular sonic maximizer. The sonic sweet consists of three professional and easy to use dynamics, enhancement and audio enhancement plugins necessary for every facet of digital audio production. Green screamer, mind bender, opto stomp, sonic stomp, soul. This is the link to the datasheet of the 20 pins bbe. Many professional audio setups even outside the music industry utilize the bbe process to enhance sound quality. Discontinued product manuals sonic maximizer rackmount signal processors. Using a proprietary, analog process this pedal corrects for speaker phase distortion and allows you to achieve greater clarity and presence, and boost lows and highs without mud or harshness.
They are available to offer you personalized product advice any time you need it. Bbe stomp board is a selfcontained suite of software guitar pedals. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Of course, if the ss is what works for a players needs and wants, have at it, but lets be accurate what is going on under the hood. I might need to get an avatar i just sold my bbe sonic stomp since ive gotten rid of all my pedals thanks to axe fx ii. With the introduction of the sonic stomp, we are now. A full explanation and schematic will follow must sleep now though 12. Ive used it in the past, and am using it again and the pedal does do its job, but many are illinformed on what its job is. Uses for a bbe sonic maximizer a friend of mine is willing to give me a few things including his sonic maximizer 882. Ive been reading the posts about the bbe sonic stomp the pedal version of the sonic maximizer and there are some misconceptions about what it does and how it does it.
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