I grabbed a used Donner DB-5 pedalboard in good shape and with extra velcro and case for $35. I couldn’t realistically make my own for less than that so I don’t feel too bad about that. Should get here next week.
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beware of the jacks, I’m not sure but it seems that a jack is touching the other pedal (between the Big Muff and the compressor) : this can cause a ground loop !
otherwise it looks pretty neat, and you still have some room left for future improvements 
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good advice, thanks!
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No, i didn’t. I am challenged when it comes to digital displays and such. I really wanted to stick to simple knobs that are very intuitive and easy to adjust on the fly.
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Since I remade my soundcloud acct I can post a demo now. Repeating 4 bars of everyone’s favorite lesson. The order is:
clean bass
bass + compressor (left on for the rest of these)
BDI21 overdriving (sounds awesome!)
bass clone chorus (very light, I had it set shallow for use with the muff)
big muff
muff + chorus
muff + chorus + BDI21
muff + chorus + BDI21 overdriving
Here’s the Compressor and Big Muff plus a little deeper chorus:
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I prefer the tone with the compressor and BDI21. what a surprise … 
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Yeah it sounds really good!
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Yeah I want a compressor but not sure which one to get.
I have the BD121
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There are literally hundreds to choose from. Luckily there is also this:
His reviews are great.
Also, the Zoom compressor models sounded quite good to me.
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I think Behringer must do a copy of the Boss compressors. I had a Boss CS-2 and it’s pretty good, maybe a good point to start.
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Yeah I think they do. I was keeping my eye open for a Milk Box too.
Also, a vast number of comps are simply clones (some with added features) of the MXR Dyna Comp; at least half of those on the Ovnilab page, I would estimate.
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you might remember that’s the one I have. well I don’t have only this one 
but it’s my all-time favorite compressor if we speak about an affordable pedal-sized unit.
the downside is that the controls are a bit weird, and for this reason I would not recommend it to a beginner. but for you @howard, it should be perfectly fine 
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Yeah I was looking for one based on your recommendation. They are pretty highly regarded too.
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I didn’t knew that but I’m not very surprised !
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@howard Very cool! Thanks for putting this together. I really like hearing these examples.
muff + chorus + BDI21 overdriving 
Compressor and Big Muff plus a little deeper chorus
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I just noticed the ground lift switch on my BDI21 is wired backwards, lol. Nice work Uli.
Not complaining, that pedal is the best bargain ever. Sounds awesome.
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A couple major updates to my pedalboard:
I decided I wanted a dedicated drum machine outside of the DAW. I was shocked to find that Alesis was still making the SR-16. I wanted one of those bad in 1990. So I almost bought one, but only problem is it still kind of sounds like 1990 
So I went looking and sure enough, Zoom came through once again. I love this thing already. It’s kind of Zoom’s more modern sounding take on the SR-16 but IMO is way, way better. Found it used for $40.
The new red pedal is a TC Electronic Nether octaver. It’s basically a nice clone of the Boss OC-2. As you would expect from an analog octaver, it sounds awesome but tracks kind of poorly. But for my use it’s great. I don’t recommend it if you want a nice, musical sounding octaver though - get one of the +1/-1 octave ones instead. Blending in the second lower octave sounds like gurgling glitchy liquid evil. I love it
Now I just need reverb and I have basically everything I need for now.
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I have an old OC-2 , it sounds great but the tracking is a nightmare.
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