What I learned today.

[phishtaper]

I took the day off and learned how to use a tile wet saw. Messy as hell and scary as fuck but I was uber careful and followed all the instructions. We now have freshly cut tiles to finish the foyer.

What did you learn today?

[Ol'Hickster]

I learned that Phishtaper is Scared of Wet saws Pussy

[bradm]

I learned that Ottawa's Empress Effects has a new pedal coming out: the Superdelay.

Features of the Empress Superdelay

The Empress Superdelay isn't your basic delay. Sure it does basic delay sounds, and it sounds better than anything else out there while doing them. But if all you want is a simple delay, the Empress Superdelay isn't for you. The Empress Superdelay is for musicians who want to be inspired by their pedals, not limited by them.

Killer Sound Quality - The Signal to Noise ratio is around 105dB.

Totally Analog Dry Signal - The digital delay signal and the dry signal are mixed in the analog domain.

2.8 Seconds of Delay Time - For your extra long delays.

8 modes - normal, tap, autoset (delay time is set by tempo played), reverse, rhythm mode (multitap), tape mode, misc (dynamic, gate), and 12 second looper.

Expression Pedal Input - allows you to control either mix or feedback with your foot.

High Pass/Low Pass Filter - high pass is good for electronic music, low pass is sweet for darker analog delay type sounds.

Fast/Slow Modulation - slow adds extra texture, fast is a little crazy.

8 Presets - Settings can be saved to 8 presets. With three stompswitches, accessing the presets is easy.

Tap Tempo with Ratios - many of the modes use tap tempo, and the ratio selection makes fast in-time delay times easy.

True Bypass - The Empress Superdelay employs true bypass, so you can be sure that it's not affecting the signal when disengaged.

Small Size - The enclosure measures approximately 5.7" by 3.75" by 1.75", which is delightfully small when considering all the features packed into this unit.

Aloha,

Brad

[timouse]

i learned that if the letter carrier in rural guelph can't put your mail in the mailbox without getting out of her car, she will not deliver your mail.

i also learned that she won't tell you for a couple of weeks.

i subsequently learned that you can get a bobcat stuck in the snowbank while trying to make mailboxes accessible for said letter carrier.

the snow's so bad here that my snail mail stopped working

[Ol'Hickster]

Or your a bad Operator

[bradm]

I also learned that when you're making coffee, if you're using ground coffee as opposed to beans, it's a slight waste of your time to get the coffee grinder out of the cupboard.

I mean, it makes perfect sense, but it's not necessarily something would say as a general guiding principle ahead of time, because it's not something you'd think would occur...unless you were slightly distracted when you were making the coffee.

Aloha,

Brad

[boiler]

I forgot something today. Not quite sure what I forgot though because I forget.