qersty wrote:So like how does the gen loss mk ii (again?) Stack up?
That midfi looks nasty as hell tho

so much stuff of his i wanna try
So, I've owned the Cooper V1, CBA MKI and now this one, but I have pretty terrible ear-memory, so without having them all in front of me to compare, my "analysis" of them is probably best taken with a handful of salt. I always loved the Cooper V1, minus the weird filtering noise. CBA MKI was cool, but lacked some of the lofi-ness of the OG. It was like a spiffy high-end pedal in a lofi costume. Nice enough, but I didn't find myself at that time utilizing a lot of the extras, so I ended up trading it for an OG version again (plus two other pedals). Then I sold that one to buy the 3Degrees Bygones because I thought it would be rad, but ended up hating it. I am still in the honeymoon phase with MKII, but I'm really digging it. Perhaps because I haven't had a Gen Loss in my life for quite a while now after having always had some version of it around for years. Absence makes the something something...you know how it goes.
So far, I am very much enjoying the following:
- Overall, it just sounds good. I don't know, some people will hate it I'm sure, but I think it sounds excellent. It's probably as polished as the MKI, but I don't care/notice it.
- Stereo sounds awesome.
- Saturate is an awesome control. It really gets blown out.
- Failure is also awesome. I like it pretty subtle, and it's great that it's customizable. You can remove snags and drops and stuff with the dipswitches, and the level of the pops and crinkles (which even at full volume are not overdone).
- The Noise is also customizable. You can adjust the level of hiss, mechanical noise, etc.
- I wasn't crazy about the idea of not having a dedicated mix and noise control, but the three way toggles do the job for me thus far
- Stop and Fail Aux functions are super cool. Filter I'm not using much, but whatever. You can set the time it takes for the Aux function to fully take effect, so if you set it to the longest time, it takes about 14-15 seconds to grind to a halt when you engage the stop function. Awesome.
- Classic mode is what you would expect. The freeze aux function in this mode is great. It put a smile on my face.
IDK, I think it's probably pretty personal, but I am loving the pedal so far.
And yes, I can't wait to get the House Amp. I'm excited to run it into his Scrape Flutter Pedal, into the Gen Loss and just sound like a terrible live recording onto a shitty 4 track.