Do the ToneMasters "warm up" like tubes do?

[msalama]

So what you're saying is

No, that's not what he's saying at all.

 

[Blrfl]

So what you're saying is, they sound like crap no matter what you do.

No, that's not what I'm saying, but thank you for your helpful, informative reply. You've helped make TDPRI a better place today.

 

[northernguitar]

Tube recording gear needs to warm up/stabilize for optimal sound quality. I'll always power up my tube mic at least a half hour before I track anything with it.

This.

Knock yourself out. They need thirty seconds. Did your tube television look ‘better’ after being on for a half hour?

 

[archetype]

I remember the jacket notes of Sky Is Crying album they mention the crackling/buzzing from SRV's amp on Little Wing. It is definitely present - you can almost smell the melting insulation on the power transformer. Perhaps one day, Fender will be able to provide "artist-specific" amp setting, distortion, and noise firmware updates for Tonemasters! Boreas goes in, SRV comes out!!

IIRC a Japanese amp maker had artist-branded tone plugins. Roland? Boss?

 

[Boreas]

IIRC a Japanese amp maker had artist-branded tone plugins. Roland? Boss?

Well, they never approached ME!!

 

[Blrfl]

IIRC a Japanese amp maker had artist-branded tone plugins. Roland? Boss?

Roland has/had them for the upper part of the Blues Cube line. They're essentially alternate firmware loads for the amp.

 

[FlarbNarb]

Sometimes I think there needs to be a "crackle and pop" pedal for SS players who want the tube experience.

Okay now. You know I'm just kidding here.

Why are you kidding? That’s flippin’ genius! I can go “vinyl” on my DAW and even customize how much crap I want to inject into the track so why not do it in pedal form?

I remember when we used to throw a distortion pedal on the vocals to get that old radio sound. Same idea.

 

[FlarbNarb]

This, times ten. It is amazing what the ears (and the brain) can process and transform. The sounds that earbuds, or laptop speakers, actually create are pretty vile and way, way off from the live sound that entered into the front end of the recording and playback process, but as we "process" the output hitting our eardrums, what our minds experience is conditioned by factors other than the raw input. We can tune out a lot, and our response is also shaped by our expectations and conditioning. Example: the music we believe we are hearing as we drive our car is hardly the actual soundscape present in the car interior.

Another reason to protect your hearing! It’s more than sensation it’s processing! Hearing loss is also a cognitive decline. Those neural pathways die out if they aren’t maintained and it’s not easy to rebuild them once you’ve lost them and that effects more than just hearing functions.

 

[FlarbNarb]

Mine did not.

I think Danelectro had a pedal with a kick pad on it to get that spring rattle. And there is or was a boutique builder in France that was doing on the floor spring reverb that was meant to give spring noise if bumped. Cool concept really. Certainly a very niche effect but cool.

 

[archetype]

Roland has/had them for the upper part of the Blues Cube line. They're essentially alternate firmware loads for the amp.

That's it! Thanks. They're tone capsules. There have been a lot more than these current four, but for only $407 you can sound like Robben Ford!

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/search?s=roland+tone+capsule#search-header

 

[Blrfl]

That's it! Thanks. They're tone capsules. There have been a lot more than these current four, but for only $407 you can sound like Robben Ford!

I know of five: Ultimate Blues, New York Blues, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Sparkle Clean.

 

[Mondaysoutar]

Mine did not.

Sorry, just reading through this

Didn’t the Boss Deluxe Reverb pedal include the noise when one moves an amp with spring reverb?

Just reading through this thread so apologies for the late reply, the Boss RV5 does it man. Some folk think it’s daft, but I really like the spring sound on the RV5 generally, it’s different and the popping is quite intuitive and responds to volume and dynamic I find.

 

[Tim S]

I know of five: Ultimate Blues, New York Blues, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Sparkle Clean.

 

[turftone]

Only in the summer. Unless you place them on a heater grate.

 

[Grandfunkfan]

Unfortunately they don't sound any better no how long they warm up.

 

[LOSTVENTURE]

The internal resistance of electronic components decreases as the temperature increases, so a circuit will flow more current when it’s warm than when it’s cold. This is measurable, but how much of an audible difference it will make is pretty variable.

True, but considering the extremely low operating current in a solid state amp, the cold vs warm state is negligible.
My TM Twin is operating at full tonal capability within a few seconds, regardless of how the attenuator is set.