Had to pause into the first 3 seconds. You was set for a great start on that clapping and energy!! I could feel your enthusiasm on getting this one done. 47min!! LET'S GOOOOO
Thank you for putting in the work for us! I recently discovered the ADAM and I think it is still going to be my pursuit of choice. "Keep Doing That Voodoo That You Do!"
To my surprise, I actually kinda liked ADAM the most out of the 3 pedals. The distortion just have this gritty and cool character to it, and you can always pull back the blend and mids a bit, if it sounds too "in your face".
I have an ADAM and I've seen so many people saying the Infinity is better that I was expecting to be disappointed at my pedal since I only have it for a few months. But man... That was a surprise. I liked the ADAM better too. Not that I don't like the pedal. After some work with it and taking the time to set both my bass and the pedal, I am SUPER HAPPY about it.
What an awesome comparison video! I personally own the ADAM and I absolutely love how it sits in a Full Band Mix, I was also very curious to hear how the Infinity would sound in a more metal context, contemplating if I should buy one in the future.
If I needed to explain these units to someone I would say the ADAM is for snappy tone with zingy distortion, the AlphaOmega is a round more traditional sounding distortion and the Infinity fills the middle ground with a bit more lows than the ADAM, growly distortion that is still snappy on the higher register. If I had to choose one it would have to be a lot based on features because all 3 tones are great and usable. If I could have all of them ADAM on preset 1, Infinity on 2 and AlphaOmega on 3
It's so blindingly obvious that the ADAM is designed to sit in a band mix, and not be soloed (which makes sense considering who helped design it). Soloed it tends to sound fizzy and harsh, but it just slots into a distorted band mix so incredibly well. I still like my Photon best for drive tones for sure. I miss that tube saturation tone that the VMT/Infinity offers, but the fatness of the drive tones keeps my Infinity GAS at bay (for now).
what is really noticeable - ADAM has more in-your-face lows, its attack just makes the mix sound a tad more brutal and defined compared to rest. Also in the mix it gives a feeling of more overall hi-end presence. All sound good though at the end)
i combine the photon for my clean preamp with the adam for the distortion, chorus , fuzz and cabsim a very processed tone but it is just the ultimate darkglass that i think of
I considered the ADAM. I purchased the Alpha/Omega and returned it after one gig. Purchased the Infinity and love it for both the vintage and B3K distortions AND the multiband "X" features. Now I'm stuck deciding whether to gig with the Infinity, or my recently purchased e500, which I am also loving!!! Decisions decisions...Thank you for this pedal review and confirming my choice!!!
I think the ADAM sounds best during the just bass sections, but when the whole band is playing hard, I feel like the Infinity cuts through best. I do think both of those are probably heavily influenced by how you dialed things in though. Thanks for the comparison. That was a ton of work. 🤘
Thanks for the great video, very interesting to have all these 3 amazing pedals in the same context, with the fullband mix to the bass only sound. It helps a lot an intermediate player like me (I try to convince myself I'm intermediate...) to realize how a bass only sound realistically feels in a complete mix. I was already leaning towards the Photon and your video confirms me on this. And surprisingly to me, the ADAM reached the 2nd place when I thought it would be the Infinity. But for now, I think it's time for me to buy some better fingers than a new pedal I guess...
Good work man! Love the comparison 1 to 1, I personally found the ADAM and Infinity most appealing, I like the ADAM for the blending tone, but I feel the tone is way more controlled with the infinity.. Am glad to be able to stay happy with my choice of the X family, and not feel like I'm selling out xD
When all the instruments play I don't hear a major difference. However, during the calm parts character can be heard better. Adam 3:084:35 AO 6:518:19 Infinity 10:3312:00 Frankly speaking, IDK. I would play with EQ and other settings and most likely it would be possible to find more similar sound and fit them all in the mix. Alpha omega has too much mids and cuts through, infinity is a bit bassy, adam fits good, but it doesn't mean that it will sound the same in your mixes. And again you always can cut/boost the midrange etc... Adam -> Infinity -> AO In this section I like AO the most, it is the most tight sounding, gives energy without muddiness: Adam: 3:52 AO: 7:35 Infinity: 11:16
Man... One day i saw your video with comparisons and now I'm happyest than evere with my yamaha bb735 and microtubes x7)))) i feel that soon i could make another one good decision because of you))) thanks for what you doing and hi from Ukraine))
Thank you for this great and helpful video! As for me Photon have most natural and classic sound, that I really love. Infinity is also good, but it's not my sound, so I'll keep my Photon :)
Awesome demo and review, Erik! 😎🤘🏻🎸 these preamps sound phenomenal. I personally like the infinity the most. Especially since I’ve always like the vintage series from darkglass. And I am intrigued by the idea of a vintage microtubes settings with a multi-band feature. I would definitely go with the infinity if I ever needed a new preamp.
Im late to the party but i need some advice and dont really know where else to turn. Im looking for an all in one pedal that can also connect to my computer without needing another interface. Im torn between these three pedals. Im tempted to go for the Infinity, as it seems to be the most versatile. Also, im a bit less interested in distortion than the other functionality (tuner, reamp, compression, eq, etc) For someone with zero experience running to their computer, which of these pedals would you recommend? Is there something else that would accomplish these tasks better? Any other tips would be appreciated.
@@tarinindell8217 IMHO, the most ”all around” one, tone wise is the ADAM. However, the Infintiy also is a great sounding unit. IMHO, you can’t go wrong with either one. The infinity will probably be the easiest one to set up, tone wise though. The ADAM and the AOP takes a wee bit more work :)
I am using ADAM with Dingwall NG2. I think ADAM has more ding-dong in the mix ;) . All pedals are good. Dingwall has already Darkglass Electronics, it's always a good combination.
Alpha Omega sounds great. I don't really play metal, but like a little warmth and crispy "tube saturation" type thing, and thought the Microtubes would absolutely be the one for me, but not sure. Might just have to do a sweetwater run and find out.
Before this video I thought Ininity > Photon > Adam. Now I'm Adam > Infinity > Photon. I'm pretty sure I would be happy with any of these 3 pedals though. My VT Bass DI is trembling... lol
Great demo dude. I've been considering one of these pedals and I thought the Infinity would do it for me because I like a more vintage sound, but I actually prefer the Photon based on this vid.
This video was awesome! I'm definitely pro Alpha Omega! I will say that these pedals are digitally processed where the original pedal design of the B7k and AO pedals are analog. I think there is a variance of tone vs these pedals you demoed and the say the V2 ultra versions.
I think the Infinity had the best "clean" sound, specially in the full mix. The ADAM had almost no low end during the verses and sounded buried. Maybe that's the point? "Sitting in the mix." ADAM also sounded lacking in the Fuzzy part, but that's probably cause the Blend was turned way down. The Photon had more low end and a thump that stood out more to me, specially for the Fuzzy part. Honestly couldn't tell a difference between the Photon and Infinity during the chorus, they both sounded great.
BTW, do you guys know if e500 sounds the same since it is digital? It has all the preamps in it and even more. For example, these pedals lack of fx loop but e500 has it. So maybe instead of buying 3 pedals maybe it worth getting the head. What do you think?
Hi Erik! How are you? This video is great.... suprisingly the ADAM ist the best for me. What settings are you using in the darkglass suite with the ADAM. Greetings Oli
I used the -12 and +12dB setting on the gain in the Suite. Other than that, there’s not much else going on (as the cabsim/IR is happening in Logic and not in the unit itself :) )
So.... Plugging in my NG2 and setting the ADAM to Active, the distortion sound wrecked in the low mids... Like the input gain is way out of control. I have to back the volume, bass, and mids control back on the bass. I'm tuned to G0, NG2 bass, using the stock molly press, and I did set the pedal to Active mode. Any ideas?
@@erikarko I've had not only to set the bass flat, but some of the controls below the detent to tame it. Doesn't happen with the analog pedals before it. O didn't adjust much of anything.. I used the stock Nolly presets.
@@erikarko Canni re-download the stock presets? Haven't tried that yet. Super slammed for time due to the holidays and in a predicament of whether to return it or not if there is a problem before it's too late! 😂
@@erikarko A couple other things to mention is that this happens regardless of volume, so it's not like I'm pegging my floor wedge. Even turning the output of the ADAM down, it's still happens.. At very low volume... So it seems to have something to do with headroom in the pedal.
For my ears ADAM has better compressor, truly multi-band, removes all boomy low end from signal. It sounds like studio compressor. The signal is already mastered. So overall signal coming from the chain is more refined and easily sitting in the mix. I had AO Ultra and for me it is a not metal pedal, more like leading tones thing for not super heavy stuff, round, classic tones, bit like a tube stuff. Photon is the same. But overall good sound of course. Infinity sounds great, and I personally like B3K sounds there, but another a bit to boomy and unsetteled in the mix. It is possible to refine it more on the next stage of course. All of them are really really good pedals, you can't go wrong with all of them.
I’d love to see a video that explains all of the features in good understandable detail. I have the infinity and used it for the first time in my original metal band. It sounded huge and that was only tinkering with it for a couple minutes. I’d love to understand how to fully use the iPhone app and suite with saving presets and being able to recall them without wondering why a setting seems to have changed, mainly the cab sim when viewed on the app or suite. It’s very confusing.
I did a pretty in depth video on the Infinity last week - but I can really see your point regarding the app! Hopefully I can put something together pretty soon in that department! :)
Money, pure and simple. This isn't a new way of doing things; loads of companies that make digital pedals will sell multiple different pedals that actually only differ in terms of the loaded software. These pedals take a lot of research and development, so if they were to simply offer any ADAM owner the ability to load the Photon or Infinity software they would "lose" a lot of the money and time that went into that R&D. Source Audio is the only one I know of that will allow you to partly bypass this. A few of their One series pedals will allow you to load the software from different pedals into it.
I agree. But it's the Darkglass / NeuroDSP method. All their plugins could be a single package too - like Helix Native. But instead they split it up into separate packages that appear cheaper alone, but cost a lot more if you buy them all. It's our fault as players really. If we didn't chase tone of other players then products that were like the Archetype-Artist plugins wouldn't sell the way they do. But we've become lazy. We don't book rehearsal studios to work on our tone anymore - we want to buy a pre-packed tone and we expect it to work immediately, without thought and without any effort. And then we wonder why we sound like everybody else... I love the sound of Darkglass pedals and I use them at home for fun. But I won't use them live or recorded anymore. The sound is now so obvious and so common. It's like the mid 1990s when every heavy band was running Mesa Dual Recs with a tubescreamer. They all sounded the same.
Great comparison , outstanding job making all of this together !!! But.... I'll take the risk... Comparisons are good just until you record a band sounding different that this track. Different drum heads , different frequencies on kick drum and snare , different tuning on guitar makes a huuuuuge different on each pedal performance. What about same sound choice on different tracks /genres ? Everyone of us most of time trying to find our “signature sound”. Not always fits so well on other track or kind of music. I’m using AO now , and making money to Photon which I think is more versatile.
Absolutely! Then again… if I did a video featuring more than one tune etc, it would be twice (or more) as long (if I wanted to make it as in depth as this one 😅)
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Came here for the comparisons, stayed for the epic bass \m/ . Thanks for putting this together.
Thank You for watching!! 🤘
Had to pause into the first 3 seconds. You was set for a great start on that clapping and energy!! I could feel your enthusiasm on getting this one done. 47min!! LET'S GOOOOO
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Lol I was on my phone and after first 5 seconds said F it, lets turn on the computer and monitors to hear this correctly.
Thank you for putting in the work for us! I recently discovered the ADAM and I think it is still going to be my pursuit of choice.
"Keep Doing That Voodoo That You Do!"
@@jdubbs9655 ADAM is a GREAT unit!
To my surprise, I actually kinda liked ADAM the most out of the 3 pedals. The distortion just have this gritty and cool character to it, and you can always pull back the blend and mids a bit, if it sounds too "in your face".
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I have an ADAM and I've seen so many people saying the Infinity is better that I was expecting to be disappointed at my pedal since I only have it for a few months.
But man... That was a surprise. I liked the ADAM better too. Not that I don't like the pedal. After some work with it and taking the time to set both my bass and the pedal, I am SUPER HAPPY about it.
I was surprised too. the ADAM seems to have more mids than the other two.
i try it all and ADAM is the best!!
What an awesome comparison video! I personally own the ADAM and I absolutely love how it sits in a Full Band Mix, I was also very curious to hear how the Infinity would sound in a more metal context, contemplating if I should buy one in the future.
Thank You so much!! Glad that you enjoyed it!!
If I needed to explain these units to someone I would say the ADAM is for snappy tone with zingy distortion, the AlphaOmega is a round more traditional sounding distortion and the Infinity fills the middle ground with a bit more lows than the ADAM, growly distortion that is still snappy on the higher register.
If I had to choose one it would have to be a lot based on features because all 3 tones are great and usable. If I could have all of them ADAM on preset 1, Infinity on 2 and AlphaOmega on 3
Nailed it 👍👍👍
It's so blindingly obvious that the ADAM is designed to sit in a band mix, and not be soloed (which makes sense considering who helped design it). Soloed it tends to sound fizzy and harsh, but it just slots into a distorted band mix so incredibly well.
I still like my Photon best for drive tones for sure. I miss that tube saturation tone that the VMT/Infinity offers, but the fatness of the drive tones keeps my Infinity GAS at bay (for now).
Good points!! :)
what is really noticeable - ADAM has more in-your-face lows, its attack just makes the mix sound a tad more brutal and defined compared to rest. Also in the mix it gives a feeling of more overall hi-end presence. All sound good though at the end)
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Wonderful job, thanks a lot ! ADAM team here
Thank You!!!
Same! Just got my ADAM! Can’t wait for a gig!
“My favorite one is… Bye!”😂😂😂 47min! Fantastic job man. They all sound amazing, but my heart goes to the A-O.
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Such an informative video, thank you! I'm digging the Microtubes Infinity the most for pretty much each of those presets.
Glad that you enjoyed it!!
i combine the photon for my clean preamp with the adam for the distortion, chorus , fuzz and cabsim
a very processed tone but it is just the ultimate darkglass that i think of
Very nice!!
I considered the ADAM. I purchased the Alpha/Omega and returned it after one gig. Purchased the Infinity and love it for both the vintage and B3K distortions AND the multiband "X" features. Now I'm stuck deciding whether to gig with the Infinity, or my recently purchased e500, which I am also loving!!! Decisions decisions...Thank you for this pedal review and confirming my choice!!!
Glad to be of service!!
ive had the ADAM for a year now and having GAS for the other two as they got released but this comparison makes me love my ADAM even more tbh.
Nice to hear!! :)
I think the ADAM sounds best during the just bass sections, but when the whole band is playing hard, I feel like the Infinity cuts through best. I do think both of those are probably heavily influenced by how you dialed things in though. Thanks for the comparison. That was a ton of work. 🤘
Yeah, the way I dialled them
In really is what it all comes down to in the end 😅 Thank You so much for watching! :)
Thanks for the great video, very interesting to have all these 3 amazing pedals in the same context, with the fullband mix to the bass only sound. It helps a lot an intermediate player like me (I try to convince myself I'm intermediate...) to realize how a bass only sound realistically feels in a complete mix.
I was already leaning towards the Photon and your video confirms me on this. And surprisingly to me, the ADAM reached the 2nd place when I thought it would be the Infinity.
But for now, I think it's time for me to buy some better fingers than a new pedal I guess...
Glad that you enjoyed the video!! :)
Liked and subscribed because of this great video.
Thank You!!
Good work man! Love the comparison 1 to 1, I personally found the ADAM and Infinity most appealing, I like the ADAM for the blending tone, but I feel the tone is way more controlled with the infinity.. Am glad to be able to stay happy with my choice of the X family, and not feel like I'm selling out xD
Nice!! :D
I always loved the Microtubes series from Darkglass from the very beginning.
@@erikarko also, bought the infinity - don't tell my wife 😂
@@casperbrndstrup2496 Your secret’s safe with me!! 😂😂😂
When all the instruments play I don't hear a major difference. However, during the calm parts character can be heard better.
Adam 3:08 4:35
AO 6:51 8:19
Infinity 10:33 12:00
Frankly speaking, IDK. I would play with EQ and other settings and most likely it would be possible to find more similar sound and fit them all in the mix. Alpha omega has too much mids and cuts through, infinity is a bit bassy, adam fits good, but it doesn't mean that it will sound the same in your mixes. And again you always can cut/boost the midrange etc... Adam -> Infinity -> AO
In this section I like AO the most, it is the most tight sounding, gives energy without muddiness:
Adam: 3:52
AO: 7:35
Infinity: 11:16
Very good points! :)
Man... One day i saw your video with comparisons and now I'm happyest than evere with my yamaha bb735 and microtubes x7)))) i feel that soon i could make another one good decision because of you))) thanks for what you doing and hi from Ukraine))
Thank You for your kind words man!! Stay safe and all the best to you and your countrymen!!!
@@erikarko thank you, i appreciate it ❤️
Thanks Erik!!!
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Thank you for this great and helpful video! As for me Photon have most natural and classic sound, that I really love. Infinity is also good, but it's not my sound, so I'll keep my Photon :)
Thanks for watching!! :)
Awesome demo and review, Erik! 😎🤘🏻🎸 these preamps sound phenomenal. I personally like the infinity the most. Especially since I’ve always like the vintage series from darkglass. And I am intrigued by the idea of a vintage microtubes settings with a multi-band feature. I would definitely go with the infinity if I ever needed a new preamp.
Thanks for watching, man!! :)
@@erikarko sure thing, dude. Darkglass makes phenomenal pedals and preamps.
Wow. Great job! Where can i hear more of your music? I really like it!!!👊🤘🤘
Thanks!! There’s stuff on Spotify (look for Erik Arkö, or my bands Six Feet Deeper and Structural Disorder!)
I am play in my church many differents styles of music, Which one works better for me? wich one is the most vesatile?
Can’t go wrong with any of them, but I’d say that ADAM is the most versatile one!
Im late to the party but i need some advice and dont really know where else to turn.
Im looking for an all in one pedal that can also connect to my computer without needing another interface.
Im torn between these three pedals.
Im tempted to go for the Infinity, as it seems to be the most versatile. Also, im a bit less interested in distortion than the other functionality (tuner, reamp, compression, eq, etc)
For someone with zero experience running to their computer, which of these pedals would you recommend?
Is there something else that would accomplish these tasks better? Any other tips would be appreciated.
@@tarinindell8217 IMHO, the most ”all around” one, tone wise is the ADAM. However, the Infintiy also is a great sounding unit. IMHO, you can’t go wrong with either one. The infinity will probably be the easiest one to set up, tone wise though. The ADAM and the AOP takes a wee bit more work :)
@@erikarko
Outstanding. Thanks for the help!
@@tarinindell8217 🙏
I *REALLY* liked the demo tune. Resonates with me. 😁😎🤘🏻👍🏻
Thank You!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@erikarko is that tune released yet? (And Darkglass fan boy in training here)
Nope! Not yet! :)
I am using ADAM with Dingwall NG2. I think ADAM has more ding-dong in the mix ;) . All pedals are good. Dingwall has already Darkglass Electronics, it's always a good combination.
Yeah, they all are stellar IMHO! :)
Alpha Omega sounds great. I don't really play metal, but like a little warmth and crispy "tube saturation" type thing, and thought the Microtubes would absolutely be the one for me, but not sure.
Might just have to do a sweetwater run and find out.
Were you using the two balanced outs or was it the direct xlr out in recording? I kind of hopped around the time stamps, so not sure if addressed.
@@Michael_Is_Avg I used the XLR
out and then added a separate IR in Logic :)
Before this video I thought Ininity > Photon > Adam. Now I'm Adam > Infinity > Photon. I'm pretty sure I would be happy with any of these 3 pedals though. My VT Bass DI is trembling... lol
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I like the Infinity best but the Infinity has 3 voices between the B3K, Vintage, and X. I'm curious which one you used. I'm thinking the X.
For this, I mainly went for the x :)
Great demo dude. I've been considering one of these pedals and I thought the Infinity would do it for me because I like a more vintage sound, but I actually prefer the Photon based on this vid.
Thanks man! Glad to be of service!!
This video was awesome! I'm definitely pro Alpha Omega! I will say that these pedals are digitally processed where the original pedal design of the B7k and AO pedals are analog. I think there is a variance of tone vs these pedals you demoed and the say the V2 ultra versions.
Thanks man! Good points!
I think the Infinity had the best "clean" sound, specially in the full mix. The ADAM had almost no low end during the verses and sounded buried. Maybe that's the point? "Sitting in the mix." ADAM also sounded lacking in the Fuzzy part, but that's probably cause the Blend was turned way down. The Photon had more low end and a thump that stood out more to me, specially for the Fuzzy part. Honestly couldn't tell a difference between the Photon and Infinity during the chorus, they both sounded great.
Good points! 👍👍👍
BTW, do you guys know if e500 sounds the same since it is digital? It has all the preamps in it and even more. For example, these pedals lack of fx loop but e500 has it. So maybe instead of buying 3 pedals maybe it worth getting the head. What do you think?
Not 100 percent sure about that! Maybe I should do a comparison video of that as well? Just need an E500 first 😅
Hi Erik!
How are you?
This video is great....
suprisingly the ADAM ist the best for me.
What settings are you using in the darkglass suite with the ADAM.
Greetings
Oli
I used the -12 and +12dB setting on the gain in the Suite. Other than that, there’s not much else going on (as the cabsim/IR is happening in Logic and not in the unit itself :) )
In this demo, I totally preferred the ADAM. I thought I would lean towards the Infinity.
Cool! :) All of them are great IMHO - it really comes down to the details and the flavor of the distortion, if you will :)
So.... Plugging in my NG2 and setting the ADAM to Active, the distortion sound wrecked in the low mids... Like the input gain is way out of control. I have to back the volume, bass, and mids control back on the bass. I'm tuned to G0, NG2 bass, using the stock molly press, and I did set the pedal to Active mode.
Any ideas?
Do you have your bass EQ set to flat?
Have you adjusted the compression to tame the input?
@@erikarko I've had not only to set the bass flat, but some of the controls below the detent to tame it. Doesn't happen with the analog pedals before it. O didn't adjust much of anything.. I used the stock Nolly presets.
@@erikarko i also did a frimware update. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to factory reset the pedal to make sure everything is set to stock.
@@erikarko Canni re-download the stock presets? Haven't tried that yet. Super slammed for time due to the holidays and in a predicament of whether to return it or not if there is a problem before it's too late! 😂
@@erikarko A couple other things to mention is that this happens regardless of volume, so it's not like I'm pegging my floor wedge. Even turning the output of the ADAM down, it's still happens.. At very low volume... So it seems to have something to do with headroom in the pedal.
For my ears ADAM has better compressor, truly multi-band, removes all boomy low end from signal. It sounds like studio compressor. The signal is already mastered. So overall signal coming from the chain is more refined and easily sitting in the mix.
I had AO Ultra and for me it is a not metal pedal, more like leading tones thing for not super heavy stuff, round, classic tones, bit like a tube stuff. Photon is the same. But overall good sound of course.
Infinity sounds great, and I personally like B3K sounds there, but another a bit to boomy and unsetteled in the mix. It is possible to refine it more on the next stage of course.
All of them are really really good pedals, you can't go wrong with all of them.
Good points!!
Before the gain update, Adam would have definitely been the worst of the bunch, but now I find it sounding the best
That Gain update was AWESOME. It really made the unit 10x more versatile!
The name of the song? I really like it!
”Breathe”! It’s on Spotify etc under my name :)
thank erik . #nuffsaid
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I’d love to see a video that explains all of the features in good understandable detail. I have the infinity and used it for the first time in my original metal band. It sounded huge and that was only tinkering with it for a couple minutes. I’d love to understand how to fully use the iPhone app and suite with saving presets and being able to recall them without wondering why a setting seems to have changed, mainly the cab sim when viewed on the app or suite. It’s very confusing.
I did a pretty in depth video on the Infinity last week - but I can really see your point regarding the app! Hopefully I can put something together pretty soon in that department! :)
@@erikarko I watched it Erik. Thank you so much for your input thus far. It greatly appreciated!
@@rockbasskicker No worries!! :)
I just don't get one thing. Since they seems to be digital effect what is stopping dark glass to make just a pedal?
Who knows - maybe it’s in the works? 🤔
why selling 1 when you can sell 3?
@@8Junio76 More is more!
Money, pure and simple. This isn't a new way of doing things; loads of companies that make digital pedals will sell multiple different pedals that actually only differ in terms of the loaded software. These pedals take a lot of research and development, so if they were to simply offer any ADAM owner the ability to load the Photon or Infinity software they would "lose" a lot of the money and time that went into that R&D.
Source Audio is the only one I know of that will allow you to partly bypass this. A few of their One series pedals will allow you to load the software from different pedals into it.
I agree. But it's the Darkglass / NeuroDSP method. All their plugins could be a single package too - like Helix Native. But instead they split it up into separate packages that appear cheaper alone, but cost a lot more if you buy them all.
It's our fault as players really. If we didn't chase tone of other players then products that were like the Archetype-Artist plugins wouldn't sell the way they do. But we've become lazy. We don't book rehearsal studios to work on our tone anymore - we want to buy a pre-packed tone and we expect it to work immediately, without thought and without any effort.
And then we wonder why we sound like everybody else...
I love the sound of Darkglass pedals and I use them at home for fun. But I won't use them live or recorded anymore. The sound is now so obvious and so common. It's like the mid 1990s when every heavy band was running Mesa Dual Recs with a tubescreamer. They all sounded the same.
Great comparison , outstanding job making all of this together !!!
But.... I'll take the risk...
Comparisons are good just until you record a band sounding different that this track.
Different drum heads , different frequencies on kick drum and snare , different tuning on guitar makes a huuuuuge different on each pedal performance.
What about same sound choice on different tracks /genres ?
Everyone of us most of time trying to find our “signature sound”.
Not always fits so well on other track or kind of music.
I’m using AO now , and making money to Photon which I think is more versatile.
Absolutely! Then again… if I did a video featuring more than one tune etc, it would be twice (or more) as long (if I wanted to make it as in depth as this one 😅)
@@erikarko it would be great man !! I will spread it as much as I can !!! Cheers mate !!
So pretty music without the vocal crying. Dsrkglass rules
I take it you preferred the instrumental versions?
@@erikarko I prefer growling and screaming vocals in heavy style of music. But it could be instrumental to
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LOVE the Demo! TH-cam must too as they're dropping commercials in every 4 minutes. .....
Hahaha I thought I clicked “BEFORE VIDEO” only on the commercials! I’ll sort that out!
infinity by far the best
👍👍👍
ADAM forever
I really like ADAM as well! :) But all three have their certain strengths and characteristics to their tone! :)
That band sounds like Deadly Circus Fire....
Never heard! Should I check them out? :)
The worst part is that Darkglass can put all of these tones in a single box. Talk about money grab.
Doubt that they will, though 😅
@@erikarko They can compete against the quad cortex if they had something that is all in one instead of all these bits and pieces of the puzzle.
Yeah, but I doubt that they’d want to 😅
These things are useless unless it's plugged into a computer
Nope! You can REALLY dial in some awesome tones with just the units out of the box - IMHO!
F****** monotonous snare sound it starts to make that dark glass stuff sound thin.
Blame Nolly 😂 It’s GGD 😅