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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2013, 10:30:13 AM »
I managed to snag one on ebay. It was surprisingly beat-up for what must be a fairly new pedal, but then again that was reflected in the price.

I must say I'm pretty impressed so far. I do think it could sound a little better, I wouldn't say its quite the level of a rack mount. But I am being harsh - it surely is good sounding and no one will hear any problems live in a band mix.

If it were just about the sounds that came with the pedal as stock, I would probably move this one on and try a Digitech Hardwire. However I must say the "toneprint" feature adds alot and, also considering the pedal's small size, I will not be moving the Hall of Fame on.

At first I thought the toneprint thing would be a marketing gimmick, but some of the sounds that can be downloaded from the TC Electronic website are really awesome. Depending on the artist, quite a bit of effort seems to have gone in. I especially like the Steve Morse presets, hes obviously really thought about them. You can also download sounds to the pedal via an iPhone and the guitar pickups, which is still jaw dropping to me, even though its basically using modem/fax technology.

I also tried their editor to make your own sounds - thats good as well, but theres no actual save feature which is unfortunate and severely limits its usefulness. Perhaps they will add it later. Using this editor, I managed to turn the pedal into a jet flanger for example, so the editor could be a powerful bonus in later versions of it.
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #16 on: July 10, 2013, 11:42:38 AM »
You can also download sounds to the pedal via an iPhone and the guitar pickups, which is still jaw dropping to me, even though its basically using modem/fax technology.

I am now feeling very very old indeed.
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #17 on: July 10, 2013, 11:55:03 AM »
I managed to snag one on ebay. It was surprisingly beat-up for what must be a fairly new pedal, but then again that was reflected in the price.

I must say I'm pretty impressed so far. I do think it could sound a little better, I wouldn't say its quite the level of a rack mount. But I am being harsh - it surely is good sounding and no one will hear any problems live in a band mix.

If it were just about the sounds that came with the pedal as stock, I would probably move this one on and try a Digitech Hardwire. However I must say the "toneprint" feature adds alot and, also considering the pedal's small size, I will not be moving the Hall of Fame on.

At first I thought the toneprint thing would be a marketing gimmick, but some of the sounds that can be downloaded from the TC Electronic website are really awesome. Depending on the artist, quite a bit of effort seems to have gone in. I especially like the Steve Morse presets, hes obviously really thought about them. You can also download sounds to the pedal via an iPhone and the guitar pickups, which is still jaw dropping to me, even though its basically using modem/fax technology.

I also tried their editor to make your own sounds - thats good as well, but theres no actual save feature which is unfortunate and severely limits its usefulness. Perhaps they will add it later. Using this editor, I managed to turn the pedal into a jet flanger for example, so the editor could be a powerful bonus in later versions of it.
Glad you are liking it. Missed when you first posted; I also have one and I love it.

The tone print concept is such a clever idea. It basically means you are set for a reverb pedal, ever. Now with the Toneprint editor you can basically create any type of reverb you could possibly need.
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2013, 12:04:18 PM »
Now with the Toneprint editor you can basically create any type of reverb you could possibly need.

they are not quite giving you the keys to the car yet. in my opinion i would say the toneprint editor is still at the gimmick stage. once you really get into it i found things began to fall apart - they don't give you access to all the parameters. hopefully though they will develop that side of things further.

i fully agree the toneprint concept is very cool. they could, for example, eventually sell a pedal which has the possibility to have more than one toneprint inside it - maybe even only toneprints, in that small form factor. you could download your sounds to it in between songs with your smartphone.
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2013, 12:05:06 PM »
You can also download sounds to the pedal via an iPhone and the guitar pickups, which is still jaw dropping to me, even though its basically using modem/fax technology.

I am now feeling very very old indeed.

even though i did it about 20 times last night I still scarcely believe it myself!
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2013, 12:10:54 PM »
Now with the Toneprint editor you can basically create any type of reverb you could possibly need.

they are not quite giving you the keys to the car yet. in my opinion i would say the toneprint editor is still at the gimmick stage. once you really get into it i found things began to fall apart - they don't give you access to all the parameters. hopefully though they will develop that side of things further.

i fully agree the toneprint concept is very cool. they could, for example, eventually sell a pedal which has the possibility to have more than one toneprint inside it - maybe even only toneprints, in that small form factor. you could download your sounds to it in between songs with your smartphone.
Alright, I thought they let you do more. I just tried it fast with my Flashback and was quite impressed though with the delay possibilities.

But for the HoF I found a toneprint I really liked, and havn't had a reason to change anything. But the worst thing is that I forgot which tone print it is, so I really don't want to change anything :D
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #21 on: July 10, 2013, 12:11:11 PM »
I don't think it would work with my mobile phone....
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2013, 12:15:53 PM »
I don't think it would work with my mobile phone....
What have you got?  :D

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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2013, 01:05:53 PM »
Nah, I'm on the cutting edge of technology (relatively speaking)

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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #24 on: July 10, 2013, 01:31:14 PM »
Nah, I'm on the cutting edge of technology (relatively speaking)
Nice one!

Never had the soapbar, but a few friends had them.

I'm amazed that it stills keeps going, I wish I could make my phones last that long  :D
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #25 on: July 10, 2013, 02:04:04 PM »
That reminds me...



Those thing are so awesome!
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #26 on: July 11, 2013, 04:56:35 PM »
I am a fan of the HOF, works really well in the series loop of my Cornford MK50II.

Currently I am using the Paul Gilbert - Toneprint.
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #27 on: July 11, 2013, 06:15:51 PM »
I am a fan of the HOF, works really well in the series loop of my Cornford MK50II.

Currently I am using the Paul Gilbert - Toneprint.

Yeah thats a good one :)  I'm using the stock "Plate" and also the Steve Morse "Beautiful Reverb" Toneprint. Try that one if you didn't already - really nice!
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Re: TC Electronic "Hall of Fame" Reverb - opinions? (now: NPD)
« Reply #28 on: July 12, 2013, 04:26:32 PM »
Thanks for the tip, I'll give them a go!
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