I don't have time to read the massive post, and what I did read was just like "radio host filler" with no real point. I really need to just cut to the point and I'm sorry if I offended you at all, but I really just wanted to know how the tube screamer would work with my tube amp. I don't mean how the electrolytes are transported, I mean just a really basic "what does it do". Does it make it loud and remove hiss or what? Thanks man
If you didn't read it, you have no right to bitch about not finding what you're looking for.
I've tried to be patient, and now you're just getting absurd. Rarely is it a good idea to insult someone's work when you aren't understanding it or even using it to its fullest; even less frequently is it a good idea to then ask for MORE HELP. Did you read the questions? Did you at least gloss over it?
Call it "radio host filler" if you want, it's a very technical explanation in very casual and informal language with very clear and visual analogies. I can start flooding you with the real science behind it, but I basically can't make it simpler than that. If you want to know how it works, or what it does (again, IT'S IN THERE, you just actually have to READ to KNOW WHAT'S WRITTEN), or how to use it, you can find it there.
If you want some horribly flawed bunch of bullshit that just insults your intelligence by being so simple and gets things wrong by oversimplifying them, go to Musician's Friend or Harmony Central. If you want tech stuff, look up a tech article. If you have a question that actually wasn't answered, I will answer it and then post it in the common questions portion.
I've tried to make something entertaining enough to keep reader interest and still accurate and detailed. By just about every other account, I've done a damn good job.
Want to know something else? Here's my background, just in case you don't believe that I know what I'm talking about and that I'm exactly the kind of guy you should be taking seriously if you want actual answers. I'm a math and physics nerd. My leisure reading was the textbooks my mother used to get her math degree from a very prestigious school. I learned how to program computers at the same time I was learning to speak. I sleep twice a week, and I spend most of my time either learning or teaching - since I was in kindergarten I was the guy everyone went to with math, science, and computer questions. In a matter of days I'll be getting a bachelor's in math with a minor in physics, and at the end of next month I'm starting graduate studies in the same field... at the age of 20. Just about every aptitude test I've taken has shown me as being literally through the roof, and the people I tutor and teach wind up improving by factors they didn't think possible. I've built and modded these pedals, as well as a number of other audio devices, for years now. Long story short, I know what I'm talking about... how's that for a summary?
If someone asks a question, I answer it and share that answer with everyone else on the forum through this thread. I've had people read this not just for the technical information but for amusement - I'm sorry, the "radio host filler" - and had people (with no knowledge or interest in pro audio) send it to me saying "This is great, you'd probably like this..." after reading it.
This was created to cut down on the repetitive questions that EVERYONE asked at one point or another, and it is also the starting point for any other discussion on such devices and their use - I simply cannot answer your questions without directing you to something like this so that I know you have at least some level of competency with this stuff, or going through every detail individually.
If you read through this and still have questions, ask. If you want a more detailed or technical description, ask. But I wouldn't recommend asking questions like that, with obnoxious fucking smiley faces while you insult something that took time and work to create.
And Raptor Jesus save your sorry ass if you respond to this with the same tl;dr bullshit you've been trying to pass off as an excuse for your own inability to learn without having everything handed to you on a silver platter.
Jeff
