Let's check out ADAM from Darkglass Electronics!

[@reno8361]

Le meilleur test que j'ai pu voir et entendre pour cette Adam 👍. Merci😊

[@erikarko]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tonysmith.bassguitar]

Right on! I love seeing walkthrough vids from a static point of view vs preset song, over-post-production, long list of gear used that is not shown or listed. Rock on brother!

[@erikarko]

Glad you enjoyed it, Tony!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@PhilosophicalCat]

Great demo! I like the fact that you can create 3 presets to switch between quickly. I also like how the levels are represented with lights - way easier than twiddling knobs on a dark stage!

[@erikarko]

Agreed :)

[@erikarko]

Thanks!! And agreed! :)

[@thewetterbass]

Good thing we just started 2021, because you probably need a whole year to find out all this pedal has to offer! Wow, so complete!

[@erikarko]

Yeah, there are quite a few features on this one!!

[@beardzyonbass9193]

This is exactly the video i needed to see on this, great demo man!

[@erikarko]

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it!!

[@IainThacker]

Cool stuff - pretty versatile for a small unit and the P-Bass sounds epic.

[@erikarko]

Thanks dude! Totally agree!!

[@akkunzero]

really love this pedal how it separates the low end and mid-high end

[@erikarko]

🤘🤘🤘

[@h0nza_]

Wait what? Like X series?

[@BenKrisfield]

Nice crunchy tones there.

[@erikarko]

Why thank you, kind sir :)

[@chrismorris3897]

Great video! Thank you!

[@erikarko]

Thank you for watching!!

[@elliottm1234]

The midrange harmonics that sing on that 3rd drive circuit sounds amazing on that bass!

[@erikarko]

Thanks!!

[@IvanBassist]

Best way to start the year 🤘🏽

[@erikarko]

🙌🙌🙌

[@Nebvin]

Great demo! I’ve spent the last few evenings exploring my Adam, I’m impressed with it so far. Just hoping Darkglass gets around to adding more features to the app, would love to be able to change settings (and hopefully save/load presets). I think my fav preset so far is distortion #4 with the vintage IR (#5), with drive, character, and blend turned fairly low.

[@erikarko]

Thanks!! Knowing Darkglass, I'm pretty sure that there's LOTS more to come!! :)

[@patrickmasone3014]

Happy new year! But more i hear this Pedal,the more i love the combo X Ultra+Hyperluminal (saving for Harmonic Booster). Anyway The Adam It's a very great deal,Just not my Cup of tea.X Ultra it's cleaner and i can save Easy some Low frequiencies,without the Blend knob. Just my 2 cent. Great review,very accurate!

[@erikarko]

Glad you liked the demo! I’m planning on pairing this one with the X7 - I have a feeling that’ll cause some REAL sonic destruction! :)

[@patrickmasone3014]

After 2 years and the release of Photon and Infinity..i change my mind with ONLY infinity!Oh man..what an upgrade! Good Adam now with Chorus,but to fuzzier for me. Photon Is Better,but i really care only on the "Studio Setting" so for me,was an Easy choice! Omg Vintage with X tecnologic...what a Dream! I Hope an update for the FX Loop,maybe using the dual Left+right output tò "transform" in Send-Return maybe! Love your review,Always thank you!

[@jaxonvictoria4345]

Incredible in-depth review! One thing is that I wish the blend knob wasn’t dimed, I don’t think most people do that anyway. Nonetheless, excellent job and I’m thankful for videos like these. Thinking of returning my Boss GT-1000core and getting the ADAM instead.

[@erikarko]

Thank You!! I only dimed it to REALLY show off the distortion side of things - when I dialled in the preset later on I, as you probably saw rolled it back :) Thank you for watching and for the comment - means A LOT! :)

[@jaxonvictoria4345]

@@erikarko that’s true. Also thanks for using a P bass! It should be the standard with bass equipment review. All the best.

[@peterrovaniemi138]

You need to know why you need a certain pedal? You just pay Erik a visit and you will know!!!! Great video as always man and gott nytt!

[@erikarko]

Thanks man!! Gott Nytt!!

[@-dany-3374]

Nice and professional video.

[@erikarko]

Thanks!!!

[@tibi1687]

great review dude! in depth and engaging! But can i request something? A demo using a bass with modern pickups and preamp? Unfortunatelly the more attackie sounds out there seem to be done with dingwalls. you got some gnarly tones in the past with other products! cheers dude!

[@erikarko]

I’ll look into it - and if you can’t wait, then Nathan Navarro did JUST that in his demo! :D

[@bassimprovjams3772]

@@erikarko ya his was good to, he did not mention that it has a built in tuner tho I was shocked that he didn't

[@tibi1687]

​@@erikarko hey dude! I've seen that one. Unfortunatelly for my years his demo sounded more towards the heavy fuzz tones. The idea is that that, from what i've seen and heard, the most agresive tones you cand get with this unit, can be achieved only Dingwalls due to their unique sound (regardless of active or passive settings). Im referring to that clanky high-ish distorted tone that Adam gets. Now I know that everyone will get a different tone depending on many setups and settings on their basses. But everybody seems to get more of a heavy fuzz, rather than a aggressive, defined, attackie bass tone, if they don't use Dingwalls... even on the first 2 drives. You, on the other hand, managed to get some pretty gnarly tones in your past vids. Thats why i asked if you would be interested in researching that. Oh and as a second point. For some reason, everybody, if they don't use dingwalls or stingrays, they go straight for the vintage basses, rather than modern, high output instruments. Sorry for sending a novel! Cheers!

[@erikarko]

Gonna try it with my Yamaha BB734A as well!! :)

[@erikarko]

@@tibi1687 Dude, I’ve recorded a snippet that hopefully satisfies your need :) Stay tuned!

[@ridhwanrosli1118]

great pedal for someone in need simple to go setup to FOH and to DAW

[@erikarko]

🙌

[@GIGeorge23]

Thanks for the in depth review. I was thinking about getting one but the lack of fx loop and I was hoping for some more amp like tones means I'll probably stick with my Vintage Ultra.

[@erikarko]

Glad to be of service, although it didn’t make you get one :D The Vintage Ultra is wonderful, though! Great unit!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

@@erikarko don't worry i want one now hahahaha

[@Garrett-In-Canada]

I need to try this ti work out some more tones geared to earlier metal and mixture of rock

[@ShawnSharkey4]

Erik, this is a great, detailed demo. My only confusion is how the tuner works; I see green is in tune but there’s a lot going on. It’s probably common sense but it’s a feature that I can’t fully grasp. Cheers 🍻

[@erikarko]

On the left you see what note you’re playing (takes a minute or two to figure out) :)

[@Garrett-In-Canada]

thank you for taking the time to do this demo a lot of insight. one question if I was running it to amp head that has a pre amp should i just run it to the return and plug the guitar into the Adam input or just go direct to the front of the amp head?

[@erikarko]

I’d go with the FX Return :)

[@francoishtzl157]

Cool stuff but why the symbols under the footswitch are not the same as Nolly test or other video

[@erikarko]

Truth be told, this is actually a completely hand soldered Beta testing unit, so a few cosmetic changes were made after this iteration :) The insides are exactly the same as the production ones though :)

[@endrwenigr]

I got this pedal a few weeks back. Awesome device with many possibilities, congrats to Darkglass for this creation. BUT, I'm struggling to get a tight punchy distortion without a fuzzy character. The closest I'm getting is with overdrive 2. Any ideas? Thanks :)

[@erikarko]

Hmmm.. do you have the noise gate engaged? (Controlled in the DG-app) Also, consider placing the Cab after the entire signal chain and not just on the distortion (also controlled in the app) Thirdly, make sure to play around with the character knob - it really helps when it comes to the tone shaping IMHO ;)

[@fernandoponzetti6350]

hi erik !! excellent video!!!! can we achieve a sound like Rex Brown?

[@erikarko]

Thanks!! Yeah, I think with the acoming update (that allows for a drive-pad at -6dB) it should be possible!! :)

[@saigonproducer]

Can you please make a demo of this pedal with a electric guitar. I’m looking for a pedal that can work w both. I play both instruments. Thanks

[@erikarko]

Will look into it! :)

[@perryborn2777]

Yeah... I gotta get one

[@erikarko]

It’s a darn great unit!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

So, like if my son is sleeping and I want to jam, I can plung in my headphones and rock out with no amp?

[@erikarko]

Yes!!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

@@erikarko wow!!! I need!!

[@simaojoseph]

Gain for the compressor? Do you mean threshold?

[@erikarko]

Yea, sorry! My bad! :)

[@simaojoseph]

@@erikarko it’s not like it’s tagged, right?

[@erikarko]

Haha nah exactly

[@Vladimir_Kalmazan_bass]

Спасибо за обзор!! Даже толком не зная языка я понял, что к чему!!!

[@erikarko]

👍👍👍

[@JLP-333]

I have the X Ultra and the Alpha Omega Ultra, in thinking about selling the AO.. do you still use yours?

[@erikarko]

I have it, but I use it rarely. I like the tones of it though.. :)

[@h0nza_]

The best combination would be frequency splitter and compressor of X Ultra and distortion circuits of AOU 🤘

[@fysy9989]

I think I prefer the other Darkglass overdrive/distortion sounds over these 5.

[@erikarko]

To each his own :) I actually like these flavours. They’re a bit different to the other ones IMHO. I’m gonna try and stack it with the X and the B3k to see what happens as well :)

[@GutspillPhil]

@@erikarko … how was the Adam stacked with the ultra snd how did you do it? Clean Adam before the X?

[@erikarko]

Never got around to try it, but I’d go with a clean-ish ADAM and the X BEFORE ADAM :)

[@Garrett-In-Canada]

if you use usb to a Daw it gives you a wet and dry signal

[@PooNinja]

Never trust an atom, they make up everything ⚛️

[@PooNinja]

Oh ADAM 🤦🏽

[@erikarko]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@thiagodeandradeneves4585]

Growling machine.

[@erikarko]

Oh yes! :)