The Originals: Marshall Blues Breaker / Bluesbreaker Pedals In reality, all overdrive pedals need some EQ curve to sound pleasing to the ear, so the “transparent” thing is just kind of a buzzword – check out this Brian Wampler video for a deeper explanation. Instead, its sound is perceived as transparent: your tone is meant to stay intact, and all that is added is a nice smooth overdrive, reminiscent of a tube amp being pushed. Many players like how, unlike the Ibanez Tube Screamer, the Blues Breaker doesn’t add a mid-hump and roll off a lot of low end from your guitar tone. A new version of the pedal, the Marshall BB-2, also discontinued was released in the mid-’10s after the circuit rose in popularity. I have an early-2010s xeon/quadro workstation which will become the recode box once i find some desk space for it, so I'll update some day how that compares if anyone cares.The original 1991 Blues Breaker pedal didn’t exactly capture the iconic sound it was going for, but it did provide a nice low-gain overdrive tone that some may refer to as “transparent.”Īlthough the trend didn’t catch on until the early 2000s, the Blues Breaker was the pedal that began the transparent overdrive craze which continues today. I know I could probably get slightly better image and a decently smaller file size if I used CPU encoding, but with ~60 episodes to recode and the CPU moving between 1fps & 10fps.ain't nobody got time fo' that. Transcoding some silly-sized 1080p h264 files without touching audio streams or subtitles, framerates and resolutions all same as source.ĬQ set to 27, I've been getting avg 122fps transcode and a ~1.5gb file of good quality for a 47min show, including the untouched DTS audio track, and from a source of ~3.5-5gb.Ĭomparing the original file to the recoded ones, I can see some artifacts in dark areas if i'm looking for them, but nothing that will distract when i'm actually watching the show. Popping in here to say i've got a 1660ti and an i7 from 2015 or something.įor shows where the enjoyment is less tied to the absolute visual finesse, i've been liking a bit of NVENC goodness.

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