http://www.aqdi.com Atlantic Quality Design, Inc. - Latest News Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:20:00 +0000 en-us hourly 1 http://www.aqdi.com/logorss.gif http://www.aqdi.com 144 59 http://www.aqdi.com/zvc.htm ZEROCAP TECHNOLOGY COMES TO YOUR PEDAL BOARD! Fincastle, Virginia, October 8th, 2010: Atlantic Quality Design, Inc. announced its new ZEROCAP VC system, which for the first time in the known universe makes guitar cable capacitance variable! The guitarist can dial in the amount of cable capacitance to create the tone he wants to hear. This provides a palette of tones previously unavailable using standard technology cables and tone controls. The ZEROCAP VC system consists of two parts, a small device that mounts on the pedal board and a specially designed cable. The combination of the device and cable allows the cable capacitance to be varied continuously from near zero up to the natural value of the cable. Cables are available from 5ft to 50ft and are priced reasonably. The ZEROCAP VC system does NOT inline buffer or amplify the guitar's signal and does not change the output impedance of the guitar. It simply varies the capacitance of the guitar cable. Available NOW, the ZEROCAP VC Device is priced at $49.95, and ZEROCAP VC Cables are available in lengths of 5ft to 50ft and start at $29.95. See http://www.AQDI.com/zvc.htm for full specs, sound clips and ordering information. Atlantic Quality Design, Inc. is an electronics design and consulting firm that has been in business for 21 years, creating industrial quality hardware and software products. http://www.aqdi.com/zerocap.htm The ZEROCAP ultra low capacitance cable lets you hear all the frequencies being produced by your guitar. Cable capacitance kills the high frequencies from your pickups, resulting in a muddy sound. The ZEROCAP cable makes your guitar think it is driving about one foot of cable, and the sound opens up in an amazing way. Read more about it at http://www.aqdi.com/zerocap.htm. page. http://www.aqdi.com/order.htm Do you use an array of guitar pedals in your rig? Have you ever switched the order of the pedals to hear the differences? Our latest web article explains why you may want to try your favorite distortion or chorus pedal in a different spot in your signal chain to help you to achieve tone nirvana! That elusive tone could be lying there dormant in your existing pedals, so switch them up and tweak away! Read the article here: http://www.aqdi.com/order.htm http://www.aqdi.com/cgi-bin/database.cgi Compare guitar pickup tones with our web tool! Have you ever replaced the pickups in your guitar only to find that it didn't achieve the tone you were looking for? Finding the right pickup for your guitar is a laborious task and can become quite expensive! Our tone database was designed to make this process a little less painful by giving you visual and audible references to compare the frequency response curves for different pickups. Our innovative sampling process allows you the ability to compensate for variables such as cable capacitance and volume pot resistance values through our web interface. Come check it out! http://www.aqdi.com/tonecap.htm There is a lot of information on the Internet about guitar tone capacitors... which value is the best, which dielectric is the best, etc. Here at Atlantic Quality Design, Inc. we like to help folks weed through the hype and get to the cold, hard truth about what impacts your tone... and what doesn't. Read the full article here: http://www.aqdi.com/tonecap.htm http://www.aqdi.com/wiring.htm In searching for the ultimate tube amplifier, you have no doubt come across folks who swear by point-to-point, hand-wiring and others who claim that there is no benefit to this technique when compared with printed circuit board designs. The truth is that what matters most in either case is the competency of the person wiring the amp or laying out the circuit board. In our "Point-to-Point vs. Circuit Board Wiring" article, discover the advantages and disadvantages of each approach and things to consider when looking at the variety of tube amplifier specs: http://www.aqdi.com/wiring.htm http://www.aqdi.com/ax100fix.htm Sometimes you find that ultimate piece of gear that gives you just what you're looking for, but suffers from some annoying bug that makes it lose it's luster. In our latest article, we tear into the AXON AX100 Guitar Synth to implement a solution to the common "stuck note" issue which normally requires power cycling the unit. This can be a serious problem when it occurs in the middle of a song! See what we used to deal with this recurring issue and how to incorporate it into your AX100: http://www.aqdi.com/ax100fix.htm http://www.aqdi.com/rms.htm Are you a gearhead that likes to read the technical details section of your gear's user manual? If so, you've probably come across the term "RMS" when referring to power specifications. This brief description will help to shed some light on exactly what that means and why you should care! http://www.aqdi.com/rms.htm http://www.aqdi.com/zcfaq.htm We've compiled a list of frequently asked questions related to our ZEROCAP capacitance eliminating guitar cable and our ZEROCAP VC device. If you've still got questions about ZEROCAP technology and what it can do for you, check out our new article: http://www.aqdi.com/zcfaq.htm http://www.aqdi.com/z.htm What's the difference between speaker cable impedance and signal impedance... and why should I care? Actually, knowing the difference can help diagnose problems in your setup and protect your investment! You want to get the most out of your gear and get the best tone possible, Right? Read this article and learn about why you should care. It won't hurt... we promise! http://www.aqdi.com/z.htm http://www.aqdi.com/press.htm ZEROCAP ultra low capacitance guitar cable technology has brought discerning guitarists new vistas in tonal clarity. We are pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has just awarded the first of several patents on our ZEROCAP technology. "This first patent is among several applications filed to protect our ZEROCAP technology. We are proud of this achievement and what it means to guitar players who are looking for the utmost in tonal integrity," said Hank Wallace, inventor of the ZEROCAP cable. The company recently announced its new ZEROCAP VC system, which for the first time in the known universe makes guitar cable capacitance variable! The guitarist can dial in the amount of cable capacitance to create the tone he/she wants to hear. This provides a palette of tones previously unavailable using standard technology cables and tone controls. See our web site, http://www.aqdi.com/mpproducts.htm, for all the details and to hear sound clips of the ZEROCAP products and competitive cables. Atlantic Quality Design, Inc. is an electronics design and musical products firm that has been in business since 1989. http://www.aqdi.com/gjunkie.htm Do you have Jimi Hendrix boxer shorts? Do you use a dolly to roll your pedalboard onstage? Do you have any children named Eddie, Jimi or Stevie Ray? If so, the chances are good that you're a bonefide guitar junkie! Come check out some of the other junkie traits that were submitted by our readers: http://www.aqdi.com/gjunkie.htm http://www.aqdi.com/groundloop.htm Have you ever wondered why we get hum or buzz in certain situations with our gear and not in others? This brief primer will give you an idea of why this happens and how to prevent it: http://www.aqdi.com/groundloop.htm