Do you NEED a Switcher?
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2023
- Lets find out if a switcher is a necessity or just a waste of money
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Gear Used:
PRS Custom 24-08 10-Top McCarty Burst
Vertex Travel Plus - www.vertexeffects.com/travel-...
IK Multimedia ToneX - www.ikmultimedia.com/products...
Cioks DC7 + DC4 - cioks.com/power-supplies/futu...
Origin Effects Cali 76 Compact Deluxe - origineffects.com/product/cal...
Greer Amps Lightspeed - www.greeramps.com/products/li...
Analogman King of Tone - www.analogman.com/kingtone.htm
Strymon Mobius - www.strymon.net/product/mobius/
Strymon Timeline - www.strymon.net/product/timel...
Strymon BigSky - www.strymon.net/product/bigsky/
GigRig G3 - www.thegigrig.com/g3
Peterson Strobo Stomp HD - www.petersontuners.com/produc...
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X - www.uaudio.com/audio-interfac...
Creation "Mini Cake" - creationmusiccompany.com/prod...
Mogami 2319 Patch Cable
Camera Gear:
Sony A7IV Mirrorless
Sigma ART 24mm 1.4f Lens
This channel is gonna be more of a vlog/gig style as I head to Japan and show what the musical journey is going to look like for me. Let me know if you have any questions and toss those in the comments!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for doing this. I've been looking into these the past few weeks and info on them is minimal at best.
Of course! Let me know if there's any specific i can answer for ya!
So nice mate!! this is the most awesome pedal setup I've ever seen!!
Thanks man! Much appreciated! I did make one small(BIG) change…added a King Tone mini fuzz mkii and it’s INCREDIBLE! I’ll do a video on it soon!
Fantastic video !!!
The G3 looks amazing !!!
Thanks man! It really is incredible and ridiculously intuitive.
Nice video and nice gear. For the G3 I think I saw their video about tuner update, now it has a tuner inside. Keep it up man, and good luck for Japan.
Thanks man! YES, I just haven’t had time to send in my G3 to get it updated for the tuner update. They actually do it for free when you send it back!
Thanks for the kind words man and appreciate it!
Not just from a switching stand point, but the fidelity is much better with a G3.
It sounds much clearer than chaining pedals.
You also need a good power supply for cleaner sound as well.
Yes! The ability to shorten cable lengths and runs retains some high end fidelity especially if you have the buffers activated.
Your PRS is stunning. Great video.
Thanks so much! It's definitely been my favorite looking and sounding guitar so far.
What are you playing? A PRS as well?
Thanks for the comment!
@@rickyrayreid Is it a 24-08? I have a PRS Hollowbody ii in a similar finish along with a few other guitars.
@@willgoodfellow3144 yes! It’s a 10-top 24-08!
Those hollow body ii’s sound so great! Is it your #1?
@@rickyrayreid My no.1 is my fender custom shop 1968 Mike Landau strat. It's what I feel most at home on.
@@willgoodfellow3144 oh heck yeah! That sounds killer! I think a custom shop will be my next too
I love using a switcher, but I don't imagine the'y're for everyone.
That said, even if you'd rather not as your signal chain is simple the set up you can have in a studio can't be beaten.
It's a great way to A/B pedals and play around with routing.
Completely agree with ya especially when it comes to a studio or on the fly setting! I feel like there's a certain threshold of pedals where a switcher becomes a blessing and worth all the front-end setup. If I didn't use midi I think I'd just go straight in series!
Hey there! Very cool board set up. Great tone too. I just built my board and I am running the GigRig G2. Trying to get into setting up midi. As I don’t have much time it takes away from playing. Going to subscribe and hopefully you will have some videos where maybe you could show how to set up a midi patch. I run the Strymon Big Sky,Timeline,Mobius, and Volante.
Let me know if you have any questions on setting up a preset! I put out a “midi template” video a bit ago so let me know if that helped ya out! Thanks!
nice playing!
I appreciate that very much! Thank you! 😁 and thanks for watching!
Do you find yourself creatively limited while using a switcher? For pre planned performances it would be pretty helpful but for jamming or writing it seems somewhat limiting.
It depends how you set it up! Some people go with the “bank presets” route where each bank is for a specific song then they switch to a new bank for the next song up.
But I go for the “kitchen sink” approach. So every time I have is available without changing banks. So there are 14 foot-switches on the top (28 total when I use the “hidden preset” function by double pressing a footswitch) This allows me to have all my sounds possible without swapping over!
Makes it extremely versatile! In my pedalboard rundown I go over how I have it setup in more detail!
Nice setup, my setup is similar, but you have a G3. I like the gigrig g3, but they are NOT readily available in the US.
Thanks man! Yes I still think they’re in high demand! I ended up buying mine used since the wait time was pretty crazy. What switcher are you currently using?
I feel like you missed one of the biggest reason why someone would want a pedal switching system (and you definitely did NOT show case this in your intro…nice playing though), is that you want to recreate the punch-ins from a recording. Switching from a tame rhythm chord bit, to a chorus-y melodic line and then to a lead bit…or whatever. Switchers are great if you need to play stuff that, on its own it might sound disjointed, but in context to the song, sounds like a bunch of different guitarists.
Beyond that, you omitted to mention some of the classic players (company’s) that do switching. I had a Rolls MIDI Wizard and switcher in the mid-90’s. Then there is Ground Control/VooDoo Lab GCX system, the Rocktron stuff, (historically the most versatile) Sound Sculpture Switchblade and currently…the “King Of The Hill” Morningstar Engineering (shout out to Disaster Area as well).
Not trying to throw shade, but maybe go down the rabbit hole a bit more? I’m sure I’ve missed some things as well (and UA-camrs will mercilessly let me know).
Totally agree with ya! I absolutely could’ve showcased the immediate switching a bit more going from sparkly cleans to verb and delay sounds instantly (I actually covered more of that in the next midi video I did!) So many killer companies and players that have been doing midi and Morningstar absolutely killing it!
Thanks for the comment!
Hey dude! Love your content. You have to fix your video title. Keep up the great work!
Mannn! Done and done! Appreciate the look out! 😁
I got the Boss ES-8 ... game changer love it but ONLY if u have the balls to get into MIDI programming. Itz easy but not for everybody
That was my first switcher and was such a doozy for me to learn the midi ropes. I remember HOURS of putting in random numbers to see what would work!
You’re right though, once you get into it it’s pretty hard to go back!
I’m curious, how heavy is that board?
I don’t have a scale at my place but it feels like it’s about 25-30lbs!
Small footprint, but very dense!