Great demo. I'm a keyboard player that also plays guitar and the key in using this properly is to play it like a keyboard. It's the same when a keyboard play wants to sound like a guitar you have to play it with the dynamics of a guitar. Well done with this demo.
Just played a live gig with this thing. Fabulous! EHX really have pulled out all the 'organ' stops with this. B9, C9 and KEY9 really are the tools we have been looking for. Midi - you just lost the war! You will need a noise gate, but once again EHX has an answer for that as well with the Silencer. Top products, top guys, top sounds. I've never sounded better!
Keep putting out awesome pedals EHX. You guys are the only ones constantly innovating these days and I'm proud to own your products! Kudos to Mike and the gang at EHX!
Sold! EHX makes the best demo vids by using a solid, versatile player. The chops are there to show the full potential of the unit. Excellent job, EHX & Bill Ruppert!
Murphy NZ Hey! You're welcome! You should come visit...There's quite a bit more interesting stuff going on now, synthesizers, harpsichords, funk, effects pedal reviews...
These pedals are absolutely UNREAL. I honestly can't believe my ears. Saying "Fantastic Job EHX" feels like an understatement. But that's all I've got. P.S. - Nice Kemper. :D
Absolutely brilliant. The pedal is excellent but the playing, I take my hat off to you sir! Apart from you being a superb guitarist, the way you have adapted your playing to put your head into a keyboard player is very impressive. This is not simply playing a different sound with the guitar it's a different mind set altogether IMHO.
They're telling us to avoid panic buying, but I just ordered this and the Bass9. With a looper and my drums I'm about to go one man band (and crowd) and really self isolate. Terrible joke, sorry. But seriously can't wait until these pedals arrive.
Bill and his magic fingerings win again. Great demo - I could listen to the walking bass stuff all day. Cool pedal. I think EHX has really stumbled across a winning formula here. Loved the Taxi theme guitar arrangement.
at first I thought who cares about a piano effect, and after seeing the whole video this is by far the best demo review and one of the most interesting pedals! so much options
Just got this pedal a few weeks ago!!...what can I say, I love it!!...the thing being it as integrated effects like chorus and low octave (num 1), tremolo (num 2), phase (num 3), percs (num 4), combined effects (num 5), Leslie and tremolo (num 6, my favorite, the perfect Caravan sound and so much more), percs and vibrato (num 7), percs, modulation and octaves (num 8) and punchy attack and high octave (num 9)!!...you can mix-in your original guitar sound or use a hot signal with one pickup and have a seperate dry signal or another pickup on your guitar with a dry signal going to a separate input on your amp and blend those two together!!...I mean, that's totaly amazing!!...bring it in lightly or use it full blown, you will be blown away by this pedal that brings inspiration to your playing!!...mix all of that with a delay and reverb and you are on your way to new musical heights!!...
Since you can do multi-tone pitch extraction and then for each note, synthesize the 'tonal carrier' waveform and envelope of the different keyboards, I figured you could generate sax and trumpet too. So, when will you be releasing the HORN SECTION ? Seriously.
Wish I had found this channel sooner. I started guitar in the early '80s so I thought the only effects pedals were distortion, phaser, flanger, and wah. Had no idea ones like these existed, lol. Loved the Beck!
I purchased the B9 Organ Machine when it first came out and was praying that EHX would come out with this pedal, and they did. I love it and it will always remain a part of my rig!!!!!
Getting closer to "Pitch to Synth" sounds. Using midi pickups for years, I've been waiting for a company to create straight guitar to synth/Keyboard sounds. Nice work guys! I'll add this to my pedal collection
Simply awesome !!! Amazing how technology has advanced with creative minds and excellent musicians. I can remember seeing ELP, when they first came to the US in the early seventies. Keith Emerson gave a demo of the Moog synthesizer and everyone was blown away. Amazing as to come to the present day and the progress that has been made. Hats off to Bill as he is a wizard.
I'm happy with my B9 and now all this other cool stuff to play with is coming out, it just brings a smile to my face to be able to extract these sounds out of a stomp box. thanks. EH. Great demos too.
EHX is simply the best for inspiring creativity with his pedals. I have an EHX bag with only EHX pedals and I would love to have this too... if I have the money to buy it, ehehe :) Pretty good work with KEY9!
Not to say the pedal isn't impressive and now on my list, but Ruppert does an amazing job picking the right tunes for each setting. With some limitations of course, it seems like this pedal could potentially replace your octave, chorus, flanger, and even the B9. Love it.
Billy Huber from Oil City PA was my guitar teacher for a summer. I made a mash up of ‘Rebel Rouser’ and ‘What’d I say’ for a 4th grade talent show at school. I played it on my sisters acoustic. If I’d have had an amp and this pedal back then....who knows...It may have changed the world as we know it today. Probably not but maybe I could have at least gotten a date to the dance. Bill Rupert is to EHX demos as Gordon Ramsey is to food without all the yelling.
Finally got my hands on one of these, and my band mates love it. The cool things I can do when pairing it with other neat effects on my pedalboard make for some unreal sounds, and I can't ask for a better product.
I'm still coming back to these organ pedal demos because I love the crap out of these things but after years of deciding, I'm pretty firm on the Key9 because of that elusive Fender Rhodes piano sound, plus the "B3 on acid" Deep Purple Highway Star sound!.. my band did fire the keyboard player!! 🤣🤣🤣
That's brilliant. I have a C9 and love it. If only EHX would release a MIDI model so I could recall patches in my rig live. That's kinda the problem with these pedals. There's so many great usable sounds but you can't get at them easily in a live gig without bending down and tweaking the pedal. But they're really a live tool as in a studio, you'd just use a real Wurly or B3. Please EHX, one box with all the B9, C9 and Key 9 sounds available and MIDI recall. Then you'd really have a serious live tool for guitarists.
Thank you Bill for such excellent demos! Your choice of songs is a very good thing. For the eHx demos you pick songs from Ray Charles, Steely Dan, Beck, the Doors and Kraftwerk and you play the songs like a master! I enjoy listening to your playing while I paint. You have a solid talent, sir!
You really have to watch bending strings tho if you wanna sell it as a real electric piano. I've been using MIDI guitar synths for almost 30 years, those patches I use for piano organ, etc....have to be set at bend =0. This machine does not allow for that but man does it sound cool!
By the way the quality of the demo is excellent. Great playing and clearly explained demo. This looks ideal for fingerpicking .... Just the right length to keep people interested.
1:00 Get out the micrometer. I'm pretty sure that brick I just shit was a perfect rectangular prism. Your playing shows the true capabilities of these products and EHX is lucky to have you.
Since my first EHX purchase of the Deluxe Memory Man in the early 80's I knew this company was special. These new keyboard units like the C9 and the latest Mel9 are state of the art devices and insane from a value stand point based on how little they cost !!! If they keep this up their engineers are going to be fitted for straight jackets !!! Cant wait for my Mel9 to arrive !!!
I wanna hear more EIGHTY EIGHT samples. Would be cool to play some Elton, Billy Joel, Queen, Journey piano / keyboard driven tunes live using guitar This would truly expand the Set List
Все 4-е педали: B9, Mel9, C9, Key9 они все просто шикарные по звучаниям! Ничего подобного не видел и не слышал от других фир педалек. Это педали вне конкуренции!
Wonderful demo Bill, as always! I expected something like this since your "Rhodes emulation attempt" in one of the Effectology video, well it is finally here! I would love to see new effectology tricks by the way ;)
0:46 1. Dynamo
1:27 2. Wurli
2:10 3. Suitcase
3:17 4. Mallets
3:47 5. Eighty Eight
4:29 6. Tri-Glorious
6:23 7. Vibes
6:56 8. Organ
7:46 9. Steel Drums
9:00 Shut up and take my money.
Hero
lol @ 9:00 I would buy 2 of these if I didn’t already have a midi guitar... and I still might buy one!
cool pedal but the guitarist is the real star of this video...that guy is a phenomenal talent!
Thanks Jake!
You can't even imagine what this marvel can do with an Electric Oud. Thanks!
Sure, but you can't buy him.
truly
@@moreblack Ask him about if he is organ donator? I want his left hand :)
3 gigs under my belt with this, people asked me who played keys. Could not believe it was a guitar!
+Custom Strat That is so great to hear!
Same!
great..man.. happy days..
sweet
Cool!
EHX are the NASA of sound. True pioneers.
Bumblefritz And unlike NASA EH does not "Destroy their old technology" lmfao.
@Jijii So woke!! 🤣
NOT ONLY IS THIS PEDAL BAD ASS BUT COME ON YOU GOT TO GIVE IT TO BILL RUPERT! man you sir are an amazing guitar player!
Seriously. I never get tired of hearing him play.
Holy hell this amazing. The Goyte part was awesome, but Riders on the Storm gave me chills how perfect that was.
This pedal is amazing and so is the guitarist demoing it.
Great demo. I'm a keyboard player that also plays guitar and the key in using this properly is to play it like a keyboard. It's the same when a keyboard play wants to sound like a guitar you have to play it with the dynamics of a guitar. Well done with this demo.
Just played a live gig with this thing. Fabulous! EHX really have pulled out all the 'organ' stops with this. B9, C9 and KEY9 really are the tools we have been looking for. Midi - you just lost the war! You will need a noise gate, but once again EHX has an answer for that as well with the Silencer. Top products, top guys, top sounds. I've never sounded better!
I love the cover of Bob James' Angela (the theme from Taxi) here! Great choice to demo this sweet effect
This guy is just about the best guitarist I've ever seen on UA-cam
Keep putting out awesome pedals EHX. You guys are the only ones constantly innovating these days and I'm proud to own your products! Kudos to Mike and the gang at EHX!
steely dan and doors organ/key parts would sound great but also i love that sound like the one in no quarter
Great "Caravan" epic keyboard sound with number 6!!...
step one to having a good demo: good guitarist. really shows off the pedal
Sold! EHX makes the best demo vids by using a solid, versatile player. The chops are there to show the full potential of the unit. Excellent job, EHX & Bill Ruppert!
the most impressive and versatile pedal in this range so far!!
No way! Wassup moot! I actually thought of your playing when I watched this
+mootbooxle I haven't visited your channel in years. Thanks for teaching everyone how to make a Ghetto Talkbox!
Murphy NZ
Hey! You're welcome! You should come visit...There's quite a bit more interesting stuff going on now, synthesizers, harpsichords, funk, effects pedal reviews...
mootbooxle Cool. Will do!
These pedals are absolutely UNREAL. I honestly can't believe my ears.
Saying "Fantastic Job EHX" feels like an understatement. But that's all I've got.
P.S. - Nice Kemper. :D
I’ve got a lot of these 9 pedals. They’re all fantastic.
I came here expecting the key 9 to be a bit dull, but it’s actually amazing
Holy crap, I want one
^
Eddie C lol i think theyre over it
When he started playing No Quarter, I lost my shit. Great pedal!!!
I missed it
Absolutely brilliant. The pedal is excellent but the playing, I take my hat off to you sir! Apart from you being a superb guitarist, the way you have adapted your playing to put your head into a keyboard player is very impressive. This is not simply playing a different sound with the guitar it's a different mind set altogether IMHO.
2:50, JPJ, mind = blown. Bill dials in so many awesome examples. Thanks EHX for this awesome tool. Can't wait!
They're telling us to avoid panic buying, but I just ordered this and the Bass9. With a looper and my drums I'm about to go one man band (and crowd) and really self isolate. Terrible joke, sorry. But seriously can't wait until these pedals arrive.
What looper?
This is the best demo i've ever seen in my entire life
Bill and his magic fingerings win again. Great demo - I could listen to the walking bass stuff all day. Cool pedal. I think EHX has really stumbled across a winning formula here. Loved the Taxi theme guitar arrangement.
+aliensporebomb Thank you Todd!
I came here to praise the guitarist doing the demo. Great player... I see others have noticed this too. Give the man a raise
Damn it EHX, you guys aren't going to stop until you have all my money do ya?
My money too, damn it.
LOL. I know right
LeEcHeR 1 yes they are fun i done got two myself.
Joke's on you guys. Do what I did, I have no money to start with 😂
0mg y0u know this is sick i wont all they got on this
at first I thought who cares about a piano effect, and after seeing the whole video this is by far the best demo review and one of the most interesting pedals! so much options
This is a good revenge vs keyboards that tries to simulate guitars
Just got this pedal a few weeks ago!!...what can I say, I love it!!...the thing being it as integrated effects like chorus and low octave (num 1), tremolo (num 2), phase (num 3), percs (num 4), combined effects (num 5), Leslie and tremolo (num 6, my favorite, the perfect Caravan sound and so much more), percs and vibrato (num 7), percs, modulation and octaves (num 8) and punchy attack and high octave (num 9)!!...you can mix-in your original guitar sound or use a hot signal with one pickup and have a seperate dry signal or another pickup on your guitar with a dry signal going to a separate input on your amp and blend those two together!!...I mean, that's totaly amazing!!...bring it in lightly or use it full blown, you will be blown away by this pedal that brings inspiration to your playing!!...mix all of that with a delay and reverb and you are on your way to new musical heights!!...
DAMN ! When do you guys drop the new HORN SECTION pedal ?
+Jeffrey Johnson ????
Since you can do multi-tone pitch extraction and then for each note, synthesize the 'tonal carrier' waveform and envelope of the different keyboards, I figured you could generate sax and trumpet too. So, when will you be releasing the HORN SECTION ? Seriously.
yes please for the love of god
would buy in an instant
Ohh man that would be awesome!!!
Wish I had found this channel sooner. I started guitar in the early '80s so I thought the only effects pedals were distortion, phaser, flanger, and wah. Had no idea ones like these existed, lol.
Loved the Beck!
Pedal is Ok, the player is fucking astonishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just what Ibwad going to write! I dont think that pedal would be as kind to my choppy playing.
That pedal is a legend
@@mattthebassboy sounds good with HIM playing it
It gets you spots few others can, well worth the money. Bill Ruppert is the guitarist we all want to be.
I purchased the B9 Organ Machine when it first came out and was praying that EHX would come out with this pedal, and they did. I love it and it will always remain a part of my rig!!!!!
Best keyboard player I've ever heard!
I was waiting for it the whole demo, and as soon as that thunder struck, I knew what was coming next!
EHX just needs to make one big ass unit with organs, synths, electric pianos, etc! Take my money.
Yes. Along with user presets, bank up/down..
Getting closer to "Pitch to Synth" sounds. Using midi pickups for years, I've been waiting for a company to create straight guitar to synth/Keyboard sounds. Nice work guys! I'll add this to my pedal collection
Damn. I need a birthday every week to keep up with all the stuff I want. Toys, toys, toys.
He who dies with the most toys wins
Simply awesome !!!
Amazing how technology has advanced with creative minds and excellent musicians.
I can remember seeing ELP, when they first came to the US in the early seventies.
Keith Emerson gave a demo of the Moog synthesizer and everyone was blown away. Amazing as to come to the present day and the progress that has been made.
Hats off to Bill as he is a wizard.
The demo is just awesome 👏 I bought a Key9 and it's a VIBE. My all time favourite 🖤
I'm happy with my B9 and now all this other cool stuff to play with is coming out, it just brings a smile to my face to be able to extract these sounds out of a stomp box. thanks. EH. Great demos too.
I shouldn't have watched this....now I need to pair it with my mel9.
Hahaah same here! xD
just bought the mel 9. and yeah, same.
I've had this pedal for several years and I still can't make it sound this good.
Wonderful presentation, one of the best video ever on the tube
That sunburst strat with ebony fretboard and white pearl pickguard is SOOO pretty
Wow. This could be the droid Iam looking for.
For reals!
Wow At last something that not only Works But is Useable too Well done Electro Harmonix
That steel drum setting is sweet. Like half organ half steel drum.
Wow! Sounds Amazing. I like the pedal too. I can't believe I haven't heard of it until now. Thanks for the demo.
Howard there is a whole series of these pedals!
EHX is simply the best for inspiring creativity with his pedals. I have an EHX bag with only EHX pedals and I would love to have this too... if I have the money to buy it, ehehe :) Pretty good work with KEY9!
Yeah, it really opens up yor eyes. (Try to get some sleep)
the guitar player really make this pedal shine. sounds supercool , just like B an C9 !
The B-9 is INSANE-I will be getting The C-9 & Key9
Bill Ruppert is a GENIUS programmer & MIGHTY FINE player!!!
an amazing product .. but it has to be said the musician is a true star .. with this great easy to understand demo ..
love it
can someone talk about the guitar playing? that dude is fucking awesomeeeeee
Not to say the pedal isn't impressive and now on my list, but Ruppert does an amazing job picking the right tunes for each setting. With some limitations of course, it seems like this pedal could potentially replace your octave, chorus, flanger, and even the B9. Love it.
Nice Beck! Great demo. Definitely adding this to my C9.
Billy Huber from Oil City PA was my guitar teacher for a summer. I made a mash up of ‘Rebel Rouser’ and ‘What’d I say’ for a 4th grade talent show at school. I played it on my sisters acoustic. If I’d have had an amp and this pedal back then....who knows...It may have changed the world as we know it today.
Probably not but maybe I could have at least gotten a date to the dance.
Bill Rupert is to EHX demos as Gordon Ramsey is to food without all the yelling.
what an awesome idea, EHX. keep these little great boxes coming!
Finally got my hands on one of these, and my band mates love it. The cool things I can do when pairing it with other neat effects on my pedalboard make for some unreal sounds, and I can't ask for a better product.
How many drunk keyboardists have we fired to date?
gearmeister 😂👍
wow, savage
I'm still coming back to these organ pedal demos because I love the crap out of these things but after years of deciding, I'm pretty firm on the Key9 because of that elusive Fender Rhodes piano sound, plus the "B3 on acid" Deep Purple Highway Star sound!.. my band did fire the keyboard player!! 🤣🤣🤣
Probably the best pedal demo I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot!).
Wish this guy could do all the pedal and guitar videos on you tube
Somebody I used to know just earned you a sub, that was astonishing
When is the Grand9 coming out? We want to hear some pianos. You can do it EHX!
I emailed them and asked this very question! They said 'Watch out site for new releases' (a year ago). Still watching!
That thing kicks ass! Zeppelin, Styx, Doobie Brothers, Cheap Trick, The Doors and Sabbath all in one pedal. Sweet.
3:20 was so impressive
Now thats some high quality advertisement. Love everything about it, great videos and playing. Considering buying one or two of these.
That's brilliant. I have a C9 and love it. If only EHX would release a MIDI model so I could recall patches in my rig live. That's kinda the problem with these pedals. There's so many great usable sounds but you can't get at them easily in a live gig without bending down and tweaking the pedal. But they're really a live tool as in a studio, you'd just use a real Wurly or B3. Please EHX, one box with all the B9, C9 and Key 9 sounds available and MIDI recall. Then you'd really have a serious live tool for guitarists.
Even an optional recall system like the POG has would be better than only having one sound at a time available at your feet.
@@chrisact9601 Joy!
Imagine taking a small mixer with sends and returns and those 2 pedals. One guitar in, 3 out. Might even be able to do it in a gig.
Thank you Bill for such excellent demos! Your choice of songs is a very good thing. For the eHx demos you pick songs from Ray Charles, Steely Dan, Beck, the Doors and Kraftwerk and you play the songs like a master! I enjoy listening to your playing while I paint. You have a solid talent, sir!
"Hearts" from Yes for the mallets sound. I may have to pull out Yes 90125 and Big Generator again.
That was a GREAT song!
Always a massive thumbs up for the musical stylings of Mr Ruppert.
Thanks!
You really have to watch bending strings tho if you wanna sell it as a real electric piano. I've been using MIDI guitar synths for almost 30 years, those patches I use for piano organ, etc....have to be set at bend =0. This machine does not allow for that but man does it sound cool!
By the way the quality of the demo is excellent. Great playing and clearly explained demo. This looks ideal for fingerpicking .... Just the right length to keep people interested.
...and then EHX will release yet another pedal that has all the sounds of the B9, C9 and KEY9 - all in one package.
+colossalcow No plans of that now.
+EHX one can only dream right?
Man, I would jump on a pedal with all the 9 series sounds if it had midi presets
After playing for 25 yrs, You make me either want to try harder or give up.????? Amazing playing!
Tyler you can do it!
At last. Well worth the wait. Thanks EHX.
Still one of the most innovative pedal manufacturers out there. Love you guys.
1:00 Get out the micrometer. I'm pretty sure that brick I just shit was a perfect rectangular prism.
Your playing shows the true capabilities of these products and EHX is lucky to have you.
The new phone book is here! The new phone book is here! I've been on needles and pins for this one! Great work EHX!
Lol the shot of the beach and the steel drums kick in. So good.
I don't think they could make a better video! Brilliant!
Another great demo video, Bill!
Mesmerizing playing with a stunning sounding pedal! Thanks for the demo and the joy of your skills!
Private S.N.A.F.U. !!! Had to get that out of my system so I can focus on Bill's mastery.
Since my first EHX purchase of the Deluxe Memory Man in the early 80's I knew this company was special. These new keyboard units like the C9 and the latest Mel9 are state of the art devices and insane from a value stand point based on how little they cost !!! If they keep this up their engineers are going to be fitted for straight jackets !!! Cant wait for my Mel9 to arrive !!!
I wanna hear more EIGHTY EIGHT samples.
Would be cool to play some Elton, Billy Joel, Queen, Journey piano / keyboard driven tunes live using guitar
This would truly expand the Set List
WOW. Great sounds, great playing, TONS of potential!
I wanna see Rings of Saturn use this in their next album with some distortion and a harmonized.
Wow! The theme to Barney Miller TV show!!! That took me back a few decades. Nice, great playing, Bill
Nice product and demo ;)
Omg Taxi song was so awesome. I love that song. Memories send chill up and down my arm.
I wore such a big smile when they started playing No Quarter by Led Zepplin 😄
It's at 2:34 I think. Somewhere around that.😊
Все 4-е педали: B9, Mel9, C9, Key9 они все просто шикарные по звучаниям! Ничего подобного не видел и не слышал от других фир педалек. Это педали вне конкуренции!
amazing ... if i could i d buy all !!!
Wonderful demo Bill, as always! I expected something like this since your "Rhodes emulation attempt" in one of the Effectology video, well it is finally here! I would love to see new effectology tricks by the way ;)
FINALLY A RHODES SETTING! WOOH
Amazing pedal. EHX really come out with some amazing off-the-wall interesting effects.
Do you think you guys can make a bass specific pedal too? Like to mimic the bass clef of a piano and the low notes and make that more synth like?
+Felipe Euan That would be cool!
Best review of this pedal straight to the point. Demoed as should be with talent.