First Ambient Pedalboard Build in Years!
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- The possibility of a Chords of Orion gig got me off my butt to do a real pedalboard build instead of just stringing effects together. In video, I discuss possible pedals and configurations. Help me out with your suggestions in the comments!!
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Any suggestions in terms of pedals or pedalboard tips? Let me know here!!
Hi Bill! Have you seen the G2 pedal switching system from GigRig (by Dan of That Pedal Show)? With the plethora of pedals and combinations you use, I think it might be useful to you. Thoughts?
Hi Bill! still a room for a MEL9...
I have seen the G2 and will probably consider a switching system at some point if I end up doing more than one gig. It's somewhat overkill for the studio though.
Here’s a pedalboard tip how about putting a fuzz or distortion after a modulation effect it creates awesome lo fi tones
I would suggest a tuner with built in buffer (PolyTune 3 works great) and I would also suggest running the pitchfork before compression and distortion for better signal processing. Other than that the board looks amazing! Can’t wait to hear some samples!
You are, without a doubt,a gentleman and easy to listen too.
It's really funny that you want to build a pedalboard, because I was just thinking about doing the opposite! I've been using the same exact pedalboard for years to make my ambient songs, and I'm considering changing things up and using different combinations for every song - to get out of my patterns and my comfort zone. I really approve your choices, though I would never have any pedalboard without a Strymon El Capistan on it :)
Hey Antoine! the only reason I am doing this right now is to have an easy to move setup for the gig i mentioned in the vid. Once that is over, the pedals will be migrating off the board back to the floor. So much easier to use different effects that way!
Great video. So many pedals there is no way you can get it wrong. Looking forward to hearing about the gig.
don't forget a decent tuner! and maybe some modulation, like a nice phaser or vibe!
Yep - I have a nice clip on tuner right now. If I end up playing out more, will definitely upgrade to a tuner on the board!
Cool vid to see an ambient board design. This was super helpful and really interesting, thank you!
Side note, CoO, I’m about the same age as you and I’m envious of your ability to sit on the floor, lotus position, nevermind being able to get there and back up easily. My knees are so shot, I’ve made my pedal spaces from small tables that sit next to me, to avoid getting on my knees. Only my volume and expression pedals are on the floor. It’s not super handy for throwing pedals on playing, but I’ve not gigged in a long time and my home studio is just for my own peace and enjoyment. You have taken very good care of yourself! Peace to you and continued good health 🙂
Sorry to hear about the knees. I'ver got a couple of friends who suffered knee injuries when they were young, ended up in pain later, and then had knee replacements. Both guys say that it was life changing for them. All the best!!!!!
Dear Bill,
Of course all the pedals you have sounds great, they're definitely not cheap at all! I have a part of them, as the neunaber immerse and the timeline...
i'm a BASS player and i love creating soundscapes and psychedelic abstract noises and music, but although i'm not i guitarist i suggest you could add :
1) a modulation pedal after the ditto (let's say a chorus or phaser) and
2) surely a different distortion\overdrive pedal, which could definitely enrich your choices and "Soundpastes"
3) i think, considering also the amount of space left, you could add the lovely Sub'nUp ehx, even combined with the pitchfork, never close streets where you never walked...
4) finally, according to me, you should try to add an envelope filter, or a Wah pedal. It's great going into the delay, and combined with distortions and overdrive (in my opinion the wah works better AFTER the OD, but there's an eternal debate on this point) gives you a stunning and unbelieveble opportunity to choice the pitch and the range of your harmonics, even getting stronger and louder than the original principal note or chord you were playing. Try to believe it!
I also have for example, the freeze, and the microsynth of ehx and the whammy by digitech, but maybe you just don't like or need those pedals for your special ambient compositions.
greetings from Rome,
Fabio!
Thanks for all the great suggestions Fabio! I actually decided to go with the Sub N Up for the upcoming performance.
Too many Strymon? :P
The phaser/chorus for me is almost a must. It can kick somethimes a hard ^^
But why would he put the phaser/chorus after the ditto? That makes no sense.
Repeats sustain phaser so the effect seems more present. That's my guess at least.
For mine you can't go wrong with any of Strymon. My best "advice" would be keep it as simple as possible and still get the results you need. Some guys on youtube have pedalboards as big as a bathtub. I, personally would want a MIDI/software rig with 3 or 4 pedals that can give me any sound imaginable, but minimum wage kind of limits my options.
Can't argue with that!
If it's a one-off gig and you've got all the dedicated PSUs you need, then probably better to go for an ad-hoc power solution... if, however, you want portability and a 'tidy' solution with stuff underneath the board, then with all your high current demand pedals, my tip is you'll probably need either Strymon units & extensions or GigRig ones - I have a Ditto X4 like you & a full Pedaltrain Classic Pro, so I've opted for a Generator, 3 Distributors, 5 Isolators, 4 TimeLords & a SuperNova for a total current draw of around 3.5A - GigRig very helpful and a Spreadsheet needed to plan it all out ! Good luck, but don't underestimate the importance of isolated supplies - digital pedals can get quite 'noisy' if there's interference...
Thanks Guy! I have a Strymon Zuma and am using that to power the board. Works really well!
Yes, the Zuma is definitely the cat's meow for power!
I was very impressed with the Zuma & Ojai... it's a very neat solution, but because my board needs different Voltages for some pedals, if I'd opted for the Zuma, I would have needed GigRig units (or similar) in addition to those, so I opted for an all-GigRig solution (which delivers the same power, but not so pretty...) - what I found surprising, was finding out that when you've got some 'serious' demand for power on a big board, the options are so limited - I ran through Voodoo Lab, T-Rex & MXR PSUs (all of which are fine, just limited in terms of Current), before I even understood the problem... as I understand, in the 5A range, there's only Strymon & GigRig ?
Bill, looking pretty awesome! If you happen to find it challenging to hit the foot switches on the pedals in the back row, Pedaltrain actually makes “boosters” that slightly elevate the fronts of the rear pedals so they stick up higher than the ones in front. Makes it less likely for you to accidentally step on the knobs of the pedals in the front row. Don’t ask me how I know that 🤦♂️. As always, thanks for sharing!
im so impressed about this -wunderboxes,but you must be a milioneer - this strymons
are soamazing!- rockn rolly chords of orion-your vids are great!
Thank you so much for this. I have a pedal board, but it's mostly for my acoustic during church. Wanted to get into more ambient sounds since we have plenty of guitarists at the moment and I was trying to determine what I needed this week to rework my board. Such a timely video! Love the channel, keep up the celestial tunes.
Great choices! I'm happy that you went with the Pitch Fork. I think you should use it more! A few thoughts: A lot of those pedals have great MIDI interfaces that will work with controllers like the GigRig G2. Just setup your presets and you're ready to go. You might also think about an expression pedal in addition to your volume pedal. You can get some great modulations with an expression pedal, but you gotta have a volume pedal for your swells. Great job and best of luck to you!
Definitely will think about a MIDI controller/loop switcher if I start playing out on a regular basis!
@@chordsoforion This was my take to with all of the pedals you have working for you as it greatly helps minimize the need to make multiple taps to change scenes when performing. I've heard great things about the GigRig G2. I have used the Boss ES-8 for the past year and like it for the ability to control 8 loops and easily access the presets on the big Strymons, Eventide H9, Line6 HX Stomp via Midi. It has allowed me to stay ahead of the song when changes are needed with less stress about missing one of the needed taps.
Meanwhile and more importantly, I love and have been inspired by your tasteful playing since coming across your videos in the last couple of months. I appreciate your giving to the ambient community and beyond. I hope the pedal companies realize you are definitely creating commerce with your videos. Strymon, Line6, Source Audio, TC Electronics, Wampler - Take good care of Bill!!
Good to hear about your success with the ES-8. That and the GigRig G2 look pretty interersting. Also, glad you are enjoying the content. Thanks for letting me know!
Try putting your Morley before your strymon distortion and put your reverb last! Also the strymon dig can never go wrong!!!
Reverb definitely last. I generally prefer the volume pedal after distortion, but sometimes go the other way. I did do a video demoing both before and after: ua-cam.com/video/jsuKmAJo3Qc/v-deo.html
It takes some practice, but I found that placing the volume pedal before distortion the volume pedal acts also as a gain controller. Currently (due to your suggestion) my volume pedal is near the end before the delay and reverb. When I have the funds I will insert a second volume pedal at the start of my chain so as to have one at both ends.
I'd love to hear Chords of Orion in the context of a small, ambient jazz fusion-oriented band, similar to the Mark Wingfield project that recorded "The Stone House" album. I think your style would work great in that context.
Looks like you've got a Pedalboard of Ambient Bliss. I personally would not change a thing. Maybe the order but definitely not the pedals. Great choice Bill!
It's a really good idea to draw a schematic of your signal chain and keep it handy so if you want to make a change you don't need to play 'follow he cords' - it looks real busy under there in a short time.
Great tip Ron!!!
Not knowing the nature of your gig, you may be better served by the TimeLine than the Dig & ElCapistan _only_ because you have the ability to configure presets and access to multiple delay engines. I love the Dig & El Capistan because it just feels easier to mess around with them when being creative. But if I needed to recall settings quickly, I'd go with the TimeLine.
For this upcoming, the Timeline for sure! I will be using the Ditto X4 for "Frippertronics" style loops/layers, so the El Cap will stay home.
I love the Flashback Triple with my analog synths......sooo musical.
Bill, 'No Pussyfooting' about.... ;)
Yes to both!!!!!
Hope the gig happens and we get to see some footage. Best of luck!
I saw Dan Steinhardt rewire Greg Howe's pedalboard on " That Pedal show" on UA-cam and I'd like Dan to rewire mine as well. The way it's powered is crucial and the central command control for all the presents makes everything much easier. I saw Greg Howe last week in NYC with Simon Philips and his board sounded great. I clearly can see that good wiring and separated independent power makes a difference. Dan does not like daisy chained power. Greg was elated by the lack of noise from his distortion boxes. That Pedal Show, and Dan's Gig Rig are amazing channels on UA-cam.
excellent pedalboard, i put a chorus pedal.Thanks for share
Good morning.
Since I discovered you I've been searching YT for other examples of ambient guitar music. I am probably wrong, but you seem to have your reverb last in the effects chain - most of the other performers seem to as well. One other contributor that I've found has the looper last. It all comes down to personal preference, I'm sure, but I would be interested to hear your comments about this.
Glad to hear that you're taking your music on the road, it's my intention to try ambient music in the restaurants in my area (south east England) which will be a big change for the eaters and for me as well.
Thanks in advance.
Hey there! I generally place reverb at the end of my effects chain. I usually prefer the sound of the loop feeding into reverb. Here's a video on my thoughts about looper placement: ua-cam.com/video/Ub4Xs6i9RBo/v-deo.html
A dream pedalboard!
come to France, we need an ambient vibe over here !!! ;)
I would love to visit France. Maybe someday!
The fender marine layer is my favorite reverb on the special 2 setting. The boss harmonist is my favorite pitch shifting pedal on the s bend setting great for ambient. I don't know why more people don't talk about the s bend function its amazing.
Definitely would like to try out the Harmonist!!
Chords Of Orion with the s bend setting you can shoot a note up quickly and have it fall back slowly and you play the string as its falling in pitch. Its so fun. It has a detune setting witch sounds nice aswell.i want to get one of the fender compressor. Great channel by the way.
Great choice of pedals on your board. Thx to you ditto & triple soon I will buy them;) Your gig gonna be blast:)
This was a very interesting video. I more or less tells us the best choice for these pedals to build our own collection.
Hola Chord Orion he seguido tu video con gran emoción y esto de tener inspiración en cada pedal es una locura eterna, lindo saber que te encuentras en el paraíso de los pedales y humildemente te puedo recomendar para tu pedalboard un midi controler y poder combinar sonidos con una sola pisada puede ser algo que sentirás cielos en tus pies, hoy en día a mi me gusta el Mc6 Pro, un abrazo desde ecuador
i also love the bends compressor - really subtle, quiet and look cool - much cheaper than the ego and barely any difference in quality
With multi-patch pedals like Timeline and Big Sky it might be worth your while thinking about a programmable loop switcher like the Boss ES-8. Then you can programme it to change patches on those pedals. Saves you having to tap dance so much.
I know you've said that fuzz pedals aren't ideal for this but i keep a green russian muff at low sustain (this is a lower gain muff to begin with they say) and in a baritone tuning it has a cello or even waterphone like wail to it.
Looking forward to the gig bw
If your compressor is on all the time put it at the top same for any pedal you are not going to adjust nor touch, that goes for other pedals to, you probably know this, but as you put first and bottom thought I would mention it. For live I would look at a switcher than can store the presets and something the is midi given the amount of presets you can select then. Maybe source audio soleman for timeline and bigsky preset combos or Moen GEC8 midi or Musicom efx V then you can swop the order of the pedals and they you primary two things are the switcher and the volume pedal. I would also add a floor tuner for a gig especially if you are using more than one guitar.
Huh? Big Sky. Hands down. One of the only pedals id ever abandon my Zoom G5n for. Nothing else on this board would be worth it.
I don't like having my volume pedal on the board. I prefer to keep it at floor level for comfort. Plus it allows you to put more of your performance oriented pedals on the bottom row, close to your toes.
I can see that!
Ambient Music Studio... Same here. I let my volume pedal "float" on the floor.
Same here! I don't like having my volume pedal at the angle, just feels weird.
I have to add a different view. My volume pedal is on the board. The board is large, like Bill’s may be a bit larger. Where would the volume pedal go on the floor? One side? Hmmm.... Note that I sit down to play (so that I can use both feet on the board).
Zorionak2010 My board is pretty large as well. 15 pedals on it currently... But I do play standing up, that could definitely make a difference. As for where, yep just to the right of the board is where it stays for me.
Just put together my first pedal board.Its close to the size of yours.Didnt know it was going to weigh so much!
now the fun part of running all the cables.
It wasn't too bad, but did take a little thought...
love my pedal train.. i have the same board you picked up. i got the voodoo labs power supply mounted underneath with the pedaltrain brackets
BMJ: I switched from Pedaltrain to Temple Audio. No regrets.
I'm a little late to the party here but oh well. Ever used a Keeley Caverns? I have one on my board and its a killer reverb/delay combo. Also a big fan of all the EQD stuff (Afterneath, Avalanche Run, etc...)
Don't forget about your tuner (if you don't already use a clip on)
Clip on for now!
The only think I would be tempted to do is put the El Capistan on there... Love some tape echo. I have a DIG and I love it, but I think you can cover it with the timeline. And agreed on the big sky, I prefer the neunaber but being able to swap presets with a foot switch gives it the win there.
Maybe the Tube Pilot in an empty space somewhere, if you need a crazy 'different' gain sound?
I would personally need a fuzz pedal, but I'm a raging fuzzaholic. Lol.
Man, I'm loving your videos. I should've found this channel before, I spent days looking for this kind of sound, testing from scratch, spending so much money in things that didn't come out with the result. Now, with your classes and demos, I have a much more clear view of what I need! The meditations on my house will never be the same!
Have you ever tested the effects of the differents greek modes on meditation?
Nice set up Bill. (If a bit expensive). I cant live without a chorus into a Tera Echo but that's just me. How about a comparison with a bottom of the range pedalboard setup for a future video?
And just for some extra polish an MT-2 in between each pedal . . . . .
ALL THE PEDALS ON !!!
Yesssssss!!!!!!
I love your channel Bill. Your videos are always informative and inspiring. Curious on how you will be playing your gig; will you be using your 11 Rack connected to a PA? I’m considering picking one up since I don’t have an amp anymore, and while software sims are pretty good, I’ve heard the 11 sounds better.
The gig has come and gone. It was a small private affair, and I did not use any amp modeler. I used the Strymon Riverside to give me a bit of a amp-like tone, and had the Strymon BigSky at the end of the chain with the cab sim turned on. Plugged that directly into a small Bose PA. Worked really well for what I was doing.
As far as the Eleven Rack goes, I have been looking at them too, as the price seems to be going down even more. I am guessing they are going to be gone soon. Wouldn't mind having a second one, as the hardware amp sims work well for my sound. Its aged pretty well...
My vote is for Strymon DIG with the Golden Ratio setting. I run mine into the Meris Mercury7 but I haven't seen you use one. I would run the volume pedal first in the effects loop. I put a lightly mixed chorus after mine but I don't know if you're into chorus much. I find it adds some movement to long sustained notes or chords. Maybe out your Immerse there since it has chorus and if you want you can have reverb into delay into reverb. Into delay, maybe. Kind of like the Ocean Machine but with different pedals. How about an expression pedal, by the way? Good luck. :)
All good thoughts. I don't use chorus pedals much though, and did not want one for the upcoming gig.
Awesome board! Great pedal choices! The only somewhat negative thing I can say is that I've had a few of those Pedal Train bags and the zipper always seems break within a couple of months. Other than that, that board looks awesome!
I was looking for a pedaltrain with the case, but could not get one in time. I won't be using this very often, so I suspect the bag will be fine for now.
Thnks sir davos
Volume before the distortion to control the amount of signal that goes you want to be clipped, with one distortion/overdrive and one volume you can achive several "layers" of distortion like you have 2 ovedriven channels on your amp
I use the technique a lot, but just use the guitar's volume control. I prefer the volume pedal after the distortion for smoother swells with unvarying gain.
I loose a lot of trebles if I turn down the guitar's volume, maybe it doesn't appen to you.
What are you thinking for power and cable? To me, those are the bread and butter of a board.
The board is powered by a Strymon Zuma. Works really well!
Thats a shame i am a bit to far to come to your gig :( . ( uk) hope you get to play ,are your going to video your gig be good to see ...........
Bill! I would like to send you the photo of my pedal board! I assembled after your videos!
Send me a photo over on the Chords of Orion Facebook page!
Nice foam roller!
Yeah, I forgot to move it off the chair. Erp.
For tone shaping, you really just have clean/dirty with this configuration. Why not include the Mel9 (either before or after the overdrive but before the ditto) to give you string/flute options with your looping?
I would question the usefulness of the triple delay in a live setting. I love mine, but the fact that you can't recall settings etc. linits you to a set and forget type function and it takes a lot of space up. I'd go for a DIG/Timeline combo, way more versatile and useable in a live setting. Plus to my mind, if I went to see CoO live and I didn't see the "precious" DIG on the floor...I'd be a little shocked lol.
It is shocking to think about the concept of "no DIG". I may have to rethink my strategy for this gig. :-)
Oh no!!! The El Cap!!! For certain!!! Unless you are going to make some quirky, bizarre delay sounds (which the Timeline is perfect - but don't see that as your thing; and if not the mistaken, the algorithms on the TimeLine don't really capture all the glory of the El Cap). Same for goes for reverb - the Neunaber Immense instead of the BigSky (unless you want to do something uncanny). Power supply - obviously something with isolated outputs (being yourself a Strymon guy, a nice big, blue Zuma brick, right?). I would also add a cheap expression pedal - a used roland costs next to nothing - for the triple delay, especially live - you may want to tweak the feedback or some other parameter during the gig. Just throw it at the side, doesn't have to go onto the board. And, vital, a buffered tuner - the new Polytune 3 is great - right at the beginning of the chain - also serves as a kill switch - hey, you never know when things may get out of hand. Best of luck on your gig!
Great a new Paddle Board A.K.A. Pedal Board
I'm kind of surprised that with all of the midi-capable pedals you're putting on the board that you don't have a controller of some sort. Will you be switching your settings manually for every song, or just using one setting for everything? The pedal choices themselves seems great, although I did think it was interesting that you went with the Timeline over the DIG. Clearly the Timeline is more versatile, but you love the DIG so much! It might be a more obvious choice if we knew more about your gig (which I hope you get).
The gig is a small private affair. I hope to share more about the context of it on a subsequent video. I will be playing and singing a couple of songs with acoustic baritone, and then doing the COO thing for 30-45 minutes. I am just going with my gut feeling for what I will feel like during the gig. It doesn't really matter - I just generally go with the flow anyhow. :-)
Also, MIDI. If I played out a lot, i would definitely get a controller/loop switch. But it's overkill for one gig. I will just not do a lot of patch switching.
Perfectly understandable. I would just suggest that your rig seems way more flexible than you need for this type of gig. You might find that using the DIG, El Capistan (or Brigadier, not really sure which you have there) and the Neunaber Immerse might be a better fit because you can set and forget them. It doesn't sound like you'll need even a fraction of the firepower you're putting on your board. Which is not to say that it isn't awesome. :)
Where's the gig bro? I'll come check it out!!!!
It is actually a private affair. :(
Will you record the gig Bill?
Not sure I'd leave the El Capistan and it's SOS off the list....maybe have THREE delays if you have the room....either way, you're gonna sound great.
I will be using the Ditto X4 for SOS this time, but I am sure at some point the El Cap will make its way onto the board.
Have you tried hooking up 2 El Capistans up together and feeding one SOS into the second SOS??
Nice! I'm curious about the gig, by the way
I think you made the right choices considering what pedals to put on your board! How are you going to set them up with your digital amp modeler? I use a normal amplifier myself and have therefore no clue how a digital amp works (especially in a live gig).
How close to the DC area will your gig be?
Also, I didn't realize that you used Avid 11 - have you tried the Headrush Pedalboard? The stereo reverbs are surprisingly awesome as are the amp models.
I have not tried the Headrush, but may in the future. Also, the gig is a private affair in Baltimore. I am playing at a remembrance event for a friend who recently passed away.
I’m actually shocked that you use an eleven rack. I never got good tones from it, but you definitely do!
Many thanks Bill. I wonder, which of your pedals would you include in the board if someone asked you to do a performance of acoustic ambient music? I am planning to build a second (smaller) board for my acoustic guitar playing and would be very keen to hear your suggestions. Thanks again. Greetings. Carlos
This board will be handling both acoustic and electric guitar at the gig. I am just plugging it direct into the sound system. I'll simply turn the Big Sky can sim on and off for the appropriate instrument.
What!! No tuner ... ;-) I have a smaller pedal train and 80% of the same pedals as you Bill (I love Strymon pedals). I do like having two reverb pedals on (feed one into the other). Good choice of pedals though. The El Capistan works well with the Timeline. Are you going to be running in stereo?
I’d put the pitch fork before the drive. Personal preference.
BILL i love ya man but don't you think you over did it on the delay even if it's for Ambient music.
Hmmm did I miss your power strategy? Looks like you might need a couple. Should be able to mount them under the frame..
True, did not discuss on the vid. I have a Strymon Zuma mounted beneath the frame.
Have you used the effects loop of the TimeLine at all? I have a Dr. Scientist BitQuest in the loop of mine and it makes it even more versatile. KILLER COMBO!
I like the concept of the effects loops, however, I run the Timeline in stereo, so it won't work for me.
I have a BitQuest in the loop on my EH Superego great for adding some motion or color
Are you going to be anywhere near Fredericksburg? I put a couple of pedal train risers on my board it really helps me to reach the back row of pedals.
Virginia? I would have guessed you were Canadian or from Vermont or something.
the mel 9 works great with the ehx pitch fork...
Very true!
Hey Bill, where and when? I would love to see you live.
if you have room put your ehx mel 9 also it's a good sound source...
I hope you got all guitars topside.
Hey Bill! Do you mind if I ask you a question since sooo many modulation gear passed through your reviews. I`m going to make some performances since the long time, when I was a pedal guy, my rig was very big and not transporting-friendly, now I have a preamp for my main tone and what I need is an all in one compact processor with an effects loop for all kind of modulations (delay\chorus\tremolo\shimmer\pitch shifters...everything the one might expect from processor). Could you personally advise smth? I didn`t follow guitar processors development for like 6 years. Fractal`s processors are very bulky and not compact and slightly more expensive than I`d like to spend
I think you should have held on to the Mooer Ocean Machine...
I still have it!
Hey guys! I recently got a few pedals and for the most part are mainly going to be used for swells and ambient guitar sounds during songs. What order should I put these in to make this sound? I have a volume pedal, tuner, distortion, delay, reverb, compressor and a wah.
Assuming that you are plugging into an amplifier, I suggest starting with Tuner->Compressor->Wah->Distortion->Volume Pedal->Delay->Reverb. After working with this order, you can make changes based on your preference. In addition, you might want to check out my "How to Play Ambient Guitar" series: ua-cam.com/play/PLseB5HzFJKVxW0xUA8OAyT4Xcddp-bGML.html
Me again... Now I know which pedal is missing in your board. The MimiQ. You ought to have it if you will be doing stereo. I will be great to your sound (as you know).
The Mimiq would be great. Not sure that this gig will be in stereo though. I have made my request known - we will see.
Nice pedalboard , but I would prefer to use the El Capistan and the Dig instead of using the TC ...
Nothing wrong with that!
Do you ever use more than one reverb unit at the end of your chain? Or just, period, do you ever use more than one reverb?
I use multiple delays way more than I use multiple reverbs, at least as far as pedals go. I will used multiple reverbs in the mix, where I can be more precise on how and where I use them.
A kind of off topic question but maybe not so much.
What are your thoughts about equalisation pedals and clean boosters?
I'm actually considering purchasing the Strymon Riverside and losing my Mxr 10-band equalizer, TC Electronic Spark my Fulltone OCD and my Boss Metal Core.... Thoughts?
Would the Riverside cover that and all areas/ sounds?
The EQ section is great and I think you could easily lose the EQ. As far as clean boost goes, there is a boost function that you can use in conjunction with an external switch. Depending on how you use Spark, this could potentially eliminate it. The Metal Core - if you are really into super high gain scooped mid tones, you may still need this one, as the Riverside is an amp-style overdrive.
Chords Of Orion what about the Fulltone OCD?
Could I potentially get those sounds from the Riverside?
Cool, wouldn’t you put ocean machine?
As I mentioned in the original Ocean Machine video, one of the limiting factors with the pedal is the 2 second delay time limit. I frequently require much longer delay times.
@@chordsoforion oh I see what you mean! If I were your style I’d rather use it for an insinuating, mirroring “résidu” of main action going on. Kind of like coupling a normal photo with a red/blue edges refracted blurred image and causing the mix to have a celluloid depth… Cheers
8:10 you deserve a like men
Nothing wrong with plywood IMHO !
I have to admit, it did serve me well for many years. :-)
But what do you feel like?
I’m curious what your house is like.
Just an old rambling arts and crafts four square. Oh yeah, we are all slobs, so it tends to be on the messy side. :-)
What's the name of the music in the background please?
wouldn't the pitch shifter have better tracking if it was in front of the drive? cleaner signal means better tracking
I generally like the sound of a pitch-shifted distorted lead vs a distorted pitch-shift one. I've never had an issue with tracking either way.
eh it must be a bass thing as appose to guitar i guess
Too bad they dont all have top mounted jacks!
Ain't that the truth!
Hey Bill, did you ever try the compressor after distortion? More dynamics? I used to use it before as well, and that does have it's applications, but I found it's a bit better after. Maybe?
Yes, I have tried them both ways, and prefer the compressor before distortion. I like to smooth the dynamics out so that I can get away with a lower level of gain.
Ah, that makes total sense. Understood. Cheers!
It is time for midi
There will be MIDI for sure if I start playing out on a regular basis!
What do you think of the Keeley dark side as a pedal for ambient Bill?
Hey Neil - I've not used the Dark Side, so don't have an opinion. The reality is that you can use just about any pedal for ambient style playing, so I would suggest just getting one that you like the tone of and running with it.
Chords Of Orion thanks Bill....I ordered the Keeley a couple days ago, partly cuz I love pink floyd and partly cuz it has other pedals built in such as the distortion, flange and a host of others, I will take delivery I am told around this weekend sometime so guess who will be spending his weekend indoors ha ha
ok Bill....just found time to mess with the Keeley.....buy one!!, it is quite possibly the best thing I have ever held in my hands despite it's small size....buy one!!
So Pedal Board or multi effects pedal?
Both!
Tremolo please😉
Not for this gig! :-)
The Onion knight Ser Davos Seaworth
no modulation?
No - I have a few dedicated modulation units, but I don't often use them, so not at this point.
Probably need more echoes...