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Love you, bro.

I appreciate you. You can find me on instagram at jinjxmusic - send me a follow and I'll follow you back. :) thanks you for the love.

Thank you, Sir.

Thank you, Dirk. Much appreciated.

It's really tough to say. I've not been using it as much when I do play live, though when I do, I use it for specific reasons. If you put a distortion or overdrive after it, it takes on a nice lead synth sound. It seems to like amps better than PAs, though that just be how I use it. I think it's a cool pedal to have and everyone kind of has to find what they feel it does and best and stick with it. I've primarily used it in a solo setting though when I've had duo work I've used it and liked it for chords and solos. Hope that answers your question.

Thank you for the kind words. I'd love to see your take on it: it's a beautiful song.

Hi Peter, I still would like to do a follow up video on this and hope to get that done soon. In the mean time and to address your question, I think it tracks pretty fast. This video shows me brand new with the pedal. While I had the settings emulating the suggested settings I had the guitar volume on the pedal down during the recording. I find that the pedal needs at least some guitar mixed in to make the effects sound "real" and not so "gelatinous". With the guitar volume on the pedal to about 12 o'clock I think it makes a real difference. Hope that answers that question.

Yeah, thanks. You know, I actually bought one last night and used it in rehearsal. You're right - tracking is pretty decent. I was getting the same thing you were in the video, though - some drops and swells in the overall volume. I kinda felt like it had to do with my pick attack on the strings, but still experimenting. Your video had a lot to do with me buying one. You should hit up EHX for an endorsement!

Rock on. I think you'll get good use out of it. As I mentioned previously: I'd put the "dry" pedal volume at noon - it makes a huge difference and you don't have things dropping out so much. Also it occurred to me too: technically speaking, the pedal "likes" when you have the volume maxed on your actual guitar. If that's what you do, you'll notice the difference there too. I don't really do that live: I prefer to have guitar volume at around 3 - that way I can use boosts to get louder and also, on occasion, use the actual volume knob to get a wiry lanky sound from the archtops. It takes some fooling around with to try and get it together though I still like having a "synth" sound on my pedal board. Good luck and keep me posted. ;) P.S.: Also, Mike Matthews the founder of EHX saw the video when I first posted it. He sent me a personal message where he said a lot of nice things about my playing and gifted me an Electric Mistress pedal that I use a lot for recording. I think they're a great company and am glad they're putting out some great stuff for guitarists who want a wide range of sounds without drilling holes in our axes for "synth pickups". May they live forever.

Thank you for giving this video a listen. A lot of cool sounds out of it, and the fact that it's polyphonic means it holds up for real applications. Have a great one.

Evert. Thank you for your kind words. It's your right to skip over the dialogue. I put the start time in the video for a reason: I was very excited to see these pedals on the line and was essentially expressing that joy and a bit of backstory. I still think these are great pedals with a lot of great sounds.

Thank you, for your kind words. Much respect.

Hi Isiah. Truth is I couldnt' answer that. I have a classical and archtops though I don't currently own a steel string, flattop, acoustic at the moment. I'd assume it could: steel strings often have a stronger more balanced signal than classical when using piezo. It'd definitely be worth a try.

Thanks Ill let you know how it sounds! Is there anything else on the market that does this? I specifically wanted a nice "Rhodes" sound when I play.

Isiah Kendall oh yeah! believe bro!

Hi Ariel. That's a great question. Honestly I hadn't thought to try until now. I have an Ibanez Classical with a piezo pickup. Today I sat with it to give it a few sounds. Personally I wasn't liking the combination. Unlike the magnetic pickup which the Key 9 tracks very smoothly, the piezo pickup tracks well for midrange and high notes though the bass notes get a bit lost, especially with the Dynamo which has a low bass octave that kind of turns into "clicks". I think if someone sat with it and really tweaked it you could get some decent sounds though a preliminary try with my classical and I think I'll stick to electrics. If you end up trying it tell me what you find out. Thank you.

Great, thak you for your answer. I guess I should try in a shop with my guitar and my amp to find out if thes sounds convince me enough.

Thank you, Beyhan. I appreciate your kind words. I would like to encourage you on bass, and I say: go for it. Also, here are the chords for the song. Let me know if you have any questions and I hope you're well. A C# Major, F# major, C# Major, F#/G# Major (with G# in bass second time) C# Major, A# Minor, D# Minor, F# Major (with G# in bass) C# Major, F# Major, C# Major, F# Major (with G# in bass) B A# Minor, E#7 (F7) A# Minor, E#7 (F7) A# Minor, F Minor, D# Minor, D# Minor, F Minor, F#/G# Major

Ha. Thanks! I've been playing bass as well as guitar for three decades, so it's sweet that you're encouraging me! Thanks, and I wish you all the best.

I'd give it a try. I think you'll be able to get the tones you want from it. I bought this one for a specific thing though it has some great tones that I wasn't expecting. Thank you for your kind words and have a good one.

Thank you for the good word!

Thank you, Lucas.

+Bekafunky Unfortunately I haven't been able to play it yet. It sounds like it'd be a pretty cool option to have on the board. I thought the EHX demo was pretty cool though I'm always curious of how they sound with my set up. Keep me posted on it if you're able to play with it.

+plod Thank you, Plod! I appreciate that.

+jsv I appreciate you!

+Anthoy Cisneros Thank you!

+johnnymegabyte I personally do not use the 88 much. As for if they sound realistic, that's tough to say. For me, it's about getting consistency. They touch on an ep sound under the right circumstances but it's more of a hint instead of a recreation.

thats the Freeze pedal he mentioned

+rrrrdavid1 Thank you!

+I Used to Make Music Thank you - also one of my favorites on an album loaded with brilliance. Peace.

+woland99 Thank you for the kind words. Signal chain for this video I only used an EH Freeze pedal but didn't use my pedal board. I wanted to focus only on the Key 9 so it was less about everything else. Otherwise it was guitar direct into an old Presonus Tubepre (V1) and then into the Presonus AudioBox 22VSL. Outside of a hair of reverb no other effects were utilized. Also even though the pedal is not true bypass I don't detect it when it's not engaged. Many people who use the Microsynth feel that is a problem in regards to tone tone loss though I don't have any issues with it. I've totally made it a staple my live rig and after playing a lot of shows with it and working out "the kinks" really like it. I still do use my chorus pedal (MXR Black Label) though I think that's just because of preference though truth is I had a Octave Pedal (an old Boss OC-2 and Boss CS-3 compressor) in the loop that I was able to retire: the Key sounds way more usable for a bass and without the "flubs" from old analog octave sounds. I also had a phaser on the board that I ended up selling: it was a great one though just saw no need for it.

+jinjxmusic Thanks for reply. I am working on simplifying my board - although I am not yet on the level of complete "straight to amp" purity. I will do it when at jam session - no time/space to set up board. But for my own playing I like few pedals. My current setup will be fairly simple - 2LeafAudio Groove Regulator 2 autowah (our bass player loves funk so it is nice to have it - it can also be very subtle sounding effect - I never learned how to be creative on wah so autowah is better option for me), Boomerang E-155 chorus/delay (I have a bit of love hate with it - some nice featured like presets, very nice spacious sounding delay but chorus to me just does not have right EQ), EP Booster (ClinchFX custom box - EP part is always on and it has switchable clean boos), Strymon Flint reverb/tremolo (tremolo is nice - reverbe is OK although not the greatest spring reverb I heard - but Hall reverb is nice and can get big). The reason I was asking about tremolo and chorus on Key 9 is that if I get it I may bump E155 and maybe even Flint off the board. and put looper instead. I could play just with bass player. BTW - talking about Pat Metheny (I am big fan of his music too - pretty much Pat and Kenny Burrell are my fav guitar players) - Pat uses stereo delay setup for chorus.

+woland99 Rock on. I use a looper and am a solo jazz guitarist and I think you will like the bass sounds for that purpose from the K9. Also, you're right that Pat was the first guy who made the "delayed chorused" sound famous though not so much anymore. Pat doesn't use that stereo chorus, delay setup anymore. I've seen him multiple times over the years at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and he's slowly been changing going in a different direction. I've read interviews that he's talked about a more "direct" sound with reverb as the focus instead of the two Lexicon Prime Time units that I don't think he even takes on tour anymore. He also started using the Bose L1 system around the Orchestrion period so his guitar sounds HUGE (there is a youtube video of him endorsing the Bose system). I've also seen recent footage (youtube has taken it down) of him playing with Ron Carter with a Slaman Guitar with a Charlie Christian pickup and what looks like a Fender Deluxe Reverb. I believe he's made a conscious effort to move away from a processed thing and more "natural" - at least that what I think.

+woland99 Thank you. Rig wise, it's direct in. I have an old Presonus Tube pre directly into the Presonus AudioBox 22VSL I added a bit of reverb to the guitars though I like how "wide open" it sounds direct allowing me to add what I want to it later. I appreciate the kind words.

+jinjxmusic Thanks Jin. Your vocals evolved quite nicely from older vids. What is your live sound rig - mostly tube amp based?

+woland99 I'd hope so: that is the goal. When it comes to amps I'm not as picky as I'd like to think I am. Sometimes I like the solid state thing Roland does and also the tube fender thing. As long as I can get headroom I'm not particular.