Love my stomp! Thank you for showing your stomp settings for all your effects. It has such a steep learning curve, and seeing your settings gives a great starting point!
I felt the same way with the learning curve. But once I understood some basic functions, it was actually way easier than I thought. And I'm now doing a lot of stuff right in the unit, rather than plugging it into the computer and using the HX Edit.
Great Vid Janek, my five cents, I've owned the PN-2 from back in the day, even when it wasn't engaged you could still hear its clock which I found a deal breaker mind you its square stereo panning was gorgeous :)
Ha! I literally just bought that $420 PN-2 off reverb. Couldn't believe it when you showed it in your video! I can't wait for it to arrive. Also, I love your videos. : )
Came down here to second the Hummingbird. Super choppy saw wave, expression in for speed, and the newest ones have a momentary function (also fixed the super clunky foot switch). Killer trem.
hello Janek another excellent video! I had a BBE optical tremolo for a while, with two footwichs one that connected the pedal and the other to change the speed a little spoken and seen pedal, but that is a powerful tool for these synths effects.
Great video Janek! Love the series and the crazy sounds and of course the playing. Would love to see a video about the Synth sounds. Also, could you maybe make a video about the HX Stomp and how you use it? Maybe compare the synth sounds in the Stomp against the H9. Thanks
Definitely going to do a video on JUST the Stomp at some point, and a video comparing some of the features of the Stomp and the H9 will be a fun one to do also.
The Hotone Skyline Trem is good. It gets nice and choppy but still in a musically pleasing way. And it’s only $50 new! The delay they make is pretty stellar as well.
Janek, you mentioned, "you can affect the size of the square wave" (13:56). That (Duty Cycle) is what will get HX Stomp sounding closer to the PN-2. Try out the Duty Cycle parameter around 40%. I kinda wish they just called it Pulse Width. Another fun thing that I love doing with the HX Stomp Trem, is placing reverb/delay BEFORE it, and using the sawtooth up. It feels like a synth pad with a sidechain compressor. Cheers!
I’ve owned both! I bought a pn-2 two years ago for 150 dollars makes you want throw up seeing the prices these days. Funny thing is I sold it plus a few others for a hx stomp and it’s like two different sounds but not in a bad way the hx stomp is so clean and the pn-2 just shows it age both are so very useable in there own way. Honestly I’m more of a less is more kind of guy and the hx stomp is literally all I need plus more.
Super nice review of this no-so-common pedal, that definitively deserve a Waza comeback. I've used mine on bass for a very long time, but in another kind of feeling, no square wave / chopping tremolo (softer on the depth level), rather a soft attack trem that borders on vibe, with or without a chorus just before it's definitively spacey. Kind of leaning towards the VB2 territory, but the VB2 goes too much in sea-sick levels of motion sickness too rapidly ... And Vibe is not Trem, not the same flavor. The strong advantage of this PN2 over the TR2 trem is the different waveforms that are a must to tune the way the tremolo will get through the mix in a given room or mix. For some reason, the waveform mix button on the TR2 does not even come close to the different ranges you get from this one. If a Waza was to comme to life I would advocate for a tap tempo jack input, but most of the time, the blinking LED is enought to get approximately where you want it to go.
Great vid! I’ve been looking forward to a video with the stomp. What’s with the rings on the stomp switches? And do you ever use extra foot switches for the stomp?
The buttons on the switches are from Barefoot Buttons. They just give me a bigger target when I go to change something on the pedal. And I went for the clear ones so I could see the different colored feedback underneath. And I'm using a Boss ES-5 switching system to control the stomp via midi. I get a lot more functionality out of it that way, and I get to control all my sounds from a central location, rather than tap dancing all over the board.
Great video Janek! Have you ever tried the vintage Nobels TR-X Tremolo? Not sure if its as aggressive as the PN-2 but its very versatile and really affordable.
I haven't... looks like a beast of a pedal though. Maybe a bit large of a footprint on the pedalboard for my tastes, but I'll definitely look into checking it out.
was his threshold on his compressor compressing heavily or lightly (asking because on some pedals the threshold nob is reversed-when its all the way -five oclock- its really all the way off)
Anyone here with better ears than me who could tell me if the harmonizer pedals moving fixed voicings around or if it’s adjusting the intervals depending on the input note?
![JAM PEDALS HARMONIOUS MONK [BASS DEMO]](/img/1.gif)
Love my stomp! Thank you for showing your stomp settings for all your effects. It has such a steep learning curve, and seeing your settings gives a great starting point!
I felt the same way with the learning curve. But once I understood some basic functions, it was actually way easier than I thought. And I'm now doing a lot of stuff right in the unit, rather than plugging it into the computer and using the HX Edit.
the series should be called pedals you most probably will never get to play!
Great Vid Janek, my five cents, I've owned the PN-2 from back in the day, even when it wasn't engaged you could still hear its clock which I found a deal breaker mind you its square stereo panning was gorgeous :)
Ha! I literally just bought that $420 PN-2 off reverb. Couldn't believe it when you showed it in your video! I can't wait for it to arrive. Also, I love your videos. : )
$420!?! I just got one for under $200
@@Jah3lohim Congrats man. That's a great price. I hope you love the pedal, I know I do.
@@petercole8096 man, I'm actually debating whether or not to keep as I have my eye on a ring mod that could easily replacd the tremolo.
Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your settings 🤘🏻BTW, love my Hx Stomp
I love using the EQD Hummingbird tremolo on bass
Came down here to second the Hummingbird. Super choppy saw wave, expression in for speed, and the newest ones have a momentary function (also fixed the super clunky foot switch). Killer trem.
Agreed!
Yes!! It would be great to see the H9 and Stomp settings for the harmonizer effects and more.
hello Janek another excellent video! I had a BBE optical tremolo for a while, with two footwichs one that connected the pedal and the other to change the speed a little spoken and seen pedal, but that is a powerful tool for these synths effects.
Great video Janek! Love the series and the crazy sounds and of course the playing. Would love to see a video about the Synth sounds. Also, could you maybe make a video about the HX Stomp and how you use it? Maybe compare the synth sounds in the Stomp against the H9. Thanks
Definitely going to do a video on JUST the Stomp at some point, and a video comparing some of the features of the Stomp and the H9 will be a fun one to do also.
The Hotone Skyline Trem is good. It gets nice and choppy but still in a musically pleasing way. And it’s only $50 new! The delay they make is pretty stellar as well.
That's a price point I can handle! will take a look into it.
Janek, you mentioned, "you can affect the size of the square wave" (13:56). That (Duty Cycle) is what will get HX Stomp sounding closer to the PN-2. Try out the Duty Cycle parameter around 40%. I kinda wish they just called it Pulse Width.
Another fun thing that I love doing with the HX Stomp Trem, is placing reverb/delay BEFORE it, and using the sawtooth up. It feels like a synth pad with a sidechain compressor. Cheers!
I’ve owned both! I bought a pn-2 two years ago for 150 dollars makes you want throw up seeing the prices these days. Funny thing is I sold it plus a few others for a hx stomp and it’s like two different sounds but not in a bad way the hx stomp is so clean and the pn-2 just shows it age both are so very useable in there own way. Honestly I’m more of a less is more kind of guy and the hx stomp is literally all I need plus more.
Thanks Janek, you are a crack!
Super nice review of this no-so-common pedal, that definitively deserve a Waza comeback. I've used mine on bass for a very long time, but in another kind of feeling, no square wave / chopping tremolo (softer on the depth level), rather a soft attack trem that borders on vibe, with or without a chorus just before it's definitively spacey. Kind of leaning towards the VB2 territory, but the VB2 goes too much in sea-sick levels of motion sickness too rapidly ... And Vibe is not Trem, not the same flavor.
The strong advantage of this PN2 over the TR2 trem is the different waveforms that are a must to tune the way the tremolo will get through the mix in a given room or mix. For some reason, the waveform mix button on the TR2 does not even come close to the different ranges you get from this one.
If a Waza was to comme to life I would advocate for a tap tempo jack input, but most of the time, the blinking LED is enought to get approximately where you want it to go.
Great vid! I’ve been looking forward to a video with the stomp. What’s with the rings on the stomp switches? And do you ever use extra foot switches for the stomp?
The buttons on the switches are from Barefoot Buttons. They just give me a bigger target when I go to change something on the pedal. And I went for the clear ones so I could see the different colored feedback underneath. And I'm using a Boss ES-5 switching system to control the stomp via midi. I get a lot more functionality out of it that way, and I get to control all my sounds from a central location, rather than tap dancing all over the board.
I picked up a really clean PN2 about 5 years ago for £90 - didn’t realise the value had gone up so much!
Love these vids. Please do a POG vid. I’m thinking of getting one
Great video Janek! Have you ever tried the vintage Nobels TR-X Tremolo? Not sure if its as aggressive as the PN-2 but its very versatile and really affordable.
I have not, but it's on the list now! thanks.
Dude try putting the trem after the verb. You might like it
ahh yes. a slow, sawtooth up trem after reverb feels like a sidechain compressor
Janek, have you done a video on the synth models in the HX?
The PN 2 sounds a lot warmer to me, blends in as a texture really nicely. The hx stomp seems to be brighter and not as smooth.
Have you ever tried Boss SL20? Pretty original tremolo/slicer pedal.
I haven't... looks like a beast of a pedal though. Maybe a bit large of a footprint on the pedalboard for my tastes, but I'll definitely look into checking it out.
I need to figure out the HX Stomp. I’ve had it for almost 6 months and haven’t had time to program it.
was his threshold on his compressor compressing heavily or lightly (asking because on some pedals the threshold nob is reversed-when its all the way -five oclock- its really all the way off)
hey Janek can you try out the MEATBOX within the chain?
The meatbox will get its episode soon!
Anyone here with better ears than me who could tell me if the harmonizer pedals moving fixed voicings around or if it’s adjusting the intervals depending on the input note?
Why the ep booster? How are you setting the internal switches ?
Where can we get a Lettuce Turnip the Beet shirt?!
You should check out ehx super pulsar, more versatile and aggressive than this
Pa-2s are 100$ in japan. I have one.