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"Less distortion than you think you need" is just good advice in general. Heavy distortion helps me write heavy stuff, but I always dial it way down when recording or performing.
Another tip (directed at myself more than anyone): turn it off. I’ve been realizing lately that I’ve been leaning too much on reverb to prettify otherwise boring sounds. By turning it off, I’m forced to focus on the core sound itself-and then, once it’s ready, I can bring reverb back in and push it in other directions or give it some oomph, if I want. But I realize this is the opposite of what tips 2-5 are about, which is using reverb *as* your core sound. Anyway, great video, as always!
@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol or keep them on the condition that you try using them as your primary or even only pedals for a little while to see what you can really get out of them if you give them another chance.
I was just about to comment something similar to this. I’ll add that we tend to saturate our guitar signal with way too much reverb and it’s not doing us any favors when trying to make that guitar recording sit right in the mix with drums, bass, and keys.
I take a distortion after an ambient long tailed reverb, dialled to a fully wet mix, into an FX loop on an OBNE pedal, which I then blend back in with my clean signal. I get a cleanish guitar sound with an epic distorted reverb tail. Works nicely on my Pianet too.
One thing I also learnt is if you have it, try less distortion, more verb WITH predelay. It’s like a slap back with room and just sound fab in the mix.
I have a particular pro-tip like the last you say, but i do more: run some effect like a modulation/pitch shifter/octave/bitcrush/ring modulator in a reverb that can cut you dry signal, you literally can create a ambient reverb with you own characteristcs, i put some flanger or pit shifter before the reverb and kill the dry, sounds cool, even more whem you have reverse reverb
My reverb protip: Change the name of reverb to "vibe" because reverb instantly sets the vibe of whatever you're doing. We'll find a different name for vibe pedals, because reverb is the true vibe-setter and arguably the most important effect in a sound/mix.
Amazing video as always! Another cool trick is placing the reverb before the overdrive or fuzz for some washed out wall of sound that has a lot of texture and dilution
Can you do a video on how to be creative with a looper or ways to use it in a live band setting? Seems like everyone does the same thing with loopers and just uses them for solo performances.
I recently "made" a Flerb that i liked A LOT!....much better than the EHX Holy Grail setting. It was just am EHX Holy Stain with mix maxed out and then a Donner Jet Convolution Flanger following the HS; both effects were in one of the BOSS LS-2 loops and the other loop was just dry and running loops in parallel. Really good stuff!!!!
I'm commenting twice because I was distracted last time I watched the video. Shimmer reverb sounds good in parallel fully wet. The Boss SY-1 has perfect 5th settings that I put through one loop of an Electro Harmonix Tri Parallel mixer along with the SL-2 and I put a shimmer reverb with the mix set to 100% wet through another. Sometimes I'll do a fuzz at a low volume through the 3rd loop. I've experimented with parallel processing and creative reverb use for a while but about 1/3 of that signal chain was inspired from watching your videos. Huge thanks.
Man, your videos are amazing. Your tips are just gold and your examples are simply beautiful. The overall aesthetic is phenomenal and even after getting home very very late after work at the lab I can still find a nice and rare enjoyment in your videos such as this one. Cheers!
The vibes are immaculate, great video as always! Here's a fun tidbit a I had an absolute blast using - take any reveb that'll do infinite hold (in my case the Red Panda Context V2) and run it into any pedal you can control via expression (filter, volume etc) to make huge, expressive pads - the real revelation came when I used an arrpegiator (in this case the meris ottobit jr, binding the expression to the sequnce speed and amount - basically the more you push, the faster the sequence and the more time it plays in a row) to make this diatonic pitch shifted lo fi - in this case bit crushed and arrpegiated - pad choir effect that is pretty mental. Still working on refining that noise...
Love the vids and the channel. Really great advice, and the visuals are unique and cool among guitar channels. You replied to me once on TGP regarding the Boss SL-2 and at first I thought it was some dude who was just a mega fan of your channel!
I remember that pedal show - dan in particular, explaining a cool trick he found and I forget the reverb, but he was using one that has a tone/eq feature as well as a pre-delay so that the dry thru / attack was more pronounced, not lost.. but the thing was it had a decent pre delay and almost no decay, with a bright tone setting, and the result was I think after a Fuzz, that you got this top end slap back esque sheen on the notes but the strong low end and dry thru kept it clear. He basically got it to be a slap back with way less percussive sound and more of a spring like reaction.. I forget how it worked but it was something I was inspired by. Around that time I was experimenting with delays and reverbs before my envelope filter and the way a reverb can keep a filter open, is really really fun. Kinda makes it more of a wah pedal since it's less snappy and closing fast... fun shtuff.
I put a reverb pedal at the front of the pedal board chain so theres always a little bit of texture under everything. Something cool about compressed and distorted reverb
The RV-6 encompasses all of my feelings about Boss pedals in one unit. "This pedal has a mix knob that goes fully wet, but...RV-6." "This one has lots of controls, a desktop editor, and isn't overly utilitarian like a Boss pedal, but then again...'" RV-6 usually wins out.
Nothing says nostalgia like the Sears parking lot. Well, maybe the Army & Navy store. Favorite reverb for me is the Spatium algorithm on the GFI Specular Tempus.
I always cop huge nostalgia from this channel and most of the time I cant even identify what exactly is causing it, aside from that one where you played, "Powerslave" I used to be such a huge Maiden fan. Thanks bud you truly rock!
Another banger of a video. Just curious, what do you use for the programmed drums? Are all drums in the video programmed or are some recorded live with a real kit?
The one that I said was from my album was a real drum performance, by Ted Poor. The rest were a combination of programmed and sampled drum parts, all done in GarageBand. If you watch the recent video on my channel about GarageBand, I go in depth about my various production tricks for drums, including the exact techniques I used in this vid (and all my vids).
@@CyberattackWorld I actually busted out all my old cards because of the Kickstarter revamping int and some friends are interested. That game was awesome back in the day.
@@CyberattackWorld Yeah, I reconnected with some friends and we started to paly again. I like the Free Kingdoms. Buff up the little guys and do rogue stuff. Side question: Do you do stuff like people's music or stuff like that? I have a band but I've been making "weird" music by msyelf and am always looking for a second opinion.
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epic
epic friendship
Eeppiicc. 4ever.
The only channel I watch at 1x speed.
same
Haha
You speed up videos by default?
@@Ixe2077 That's the first PRO-TIP on "RUclips: How to be advanced"
"sounds like a memory" is like a theme of this whole show 💯
"Less distortion than you think you need" is just good advice in general. Heavy distortion helps me write heavy stuff, but I always dial it way down when recording or performing.
Amen!
Greatest pedal reviewer. I wish a huge channel would call you up for a collab
Another tip (directed at myself more than anyone): turn it off. I’ve been realizing lately that I’ve been leaning too much on reverb to prettify otherwise boring sounds. By turning it off, I’m forced to focus on the core sound itself-and then, once it’s ready, I can bring reverb back in and push it in other directions or give it some oomph, if I want. But I realize this is the opposite of what tips 2-5 are about, which is using reverb *as* your core sound. Anyway, great video, as always!
Fr, once you find something that works it's easy to start relying too much on it
and sell the pedals you haven't touched in months
@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol or keep them on the condition that you try using them as your primary or even only pedals for a little while to see what you can really get out of them if you give them another chance.
I was just about to comment something similar to this. I’ll add that we tend to saturate our guitar signal with way too much reverb and it’s not doing us any favors when trying to make that guitar recording sit right in the mix with drums, bass, and keys.
Turn it off? We don't need that negativity here 😂
OMG THE MEMORY VERSION OF SIR DUKE I AM DEAD. 🥺🥹🤩🤯
Came here to say just this.
The prysmatic wall pedal is insanely beautiful
You make some of my favorite music gear type content on the platform. Thanks for what you do. Keep it up!
glad ya dig it
The Donkey Kong cameo was hella nostalgic. Amazing!
Nothing better than a multi delay into a shimmer reverb looped...
I take a distortion after an ambient long tailed reverb, dialled to a fully wet mix, into an FX loop on an OBNE pedal, which I then blend back in with my clean signal. I get a cleanish guitar sound with an epic distorted reverb tail. Works nicely on my Pianet too.
Love that tip 1 is basically just play arena rock in an arena 😂
you can see that dude is so hyped recording he can't even control his smile
Sir Duke was such a good choice for highlighting the nostalgic qualities of spring reverb. Haunting!
Can you do a video on advanced tremolo techniques? Tap tempos etc
This would be cool. For the time being you can probably adapt a lot of the advice in my video about the Boss SL-2 Slicer.
The sounds on protip 3 that you said are part of a song for the new album…really dig it…has a boards of canada vibe that i just love, really cool
Robotic king kong is fucking sick
You can do no wrong! Another stunner! 🔥🔥
The message ... real good pick ...
thanks that song rules
One thing I also learnt is if you have it, try less distortion, more verb WITH predelay. It’s like a slap back with room and just sound fab in the mix.
I have a particular pro-tip like the last you say, but i do more: run some effect like a modulation/pitch shifter/octave/bitcrush/ring modulator in a reverb that can cut you dry signal, you literally can create a ambient reverb with you own characteristcs, i put some flanger or pit shifter before the reverb and kill the dry, sounds cool, even more whem you have reverse reverb
Omg primal rage 🤣 what a throwback
gotta do it
Fantastic video, shout out to the animation guy too - really sets the video apart. Nice one
looking forward to the next album!
Another amazing one in this series of effect types - I can’t wait to try some of these ideas out!
My reverb protip: Change the name of reverb to "vibe" because reverb instantly sets the vibe of whatever you're doing.
We'll find a different name for vibe pedals, because reverb is the true vibe-setter and arguably the most important effect in a sound/mix.
i'm open to this
well, i’ll definitely be listening to your next album
Thanks man
Amazing video as always! Another cool trick is placing the reverb before the overdrive or fuzz for some washed out wall of sound that has a lot of texture and dilution
Such a genius again, and what you play at 3:56 is like the perfect blend of the Beach Boys and Deftones.
Can you do a video on how to be creative with a looper or ways to use it in a live band setting? Seems like everyone does the same thing with loopers and just uses them for solo performances.
Is that a Yamaha CP behind you at the 1:57 mark? I used to own a CP-20, deeply miss it.
Yeah CP-30, good eye
Adding distortion after a reverb is cool too, get some dirty tails and textures
So good! love your channel, dude. Congrats from Brazil \m/
I was wondering, are you familiar with Hotline Miami music?
Everyone's going the wrong direction on the race tracks in example 3. Hidden message?
correct. like all hidden messages, the hidden message in this case is #tppojla
holy shit, that HSH mockingbird looks and sounds sick as hell
The prismatic wall pedal is amazing
Shout out to the Sears parking lot, mad memories there.
SIR DUKE AT THE MALL
you can feel it all over
I recently "made" a Flerb that i liked A LOT!....much better than the EHX Holy Grail setting.
It was just am EHX Holy Stain with mix maxed out and then a Donner Jet Convolution Flanger following the HS; both effects were in one of the BOSS LS-2 loops and the other loop was just dry and running loops in parallel.
Really good stuff!!!!
I'm commenting twice because I was distracted last time I watched the video. Shimmer reverb sounds good in parallel fully wet. The Boss SY-1 has perfect 5th settings that I put through one loop of an Electro Harmonix Tri Parallel mixer along with the SL-2 and I put a shimmer reverb with the mix set to 100% wet through another. Sometimes I'll do a fuzz at a low volume through the 3rd loop. I've experimented with parallel processing and creative reverb use for a while but about 1/3 of that signal chain was inspired from watching your videos. Huge thanks.
That sounds awesome
Dude, you're insanely talented
Man, your videos are amazing. Your tips are just gold and your examples are simply beautiful. The overall aesthetic is phenomenal and even after getting home very very late after work at the lab I can still find a nice and rare enjoyment in your videos such as this one. Cheers!
Was that memory a rendition of Sir Duke?
feel it all over: bit.ly/3vZ0yft
Seers parking lot made me laugh
RIP
Great Fox and Koopa Troopa Beach. Nice! Love the Nightsky pedal is immense.
Why did you have to hit us with the Sear Roebuck?! 😩
Love hurts
what is that mockingbird-ish guitar
Also love the NightSky - gets me creative and excited to play like nothing else. Glad to know you're another Nightsky enjoyer!
The vibes are immaculate, great video as always!
Here's a fun tidbit a I had an absolute blast using - take any reveb that'll do infinite hold (in my case the Red Panda Context V2) and run it into any pedal you can control via expression (filter, volume etc) to make huge, expressive pads - the real revelation came when I used an arrpegiator (in this case the meris ottobit jr, binding the expression to the sequnce speed and amount - basically the more you push, the faster the sequence and the more time it plays in a row) to make this diatonic pitch shifted lo fi - in this case bit crushed and arrpegiated - pad choir effect that is pretty mental.
Still working on refining that noise...
That sounds awesome
Ha! Took me a sec to recognize Sir Duke 😁
Also you can make boss reverb self-occilate. Put your instrumet into A input, then connect A output with B input and PLAY)
That's awesome
Always in with the sick takes! Thanks for the ideas!
I’m gonna say it
Love the message (I think) sample at the end
glad you caught that
@CyberattackWorld me too : )
Solid video as always. I'm more of a synth guy but your videos have many just good tips all around
Love the vids and the channel. Really great advice, and the visuals are unique and cool among guitar channels. You replied to me once on TGP regarding the Boss SL-2 and at first I thought it was some dude who was just a mega fan of your channel!
Are those Primal Rage shots?
Yes thank you for recognizing
Love the Three Wave stickers, you a fellow Jerseyan?
Bergen County baby
Love what you making. Such good tips. Good riffs with good texture. Absolutely what I'm into right now. Keep up the good work.
Strymon should update the Nightsky firmware so to adjust the Pre-Delay to 0%
I remember that pedal show - dan in particular, explaining a cool trick he found and I forget the reverb, but he was using one that has a tone/eq feature as well as a pre-delay so that the dry thru / attack was more pronounced, not lost.. but the thing was it had a decent pre delay and almost no decay, with a bright tone setting, and the result was I think after a Fuzz, that you got this top end slap back esque sheen on the notes but the strong low end and dry thru kept it clear. He basically got it to be a slap back with way less percussive sound and more of a spring like reaction.. I forget how it worked but it was something I was inspired by.
Around that time I was experimenting with delays and reverbs before my envelope filter and the way a reverb can keep a filter open, is really really fun. Kinda makes it more of a wah pedal since it's less snappy and closing fast... fun shtuff.
I put a reverb pedal at the front of the pedal board chain so theres always a little bit of texture under everything. Something cool about compressed and distorted reverb
loved the Sir Duke progression in a dreamy version with the spring reverb
Hey man! thanks for the tips!! Love your content. keep it coming😎😎😎👍
Thanks, man! Great vid, as usual. Really like the flavors in these animations 🙂
How would you compare using the Echo Fix like that to something like the Caroline Meteore? Man I love that pedal
I haven't played the Meteore, so I can't really compare, but I'm pretty into the Echo Fix.
I am doing solo ambient looping guitar gigs weekly, this is relevant to my interests.
people pissing on the stairs/like they just don't care
That closing shot of Scorpion though… 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
What is the guitar you are using in this video? It is really cool.
The RV-6 encompasses all of my feelings about Boss pedals in one unit. "This pedal has a mix knob that goes fully wet, but...RV-6." "This one has lots of controls, a desktop editor, and isn't overly utilitarian like a Boss pedal, but then again...'" RV-6 usually wins out.
Boss is hard to beat
Nothing says nostalgia like the Sears parking lot. Well, maybe the Army & Navy store.
Favorite reverb for me is the Spatium algorithm on the GFI Specular Tempus.
i also like the old hobby stores that sell model trains
I always cop huge nostalgia from this channel and most of the time I cant even identify what exactly is causing it, aside from that one where you played, "Powerslave" I used to be such a huge Maiden fan. Thanks bud you truly rock!
I like Maiden’s cover art more than the actual songs. Powerslave is an awesome song, but the album art is even cooler
I love this series and this might be my favorite one yet.
When you said it “sounds like a memory”…nailed it!🙌
Lol, I'm not into noise and tip #5 blew me away. 😎🤓
loving your animations omg!
Is that an original song for the spring drive sound example? It sounds so beautiful
this is gonna be overkill, but the answer to your question is here: bit.ly/3vZ0yft
youre actually a genius
Always sharing great ideas thank you
Another banger of a video. Just curious, what do you use for the programmed drums? Are all drums in the video programmed or are some recorded live with a real kit?
The one that I said was from my album was a real drum performance, by Ted Poor. The rest were a combination of programmed and sampled drum parts, all done in GarageBand. If you watch the recent video on my channel about GarageBand, I go in depth about my various production tricks for drums, including the exact techniques I used in this vid (and all my vids).
@@CyberattackWorld thank you so much! I'll check that video out.
Awesome tips!
Just the hardcore tip, please.
thank you cyberattack
We've entered into the 64 bit era!
Thanks for noticing. I've been learning Blender since last winter, which means I can use N64 assets now.
Warlord Saga of the Storm, this guy knows how to party.
i'm so glad somebody caught that
@@CyberattackWorld I actually busted out all my old cards because of the Kickstarter revamping int and some friends are interested. That game was awesome back in the day.
@@tealstaticthat's awesome. Warlord was the last CCG that I got into, it was the end of that era for me. I liked the elves. Who did you play as?
@@CyberattackWorld Yeah, I reconnected with some friends and we started to paly again.
I like the Free Kingdoms. Buff up the little guys and do rogue stuff.
Side question: Do you do stuff like people's music or stuff like that? I have a band but I've been making "weird" music by msyelf and am always looking for a second opinion.
@@tealstatic you mean like this? ruclips.net/user/postUgkxK7DH1ZZfdte59jSrp7Jbl721X4HQmAoO
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