Synths are what got me interested in pedals in the first place. Overdrives and reverbs always sounded like "something the amp did", but the thought of pressing a pedal and suddenly you're playing a different instrument, always fascinated me. Thank you for the episode!
I own 3 Meris pedals and though the initial learning curve might be a bit steep they're incredibly musical and forward-thinking. They sound fantastic too.
Agreed - and though the alt function settings are a little tricky it does a good job of being tweakable without midi but then fully programmable with midi. Only disappointed they didn’t dive into the Dry Mode on the Enzo - it’s a sleeper!
Meris is awesome but crazy annoying. In fact so infuriating it's a waste of time, presets is another pedal, plus 100€... The scammiest tactics do not get my recommendation. Meris could be amazing, but practical/functional design is a disaster.
The SY-1 is fantastic with its 121 possibilities, compact size, and flawless tracking, but the Enzo... SO much under the hood that can be used in a variety of ways. Chorus, Delay, Filter, Arpeggiator, Octave, Fuzz... AND midi preset capabilities!
It's so great to see Meris' Enzo discussed. Hell, it's great to see this category discussed and thanks guys for doing so. If viewers are looking for proper demos of what synth pedals, and especially those by Meris can do - which is a hell of a lot! - you will need to look elsewhere. Yes, the learning curve is steep. But once the basics are mastered there is nothing like it. These pedals take you places you have never been and will not want to return from once you're there. e.g., Guitarists like Ed O'Brien, Kevin Parker, Andy Othling et al live for these types of sounds. Btw, The Enzo can be controlled wirelessly via Bluetooth MIDI. As Mick notes Enzo can be used with anything - keyboards, vocals, bass, etc.
It's finally time for the best moment of the best day of the week ! Yaayy Thanks to you guys, I decided to finally get a tube amp and some pedals (TC Flashback 2, Digitech Nautila and Maxon OD-9). So much fun. Having a Nice sound is so inspiring, you are right. Keep up the videos !! Awesome work, love you guys.
Just as I was getting curious about guitar synths, you guys put this out - perfect timing, and an awesome demonstration! The possibilities seem really wide-ranging and inspiring.
The Swarm has me totally inspired, gotta say. Will get one. I have the AM Envelope Filter and man, it's easily the best Filter pedal I've ever ever played. So many uses (lead searing sound, up and down, subtle, in your face but never sounds bad). Just is so awesome, Mike made his masterpiece in that one, but not a ton of people have noticed
Cool episode. Funny how the episodes I least expect to like I like the most, and the ones I get super stoked for I like the least. Thanks guys for another solid hour!
Such a good episode. As one of those annoying multi-instrumentalist types, I've always used keys for my synth sounds, though I do like using pedals to get some weirdness going. Not sure I will go down this route, but again, your show has inspired me to experiment further. I always remember an interview with Tony Banks saying he was constantly trying to make his keys more guitar like, and Steve was always trying to make his guitar more synth like. The extent to which this worked is such that I confused the two, particularly on Return of the Giant Hogweed. Keep on keeping on, you are often the reason I pick up a guitar to try something new.
Man, the Meris stuff is really really interesting. Love that you guys tackled this. And I love that A-man Envelope filter. Man o man, gotta get one of those!
You guys often talk about pedals/sounds taking you away on a journey of inspiration, I bought the Meris Enzo earlier this year for just that reason. It's a very inspiring pedal that takes me out of my comfort zone. Vangelis and Synthwave sounds ooze from this lovely device.
Dan, I'd like to relate an experience I had a few days ago. I was working on finding my own "cheat code" for intervals, a la your second practice vlog, and had gotten to the fourth. After playing one-four several times, I recognized a melody, but couldn't place it. For the first time in my life, I played a melody full through without having to think about it, and I was half way through it before I realized what it was. It was Taps, and through my tears the final note was the best, truest note I have ever played in my life. That happened the evening of September 11. Your brief but on point tutelage played a large part in that simple yet deeply moving experience, and I would like to thank you dearly.
I finally plugged in my SY-1 (had been busy), and I'm absolutely blown away. I've had various pickup-based guitar synths and honestly they were all crap. I've always loved the idea, but it just never pans out. I'm really into modular synthesis, but this is just fun. The articulation and tracking on it is absolutely flawless. I can't believe how good it is. Sure; the sounds are limited, but that's ok. It's also so simple and small. I'm a fan.
I saw a super fun vid on reddit, someone was demoing their pedalboard with pigtronix motherboard 2 and sy-1, really cool sounds, played some Miley. This SY-1 is amazing and I can't understand how I didn't realize it back when I watched this video. SO MUCH potential for experimentations. So many cool sounds. Even that 80's synth that could be in Arnold's iron pumping vid. Or his action movies.
This is awesome! I have the EHX Synth9, which has been loads of fun so far, and has inspired me to try more of these synth pedals. The technology is just getting so good!
I saw the title to this, and could almost guess what Mick's delivery would be. As always, you guys never disappoint. Personally, I'll keep my synth chops for my Moogg SubPhatty, but it's cool to see how devices in this area are developing. Thanks as ever Gents.
So if I can ever get a D&M drive, I may have to get a second case made with special graphics and call it the Ocelots & Elephants. What a great show!! I don't know enough about synth stuff, mainly because I haven't taken the plunge into MIDI. Some of these pedals seem approachable, though. Especially the Swarm. I think a really killer fuzz sound that is controllable and plays well with other pedals could be dialed in, not to mention all of the other tones available. Feed that Greer into it and dial it in! Finally, I was streaming this episode on my good stereo system. When you kicked in the Analogman filter, it nearly took my head off!
I had to watch this for the Beetronics Swarm, I love that pedal and I wanted to see what you guys thought of it. I don't need much in life but I NEED one of those!
Maybe basis for a second episode where you put on some fx pedals after the synths? These sounds really comes to life with the Strymons, Boss or other multi fx pedals, and thats where it starts to get inspiring.
I think the BeeTronics Swarm is officially the first pedal I’ve purchased before I saw it on your show...then this came video came out. I know I’m doing something right.
Great fun! I go back and forth between loving Atari 8-bit squarewave madness, then tiring of it and reverting to old-school tube-amplified natural sounds, ha! This definitely gave me gas for the Swarm; already own and love Enzo and Synth Wah.
I am biased but I love the Enzo and I actually have the Infinite Jets as well as the Enzo. Great video guys, I learned a whole hell of a lot....Thank You Guys!
I love these kind of shows ... as it allows me to hear the vast array of possibilities out there, and add one (or more) pedals to the "one day, maybe" list .... and then I can help someone else who buys one new, by buying it from them on eBay in a year or two when they've moved on and I can get it a little cheaper :D
Toska used synth sounds coming both from Moogs and bass effects as I recall while bolding guitar melodies, overdubing etc. It worked out great (Fire By The Silos album, watch 'The making of'). So, synths are great studio tool even if you do not use them live or compose with them. They add such a texture. By the way, that Meris Enzo is one of the most interesting pedals I've heard in a long time..it is like ultimate, original mod-synth-crush pedal, very inspiring even trough simple desktop speakers. Very impressed. Great show
You realize you have just made it to #1 on Future Music's 10 most wanted list. Send them a coffee mug as a peace offering. I want to see you both alive for next weeks episode. :D
Man, I wish I could read Mick's thoughts during the intro. On topic, I saw Jennifer Batten during a demo for a new product from Fishman, guitar synth midi thing. It was amazing to hear her play a sax, piano, harmonica, strings over famous backing tracks and I could hardly hear the difference with the original track. And honk to Jennifer for signing my strat.
Love the new studio look fellas! With all the gear set up like that I don't feel so bad about my music room anymore. Haha! In fact, I think I need more gear. Just don't tell my wife...
Wow. I have just been on a sonic rollercoaster ranging from “my 7 year old playing with Cubase” to some amazing sounds! Bit close to the brown note at times...! All made good by the addition of disco lights :)
One little tip. If you use a pedal with horrendous frequency spectrum, try to add mid focused overdrive AFTER that pedal. It works beautifully and concentrate your sound in the place of guitar
Used to play "Angels" every night with Gene Pitney. I'd recognize that opening phrase anywhere! In my head, the last line was "I love an angel named Fred." It kept me amused.
I’m in hospital at the moment waiting for some rather unpleasant business. THANK YOU for this episode. Didn’t think I would be laughing out loud today. So appreciated and a great episode. To chip in a little for us 4 stringed friends. 1 - I have the AMAN envelope and is works incredible for bass and using the filter from a octave pedal gives amazing bass synth sounds. Also a big shout for Electro Harmonix Micro Bass Synth - an amazing analogue bass synth.
I just got 'DIRTY ROBOT' by Digitech last Wednesday great fun for an hour or so but poly put the kettle on! I plan to use it with my looper pedal for funky bass lines Cheers pedalers!
bought a EHX Synth9 on a lark for something different...and weirdly i use it alot...love that thing...the Swarm has been at the top of my next pedal list for a while now..
Playing a guitar feels more expressive than playing a keyboard, and it allows one to move freely without playing a keytar and looking like a goofball. I foresee the synth pedal market continuing to grow. Fun episode, thanks!
Much love to you Gents for giving it a go. Considerably less love for that batch of pedals. I had to turn on the Rattler and play Soundgarden riffs for an hour just to make my ears stop itching. 😉
Even though I would like keyboard players to play their own parts, I understand occasional parts played by guitar through pedals. I can't wait to watch this video. :-)
This is Stranger Things season 4 soundtrack! Not sure if it was intentional but I thought your choice of an organic overdrive for the synth pedals was hilarious 😆 Glad to see one of those Gretschies didn’t get returned 👍🤘
Only half way through the vid, so apologies if you end up getting to it, but what order in the signal path would you place these? I currently have my c4 synth running early in the chain, in between my compressor and first gain stage... found that single coil pickups werent as great as tracking or triggering the envelope, but using a compressor to both homoginize and raise the signal allows me to correct for that, and placing the synth early allows me to further modulate the sound for some vintage craziness. Im a diehard analog fan... but this s&^t is way too fun to hold onto those scruples! (Apart from having 128 fully customizable sounds, the c4 also has a mix mode to mix in the analog sound in wet/dry fashion.) Thanks for sharing this. I think youll be breaking the stigma fellas!
That sy sounds sweet, just wondering how ye we’re managing to hold function on it and layering the guitar over the synth sound? As I’m fronting a 3 piece cover band I could really do with something to fill up the sound a bit! Some organ or synth pads would really help! Other thing would it be easy to set it up with a pedal switcher to control its hold function rather than having to add another switch to the board....? Any info would be greatly appreciated on your Vcq’s
Synths are what got me interested in pedals in the first place. Overdrives and reverbs always sounded like "something the amp did", but the thought of pressing a pedal and suddenly you're playing a different instrument, always fascinated me. Thank you for the episode!
Love the new wide angled shot with all the guitars in. I hear theyre quite important to make pedals sound good
I own 3 Meris pedals and though the initial learning curve might be a bit steep they're incredibly musical and forward-thinking. They sound fantastic too.
Agreed - and though the alt function settings are a little tricky it does a good job of being tweakable without midi but then fully programmable with midi. Only disappointed they didn’t dive into the Dry Mode on the Enzo - it’s a sleeper!
You’d love Eventide rack units.
@@mattl4925 You both are so right
Meris is awesome but crazy annoying. In fact so infuriating it's a waste of time, presets is another pedal, plus 100€... The scammiest tactics do not get my recommendation. Meris could be amazing, but practical/functional design is a disaster.
"I sit and wait..."
That may be the hardest I've laughed during a TPS episode.
As if the wife can’t stand the “wee wah wee wah” videos enough, out come the “beep bop beep bop” noises - this is going to go down well!
I get picked on too. The wife hates it.
You're not using headphones? I'm calling the police.
Hahaha
If you think that's bad, wait until she sees the $400 visa charge.
"In ancient times...
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people... the Druids"
I love how clean the room looks with all the guitars lined up along the sides
Ocelot is the guy with the revolvers from Metal Gear Solid.
Oscar this is what I thought of lol
Fun fact: A group of ocelots is called an awfelot
[Standing Ovation]
This reminds me of another fun fact: the Aztec God of Milkmen is called Gottalottabotyl.
*rofl*
After today, a group of ocelots should be called a synth
whale oil beef hooked
The SY-1 is fantastic with its 121 possibilities, compact size, and flawless tracking, but the Enzo... SO much under the hood that can be used in a variety of ways. Chorus, Delay, Filter, Arpeggiator, Octave, Fuzz... AND midi preset capabilities!
Next D&M signature pedal needs to be a synth called the Oscelot.
I love it!! Unfortunately, I doubt it would sell more than a couple dozen... ;-)
It's so great to see Meris' Enzo discussed. Hell, it's great to see this category discussed and thanks guys for doing so. If viewers are looking for proper demos of what synth pedals, and especially those by Meris can do - which is a hell of a lot! - you will need to look elsewhere. Yes, the learning curve is steep. But once the basics are mastered there is nothing like it. These pedals take you places you have never been and will not want to return from once you're there. e.g., Guitarists like Ed O'Brien, Kevin Parker, Andy Othling et al live for these types of sounds. Btw, The Enzo can be controlled wirelessly via Bluetooth MIDI. As Mick notes Enzo can be used with anything - keyboards, vocals, bass, etc.
Mick was much more into it than I expected! Hope to hear some more weird cool noises out of his guitar in the future.
Love you guys, you're great.
Guys, the lighting and color balance on this episode looks fantastic...all your recent improvements are looking great!
Finally! Been waiting to watch you guys with the Enzo for ages it seems :)
It's finally time for the best moment of the best day of the week ! Yaayy
Thanks to you guys, I decided to finally get a tube amp and some pedals (TC Flashback 2, Digitech Nautila and Maxon OD-9). So much fun.
Having a Nice sound is so inspiring, you are right.
Keep up the videos !! Awesome work, love you guys.
Just as I was getting curious about guitar synths, you guys put this out - perfect timing, and an awesome demonstration! The possibilities seem really wide-ranging and inspiring.
"....they don't deserve to be manipulated for the interests of synthesis".
That is absolute 100% solid comedy gold...right there.
5 stars.
The Swarm has me totally inspired, gotta say. Will get one. I have the AM Envelope Filter and man, it's easily the best Filter pedal I've ever ever played. So many uses (lead searing sound, up and down, subtle, in your face but never sounds bad). Just is so awesome, Mike made his masterpiece in that one, but not a ton of people have noticed
Cool episode. Funny how the episodes I least expect to like I like the most, and the ones I get super stoked for I like the least. Thanks guys for another solid hour!
Totally agree with you, unfortunately this synth demo disappointed 😢there are better ones… sorry
Could just be the extra coffee this morning, but I’m getting quite “MOVED” by these sounds. Great show as always!
Such a good episode. As one of those annoying multi-instrumentalist types, I've always used keys for my synth sounds, though I do like using pedals to get some weirdness going. Not sure I will go down this route, but again, your show has inspired me to experiment further. I always remember an interview with Tony Banks saying he was constantly trying to make his keys more guitar like, and Steve was always trying to make his guitar more synth like. The extent to which this worked is such that I confused the two, particularly on Return of the Giant Hogweed. Keep on keeping on, you are often the reason I pick up a guitar to try something new.
So glad you guys brought the bass out for some synth goodness. Love seeing the bass get some love
Fantastic tones guys! That Enzo is amazing!
Absolutely love when Mick plays outve his depth! 😂.... also love the episodes where youre in discovery mode! Fun stuff.
You can't manipulate an Ocelot - they'd Spot it right away!
I'll show myself out. Great show as always.
Man, the Meris stuff is really really interesting. Love that you guys tackled this. And I love that A-man Envelope filter. Man o man, gotta get one of those!
You guys often talk about pedals/sounds taking you away on a journey of inspiration, I bought the Meris Enzo earlier this year for just that reason. It's a very inspiring pedal that takes me out of my comfort zone. Vangelis and Synthwave sounds ooze from this lovely device.
18:43 I love how defensive Dan gets about disturbing the bees 🐝
Makes me smile 😆😘
"Disturbing the Bees"-- a new emo band name. 😂😂
Dan, I'd like to relate an experience I had a few days ago. I was working on finding my own "cheat code" for intervals, a la your second practice vlog, and had gotten to the fourth. After playing one-four several times, I recognized a melody, but couldn't place it. For the first time in my life, I played a melody full through without having to think about it, and I was half way through it before I realized what it was. It was Taps, and through my tears the final note was the best, truest note I have ever played in my life. That happened the evening of September 11. Your brief but on point tutelage played a large part in that simple yet deeply moving experience, and I would like to thank you dearly.
Great fun! 😂 great job as usual guys. You’ve gone into territory I’m not sure I’d ever have tread but it opened my eyes to synth possibilities.
I don't think I've seen a demo video of the Beetronics Swarm where someone hasn't lost their mind at the sheer insanity of that pedal. Love it!
I finally plugged in my SY-1 (had been busy), and I'm absolutely blown away. I've had various pickup-based guitar synths and honestly they were all crap. I've always loved the idea, but it just never pans out. I'm really into modular synthesis, but this is just fun. The articulation and tracking on it is absolutely flawless. I can't believe how good it is. Sure; the sounds are limited, but that's ok. It's also so simple and small. I'm a fan.
I saw a super fun vid on reddit, someone was demoing their pedalboard with pigtronix motherboard 2 and sy-1, really cool sounds, played some Miley. This SY-1 is amazing and I can't understand how I didn't realize it back when I watched this video. SO MUCH potential for experimentations. So many cool sounds. Even that 80's synth that could be in Arnold's iron pumping vid. Or his action movies.
Cool episode. Was fun to see you guys step away from the normal and dive in with these synthy pedals.
I had the subtitles on and when you turned on the synth-wah it ‘deciphered’ it as ‘One one one one’... 😂
Christopher Palmer I once watched a video with subtitles about Yngwie Malmsteen’s scalloped Strat. The whole time it read “the Ping Mei Strat.”
It’s giving you the tab
@@LochNessAnthony should be 010101010101
Had me in stitches practically the whole show!
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Been a stressful time as of late. Just want to say thanks for this show and the optimism education and escape it provides!!
Sorry to hear that Desmond, and thank you for the kind words. Best to you man.
This is awesome! I have the EHX Synth9, which has been loads of fun so far, and has inspired me to try more of these synth pedals. The technology is just getting so good!
I've been waiting for this! Been thinking about adding one to my board! I'm making popcorn!
I love my SY-300. Having all the sounds and being able to save them and use the Boss Tone Zone is excellent!
I saw the title to this, and could almost guess what Mick's delivery would be. As always, you guys never disappoint. Personally, I'll keep my synth chops for my Moogg SubPhatty, but it's cool to see how devices in this area are developing. Thanks as ever Gents.
Been rocking that Digitech Synth Wah for like 15 years. It’s such an underrated pedal.
Thanks so much for this demo love the Enzo i know pain stakingly demo
So if I can ever get a D&M drive, I may have to get a second case made with special graphics and call it the Ocelots & Elephants. What a great show!! I don't know enough about synth stuff, mainly because I haven't taken the plunge into MIDI. Some of these pedals seem approachable, though. Especially the Swarm. I think a really killer fuzz sound that is controllable and plays well with other pedals could be dialed in, not to mention all of the other tones available. Feed that Greer into it and dial it in! Finally, I was streaming this episode on my good stereo system. When you kicked in the Analogman filter, it nearly took my head off!
I had to watch this for the Beetronics Swarm, I love that pedal and I wanted to see what you guys thought of it. I don't need much in life but I NEED one of those!
Many thanks for this show fellas!
Maybe basis for a second episode where you put on some fx pedals after the synths? These sounds really comes to life with the Strymons, Boss or other multi fx pedals, and thats where it starts to get inspiring.
that very first sound on the SY1 at about 45:24 is almost perfect for "Who Are You" by Black Sabbath
Jaw dropped hearing the swarm. That. Was. Awesome.
10 minutes later: same with the enzo.
these are absolutely your best digressions ever
In my fantasy, you make a collab followup episode together with The Pedal Zone
I think the BeeTronics Swarm is officially the first pedal I’ve purchased before I saw it on your show...then this came video came out. I know I’m doing something right.
Been waiting for this one!
Great fun! I go back and forth between loving Atari 8-bit squarewave madness, then tiring of it and reverting to old-school tube-amplified natural sounds, ha! This definitely gave me gas for the Swarm; already own and love Enzo and Synth Wah.
I am biased but I love the Enzo and I actually have the Infinite Jets as well as the Enzo.
Great video guys, I learned a whole hell of a lot....Thank You Guys!
Its Friday lunch, i'm at work with my feet up on the desk watching That Pedal Show. Its a good day.
Likewise!
Right up my alley! Thanks fellas!
Just starting the video, and I’m already looking forward to Mick’s complete and utter dive into the manuals in search of “what the hell?!!” 😂😂😂
At last, is this the Fripp/Belew extravaganza that was promised...2 mins in 🤴🏻🔴 well not full on midi but I’ll take it. Synth Soundscapes regardless!
I love these kind of shows ... as it allows me to hear the vast array of possibilities out there, and add one (or more) pedals to the "one day, maybe" list .... and then I can help someone else who buys one new, by buying it from them on eBay in a year or two when they've moved on and I can get it a little cheaper :D
Toska used synth sounds coming both from Moogs and bass effects as I recall while bolding guitar melodies, overdubing etc. It worked out great (Fire By The Silos album, watch 'The making of'). So, synths are great studio tool even if you do not use them live or compose with them. They add such a texture. By the way, that Meris Enzo is one of the most interesting pedals I've heard in a long time..it is like ultimate, original mod-synth-crush pedal, very inspiring even trough simple desktop speakers. Very impressed. Great show
Wobbly Williams off the cuff like that deserved a bit more love! Good man Dan
You realize you have just made it to #1 on Future Music's 10 most wanted list. Send them a coffee mug as a peace offering. I want to see you both alive for next weeks episode. :D
Thanks Mick! "I sit and wait", almost made me require a new laptop. Tea EVERYWHERE! Hillarious.
Oh man. That opening had me reminiscing about Blakes 7. Not sure whether that’s a good thing.
+1. Soolin was my schoolboy crush
Fun episode and a true eye opener.
LOVE the thumbnail graphic for this video.
Thanks! Mick here. Been trying to make them better....
loving the new guitar racks! would love a quick rundown on what all those guitars are!
Man, I wish I could read Mick's thoughts during the intro.
On topic, I saw Jennifer Batten during a demo for a new product from Fishman, guitar synth midi thing. It was amazing to hear her play a sax, piano, harmonica, strings over famous backing tracks and I could hardly hear the difference with the original track.
And honk to Jennifer for signing my strat.
The Beetronics pedal is a phase loop lock (PLL), no? Pretty killer nonetheless. Damn.
As a fellow cat fan myself, I enjoyed Mick taking a moment to highlight the majestic Ocelot. Haha, fun show mates! Cheers from Michigan!
Looked like you had tons of fun 😊 Just like two kids in a toy store 😂 Great show 👍
Well that's Starskey and Hutch stuck in my head for the evening! Cheers Mick....😂😂
Chris.
Love the new studio look fellas! With all the gear set up like that I don't feel so bad about my music room anymore. Haha! In fact, I think I need more gear. Just don't tell my wife...
very much enjoyed even now its already after 5 am in the morning :)
Wow. I have just been on a sonic rollercoaster ranging from “my 7 year old playing with Cubase” to some amazing sounds! Bit close to the brown note at times...! All made good by the addition of disco lights :)
One little tip. If you use a pedal with horrendous frequency spectrum, try to add mid focused overdrive AFTER that pedal. It works beautifully and concentrate your sound in the place of guitar
Used to play "Angels" every night with Gene Pitney. I'd recognize that opening phrase anywhere! In my head, the last line was "I love an angel named Fred." It kept me amused.
I wasn't excited to watch this show, but now, at 17 minutes in, I'm going to have to buy a Synth Wah...
I’m in hospital at the moment waiting for some rather unpleasant business. THANK YOU for this episode. Didn’t think I would be laughing out loud today. So appreciated and a great episode. To chip in a little for us 4 stringed friends. 1 - I have the AMAN envelope and is works incredible for bass and using the filter from a octave pedal gives amazing bass synth sounds. Also a big shout for Electro Harmonix Micro Bass Synth - an amazing analogue bass synth.
All the best Mark!
Yay! Synth pedals 🙌
Seriously, awesome episode. I'm very tempted by the ENZO. But seriously, with a name like ENZO it should really be Ferrari red!!
" To what end? What are you trying to see?" hilarious
I just got 'DIRTY ROBOT' by Digitech last Wednesday great fun for an hour or so but poly put the kettle on!
I plan to use it with my looper pedal for funky bass lines
Cheers pedalers!
bought a EHX Synth9 on a lark for something different...and weirdly i use it alot...love that thing...the Swarm has been at the top of my next pedal list for a while now..
I've got EHX C9 and just last week I got a used 'Dirty Robot' by Digitech which is very much like the 'Synth Wah' great fun and can be very useful.
Playing a guitar feels more expressive than playing a keyboard, and it allows one to move freely without playing a keytar and looking like a goofball. I foresee the synth pedal market continuing to grow. Fun episode, thanks!
Much love to you Gents for giving it a go. Considerably less love for that batch of pedals. I had to turn on the Rattler and play Soundgarden riffs for an hour just to make my ears stop itching. 😉
Even though I would like keyboard players to play their own parts, I understand occasional parts played by guitar through pedals. I can't wait to watch this video. :-)
One thing to bear in mind is synths usually sound MUCH better with full range amps into full range speakers.
Digitech all day... love how I get excited at the first pedal... and on it goes.
the digitech synth wah sound reminds me of the sound from Daft Punks "Human after all"
This is Stranger Things season 4 soundtrack!
Not sure if it was intentional but I thought your choice of an organic overdrive for the synth pedals was hilarious 😆
Glad to see one of those Gretschies didn’t get returned 👍🤘
Only half way through the vid, so apologies if you end up getting to it, but what order in the signal path would you place these? I currently have my c4 synth running early in the chain, in between my compressor and first gain stage... found that single coil pickups werent as great as tracking or triggering the envelope, but using a compressor to both homoginize and raise the signal allows me to correct for that, and placing the synth early allows me to further modulate the sound for some vintage craziness. Im a diehard analog fan... but this s&^t is way too fun to hold onto those scruples! (Apart from having 128 fully customizable sounds, the c4 also has a mix mode to mix in the analog sound in wet/dry fashion.) Thanks for sharing this. I think youll be breaking the stigma fellas!
The bassist from the covers band that I used to be in had a Synth Wah and used it on our Muse-inspired cover of House of the Rising Sun. It was epic!
So much fun when Mick decides to do something silly and Dan collapses in hysterics :D :D :D
That sy sounds sweet, just wondering how ye we’re managing to hold function on it and layering the guitar over the synth sound? As I’m fronting a 3 piece cover band I could really do with something to fill up the sound a bit! Some organ or synth pads would really help! Other thing would it be easy to set it up with a pedal switcher to control its hold function rather than having to add another switch to the board....? Any info would be greatly appreciated on your Vcq’s
I LOVE this!
Get some stuff, play it, find what works, make something that makes you happy. Good times
Well... I love the Lightspeed