Thank you for this. It is nice to see another saxophonist that is aware of and uses the electronic technologies that have propelled the guitar to legendary status.
I just found your video on yt. Amazing setup and sounds man!! I used a Ditto X4 looper-pedal ( the bigger one) and had 3 of them , 2 of them for the other musicians. You can Connect them just using a long midi-cable. Then all 3 can be used in sync and tap the master in tempo. It helps to make empty loops of a certain length.
@@JasonSquinobal Got it! Thank you so much for your time and patience! Hope to see you performing live at some point! Your sound is very interesting! Hopefully you'll come to WA some day! :)
Hi Jason, thank you so much for all the information! I'm starting to tap into the pedals world and having a lot of fun trying things out. I'm currently using a BOSS VE-20 as mainly a harmonizer due to the fact that I'm using a condenser mic that needs phantom power. I saw that you're using an audio technica power module. Would that be the same? I'm afraid of creating a pedal chain without figuring this out first (can't seem to find enough info online). Do you know how can I run a chain with a condenser? should I run all the pedals before and use the boss ve-20 at the end to send my mic signal out? Sorry if it's a beginner question. Thanks again!
I'm not really familiar with the Boss VE-20 but I'm assuming it is supplying the phantom power for the condenser mic. If the VE-20 doesn't have a built in effects loop then this might be a difficult set-up to add external effect to. One issue is that you need to give the effects pedals enough, but not too much signal volume so that the audio can be processed. If you plug the mic directly into the Pedals first then there won't be enough signal strength to send audio through the pedals. In fact the mic won't be able to get any of the phantom power it needs. But if you send the audio signal though the pedals after the VE-20 then the signal will be too powerful and will overpower the pedals. One solution is to invest in a pre-amp with an effects loop so that the mic can get the power it needs and then you can send just the right amount of audio signal to the pedals. That's what the Voice-Loco is used for in my effect signal. Another option is to invest in a mic that has power at its source. The "IntraMic" is designed to be used with pedals and comes with a power supply that then gets plugged in directly to the pedals. A quick fix if you want to experiment with some pedals before deciding which ones you want to set up in a chain, is to use an old-school mixing board like a Mackie. if you can find one you can send the mic through that and then set the pedals up through one of the sends Chanels therefore you can send just the right amount of audio through the pedals and back into the return of the mixing board. I hope on of these solutions helps.
Hi @@JasonSquinobal ! Thank you so much for your response! Yes, the boss VE-20 has a phantom power in it, that's why I'm using it. I'm not using it for loop FX but for harmonizer effects, reverb and delay. What I understood is that if I have a pre-amp in the beginning of my chain I can them run the chain with other pedals, is that correct? I have the option to turn on and off the phantom on the VE-20 so I wouldn't use it to power the mic, just as a regular pedal on my chain.
Yes that should work, but the most important thing is that you have control over how much sound is running into the effects pedals, too much and you will distort the sound too little and you won't hear it.
You need some pedalboard junction/interface boxes. It’s not good practice to plug in/out of your pedals every night. Eventually one of your 1/4 jacks will fail, it’s better for it to fail on the interface side. When it happens you can just plug into the pedals for the night. Y’all sound great!!!!!
Thanks! I am using Holeyboards. They are a bit expensive, but I like the construction and flexibility. Being able to attach pedals using zip-ties helps me to keep things cleaned up and it's relatively easy to move stuff around.
You could be completely right. There was a point where I was looking at the HX Stop and the Eventide H9 Max. I bet I could do all this stuff with either of those pedals. I can't even remember why I decided against them. Maybe I didn't have enough flexibility, or one-button MIDI control. I don't remember. I'd interested to hear either of those pedals set up in a similar way!
Thank you for this. It is nice to see another saxophonist that is aware of and uses the electronic technologies that have propelled the guitar to legendary status.
I just found your video on yt. Amazing setup and sounds man!! I used a Ditto X4 looper-pedal ( the bigger one) and had 3 of them , 2 of them for the other musicians. You can Connect them just using a long midi-cable. Then all 3 can be used in sync and tap the master in tempo. It helps to make empty loops of a certain length.
That's awesome, I'll have to try it. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@JasonSquinobal Got it! Thank you so much for your time and patience! Hope to see you performing live at some point! Your sound is very interesting! Hopefully you'll come to WA some day! :)
Hi Jason, thank you so much for all the information! I'm starting to tap into the pedals world and having a lot of fun trying things out.
I'm currently using a BOSS VE-20 as mainly a harmonizer due to the fact that I'm using a condenser mic that needs phantom power. I saw that you're using an audio technica power module. Would that be the same? I'm afraid of creating a pedal chain without figuring this out first (can't seem to find enough info online). Do you know how can I run a chain with a condenser? should I run all the pedals before and use the boss ve-20 at the end to send my mic signal out? Sorry if it's a beginner question.
Thanks again!
I'm not really familiar with the Boss VE-20 but I'm assuming it is supplying the phantom power for the condenser mic. If the VE-20 doesn't have a built in effects loop then this might be a difficult set-up to add external effect to. One issue is that you need to give the effects pedals enough, but not too much signal volume so that the audio can be processed. If you plug the mic directly into the Pedals first then there won't be enough signal strength to send audio through the pedals. In fact the mic won't be able to get any of the phantom power it needs. But if you send the audio signal though the pedals after the VE-20 then the signal will be too powerful and will overpower the pedals.
One solution is to invest in a pre-amp with an effects loop so that the mic can get the power it needs and then you can send just the right amount of audio signal to the pedals. That's what the Voice-Loco is used for in my effect signal.
Another option is to invest in a mic that has power at its source. The "IntraMic" is designed to be used with pedals and comes with a power supply that then gets plugged in directly to the pedals.
A quick fix if you want to experiment with some pedals before deciding which ones you want to set up in a chain, is to use an old-school mixing board like a Mackie. if you can find one you can send the mic through that and then set the pedals up through one of the sends Chanels therefore you can send just the right amount of audio through the pedals and back into the return of the mixing board.
I hope on of these solutions helps.
Hi @@JasonSquinobal ! Thank you so much for your response! Yes, the boss VE-20 has a phantom power in it, that's why I'm using it. I'm not using it for loop FX but for harmonizer effects, reverb and delay. What I understood is that if I have a pre-amp in the beginning of my chain I can them run the chain with other pedals, is that correct? I have the option to turn on and off the phantom on the VE-20 so I wouldn't use it to power the mic, just as a regular pedal on my chain.
Yes that should work, but the most important thing is that you have control over how much sound is running into the effects pedals, too much and you will distort the sound too little and you won't hear it.
Enjoyed listening to your music and the explanation. Got a link to your music? How do you find Meris pedals to edit?
Hi Jason, I was wandering how you setup the DECAY on your Noise supressor? Thanks in advance! :D
You need some pedalboard
junction/interface boxes. It’s not good practice to plug in/out of your pedals every night. Eventually one of your 1/4 jacks will fail, it’s better for it to fail on the interface side. When it happens you can just plug into the pedals for the night. Y’all sound great!!!!!
yeah, that's a really great suggestion. I just gotta find the room, but you're right. Thanks!
Mount them underneath the top part of your boards.
What brand of pedal boards are you using? Great sounds
Thanks! I am using Holeyboards. They are a bit expensive, but I like the construction and flexibility. Being able to attach pedals using zip-ties helps me to keep things cleaned up and it's relatively easy to move stuff around.
Seems like you could do all this with like one hx stomp
You could be completely right. There was a point where I was looking at the HX Stop and the Eventide H9 Max. I bet I could do all this stuff with either of those pedals. I can't even remember why I decided against them. Maybe I didn't have enough flexibility, or one-button MIDI control. I don't remember. I'd interested to hear either of those pedals set up in a similar way!
@@JasonSquinobal yeah sometimes you just want more pedals to look at and not have to deal with menus and screens. old school floor gazers style