Andy plays Castlevania (!!!!!!!!). This straight male is now firmly in love... with Andy. It was only infatuation before this demo. That Castlevania intro pushed me over the edge. I'm a fool for Andy.
Finally! There is a good review of this pedal being played by someone who knows what they're doing. All the other videos demoing the Syntax Error sounded like crap. I had a feeling that Andy would do the pedal justice.
Andy has a huge talent for intuiting uses for every pedal ranging between classic toanz and arty weirdness. His playing is always rockin and never wanky. He’s my go-to guy for effects reviews.
Personally, I love this pedal and how it colors riffs and jokes aside I love the sample-y arcade-ish sounds it produces making music fun and the arpeggiated trails are great. Giant Robot I need you right away.
Wow, this sounds like video game music to the max! That reverse sounds like a cinematic after a boss scene. Andy you crushed this one... nice post editing on the glitchy glitchy glitchy computer and blue screen :)
The Fix "One Thing Leads to Another"? I think it should be a contest. Andy plays an old 80's riff somewhere in the demo, first to get it wins the pedal.
I'm old, tones like these emanating from the ole lady's kid's video game consoles always made me Lol out loud . Now get off my lawn, but leave the freaky phaser sounds
6:40...I don't know about you guys, but it may be worth it, just to be able to pull off backwards guitar...any other pedals, that can be had on the cheap, that can do that??
Digitech Digidelay. That pedal is cheap and does an excellent reverse delay. It allows you to blend in your dry signal with it too, which it's successor the Hardwire DL-8 won't do.
Can another MIDI controller footswitch be used with this pedal to access the presets, or does it have specifically be the Disaster Area DMC controller?
I pretty much agree; some of the modulation tones (flangey-chorus) he was getting in the middle of the video were kinda cool and maybe usable, the rest is just unusable bullshit. This pedal seems really cool, until you try to actually use it in a song...unless your doing some sort of electro-noise rock thing (e.g. black dice), then it might be ok.
Exactly. Honestly I find any pedal that isn't yet another dirt/chorus/delay/reverb/etc. refreshing and I applaud any pedal companies who try and mix things up a bit. But.. yeah, they still have to be usable :/
Kerry Minnear (the keyboard player of Gentle Giant) used to do a lot of game soundtracks back in the day, so it is not far fetched to make the comparison Edit: Also adding to the similarities is this song by Gentle Giant ruclips.net/video/eyZ0U93D7oU/видео.html&ab_channel=VelvetGreen
andy is my god. legit....now whats retail on this bad boy? 3 used? lol i love it and would pay 2 but then again i could just make one like i did for my fuzzfactory. too much for simple circuitry
efcpepperjack if you can recreate this entirely novel digital pedal then props to you dude. I certainly wouldn't describe this as simple circuitry like the analog fuzz factory circuit.
Months later I still comeback to this demo to hear Andy's Castlevania cover
Five years later and is still amusing to listen
Andy knows gaming and guitars. This guy is the shit.
I always had him down as a check shirt old timey guy. Turns out he programs his eurorack for some tiktok-ers.
Best Andy opener ever? Amazing.
The perfect pedal for Nintendocore
What a horrible night to have a curse.
What a horrible night to have no money for this cool pedal
Can't believe you pulled Castelvania in a demo... That's epic!
Andy plays Castlevania (!!!!!!!!). This straight male is now firmly in love... with Andy. It was only infatuation before this demo. That Castlevania intro pushed me over the edge. I'm a fool for Andy.
Suckem off
Was that Castlevania??? hahahahahaha... I knew it was original Nintendo music... hahahahaha
Finally! There is a good review of this pedal being played by someone who knows what they're doing. All the other videos demoing the Syntax Error sounded like crap. I had a feeling that Andy would do the pedal justice.
Thank you, John. Appreciated
You're welcome. Keep it up, keep selling me pedals haha
John Ghost
Spot on!
Andy has a huge talent for intuiting uses for every pedal ranging between classic toanz and arty weirdness. His playing is always rockin and never wanky. He’s my go-to guy for effects reviews.
I was literally gonna say the same thing.. beat me to it.
You do effects pedals justice. Jexus does synths justice. That’s a massive compliment.
I had to double check that I clicked on the right video for a second... Was totally not expecting Castlevania.
The only man in this planet that can make this pedal sounds amaizing
holy shit andy how do you ALWAYS knock it out of the park with these openers
I purchased a NES mini console a few months ago and played Castlevania after more than 25 years - and now I hear the melody here... can't believe 😄👏
Does Andy have a retrogaming channel too?
Angry Guitar Pedal Nerd
This thing is very versatile, so many sounds in it
Not even kidding, my jaw dropped when I heard Castlevania. Great work!
Nice cover! I have never heard a glitch pedal sound that good.
The songs you write for the description section of each demo are fantastic. This one especially
Personally, I love this pedal and how it colors riffs and jokes aside I love the sample-y arcade-ish sounds it produces making music fun and the arpeggiated trails are great. Giant Robot I need you right away.
That reverse thing around 6:30 is freaking amazing. I imagine I wouldn't be able to make it sound that cool lol.
Yeah! totally agree! But I don't know how much is the Syntax error, and how much is from the disater area pedal...
Great! Gonna get me one of these; go 30 years back in time and make a fortune making music for Commodore 64 games with ease :)
Epic castlevania guitar jam.
i like the little "2600" reference on the side...ha
Wow, this sounds like video game music to the max! That reverse sounds like a cinematic after a boss scene. Andy you crushed this one... nice post editing on the glitchy glitchy glitchy computer and blue screen :)
Castlevania!!! Fuck yeah!! Andy you are the man!! I know you work for Reverb now, but you're still an amazing musician! Thank you sir!
Thanks Andy! This is the only demo of this pedal that maters.
Castlevania's Vampire Killer in a pedal review. Truly awesome.
Andy does it again!
Andy, have I told ya how you make my day better?
ANYONE who demos a pedal with Castlevania deserves some kind of award. Holy crap!!!!
major props on the castelvania \m/
Castlevania opener!!!
Reverse Lo-fi delay is really surprising. I've never heard of such a feature.
That intro is magnificent.
Nice Max Headroom cameo at the end there!
The Fix "One Thing Leads to Another"?
I think it should be a contest. Andy plays an old 80's riff somewhere in the demo, first to get it wins the pedal.
I come back to this regularly just to listen to the Castlevania cover.
Thank you, it's one of my proudest moments!
Andy
Love it! Something fresh after a while
With a ring modulator who needs drugs
OMG! I was planning on playing Simon's Quest as soon as I caught with Tone Report!
Fucking Andy man, you never disappoint. I'm always pleasantly surprised with these intros, you never know what you'll bust out.
Andy the real Guitar Hero!
The samples I heard from SNAMM videos had me thinking this pedal was shit, but now Andy is making me buy it :'( My poor wallet
one of my all time fave nes scores.
Wow… Castlevania theme. Andy, you rox man…
I'm old, tones like these emanating from the ole lady's kid's video game consoles always made me Lol out loud . Now get off my lawn, but leave the freaky phaser sounds
What is the 5:10 - 5:20 part from? It sounds so familiar.
6:40...I don't know about you guys, but it may be worth it, just to be able to pull off backwards guitar...any other pedals, that can be had on the cheap, that can do that??
Digitech Digidelay. That pedal is cheap and does an excellent reverse delay. It allows you to blend in your dry signal with it too, which it's successor the Hardwire DL-8 won't do.
James Garcia Digitech Digidelay Digital Delay X-Series Silver
reverb.com/item/6167126-digitech-digidelay-digital-delay-x-series-silver
James Garcia take a look at the Danelectro Back Talk, that thing is insane (and pricey)
lmao, Andy you are truly the best.
Next you should do Golden Axe :)
I am a simple man. I watch Andy's videos and then I ruin myself buying pedals.
@3:25 sounds like a new Queens of a Stone Age riff xD
You now prossess Dracula's balls.
ryanern18 I laughed way too hard at this.
Crazy awesome. Great demo, thanks!
AWESOME demo. I honestly can't see a real use for this pedal, though, except as a novelty.
It has so many uses.
Can another MIDI controller footswitch be used with this pedal to access the presets, or does it have specifically be the Disaster Area DMC controller?
I use a simple momentary switch.
Andy is my spirit animal
Are you...taking the pitch?
Awesome opener!
The pitch / delay feature in this thing totally "steals" (borrows?) from the Rainbow Machine. Nobody did that before Earthquaker Devices. Right?
DigiTech Space Station is the first place I heard it. Not that the Rainbow Machine isn't great...
Great spot - I didn't know that! Thanks!
Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay & Looper ?
Hey! What's that green bass?
Daniel Santiago E. I think it's a Reverend signature model
Great review. Thanks
Andy out plays the Minibosses. Not surprising.
Castle Vania.... nice intro
Please demo the mothership 2 there's only one demo and it's not up to your standard lol
Loving the vampire killer !
That looks awesome.
Hey Andy, remember the old days when we used to try a few pedals pick one or two then go join a band?
I think the amp name is familiar to anyone who has worked with java script.
Castlevania!!!
Amazing !!! Castelvania !!
That "freak" mode reminds me of the rainbow machine.
I suspect this is like something like the Catalinbread Csidman. Cool in theory, an insane unusable nightmare in practice.
I pretty much agree; some of the modulation tones (flangey-chorus) he was getting in the middle of the video were kinda cool and maybe usable, the rest is just unusable bullshit. This pedal seems really cool, until you try to actually use it in a song...unless your doing some sort of electro-noise rock thing (e.g. black dice), then it might be ok.
Exactly. Honestly I find any pedal that isn't yet another dirt/chorus/delay/reverb/etc. refreshing and I applaud any pedal companies who try and mix things up a bit. But.. yeah, they still have to be usable :/
Andy, you're now my official waifu. Having played Castlevania's Vampire Killer is the only proof of love I need.
Iván A. I think you mean husbando
Hey Alexander Pedals: all you had to do was put “Castelvania” on this pedal and I wouldn’t have to think about buying it.
Intro reminds me of Gentle Giant!
Kerry Minnear (the keyboard player of Gentle Giant) used to do a lot of game soundtracks back in the day, so it is not far fetched to make the comparison
Edit: Also adding to the similarities is this song by Gentle Giant ruclips.net/video/eyZ0U93D7oU/видео.html&ab_channel=VelvetGreen
Andy is a god
Muh hed jus asploded 😱
Castlevania. Insane.
Great demo. It's just a little to wild for me :)
Castlevania FTW!
Matching shirt and bass ;-)
This pedal sounded pretty cool on a drum machine demo from Summer Namm 2017. To me, it did not sound quite as impressive on guitar.
Finally a pedal I don't need.
That's really cool
so good!!! now I want to play contra
I meant castlevania
lol
"Games sounds maker" pedal
Beginning licks and such sound so original era Nintendo....
Dat "Vampire Killer"
wooo wooowo woowowowowoowoow.... amazing sound and ideasss...
Why does he have jerry cantrell's face
AWESOME!!!
“But enough talk... have at you!”
Fantastic
CASTLEVANIA! :O
LOVE it
Godlike!
Well that was frightening. 😂
andy is my god. legit....now whats retail on this bad boy? 3 used? lol i love it and would pay 2 but then again i could just make one like i did for my fuzzfactory. too much for simple circuitry
amazing effects tho dont get me wrong. def wish i had one
$199.99 brand new.
efcpepperjack if you can recreate this entirely novel digital pedal then props to you dude. I certainly wouldn't describe this as simple circuitry like the analog fuzz factory circuit.
Ha ha! I did NOT see a frame of Max Headroom at the end of this, I refuse to accept it!!😁
Hold on, need to find my N64 for some reason.