They might make good videos but they also allow the customers to get screwed up without any repercussions to the offending party (in my case it was the seller) They hope they can get away with it by offering $25.00 bribe in form of credit on the next purchase. Not buying anything through or from these people ever again.
It is very true that using a reverb open-up the sound. My dad who's a sound engineer for over 40 years now, like to hard-pan a two-track from guitar or synth, with a different reverb on the right and a different one on the left, and a very subtle tremolo in the middle. This actually create a slight organic volume shift between both ears that mimics how sound organically reflects on the various surfaces of a room and how your left ear never pick it as 100% the same volume as your right as the sound comes first to one or the other. It really elevate a middle-based track or mix. A bit extreme on a summing bus but sounds damn fantastic on acoustic guitar and synth. Also my favorite reverb pedal is the Digitech Hardwire one. SO underrated. It got a Lexicon chip inside and switches with like, 32 positions :O Might not have the fanciest connectivity but, from a sound man perspective, it's the best I found.
if you're plugging into a eurorack system the harvestman black locust gives you fx looping, and up to four effects pedals or inserts, level and wet dry controls. and it takes care of all the impedance and level issues via built in preamps, a great little peice of kit for mixing pedals with synths
@@brianrodman1033 its absolutely worth it, one caveat is that not all pedals seem to play well with it, reverb, distortion and delays all seem fine but i tired a line 6 fm4 and it didnt work, although ive yet to plug a guitar/bass in as an insert, so that might do the trick. but yeah its experimental even for modular. luckily i was given a few old pedals which is what pushed me towards that module, but definitely demo pedals first before you buy anything new.
@@RetroPlus the output lvl of synths is much higher than guitars lvls. If you don't turn the volume way down on the synth it's just to much signal going into the input.
When stacking effects I always love putting all the chorus and phasers after the reverb and delay. Since its modulating the reverb output you get huge beautiful sweeps.
I used to laugh at anyone who spent $300 or $400 or $500 on an effects processor for a synth. For a studio, sure, but just to run a synth through, nope, so many options just as good for far less $$$... Then I picked up a Fractal FX8 MKII, (which new cost almost as much as a couple of synths I've bought), and decided that I should just sit down and be quiet about this topic...
You're right both ways . I've been watching a lot of the 60 Cycle Hum videos about affordable pedals and got some great stuff out of it , but then there's the Empress Zoia that makes me want to sell a kidney so I can buy it .
Nice videp. I think that the Zoom MS 70 CDR multi Fx was worth a mention, its popular with Synth players, is very versetile, sounds good and only £70 .... I have 2 being used as FX sends on 2 different Synth sub mixers
Absolute pedal noob here, but was just wondering, concerning multi-effect pedals - I know they offer multiple different effects, but can those multiple effects be used simultaneously? Like, for instance, one multi-fx pedal doing delay, reverb and chorus on the same source? Or is it simply that they offer the multiple effects in one pedal, but can only effect the source with a single fx at a time. Thanks in advance if you reply.
@Theorist,,,The Zoom MS70 multi FX pedal lets you stack effects,,in any order,,,in my opinion one of the best and cheapest multi fx units out there,,,i love mine,,,sounds awesome with my synths.
@@theorist5497 Older multi-effects pedals used to offer multiple effects chained in one way and often only one type of modulation, then delay, then reverb. The Digitech RP100 is a good example of this. The Zoom MS-100BT allows up to 6 different (or the same) effects to be chained one after the other. Other multi-effects pedals will do multiple effects but only in the order shown on the board. I believe some Boss pedals are like this. RU-vid reviews and tutorials are good for immediately seeing how the pedal can be used. If you want specific details, go to the manufacturer's website and see what they offer. In addition, most manufacturers offer the user manual as a PDF for download. I sometimes read these before buying a piece of equipment.
I have had a tonne of fun with an Earthquaker Transmisser processing the sounds from a Korg Volca FM. Also string sounds from pretty much any keyboard or synth processed through an Electro Harmonix Mel 9 and then through an Earthquaker Transmisser next in the sequence sounds very fun too!
Great video, Great tips! My pedal chain, in order: 10 band eq -> distortion -> phaser -> chorus -> delay -> reverb. Like Justin mentioned in the start of the video, synths produce a LOT of unwanted low end, no matter what the sound is. Thus I recommend getting an EQ unit as the first unit in your chain, so you can kill a lot of the unwanted frequencies. EQ is also a great way to shape the sound in a very intuitive way. Generally I'd go as far as saying that a good FX-chain is as important as the actual synth, in terms of sound shaping. The next FX-pedal purchase(s) for me are most probably going to be a different distortion pedal and perhaps some filter-type of an effect.
Great video. Any chance you could do a demo of mics going into pedals...not vocal pedals designed for that job, but guitar pedals....just to hear? Thanks man
Phaser? Jean Michel Jarre uses the Small Stone (70 Euro). Behringer made a clone, the VP1 (20 Euro). An emulation is also on the Zoom multistomp MS-70CDR.
The Akai Intelliphase from the late 90s is pretty much forgotten and not especially expensive last I checked (mine was about $70) but it sounds good on fast attack/short decay plucked type sounds, REALLY food on drum macines or samples, and generally solid on anything with a lot of dynamic range.
I love and respect your passion man. Your understanding shines through the way you wave your hands while explaining them. AND you clearly see the music on a blank space.
There was a track in the 80's by D-Train called Keep On that featured, I guess it was a phaser and flanger together, or possibly 2 phaser units. I was hooked on that sound and have been ever since. I'll paste it in here if anyone is interested ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6IqS3U2GUos.html (Starts at 4.31)
Oh Justin...your facial expressions can lend themselves for so many memes 🤣 but we love u man. You know your stuff! I thought it was interesting that there was no mention of the zoom ms70 CDR which is one of the best pedals for synths. It actually does everything you mentioned in this video in one unit and it does it well. V2 of the firmware actually stepped up the pedals game by a lot. So maybe a “budget synth pedal” video soon where the CDR gets some love? Cheers!
This was legit informative and interesting. Thanks Justin Delay and Reverb! The puns are too strong today New video from Reverb Just In about Reverbs and Synths
For what it's worth, I've had great experiences with a Boss TE-2 (echo/reverb hybrid weird squid thing) & a EH Small Stone phaser hooked up to both analog & digital synthesizers, various types & in various ways...
I Recommend the TC-electronic Hall of Fame 2! It just sounds amazing and has a lot of nice different colours in it. I instantly fell in love with the shimmer, church and Lofi reverb of it for my Synths (the other types are amazing to, I just don't use them that often).
Thanks for sharing. I had noticed that certain reverb pedals are synth friendly and you spelled out the ones that I needed to know about. You mentioned about MIDI, reverb pedals, and synth as a topic for another time. Did you ever do a video about MIDI in this regard?
That's unrelated. The reason modern music is shiyte is due to globalosation and monopolisation of radio. The big boys play it safe and play the "fast food, formula music" they know will sell...so the general public tends to like it bevause theybare so exposed to it, which becomes a domino effect due to social media and our always on connected world, creating a feedbacl strengthening the favorability of such music. That's why music has not really changed much at all since social media becaome mainstream....when long ago music changed often.
@@fortheloveofnoise I disagree. There's certainly an element of that, but that's not what I'm on about. Big radio and big labels have monopolised music since year dot, famously, hence the 'Indie' movement of the 80's. In fact, thanks to the internet there are more ways to hear independent music than ever before, Soundcloud, RU-vid, Bandcamp, Internet radio etc. We don't need radio or record labels anymore. I don't even listen to mainstream radio, so what you said does not apply to me. I'm talking about the ownership of the means of production. More people can make music in their bedroom than ever before, and they are, with impunity, and most of it is shit. IMO the bedroom and independent music scene was much more interesting in the pre-internet pre-Laptop 90's.
@@fortheloveofnoise In fact, I'll go as far to say that the Aphex Twin would not exist if he grew up on Garage Band and stupid cookery shows like this.
@@kevlarkarma I remember an old Aphex interview where he said "I was in a pub the other day and I overheard two blokes in football shirts discussing Cubase, I haven't used Cubase since".
@@kevlarkarma I think the thing was, in the old days, trying to record anything that didn't sound awful on a 4-track cassette recorder (most of those recorders were appalling made and badly overpriced, too, looking back now) took real skill. You had to think really hard about what you were adding and why you were adding it, because every time you bounced down, it sounded even shitter. Music required more investment then, than it does now - only the semi-serious people did it, because a 4-track cost the equivalent of £900 now, and it didn't do anything else. BOSS pedals still cost £80 THEN; that's like £200 now. But the biggest change is: perhaps those dodgy tape machines really forced us to write with our ears, rather than our eyes. And you can't beat tape varispeed - even the best algorithms can''t replace that.
Speaking of predelay, with my behringer XR16 (who was not intended as an effect kit went I bought it) I like to send signal to delay and send this delay to reverb. Lot of fun experimenting with long delay and big verb.
I just recently got an akai mini play and started messing with pedals yesterday. Sounds insane reversed through my Midiverb 2. Especially the drum pads.
Wow, this was cool. Can anyone tell what's doing that high pitched clicky noise at 36:10 ? It sounds awesome! Can't figure out if the minilogue is actually making it
ive been running my drum machine thru the EQD Rainbow Machine lately, and ive been using the arpeggiator on my juno and running it thru the montreal assembly Count to 5 pedal
When i watch this video i imagine that i’m in music/adventure movie and Justin’s character is tricky smuggler that can persuade anyone to purchase his music gear. I like when host is actually geeky , he can tell much more than those who just read the text from screen
So... why would you play a 'pedal' like the wah pedal with your hand? roflmao. Would you play an expression pedal connected to your synth with your hand? A new synth player that wants to try out different effects pedals could buy a Behringer Multi FX for $50 or less and get all the classic modulation effects plus pitch shifting. It won't be stereo but you could always buy a second one for the second channel. Then you could do crazy stuff like run two different effects on the two channels. Holy crap, now I need to go order two of those. :P
Sorry to digress Justin, but I couldn't help noticing behind you to the right as I am viewing seems to be a Farfisa keyboard which seems to have an unusual grouping of black vs white keys. Perhaps its an optical illusion on my part but as I have an interest and fascination with Janko keys I was wondering what you have there. Cheers Buddy. I enjoyed your outlook regarding the pedals for synth by the way and have subscribed.
Hi PLEASE HELP I have a novation ultranova and a fx pedal and iam a beginner. Where do you connect the pedal, is it straight into the synthesizer if so where, or do I need something else for them both to work.
Great and inspiring clip. I love how you also speak with your hands and gestures 😬 My favorite to get interesting stuff out of the synth are the Red Panda Particle and Tensor. They just fuck up the synth into a wonderful partly random glitch.. that’s delicious!
But...what if you are a guitar player who uses pedals for...guitar? Yeah, scratch those rack mount devices for playing live. You can save, get more, do more, but the tactility at your feet or fingertips and the ability to put together a portable rig...
Great vid, Justy! 👌✨ I like using pedals with my outboard synths, too:) My fave is an Electro-Harmonix Tube Zipper. Great for tube distortion and funky wah-wah on basslines 😎 Another cool thing, for guitar sounds a la those on Jan Hammer's Miami Vice: put a long tail reverb on the synth + a heavy distortion AFTER the reverb. The tail then becomes a sound in itself 💫 Bonus points for putting another reverb after the distortion, so it has a space to exist in!
