So I was 2 or so minutes into this vid and I decided to youtube Devin Townsend. I then went on an hour long binge of his music and I just now realized that it has been an hour.
Great to discover someone new you like, good for you! I disliked Devin on Steve Vai's Sex and Religion album, but really like "Ocean Machine". Wasn't keen on Strapping Young Lad, but then loved much of Devin's solo releases. "Ki" is special to me.
Devin Townsend is so underated and he is a creative genius. Ocean Machine, Accelerated Revolution, Addicted and Blue Sky are my favourite albums in my opinion. He just creates a very unique Arena Rock\Metal sound. It is like if Pink Floyd was mixed with Queen and bits of Dream Theater mixed in.
I got one of these a week or two ago, and although I'm still a very amateur guitarist, I have found myself sitting with this pedal for several hours at a time to just mess around with it, which is something I've never done before - I typically play for the objective of learning a song, not messing with odd settings and whatnot. While I've got a couple other pedals, I don't believe I've ever had more fun playing guitar than while I just screw around with this thing. Definitely the best $300 I've spent for musical purposes.
Got it delivered Wednesday,used it Sunday, got major compliments on tone. It's an outstanding pedal -- just takes time to wade through all the possibilities.
@@darkcei Yes, it's great. My only complaint is that it's not straightforward to turn the pedal on and off. I added it to my effects loop, layered with another reverb -- a Neunaber Seraphim -- and a Carbon Copy delay pedal. Since much of the material I'm now playing requires an ambient, ethereal sound whenever I kick in the effects loop, I've been using it mostly as an "always on" pedal in the loop. It sounds great with all three pedals in the loop. I really do wish, however, that there was a simple way to just shut it off. Maybe there is and I haven't found it yet. LOL If you know of any way, please let me know. Thanks.
This pedal is just Devin Townsend's ethereal metal tone in a stompbox. I was really hoping it might have been more affordable being Mooer but I may have to save up for this.
I noticed that you guys mentioned that what you see is what you get in terms of editing.... AKA only need the 4 knobs per effect but... There are more parameters that can be edited within the menu for these effects. Just the basic functions are instant access via the knobs but it is not limited to just that.
You both do a very good Job finding the Perfect mixture of entertaining in an funny way and offering important informations about the unit, and this with just being yourself! Best Equipment-Video i saw in a long time. Cheers from switzerland
Definitely not a demo an 80's rock riff oriented kinda guitar player should be making. Someone with a game for ambient guitar music should make a video demo of this great pedal.
Also... "One of the coolest features is the FREEZE option (when in Play mode). You can hold down the Reverb or either Delay footswitch and that effect (e.g., plate reverb, tape echo, etc.) will continue to sustain until releasing the footswitch."
WOW! You actually played some clean tones for more than a few seconds. In most of your videos you do 40 seconds of clean tone and 40 minutes of distortion. FYI. Some people prefer paying clean. Not everyone is a distortion nut. Even with this, I still love your videos. Just wish it was more 50/50.
normally i would agree but this pedal has some strange stereo issues as the delays are in mono and will collapse the reverb or warp the stereo image.. so best just to use it in mono.
Great video as always guys! I just ordered the only one you had in stock (at least thats what the website said) Hope it makes it to Arizona soon! I've been waiting and waiting to order this thing.
crazy how much older Rob looks..I was watching a video from 2012 and he looks 10 years younger. it's only been 5 years lol..the captain still looks the same haha.
Pedals without decay after switching them off have nothing to do with processing power. Even analog delays can do it if the delayed signal is mixed with the output. It's just a matter of how the pedal is bypassed / switched.
Rob Chapman Hey great videos, got a question I was wondering if you could maybe do a video on, impedance mismatching, I know that a lot of amps can't do it, but Mesa's can (as well as a few others I'm just not that knowledgeable). Does 8 ohms into 16ohm cab, or 4 ohms into 8ohm cab have adverse effect on tone? or can it be useful? I've never had to gig with a mismatched setup but I love my Orange Cabs and the Rectoverb 25 I'm eyeing operates at 8ohms. The user manual tells me that I can play like this without damaging the amp or cab, but I dunno if it's gonna have a useable tone. Even if you don't have the time to answer awesome videos dude.
Before I start this video I can't stop thinking these are not the right people to demo an ambient machine... ...now let's hear if they can give the lie to me.
I think a lot of the reverb coming from these tones might have been lost on the cabinet microphone. I keep hearing the body and depth of the reverb return when the sound transfers back to the lapel mics. Just food for thought. Thanks for the demo!
Okay that Chapman Standard ML1 Modern looks... amazing. I mean, I know it's the "cheaper" model and such, but that gloss finish on the flame maple and the reveal binding... delicious! Gonna have to look into getting one...
Okay, this pedal just magically stole $300 from my wallet! Thus it must be truly magical. :-) Devin Townsend Project have the most reverb and delay drenched sound I've heard, other than some shoegaze and blackgaze bands. I confess that while I wouldn't use this live with my current band (I have a Strymon Blue Sky for some intros with a couple of delay pedals), BUT I could have loads of fun with this at home, including for recording. I've checked out several reverb/delay demos this week by about 5 brands and this video sold me on which one to choose.
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR ON AND OFF FOR 10 YEARS NOW ! watching rob though makes me think about how sloppy, lazy and ignorant i have been towards guitar playing. I just wish that i could of been more on than on and off with my guitar playing. Damn i suck so bad xD
Hey Rob, I was thinking of getting the TC electronic nova delay, but now I've seen this bad boy my thoughts have changed, oh yeah I'm a bass player too. what are your thoughts !!!
Strymon has better sound quality, some of the wackier delays and reverbs on the OM are not very high quality. However if used as the second or third in chain, it could do really weird things. Devin talks about this being good for typical delay/reverb, but also being good for totally non-guitar sounding soundscapes, and everything in between.
Got a brand new one of these today and the outputs are completely dead! The unit powers up and lights are on. Running it with a Mooer official PSU made for it. I was really disappointed that there was no adapter supplied and that the official one was twenty quid! So far read a lot of complaints about this issue on forums. I have no confidence now in this unit so it's going back!!!
You know Rob, if I wasn't trusting your intellectual honesty,I would have the feeling you're not only advertising the pedal... just kidding man,those guitars look and sound awesome, especially the ml1-2 pro models and the ml3 standard modern. I have a question though,where's the orange Pro Trad ML1 we saw at NAMM ?
Great job Rob, as usual! Quick question: will you guys ever review any Joyo Pedals? I'm considering buying the Joyo Vintage Overdrive, but for the last few years I'm only buying a new gear after seeing it in one of your videos (e.g. my last purchase was a Vox AV15). Thanks!
maybe should do a shootout between digital and analog delay. i have the feeling we are again at a point where everyone goes digital (amps/effects/...) before everyone goes analog again (or is it just me and my age)
Every type of sound gets boring after a while, but every now and then the analog world comes up with something special and then at one point the digital world brings something new. It comes and goes in waves. So yes, like me, it is your age. Otherwise you would not notice it. I have by now so many regrets, equipment wise, of what i sold and bought. When all the plugins got better and better i sold all my analog gear, to save space and because i was impressed by the pure loud digital sound with no noise or hum, but now i am sick of the sterile sound of digital. And i am spending money again on analog until the new digital is there again and so on and so on. 😂😂
It does exactly what I want, when I want it to. But when I want to play fast, I don' want this one to do anything. But I must admit, I actually reach (pun intended) just as long as I want to with a Reacho Pro. Sad thing about Mooer is they made the Tender Octave with stepless pitch dials in stead of 12 step harmonizer dials.
I have a question I’m having trouble finding an answer to- I run a two amp setup with different pedal chains for each amp-would using the stereo ins/outs keep these chains split up to the proper amps, or would it combine the signals and spread them across both amps?
With the Trail function in "off" (truebypass mode), does it give a little fuss? Is this caused by the conversion of signals when triggered the effects key?
Okay this not only could be interesting for guitar but think of other instruments: keyboards, vocals even drumkit. I'm sure for slap bass you could do sequencer style runs. On the want list.
