I'm not a babyboomer. I don't have middle-aged white man blues. I don't wear dad shorts. I don't have a beer gut and I don't care about Stevie Ray Vaughn. So thank you for making a video of how pedals sound in actual usable situations for guys like me.
I just came back from seeing Opeth, Mastodon and System of a Down at the Download. I was looking for something to help me sleep peacefully and suddenly this video appears. Thank you, Knobs!
These two pedals really are a treat, I took a chance on them last winter without doing any prior research and have been very happy with the results. Only minor nitpick is that they're digital rather than analog, but they process analog to digital back to analog well enough that it's worth it. Plus they're stereo, true bypass, and are designed with enough headroom to handle line level signal, which is great if you're wanting to do outboard work from your DAW without having to reamp back down to Hi-Z. All in all, they're the highest quality two pedals I own, other than the TS9, Big Muff Pi Wicker and the Swollen Pickle.
Knobs has the best video production on RU-vid! They look like Wes Anderson and That Pedal Show had a baby. I play both guitar and synth, and this has become my favorite show.
Fantastic run-through and gorgeous playing. I've not heard anything as unique or wonderful as the Church setting on all the TC reverbs (Trinity, HoF, Arena). Even the Big Sky and Space can't quite get there.
Great demo and explanation of both pedals. I use a very simple pedal board (tuner, wah, compressor, equalizer, and noise gate into the front of the amp; chorus, delay, and reverb in the FX loop), but these two pedals make it extremely versatile. (It's a lot of fun to just mess around and see what kind of crazy sounds I can make!)
Yeah Electro-Harmonix have plenty of amazing pedals, attack decay, ring thing, 8 step etc that need these kind of demos to truly make them shine. Too many rock licks in a lot of other videos
@@thekramer1097 this is true, but determination of the right "Delay" is not that problematic in my eyes. "Feedback" low, "Level" max, whiling pulling a string on the guitar with the beat of the song template, adjust with "Level". You soon will hear good and bad "Delay" settings, so this way, no tap-in device is needed and Flashback 2 can use the stereo signal input. I've learned that via software turning the mash button into a set-delay-by-tap button should work too.
Most excellent demo. So glad you did it in stereo. A+. Love both pedals. I think HOF 2 with mash and editable? Easy win at that price point. Not a fan of recent TC stuff. Huge fan of my TC transitions, TC Petrucci Chorus/Flange & TC Paul Gilbert Mojo Mojo Overdrive...set to 11. Good quality in that era of TC. *enters Aural not Oral dream sequence* So now the stereo part of the signal chain is going to be: Old Big Box Catalinbread Stereo Semiphore with tap tempo depth gain and like 7 wave forms. Into TC Hof 2...from this video... Into Tc Transitions (not very different than Flashback 1.0 )... set to Ping Pong... Stereo Out into Roland JC120, JC77 and/or an orange dark terror into 4x12 with celestions. Chorus on one amp. Maybe Vibrato in other? Set to complementary speeds. Warbleville. I can already hear it. Im imagining a swirling vortex that would scare Johnny Marr shitless with a Cat5 Faux TurnTurnTurnado. Then add the overdrive section is going to physically move people with it live. Hopefully. Detroit.
Awesome video. It made me want to upgrade my Flasback to 2, and pick up the Hall of Fame instead of another reverb. Added to my Corona and Polytune Mini, almost just TC on my pedalboard. :-)
Pedals that would be nice if Knobs demoed, since I'd probably never get my hands on them: smallsound/bigsound Pretty Years Merris Ottobit Jr. Lightning Wave Astro/ Doom/ Ghost (and cv control them) WMD Protostar/Geiger Counter Pro Endangered Audio Research Spectravibe (and cv control it)/ AD4096 mkii Walrus Audio Vanguard Dual Phase Moog CP-251/ FreqBox/ MuRF Subdecay Starlight DLX/ Quasar DLX (the purple one)/ Prometheus DLX Dreadbox Epsillon/ Kappa KOMA Elektronik BD101/ FT201 Vermona Filter Lancet Patchblocks
I think its only a matter of ''time'' before these two pedals become legendary. tc are the best at this stuff especially for the price and flexibility.
The relocated speakers were my biggest concern about this new redesign, and it is a bummer to see that concern confirmed. On the flip-side, the removed parallax barrier on the upper screen and the relocated MicroSD slot is still enough to make me consider upgrading from my current N3DS-XL. Decisions, decisions.
Apparently it's a crime to like blues or be a dad? I hope you guys know how cliche you sound. I love the blues and rock music but also jazz, folk, country, and experimental guitar as well. It's called having an open mind. I just recently started experimenting with ambient tones by stringing together my delays and reverbs. Knobs, you are awesome. I am hypnotized by your demos.
Really cool. I hate that when I get a delay pedal that I'm really stoked on, 5 years later it's almost outdated with what kind of crazy stuff is coming out today :(
The signal is boosted way too noticeably in volume when the mash is engaged. Defeats the purpose imo. Should be subtle entry into the soundscape. Also, does the background signal remain wet once the mash is engaged?
I thought I needed better ambient pedals bc TC electronic are too standard, turns out I just don't know how to use them. Too late bc I ordered a Walrus Slo. Anyway, great as usual mate
Amazing pedals, I have a lot of them. Not sure if I will update them to Mk. II. I have no use for the Mash, but like the 3 Toneprint slots, and maybe the upgraded algorithms.
Love TCE I have theie Hall of Fame Mini and Corona Chorus pedals. I'm now thinking it may be time for an upgrade to the HoF2. I just got an MXR Carbon Copy though, so I may have to hold off on the Flashback. But dang... Nice sounding pedals.
Benjamin Caux I'll tell you it was. For the price you can't go wrong. So much fun and so many sounds to uncover. A great way to get into synthesis at a good price.
Knobs: great demo as always -- what I would really like to see is a footswitch that could connect to these pedals where you could save the tone prints to use live/on the fly -- do you know if they have anything like that or anything is in development?
I don't think so it's too modulated reverb anyway you won't need making some silly unusable sounds with this shittie mash switch it'll get you bored very fast especially on the a flashback 2 this oscillation emulation how many times you gonna use it in a song I mean really just think of it better get an exp pedal and the bigger brother X4 or the Triple delay
Flynn Hanbury Tenison I think AR is really cool but you're much, much better off getting a true verb and separate delay unless you can't get away from swell and some other things on there. You'd be amazed what you can come up with using a nice verb and delay way beyond AR
I now have a better sense of these two pedals, finally, and I didn't get debased with 0-3-5's and predictable licks. Instead: an auricular massage. It kind of tickled. In fact, I'm tickled in unexpected places that make me want to go buy one of these. Maybe two of the same so I can set different settings and MASH MASH MASH -loop- MASH.
