LIVE: Why Did Universal Audio Release Guitar Pedals? (w/ James Santiago, Tore Mogensen & Josh Smith)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we are diving head first into the brand new Universal Audio pedals with designer, James Santiago and special guests Tore Mogensen and Josh Smith.
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Gear List:
Featuring -
Universal Audio UAFX Astra
Universal Audio UAFX Starlight
Universal Audio UAFX Golden
Guitar Rig -
Seuf Guitars Jazzmaster
Ernie Ball VP Jr w/ Tuner
Lunastone Red Fuzz 1
JHS Morning Glory
Sovtek Mig 50
Voodoo Labs Pedal Power Mondo
Ernie Ball Cables
Bass Rig -
Nash P Bass
JHS Klon Clone
JHS Colourbox
UAD Apollo Ampeg B15
UAD LA-2A
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I like how Andy Timmons had a delay on his voice when talking about the delay. That’s some dedication to the sound!
Came here to say this. I thought it was intentional and clever. Nope, just a happy accident.
It's just life for Timmons. Keep it real.
Thought he was trying to be clever too. Hahahaha!!
Sorry, my response was delayed.
I guess im randomly asking but does someone know of a method to get back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly lost my password. I would love any tips you can give me!
The oceans 11 does the spring reverb splatter too...totally a gimmick, but I like that it can.
Just wow.
I'd totally be into a leslie by universal audio
I think Andy Timmons has achieved a level beyond stereo.
I just bought the Golden and the Starlight a few days ago waiting for them to arrive, this video almost made me cry, I can't believe what i'm about to be able to play, I feel like if I was about to get a Ferrari or a Stradivarius violin, some sort of top notch quality, highest of all end stuff, and this being my first "expensive" pedals makes me burst in tears out of joy, can't thank enough to the whole uad team for the amount of effort and quality they made available to us, normal people/growing artists.
What a pleasure was to watch all of you speak with such passion about the sounds, history, and dedication you put into this pedals and the gear it's based on
And the JHS SHOW RULES!
woah! that's awesome! i hope you have lots of fun with them and that they're inspiring for lots of new music for you 💪🏼
How are they holding up 5 months later? I'm currently on the hunt for some top-notch reverb pedals. I was looking into Strymon but just came across UA recently and interested.
@@DesertSparrow I think the golden, its a good guitar pedal, I've once used a Strymon a friend owns and I think the uad performs better, although, I did not fell in love with Golden as oppose to Starlight, which is now indeed my favorite pedal I own
@@santiagorojas7195 Thanks. Appreciate the insight.
I am a massive fan of the Muffuletta (among others) and I think it would be incredible to do the same thing with tone benders!!
Maestro Fuzz - Tone Bender Mk1 - Supa Tone Bender - Fuzz Face Silcon - Fuzz Face Germanium!
Just an idea :) and if you make them, I would buy all of them
YES
Tonebender Master Race
Just amazing. Seriously, for the amount of meticulous detail that went into creating these pedals, they’re a bargain.
These are studio grade effects at a great price
Those pedals are the first $400.00 pedals that are absolutely worth every penny of that $400.00. Think about if you separated each type of reverb/delay/modulation into individual pedals; how much would you pay?? I'm buying at least 2 if not all 3 and freeing up space on my board. Thank you Josh and Josh and James and Tore for a great video and, of course, products!
Huh? Lots of pedals have many effects in them. Alexander pedals do pedals with more effects for half the price. You could actually get a REAL bbd chorus, a REAL bbd vibrato, and an analog flanger for probably less than the UA algos.
@@lastboxofsparklers Absolutely, this is my biggest complaint. Imagine paying $400 for the starlight and mostly using the DMM mode - just get an actual DMM for less $! MXR phaser is a $90 pedal - wut? The sound quality is great but you can get great analog sound quality with a cheaper analog pedal. They need to pack WAY more algos into these before the become worth it.
Exception is the Golden Reverberator.
I think my fav part about this video is just seeing pro guys still geek out over music, tones, and toys after being in the game so long.
These guys have the best jobs in the world, spend an obscene amount of time splitting hairs on effects... :D
I love that there are people that love this stuff so much.
For the money I think I’d rather have the EHX DMM. I don’t get new pedal prices lately. Maybe I’m just getting old.
Could you post the whole Andy Timmons segment? I'd love to hear him play that whole DMM sound
The real question is WHY doesn't Universal Audio offer the real specs on this pedal? No mention of Input Impedance, Bit Rate, Sampling Frequency, Noise Floor, etc. WHY is this the new norm for companies. Do they think we have been dumbed down or are they hiding something?
Maybe because the only thing that matters is ’does it sound the way you want it to’ if they said it was 16khz or 192khz sample rate it wouldn’t make it sound different - but your opinion might change. So try it and see what you hear!
I have tried MANY reverb pedals, rack units, and software. 192Khz is way different. Yes the algorithm is important, but the tails and the artifacts associated with low sample rates is NOT my idea of Golden. @@jamesgrant3343
Wow... Just wow. It is so inspiring to hear the genuine passion all you guys have for the art of sound. I loved, loved, loved this. +1 for more sound nerd insight.
Great content. You guys never fail to educate and entertain. Look forward to these every week. Thanks
I was on the fence about the UA pedals, but this video sold me.
Waiting the whole episode for Rhett to burst through the wall with more slide tones!
We can live without that, thank you very much.
Rhett is the luckiest beginner musician in the world
EP-2 is tube Josh, only 3 and 4 are solid state. You’d think a tape echo expert like you would know that.
The Univibe should have been the definite modulation choice
The starlight is the best delay pedal I’ve ever used. I want the Golden now. Sold my Strymon flint.
Too bad … the only person I really wanted to hear from was Tore (and probably the only one worth listening to). Maybe next time?
I can’t wait for UA to come out with a floor unit to rival the Helix. When that happens I’ll be switching. I love the tone here. I wish they had midi in or presets.
I guess that could sound like I’m throwing shade. I’m definitely not!!! It’s just playing live I often need multiple things to change across my board at the push of one button. I love these tones and deeply appreciate the painstaking attention to detail and effort involved!!! UA is awesome for doing this, and I hope they come out with these exact same and more algorithms in a major floor unit. I’d pay!
I use Luna and all their plug ins are a cut above the rest. Especially their new instrument plug ins, they just sound better.
@@epscaling Agreed
This was great! The video was really quite a technical feat as far as I'm concerned. Josh and James jamming with the band (kudos!) real time was special. I have about 5 UA devices in service and didn't see any point in the pedals... until this. The Eric Johnson thumbs up alone is reason alone to get at least the delay pedal, no questions asked. That guy has influenced so much, including even the picks Andy Timmons uses (or at least used). And I would love to see the AT video without the echo, so please post that separate, if you will. AT has some cool combination of EJ's complexity/accuracy/tone combined with the Hendrix's fire. One sec on Hendrix, he played with absolute fire that I think is unmatched to this day. He also played with real fire too. ;)
I have NEVER FORGOTTEN about the SeeSaw Josh.
I've played through the Woodrow and the Dream65.
I like the Dream 65 better for what i'm doing in the band i'm in but both sounded insane.
The Dream 65 sounds and feels just like my Blackface Princeton and feels just like my champ breaking up.
These really are a game changer.
I have an OX and I love it, I use it with my Bogner Shiva (no cab) straight to FOH (when there were gigs).
This is the greatest thing ever
We've got to stop people thinking that if a pedal costs more than they are willing or able to pay then it's necessarily overpriced.
Amen
Exactly. And also, just because something is cheap it must be bad. I ended up buying a Starlight and a Golden but I’ve also played cheaper pedals that are great. The MXR Carbon Copy is still a great pedal to this day and is incredibly affordable.
Great to see Tore again it’s been too long.
Wow, thanks for making me feel like I’m not the only meticulous tone nerd on the planet! Well done gentleman. Can’t wait to get that memory man!
They just need an amp modeling pedal. They’re probably working on it as we speak. Haha.
Ok, simple question. Pros and Cons of the Eventide H9 vs these?
That was so great! Uh James is effing brilliant! Holy moly!
Can I get the sound of 4 people on a zoom meeting watching the same video with their mics on in a box? Andy's tone was epic!
History in the making. Nice job.
That jam right before Q&A was glorious
This is the best demo of these pedals yet. Can’t wait for my starlight now!
10 months later I own the UA Golden and Starlight. I’ve even sold both and tried other reverb and delay pedals, I was dumb to ever sell these pedals. They contain the best emulations of the classic delay and reverb styles I’ve ever heard.
Between that first jam and Andy’s echo voice...The pandemic in sound.
Where is the midi and expression connectivity? Seems like there should be rackmount versions of these that can be controlled via AOIP LAN to a RJM Controller and multiple ext. expression pedals from the front of stage to the backline. Obviously, these things are amazing sonically, but they seem limited in their ability to be fully manipulated by a player with a guitar in his/her hands. It really does seem to me that the next big step for the performer is AOIP LAN from an extensive midi pedal controller to the backline rack units. Otherwise, for all intents and purposes, we're buying a uni-vibe without the foot pedal. Modulation, of all things, must not be limited to one-trick-pony at a time. Even if that pony is the best pony in the universe!
The whole video was funny, inspiring, informative, and just down right fun to watch. Keep it up and thanks for the content!!!!!!
I caught you guys live for a change and found my favorite pedals being used and talked about, by the creators, in a zoom of all things. Spontaneous, unpretentious, glitchy, but all was ok. Made me want to get my instrument out and jam along. What a fun treat!
This video introduced me to Josh Smith and I thank you for it
Sometimes... I "Dream" about taking my "Reverberator" and "Ruby" my 'Asta' til I have a 'Woodrow' and shoot 'Starlights'.
I want a UA Marshall Amp pedal! Come on guys! I bought the other three and an Orange Terror Stamp... You’re holding up my progress! HAHAHA! Brilliance. I adore my Dream, Ruby and Woodrow. Technology here is amazing .Cheers guys!
(Josh is jealous of Bret Schultz ‘cause he got eyebrows all over his face)
💥
Amazing pedals, amazing people, amazing show. Thanks to all.
people want midi because its a multi effects pedal, that's why people want midi. how many engineers does it take to figure that out. id rather buy the effects individually.
Your best haircut in ever. Sincerely. Like it.
Great stuff. Surprised Tore didn’t use an OX Box into an Apollo, set up his mic and OX levels with the Console app, then set the Apollo as the mic input in Zoom. Would have been clear as day.
36:25 Craft beer drinkers explaining their IPA.
How are they jamming over zoom and working around latency?
Yeah it maybe a don't try this at home kind of thing?
Too late for superchat? p.s. i knew going in that their pedals are going to be as way overpriced as all their gear...
WOW!!! Thank you Josh and the JHS crew and Universal audio. AWSOME!
One of the main (well, the only, really) complaint I've heard about the DMM is the high noise floor. AFAIK the selling point for the Strymon Brigadier was that it offered the option of doing away with the noise.
How does the Starlight deal with that? Does it have a btter signal-to-noise ratio or is it aimed at reproducing the artifacts as well?
Hey John you should have a talk with Sean Haley.Excellent guitarist and former Line 6 promoter also worked with Steven Slate. He's got some serious guitar tones!
"Feels like an avengers team assembling." talk about a prophetic comment. Jeez
Josh, I think this is an answer to your question about "Should I make clon of Klon or not?" th-cam.com/video/2IWWtG2Kzqc/w-d-xo.html
14:33 top left screen. That’s me in my studio at least once a week. 😝
Anyone else getting uncomfortable that Tore is talked over / doesn't interrupt the others enough? Thank God he at least played four bars in the big jam.
I love the amount of nerdiness going on here. Just fun to watch guys who know their shit talking about it.
They did a great job on these pedals. Great video!
Does anybody else like to watch these videos at 0.25x speed?
the internets latency is hilarious. reminds me of trying to to record the n logic pro circa 2010.
im late. But i just bought my astra modulation from GC for $260
52:40 drip
As a software engineer, this has such an intriguing aspect to me as well as just the nerding out on guitar tone. So enjoyable.
AT’s mic is the most meta thing ever
I picture you guys rolling, then deciding to leave it
I hope they come out with versions that have midi at some point. That’d make me pick these over Strymon
that delay on the talking is extreeeeemely irritating
I so want a Lexicon 480 in a pedal. And I want the pedal to be a remote control for the plug-in.
Yes please!!
Really enjoyed these pedals. For me, the spring reverb sound was a stand out. Thanks for a really fun and interesting demo and discussion.
Glad to see James is doing so well! Haven’t seen him since the early 90’s when he and I worked for Janis Music!
I’d say thstv1st jam both worked and didn’t work.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. I had no idea how much detail and time could go in to creating a good pedal.
Love this episode!
We need more shows like this 💜🤘🎸
You’re going the Lords work. Infinite karma points for JHS!
We live in such an amazing time. You can buy a Memory Man for $260 or a digital simulation for $400.
A good 90’s era MM going for more than $1000 (Cdn). An EP3 is almost $2000. So in my view, you’re right actually: Pretty amazing times.
@@lonnyhandwork422 Really? Maybe I should sell mine. I made some mods too; not sure If that would help or hurt.
@@wado1942 If it’s original 90’s one, for sure - they are highly sought after. More modern ones are, as you say, worth about $250.
I got it new in the late 90s but there also seems to be some weird religious nonsense about what kind of BBD chips they have. Regardless, I modded it for lower noise, better buffering, true bypass and slightly longer delay times.
@@wado1942 haha, you knock the emulation and then proceed to talk about the mods you had to do to the OG to make it useable. Amazing use of logic, I’ve gone cross eyed trying to understand.
Epic show. You guys are rocking with the jams, the gear details and demos.
James has a HUGE nose. Nothing wrong with that.
I need to buy those pedals!!! Sound so amazing!
Customer feedback to UA post pedal dimensions so people can at least start organizing their boards.
Drew has said approx 5.5”x3.5”x1.5” (or 2.5” height w knobs)
3 or 4 thousand dollars worth of pedals; has multiple Klons behind him, includes serial number 2 and vintage boss, Ibanez and electro harmonix
I just got the golden reverberator pedal in the mail and the first thing I thought was HE HAS THE BOX!
Love the nerdaciousness / nerdacity level!
Josh's new Ibanez is sweet!
The vocal delay moment soothed my general everyday dissociation 😂
After all that, they didn't nail spring
Best episode ever! Love James and Josh etc Give or take the delay toneprints “Rip” I mean Tore put on Andy and Ricks mics 🤣 jk Seriously tho I really like the idea have dope guests on like this from time to time.
Before this I assumed UA products were just overpriced stuff from a greedy company, but now I can see how ignorant that view was. Seems like they have a lot of passion for their work and their products seem to go a step beyond what everyone else is doing.
I love it when Josh wears bike shirts. :)
When are we gonna get reviews of the new pedals?
Josh is tryna fish for industry secrets haha
Awesome video - feel privileged to be able to listen to this. Thank you JHS for organising and putting this out there. Amazing people and really appreciate you all letting James talk freely. The details are fascinating!!
By far, this is your nerdiest episode. I like it.
Their pedals are a tad pricey.. And not that impressive... Theyre okay. Not great.. Problem is...EVERYONE repeats the same thing.. How many damn delays are on the market, reverbs... This is why I venture to the unknown non commercial builders.. Like JPTR and Ezhi and Hexe, who the latter is a pedal genius!!! The revolver?! Forget about it.. I have one and will.never get rid of it!!
hey--someone tell josh smith his audio signal has been almost too low to hear in his last few vids. The erick walls interview and now thisone that I know of...#helpjoshsmithfixhislevel!