How to Choose Effect Pedals for Your Synth - Daniel Fisher
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- Daniel Fisher, Sweetwater’s mad scientist of sonic aberration, explains how to choose effect pedals to use with synths and demonstrates why he considers these some of the best effects pedals for synthesizers. They were chosen for their sounds, versatility, and special features, as well as important considerations such as stereo ins and outs, battery and adapter powering, size and weight, and a high performance/price ratio.
The effects are applied to a Korg minilogue Polyphonic Analogue Synthesizer with a very simple setting of just a Sawtooth wave. Each effect is demonstrated separately, and then all of them are used simultaneously.
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Korg Minilogue Synthesizer
1:02 - TC Electronic Flashback
3:18 - Boss RV-6 Reverb
5:10 - DigiTech Nautila Chorus/Flanger
8:09 - EHX SuperEgo Synth Engine
9:20 - EHX Ring Thing
11:03 - Using All of the Pedals
13:34 - Thanks for Watching!
Here is a list of the products used in the order that they are first demonstrated:
Korg minilogue Polyphonic Analogue Synthesizer: www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
TC Electronic Flashback Delay and Looper Pedal: www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
Boss RV-6 Digital Reverb Pedal: www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
M-Audio EX-P Expression Pedal: www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
DigiTech Nautila Chorus and Flange Pedal: www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
electro-harmonix Superego Polyphonic Synth Engine: www.sweetwater.com/store/deta... - เพลง
That was ear and eye opening!!!! Pretty sure you just sold a lot of pedals!!!!! Thanks for another great video!!!! Just broke the exclamation key on my computer keyboard%$#&*
You know what this video makes me want to do? Ditch work, put in an order for the snyth and all these pedals, wait anxiously for a day or two for them to show up, and lock myself in my garage while I tinker for days on end. Love these kind of videos!
Agree!
Definitely less is more!
The problem is... if you ditch work you don’t have enough money to place the order 😞
Do it!
I'm TELLIN'YA YOU'LL WALK-OUT A MONK!! 😁😁😁😇😄😄😄
This was very timely! I'm looking at FX pedals for the first time in my life (for my Minilogue) and your demo was perfect. Thank you!
Andrew Cecka me too! great video
how about this,me to!, wish I'd watched this before buying one that's not really fit for purpose.
Yes same here. So far I use the Polara Reverb, it pairs pretty well with the minilogue am happy with it. Now I'm looking to expand the chain with some more (preferably analog) fx. So which pedals did you guys use?
11:32 i love how the ping-pong delay and reverb add this depth to this melody and it all comes together.. definitely something that needs to be listened to on headphones to get the full effect!
This a a great video. I've been playing piano and "keyboards" for a long time, but just recently got into analog synths. I did not expect that this journey would eventually lead me to guitar pedals, but they apparently have the modular effects game down, and there's no reason for the synth industry to reinvent that wheel. But, as a total non-guitarist, the world of pedals is vast, and unfamiliar. This video is super helpful. Thanks.
I've always used effects pedals but I do like to use a Kaossilator KP2 at times. It's such an expressive unit and sits nicely next to a synth. There's something about controlling parameters of effects with the movement of your fingers whilst playing that is very satisfying.
Just WOW. The whole video. Someone mastering the sound and explaining clearly the concepts. Thank you
Daniel- Whatever they are paying you, it isn't enough. I always thoroughly enjoy seeing your video demos, as you're clearly a genius and highly passionate about synthesis and electronic music. You seem like an extraordinarily talented and knowledgeable individual. Thank you for doing such a fantastic and professional job with these videos, they really are a pleasure to see.
Fantastic video. Loved the demo at the end. Gave me lots of ideas and uses for pedals. Thanks!
I've been looking for a video like this for ages!! More please!
Now I needn't feel guilty about abandoning my guitar pedals when making electronic music. This is an excellent & inspiring video.
Ive watched tons of videos on this subject today (synth and pedals). Every single one sounded non musical and like they didnt know what the hell they were doing just randomly turning things on and off then turning knobs and flicking switches. Except this one... Dan this is awesome. Thanks so much.
you expain everything so well, and I just love the sounds you are making at 11:38
Thanks for the demo, Daniel. Goes to show how much sound you can get out of a simple analog synth with these pedals.
was literally basket placing both the rv6 and tc flashback for use on my jx03 and this video proved its a good choice. thanks for the very interesting overview.
Great demo on how effects (especially time effects such modulation, delay, reverb) can transform synth sounds.
You're awesome when it comes to demos. Thanks so much!!!
At last I understand how other people got this deeeeeep spaaaace drone while my synth just played Notes.
You Sir!!! learned something today.
Daniel Fisher is to sound demonstration as Bob Ross is to painting teaching. Thank you for your always insightful videos, man.
Think this is the 11th time ive watched this video. So so great to see has to be said again . Very spot on explanations !!
For synth players on a budget the Zoom MS-70CDR pedal is definitely worth a look. Chorus, Delay & Reverb (including shimmer), plus a whole bunch of other effects all built into the one pedal, all for roughly US$150. The original pedal came with 86 effects but Zoom recently released a free firmware update for it which adds another 51. That's roughly $1 per effect, which is incredible value for money. The pedal is also stereo, and you can chain multiple effects.
zoomosis aye, it sounds all well and good written down,and Does have nice sound, however... it's digital, it's a bit thin sounding. just not same as analog effects now is it. I was almost about to buy it ... which is why I'm at this vid looking at real analog fx peds. Do you have the zoom ms70cdr, if so How you like it
The reverb, delay, and chorus pedal are all digital, if I'm not mistaken.
yea it works well with keyboards i use in a guitar rig.....but have tried with my synths
@@ericfricke4512 so are the eventide pedals and many synth players use them...
It's been on my pedalboard for over a year. It's not in my guitar signal chain for but instead is used solely for my DX7 and works wonderfully for replicating the usual effects chains I use in my DAW. It's super handy and is powered by my pedalboard power supply. I just bought another one yesterday for the other DX7 user in the band :)
I had watched it like 15 times for 4-5 months....best review so far for what im looking for
Awesome sounds and very inspiring.
superb demo. Thanks.
This was just the video I was looking for! Thanks.
OMG - Daniel you are my new synth nerd hero!! This clip gets me freaking pumped!
I´m really impressed by the Ring Thing. Thanx for the demo.
wow, cool pedals. great jam! very smooth ending too!
This is nice video. I was looking for pedal on synths reviews for a long time and they are hard to find. That on is excellent.
Hope we can see more in the future.
fantastic demo
Can’t thank you enough for making this video!
superb demo!
You deserve a raise man! Excellent work
Thank you! I will pass it along to Human Resources.
Thanks Daniel - great sounds!
Great video guys, thanks !
Great explanation, very clear, thanks for this !
Excellent video. Thankyou for sharing this video. I really cool for more videos of synths run through fx pedals. Really opens up new sonic dimensions to the sound .
I keep referring back to this bid. Great info and advice
Very cool. I know a lot of people just output synths into DAWs and work with plugins. But just like it's gratifying having a lot of knobs, sliders and buttons on a hardware synth for creativity, the same holds for hardware effects.
Of course you pile enough of them up, it starts to get expensive, and you may as well buy something with a heap of FX built in to it (Virus, Prophet-6, etc).
Perfect idea man. Never considered an effects pedal for my synth. Definitely gon' get one for my 1983 Moog Rogue.
Awesome video! Getting some more Pedals asap.
Super Ego sounds insane. Great video.
Great video and beautiful sound
The Ring Thing makes that analogue Minilogue sound more like a FM synth (which I'm a huge fan of) but still retains the warm tone of the Korg - Kind of a best of both worlds between subtractive analogue and frequency modulation.
ring mods are baddass instruments in their own right... check out zvex's
Really sweet video thanks fella
I love these videos. Keep em coming!
This is incredible. Idea pump. Thanks.
Weird coincidence. I bought 2 Super Phaser PH-2's to dual phase the output from the Software Synth (XILS PolyM) that I bought at Sweetwater, using the AKAI ADVANCE 61 Smart Controller I also got at Sweetwater. (the two Superphasers I got from eBay, but they are both Japanese Vintage!
The synth skills are strong with this one
Excellent presentation once again from Daniel. Apart from being quite entertaining, I felt I learnt so much
Great video Daniel. Except for the flashback, which I already have and like a lot, I had not considered the other pedals you are showcasing here. Good advice, appreciated.
Extremely well done, great content very informative interesting and educational, I've always used synths and midi controller keyboards but I had no idea you could do all that with pedals! Also great video production too, more videos like this please! 👍😃👌😀
outstanding demo!!
Thanks for watching, Marty!
Wow those ambient sounds are just gorgeous! The exact sound I aim for in my darker DnB textures. Thanks for the info!
Great informative video. It made me realise today's pedals are better than multi FX boxes. These days they sound fabulous too. I originally had a cheap Flanger on my Yamaha CS5 mono synth but it added so much noise.
Faaantastic! Instead of buying more synths, instead i'm looking for the next pedal-upgrade. :-) Thank you very much for creating and sharing this video, it really does some out-of-this-world things to a main synth.
I'd love to see you do more of these kinds of videos with new and different pedals used with synths. I like that you kept the synth sound simple and did it in a really methodical way. I have loads of DAW effects native and 3rd party but I want more hands on tweakability and something in dedicated hardware. I'm not sure whether to get an all in one solution - something zoom g3n or line 6 m13 or helix LT? Whether things like the strymon big sky and timeline are really worth it? Whether to just build up your own individual pedals into a collection instead? Love your moog one demos by the way - more please!
I have a Minilogue too. I process it through, for now (within mixer fx loop if possible): MXR Analog Chorus + Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail Analog Delay + TC Electronic Hall Of Fame reverb.
orbitalchiller Do us guys sone demos please :-)
dam that mxr analog chorus sounds delicious haha i have an analog distiortion from them and love it, do you highly recommend that analog chorus?
yes, very much. it is a pristine analog chorus. Best price/value in its range, imo.
dope thanks, thats the blue pedal right? i may just grab one, i just ordered a boss gt 1 but i still love analog more
Outstanding!
really great video !!! very inspiring !! thx
Now that was so Good I Love it!.. Thanks For Sharing I really appreciate that
Great video
You always teach me something Daniel Fisher my friend from Fort Wayne
Awesome video! I've got my Minilogue running through a Kaosspad at the moment, but am looking to get some discrete pedals so this is great :) Liking the look of that Ring Thing pedal.
I’m watching this trying to find a pedal for my minilogue so this was perfect
I'm also inted to by a minilogue. At the moment have 2 pedal effect, boss rv6 is really amasing and the elektro harmonix 22500 looper, will be great with ambient loop effects by using different patches and minilogue
The ring thing sounds so freakin awesome! I need it for my moog 37 😁👌 buying on in 2 days. Thanks for the great demo.
The doctor who reference was unexpected but appreciated.
I love what u do, keep up the good work, I had many questions about this and as if God knew what I was thinking u had put it on, thank u Daniel Fisher,
This just made me want to buy all these pedals! Great demo; inspiring sounds.
Side note: 11:00 that's the first time I've ever heard somebody pronounce it "DAY-lek". Definitely "DAH-lek," bro. ;-)
Dreadfully sorry Rob, I was inadvertently channeling my inner Peter Cushing. Thanks for watching!
Haha that was the one thing I was gonna comment on too, but apart from that I really enjoyed the video. I really want to make my own ambient music in the future for a hobby and this was an interesting video, thanks!
my favorite pedal for synth is easily the Small Stone, it is such a great sound
This video is the main reason I bought me a Flashback. Sweeping all day long!!!
incredibly helpful video, Demon Dan! (I came over here from the Moog forum). I've got a DX-100 that I usually drench in effects before anyone hears the sound of the thing, so I'm always looking for pedals that will work well with it. I don't often find something that sounds bad processing synths, but there are definitely pedals that do it better than others... That Ring thing has me GASsing hard right now. Maybe I should just order one right now...
VERY VERY VERY USEFULL. THANKS!!!
Excellent.
Neat video, good tips/demos. I've lately gone 100% hardware FX route myself, with pedals. Few tips for that route, which weren't mentioned in this video: get a mixer that has AUX send & return, so you can use your pedal-chain easily with all your gear without constantly plugging and un-plugging. Another one: get patch cables for your pedal-chain, so you'll save some desk space. And lastly, many guitar/bass distortion pedals also work really well with synths. For example you can easily give some colour for leads and strings and also some nice crunch for your basslines with guitar/bass distortions.
At the moment I'm having a distortion, chorus, delay and reverb all as physical pedals and I don't use any effect except a compressor on software side. Next up I'll maybe buy some flanger or phaser and maybe at some point a second distortion.
Hi jarkokoo, thank you for the useful tips. You might enjoy our "Distortion Pedals for Keyboard" video we released last year featuring 20 guitar/bass distortion pedals: th-cam.com/video/E5Pzoo06O20/w-d-xo.html
thhhaaaaank yoooouuu i needed something like this for quite a while
Finally someone demoed the digitech nautila on synth. it's incredible on anything & everything electric!
Awesome instant effects gratification. I use an old casio 1000p though a kaoss pad mk1. It transforms its bland soft mono sound into a stereo atmospheric monster. Might look at getting a couple of these pedals for my Korg Z1 for a complete picture. Great demo. :-)
I have a Prophet 08 from DSI, It's my favorite analog synth so far, and I've been using a big sky with it. I have considered an H9 core or max however for it
that reverb sounds sweet!
A brilliant way to get the sale numbers up , keep these type of videos coming and take all of my $$$... 💵💵💵
Excelent thank you!
Sweet. Plus a ehx Ring Thing not mentioned above ;) I might have to get some of that.
I have a Qchord which is unlike most other instruments but I find pedals to be perfect for it, especially with delay and reverb
Well you sold me buddy. :) Nicely done demonstration video.
Thanks alot.
You shown us many interesting things whith a minilogue , but whatever the analog synth you will use , to add effects pedals will always open the door to others sound dimentions.
I want to buy several ones to plug to my Moog sub37, so,understand how this kind of video can be usefull to me.
Currently using a Chroma console , syntax error 2 , Bygones , and a Colour Theory for samples and synths ...
Nice!
I've been waiting for this!
My gigging synth doesn't have effects and I don't want to bring a rack of gear or a laptop.
Daniel - the best!!!
May I suggest a Zoom MS70-CDR? Great little multieffects pedal that allows up to 6 units at the same time, in an effects chain entirely of your choosing.
Mr. Fisher, I believe you are the most knowledgeable synth master to make videos showing us mere mortals the capabilities of synths. I would like to know which synth(s) on the market do everything in this video within the capabilities of the synth itself, without needing the pedals. Would you please share that info with us, or let us know which synths come closest to performing these abilities without the pedals? Thanks in advance!
Timeless Wheelman the Behringer deepmind has lots of built in effects, can use up to four at a time afaik...
Thanks! and its only $999. I'm thinking the Novation Peak would also be VERY nice...
Just wow..sold on all of them. Starting to think maybe I just need all those pedals with my old synths I've already got and I'll have massive experimental analog sound.
Hi Joseph, effect pedals are an awesome way to rekindle the fire with your existing gear. Thanks for watching!
ive got so much in the box at home but more and more i want to start playing around with hardware, just looks like too much fun yeah
Inexpensive casio through those pedals would sound good. Good video
The thing, for synth users it is best to use eurorack modules to flexibility and portability.
Nice video
WOW thanks!!
I'm getting a synth next week, and I'm interested to hear the Earthquaker Transmisser through it. Unique ambient pedal. I have a bit crusher and an analog delay that I want to hear self oscillate through it.
i am hipnotized by the superego !!!