I love how you say, "you can use it all in the 'wrong way' and sometimes get something nice". I teach digital art and intentionally show the wrong ways - the way you are not supposed to. Only then you discover something original. Well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌🥳🗽👋
Watching this feels like I’m going to a friends, who’s sharing the salient s@#t. Not some gear demo, at a trade show. Providing context , and sharing preferences and workflow, really differentiates your channel for me! Great work!
I like that you say that simple pedals, with a few basic controls are 'bloody' great. I totally agree, I got rid of my Bigsky for just that reason, it's a good pedal, but I like to play while I play, too :)
I use a chain similar to your third one for ambient exploration. And also for my guitar. I use Soma Labs Cosmos to drive/arrange everything. And like you, always Mood mk.II, Shallow Water. Then Polymoon and finally UA FX Del-Verb. With delay on a woozy DMM setting, or long dark Tape mode; sometimes on slapback settings. And for reverb, I loooove the Del-verbs drippy spring if using guitar or analogue synth, plate on Vocal or Lexicon style on digital synths/samplers. The sound of mismatching mic'd stereo guitar amps adds a lot at the end of chain, with tremelo, and sometimes a little splash of spring, if I'm not using the Del-Verb Spring setting. But please can someone convince Fairfield Circuitry to do a tricked out stereo Shallow Water maybe stick a squelchy 303 or Moog stereo VCF with drippy resonance in it (Muggy Waters?).
Suggest putting Raster 2 in front of Microcosm...then put the Space reverb after it... I think that doing sound design with pedal combos will get alot of views... ☺️
I use a formula Sound ff4000 mixer for my synths and pedalboard. All analog or if I need a filter I use my Allen & Heath px5 both sound wonderful for this particular setup
Fantastic content. Subscribed now A little hard to hear your words over the music at times. Watching this video cost me at least $400 because I need to keep an eye out for the microcosm pedal now 🤩
Question. Is there any pedals that's can do halftime in real time... Like your doing with that op-1? All my loopers do this but slowing that mood down as it's playing sounds great..... Without having to loop it
Hey man, thank you for sharing this. Please turn down the music when you are talking, I really want to understand what you are sharing with us! God bless!
Hey, great channel! Keep going! Do I need an external mixer to mix the dry channel with the effects like you do at around 3:20 or is it somehow possible to do only with Octatrack when in studio mode?
Hope my question isn't too confusing. I am new to electronic music and the Octatrack. I am experimenting with the Cue outs now. I was just wondering, if I can blend my effect chain (reverb + delay pedal connected to cue outs) with the dry master signal kinda like you do with aux or if I definitely need a mixer for this? Cheers!
Thanks for this, learned a lot! I wonder, if you’d have to choose one ‘best’ allround reverb, and one delay pedal for an analog synth like the vermona, which one would you choose?
Federico, do you only operate at instrument level with your pedal set-ups? Do you ever employ re-amping, perhaps bringing in signal from a DAW? If so how do you deal with this?
@@LoVeAmBiEnT Matty, check out ARTcessories Dual RDB if you're interested in re-amping stereo pedals. I've done a lot of research on this recently and settled on this as my solution. Curious how Federico handles his re-amping, if he even goes line level. Most of the pedals he's using in this video carry both line and instrument level signal, except for the Shallow Water.
@@2dguillaume233 That is good to hear. Thanks 2D. Now if they'd only make a stereo version. (I wrote to them requesting this and they replied saying a lot of folks were asking the same thing. Fingers crossed)
tried hard to get a demo pedal, sadly I cant afford any single pedal, and I basically have already all the strymon lineup, except nightsky. Sooner or later..
I’ve been looking for a modulated echo style pedal. I really like the fuzzy, overdriven character of the Echo Dream 2, but does it have a good “warble” too it? I really like the vibrato/tremolo sounds of the Gen Loss, Shallow Water, and other VHS tape effects so I’d love that wobble modulation alongside delay and fuzz. Cool vid.
My least favorite among these is the echo dream 2, such weird echo machine, hard to tame, and the fact that DBA always likes to mix everything with fuzz really turned me off. I shelved the unit after about three months of using it. just couldn't find usable sound (at least for me) for my composition
I love how you say, "you can use it all in the 'wrong way' and sometimes get something nice".
I teach digital art and intentionally show the wrong ways - the way you are not supposed to. Only then you discover something original. Well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌🥳🗽👋
Happy incidents are the best!
Watching this feels like I’m going to a friends, who’s sharing the salient s@#t. Not some gear demo, at a trade show.
Providing context , and sharing preferences and workflow, really differentiates your channel for me!
Great work!
You are my favorite TH-camr. Excellent excellent stuff. Thank you so much for the inspiration
Wow, thanks! very honored
Great video man - learning tons about the world of pedals from you!
happy to hear that!
Cant wait for the 1978 review ! Great video again, you are an inspiration for sound design. Thank you for sharing it.
Love the pieces you have chosen for your studio. Clearly a lot of love and thought goes into what you do. I enjoy your videos very much.
Microcosm + Rooms = 💯🔥Insane Jam!
yesss
More of these videos please. Absolutely love them :)
Will do soon, preparing some cool stuff
I agree with your symbiosis pedal theory. There are no rules but experimentation can pay off.
Another WOW!!! video of yours that I dig very, very much ❤️ Well done!!! Love and light from sunny Thailand 🇹🇭 ☀️ 🏖
I like that you say that simple pedals, with a few basic controls are 'bloody' great. I totally agree, I got rid of my Bigsky for just that reason, it's a good pedal, but I like to play while I play, too :)
Any synth -> Mood -> Shallow Water -> Stereo Reverb of Choice. Works every time. Or reverse SW and Mood - experiment.
The Avalon + the Strymon's remind me a lot of the early Autechre: love it!
Any chance you would do a video on how you use re-use the samples you make for other compositions? That would be really cool to see.
Agreed! That would be fantastic to see.
Amazing, I def. want to get into pedals now.
This was very inspiring to watch. I need more pedals now hmmmmm
ahah sorry!!
Its good to adventure in music and discover new ways of creating sounds
true
Really enjoying your channel, learning a lot. I just wish I had your pedal collection!
Little by little!
Bellissima la catena con l'avalon! E grazie a questo video comincio anche ad avere le idee un filo meno confuse dal lato sound design. Thanks!
ormai sei un pro!!
@@OoraMusic deeeeh, magari!
Your content is getting better and better. Kudos! new subscriber!
Welcome aboard!
Hey man, this is extremely helpful as I'm looking for some effects to round up the Digitone+Digitakt combo. Thank you!
Great reviews of your set ups. Thank you.
Grande Fede! Ottimo tutorial
I use a chain similar to your third one for ambient exploration. And also for my guitar. I use Soma Labs Cosmos to drive/arrange everything. And like you, always Mood mk.II, Shallow Water. Then Polymoon and finally UA FX Del-Verb. With delay on a woozy DMM setting, or long dark Tape mode; sometimes on slapback settings. And for reverb, I loooove the Del-verbs drippy spring if using guitar or analogue synth, plate on Vocal or Lexicon style on digital synths/samplers. The sound of mismatching mic'd stereo guitar amps adds a lot at the end of chain, with tremelo, and sometimes a little splash of spring, if I'm not using the Del-Verb Spring setting. But please can someone convince Fairfield Circuitry to do a tricked out stereo Shallow Water maybe stick a squelchy 303 or Moog stereo VCF with drippy resonance in it (Muggy Waters?).
Holy pedals, some good ones here!
Amazing... Echosystem Is just arriving.
Happy 2021 to you too!
Suggest putting Raster 2 in front of Microcosm...then put the Space reverb after it... I think that doing sound design with pedal combos will get alot of views... ☺️
Never heard of raster, will have to check
Well that was a perfect video. Thanks a lot.
Thanks!!
I use a formula Sound ff4000 mixer for my synths and pedalboard. All analog or if I need a filter I use my Allen & Heath px5 both sound wonderful for this particular setup
Fantastic content. Subscribed now
A little hard to hear your words over the music at times.
Watching this video cost me at least $400 because I need to keep an eye out for the microcosm pedal now 🤩
Question. Is there any pedals that's can do halftime in real time... Like your doing with that op-1? All my loopers do this but slowing that mood down as it's playing sounds great..... Without having to loop it
yeah, house on fire, my first thing to grab from the studio would be the Avalon Bassline
good call
Hey man, thank you for sharing this. Please turn down the music when you are talking, I really want to understand what you are sharing with us! God bless!
Excellent!!!
Hey, great channel! Keep going!
Do I need an external mixer to mix the dry channel with the effects like you do at around 3:20 or is it somehow possible to do only with Octatrack when in studio mode?
Hope my question isn't too confusing. I am new to electronic music and the Octatrack. I am experimenting with the Cue outs now. I was just wondering, if I can blend my effect chain (reverb + delay pedal connected to cue outs) with the dry master signal kinda like you do with aux or if I definitely need a mixer for this? Cheers!
Nice videos man! Have you tried the sound of the NTS-1 as an effect unit? It's just 99 USD sounds great but it only does stereo in.. Cheers! Ciao!
Not yet! will check
Acid for Life 🤘
:)
did u adjust the trimpots in the shallow water at all?
a little yes
Thanks for this, learned a lot! I wonder, if you’d have to choose one ‘best’ allround reverb, and one delay pedal for an analog synth like the vermona, which one would you choose?
My two favorite reverb are Rooms and Space. As a delay i use mostly the octatrack internal one and the Benidub Echo.
@@OoraMusic thanks!
What are these type of cable ? Any reference ? Thanks
Patch cables are great.. What are they?
Do you use the delay and reverb that are on some synths, or do you do all the effects with your FX chain?
mostly with fx chains
Very cool
Federico, do you only operate at instrument level with your pedal set-ups? Do you ever employ re-amping, perhaps bringing in signal from a DAW? If so how do you deal with this?
And by the way, excellent video! Love this
Been asking this question over and over.. On diff channels tho... No answer yet
@@LoVeAmBiEnT Matty, check out ARTcessories Dual RDB if you're interested in re-amping stereo pedals. I've done a lot of research on this recently and settled on this as my solution. Curious how Federico handles his re-amping, if he even goes line level.
Most of the pedals he's using in this video carry both line and instrument level signal, except for the Shallow Water.
@@Fjordjumper there's 2 jumpers inside the shallow water for choosing between instruments and line sources
@@2dguillaume233 That is good to hear. Thanks 2D. Now if they'd only make a stereo version. (I wrote to them requesting this and they replied saying a lot of folks were asking the same thing. Fingers crossed)
Surprised that you haven't ventured into the Strymon NightSky yet...
tried hard to get a demo pedal, sadly I cant afford any single pedal, and I basically have already all the strymon lineup, except nightsky. Sooner or later..
I’ve been looking for a modulated echo style pedal. I really like the fuzzy, overdriven character of the Echo Dream 2, but does it have a good “warble” too it? I really like the vibrato/tremolo sounds of the Gen Loss, Shallow Water, and other VHS tape effects so I’d love that wobble modulation alongside delay and fuzz. Cool vid.
great content bud - - - - )
Oh my god the music you can makes if you have enough money!
You can do wonder with very little.
My least favorite among these is the echo dream 2, such weird echo machine, hard to tame, and the fact that DBA always likes to mix everything with fuzz really turned me off. I shelved the unit after about three months of using it. just couldn't find usable sound (at least for me) for my composition
A good was to spend 4500