Oh...I will use a zoom g1 four in the effects loop to only effect the TC Inifinite. Still at the very beginning of the chain. All OUT badass setup for this pedal. I love this video. I watched it like 5 times.
Two loopers (early-chain and end-of-chain PLUS the Infinite. Then I don't have to decide anything. Perfect setup if you ask me. This video helped me figure that out. And I bought one. Thank you. I hope you get credit for my purchase. I clicked on your link but I think I bought from Ebay so...maybe not. Just a heads up.
Excellent! I ordered the pedal just yesterday. Your video is very helpful and answers one of my main questions: where to put it in the signal chain. I first thought I will put it at the beginning of the chain, but after watching your video I tend to put it at the end just before the Looper. Thanks for the video! Well worth buying you a coffee!
Dead last in effects loop, with buffered bypass on… without question. If you want you could actually get a pedal order switcher and be able to witch back and forth between loop first / infinite first.
This is exactly my problem ( I guess for many other people too). I would like to put the Infinite at the end of the chain, but before the looper. (No issues with my looper since the DITTOX4 can record and store 2 different loops). Unfortunately, Infinite is a MONO pedal and my chain becomes stereo after Synesthesia, and this is followed by 7 other stereo pedals (delays, synths, reverbs, etc.). So I am stuck placing Infinite before Synesthesia and so it will be affected by everything that comes after it. I think TCE has missed a big point here. This device is eminently ambient-oriented and most ambient boards run stereo delay and reverbs. I still preordered out of curiosity (using your Thomann link). Thanks for this video, BTW. Cheers. /C
For me...I have a fairly complex pedalboard. So I think I would add this to the VERY BEGNNING of the chain, outside my pedalboard to work with the entire board. Kind of like my Looper/Tuner by Lekato. The loopstation. Although my looper is after my Hotone expression pedal. It's the same one the creator is using. Thanks for this video, Pedal Platform. But this is only because i have a Boss RC-10R at the end of my chain for the final looper. I always have a looper at the beginning and end. This pedal will sit outside the board before both loopers, as stated. That way I can use my baord to manipulate all the sounds PLUS i can use the built in effects of the Infinite.
Cool. Almost got a little very confused at the beginning. Does the loop "work" without the pedal being powered on is a loaded question. It works because some pedals with a loop output zero sound unless the pedal is turned on. I think that is what the question is. Do you still get the throughput sound of the original input with the pedal off. In that case the answer is YES! Yes you still get the original sound of the guitar without the pedal being turned on. The creator answered this but in a different way if thinking of it from this perspective. My noise gate has a loop...the Sophgate by Donner. But if you turn off the pedal you get zero cohesion with the rest of the board. Because it doesn't even allow the main guitar signal to pass through unless the pedal is actually powered on. The Two Notes Le Clean is my main preamp and it works the same way due to the goals of the effects loop on that pedal which are to integrate it into other Two Notes tube preamps. So it completely shuts off anything in the loop when the pedal is turned off. It took me a while to understand the concept at the beginning because I was expecting by your answer of NO... that the guitar would no longer have any output at all with it turned off. I am not nitpicking, just tailoring this response to the usage of the pedal in my given circumstances. Thanks, if you read this book. It's not copyrighted to feel free to quote me and not even have to give me recognition. Also...I just rambled this response without proofreading or anything so correct me if I'm wrong and comment and help this amazing channel out with the algorithm by responding to me as well. Okay I did do a couple of edits as you can see. Call me out on my BS.
Thanks ! I already have one Infinite. And I will still be waiting for Infinite to be included in the Plethora. It will be fun. Infinite at the beginning of the chain and the possibility of including it in Plethora later :)
I'm running mine at the end before a clone looper. In the loop on the Infinite, I put a Boss ME-80 with expression controlling overdrive. When you add Uni-vibe, delay, and or ring mod it becomes a knob tweaker instrument.
I did something similar with my EHX Superego. Joyo Vision dual multi-modulation pedal & an old Korg multi-FX with inbuilt expression pedal/wah/volume pedal. Not great units on their own (the Joyo has its charms) but aces in the loop of the Superego and/or my old JHS Panther delay, the big one based on the Diamond Memory Lane. I am looking at the TC to replace my Superego.
I have a question about a noise gate in the chain before the Infinite pedal (and my looper for that matter). I have a TC Electronics Sentry noise gate in my chain using the 4 cable method (it has a send/return on the pedal as well as input/output) so I have the pedal in the chain going into the front of the amp as well as in the FX loop with my time-based effects. This works great for dealing with the noise introduced with some of my high-gain distortion pedals as well as reducing noise in the amp from the preamp stage (kind of like having a gate knob on the amp itself). ?However, the gate also seems to be killing the signal to the Infinite pedal and the looper unless there is signal going through the chain constantly. It is clearly recording the part I want recorded or sustained, but it cuts off as soon as I stop playing anything on the guitar. I am not clear as to why this is happening...any ideas? Any thoughts on how to use these pedals with a gate in the chain?
Hopefully you can help... i have the infinite. Also a TC Spark boost. Also using the Digitech Trio plus. Using all wirh my Boss Katana head. How would i create my signal path where the Digitech does not get affected with the on board fx of the katana and can use the boost and infinite only on the guitar signal?
Great question! 🤔 There's a few interacting variables in that equation, and I've sold my Katana a couple of years ago and don't quite remember all the options now, but let's give this a shot. Boost: for my style of playing, I'd always place it between the guitar and the amp's input (if you want to use it as a volume boost, you could place it in the Katana's effects loop, but the Katana has other options for that); Infinite: I prefer it after all the gain / drive sections. If I'm relying on amp drive, that means putting it in the effects loop (unless it's a Marshall and I'm running the power amp hard, but I digress). With the Katana, I'd want it in the loop, with a caveat (see below); Trio: definitely in the Katana's effects loop, as the last item in the chain -- but, and this is a big one, the Katana's onboard effects have to be placed before the effects loop (I believe there's an option for that, but you have to confirm), otherwise the Trio's signal will be affected too. So in summary: Guitar > Spark > Katana input > (onboard FX) > Katana FX loop send > Infinite > Trio > Katana FX loop return. The caveat: placing the Infinite in the FX loop, after time based effects, means that the sound you freeze will include all the effects, and might be harder to do without glitches that might be covered up by a reverb. If that's the case, try: a) using a toneprint that has some built-in reverb, or b) if you're playing with a clean tone on the Katana, move the Infinite after the Spark and before the Katana's input. Hope this helps!
@@PedalPlatform Thank you so much. Sometimes the whole signal chain and FX loop scrambles my brain. This sounds like it will work perfectly. Going to use the TC boost as a volume boost, so I will put it right before the infinite in the loop as you suggested. Once again, thanks for the reply. Your expertise is greatly appreciated.
Dude! Ok that was actually pretty cool. It somewhat begs a good demo of shoving more stuff into the loop. The idea of mixing and mashing effects per layer may be an idea? Using this to feed a looper in the chain also a great idea 💡 but what about splitting the X5 into two and running loopers around ? Ugggh makes my head spin a bit the possibilities and here midi and an hxstomp would actually lend a lot. Maybe not for video as this is complicated as hell to visualize.
@@PedalPlatform I haven't gotten one yet. They are sold out, I'm not really finding any, used, either. Hopefully, I'll get one soon. I just got the Microcosm, and that's keeping me a little busy, at the moment. lol!
Get your Infinite from Thomann.de: thmn.to/thoprod/530569?offid=1&affid=1010 (affiliate link)
Thanks!
Oh...I will use a zoom g1 four in the effects loop to only effect the TC Inifinite. Still at the very beginning of the chain. All OUT badass setup for this pedal. I love this video. I watched it like 5 times.
Two loopers (early-chain and end-of-chain PLUS the Infinite. Then I don't have to decide anything. Perfect setup if you ask me. This video helped me figure that out. And I bought one. Thank you. I hope you get credit for my purchase. I clicked on your link but I think I bought from Ebay so...maybe not. Just a heads up.
really appreciate your straightforward NO BS approach...hope other demonstrators take notice....
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Excellent! I ordered the pedal just yesterday. Your video is very helpful and answers one of my main questions: where to put it in the signal chain. I first thought I will put it at the beginning of the chain, but after watching your video I tend to put it at the end just before the Looper. Thanks for the video! Well worth buying you a coffee!
Thank you so much, it's really appreciated! 🙏🏻
Dead last in effects loop, with buffered bypass on… without question. If you want you could actually get a pedal order switcher and be able to witch back and forth between loop first / infinite first.
This is exactly my problem ( I guess for many other people too). I would like to put the Infinite at the end of the chain, but before the looper. (No issues with my looper since the DITTOX4 can record and store 2 different loops). Unfortunately, Infinite is a MONO pedal and my chain becomes stereo after Synesthesia, and this is followed by 7 other stereo pedals (delays, synths, reverbs, etc.). So I am stuck placing Infinite before Synesthesia and so it will be affected by everything that comes after it. I think TCE has missed a big point here. This device is eminently ambient-oriented and most ambient boards run stereo delay and reverbs. I still preordered out of curiosity (using your Thomann link). Thanks for this video, BTW. Cheers. /C
Try a pedal order switcher.
loved the video, good work !
Thank you! 🙏🏻
For me...I have a fairly complex pedalboard. So I think I would add this to the VERY BEGNNING of the chain, outside my pedalboard to work with the entire board. Kind of like my Looper/Tuner by Lekato. The loopstation. Although my looper is after my Hotone expression pedal. It's the same one the creator is using. Thanks for this video, Pedal Platform. But this is only because i have a Boss RC-10R at the end of my chain for the final looper. I always have a looper at the beginning and end. This pedal will sit outside the board before both loopers, as stated. That way I can use my baord to manipulate all the sounds PLUS i can use the built in effects of the Infinite.
Cool. Almost got a little very confused at the beginning. Does the loop "work" without the pedal being powered on is a loaded question. It works because some pedals with a loop output zero sound unless the pedal is turned on. I think that is what the question is. Do you still get the throughput sound of the original input with the pedal off. In that case the answer is YES! Yes you still get the original sound of the guitar without the pedal being turned on. The creator answered this but in a different way if thinking of it from this perspective. My noise gate has a loop...the Sophgate by Donner. But if you turn off the pedal you get zero cohesion with the rest of the board. Because it doesn't even allow the main guitar signal to pass through unless the pedal is actually powered on. The Two Notes Le Clean is my main preamp and it works the same way due to the goals of the effects loop on that pedal which are to integrate it into other Two Notes tube preamps. So it completely shuts off anything in the loop when the pedal is turned off. It took me a while to understand the concept at the beginning because I was expecting by your answer of NO... that the guitar would no longer have any output at all with it turned off. I am not nitpicking, just tailoring this response to the usage of the pedal in my given circumstances. Thanks, if you read this book. It's not copyrighted to feel free to quote me and not even have to give me recognition. Also...I just rambled this response without proofreading or anything so correct me if I'm wrong and comment and help this amazing channel out with the algorithm by responding to me as well. Okay I did do a couple of edits as you can see. Call me out on my BS.
TC - any chance you develop an easy way for us to share toneprints? Thanks.
Good video tutorial...parallel connection is also a great option for total independence
Indeed it is! And thank you!
Another awesome tuturial.
Thank you again for this.
(oh my goodness... So many strings....) (and guitars, and pedals, and so on...) 🤗🤗🤗
Thanks ! I already have one Infinite. And I will still be waiting for Infinite to be included in the Plethora. It will be fun. Infinite at the beginning of the chain and the possibility of including it in Plethora later :)
Is/has the infinite arrived on the Plethora yet?
@@james9789not yet. And not announced yet so don’t know if it will :(
As always great video! Thank you!
Thank you Tim, glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻
I'm running mine at the end before a clone looper. In the loop on the Infinite, I put a Boss ME-80 with expression controlling overdrive. When you add Uni-vibe, delay, and or ring mod it becomes a knob tweaker instrument.
Oooh I like the sound of that 😁
I did something similar with my EHX Superego. Joyo Vision dual multi-modulation pedal & an old Korg multi-FX with inbuilt expression pedal/wah/volume pedal. Not great units on their own (the Joyo has its charms) but aces in the loop of the Superego and/or my old JHS Panther delay, the big one based on the Diamond Memory Lane.
I am looking at the TC to replace my Superego.
Great video
I have a question about a noise gate in the chain before the Infinite pedal (and my looper for that matter). I have a TC Electronics Sentry noise gate in my chain using the 4 cable method (it has a send/return on the pedal as well as input/output) so I have the pedal in the chain going into the front of the amp as well as in the FX loop with my time-based effects. This works great for dealing with the noise introduced with some of my high-gain distortion pedals as well as reducing noise in the amp from the preamp stage (kind of like having a gate knob on the amp itself). ?However, the gate also seems to be killing the signal to the Infinite pedal and the looper unless there is signal going through the chain constantly. It is clearly recording the part I want recorded or sustained, but it cuts off as soon as I stop playing anything on the guitar. I am not clear as to why this is happening...any ideas? Any thoughts on how to use these pedals with a gate in the chain?
Maybe a silly question... can I put a volume pedal in the effects loop of the Infinite?
I’m slightly confused @PedalPlatform can I loop the infinite pedal with a loop station?
What about an Infinite Sustainer at the beginning and end? Also, a looper at the beginning and end?
That would open an enormous set of possibilities, so yeah :)
Hopefully you can help... i have the infinite. Also a TC Spark boost. Also using the Digitech Trio plus. Using all wirh my Boss Katana head. How would i create my signal path where the Digitech does not get affected with the on board fx of the katana and can use the boost and infinite only on the guitar signal?
Great question! 🤔 There's a few interacting variables in that equation, and I've sold my Katana a couple of years ago and don't quite remember all the options now, but let's give this a shot.
Boost: for my style of playing, I'd always place it between the guitar and the amp's input (if you want to use it as a volume boost, you could place it in the Katana's effects loop, but the Katana has other options for that);
Infinite: I prefer it after all the gain / drive sections. If I'm relying on amp drive, that means putting it in the effects loop (unless it's a Marshall and I'm running the power amp hard, but I digress). With the Katana, I'd want it in the loop, with a caveat (see below);
Trio: definitely in the Katana's effects loop, as the last item in the chain -- but, and this is a big one, the Katana's onboard effects have to be placed before the effects loop (I believe there's an option for that, but you have to confirm), otherwise the Trio's signal will be affected too.
So in summary:
Guitar > Spark > Katana input > (onboard FX) > Katana FX loop send > Infinite > Trio > Katana FX loop return.
The caveat: placing the Infinite in the FX loop, after time based effects, means that the sound you freeze will include all the effects, and might be harder to do without glitches that might be covered up by a reverb. If that's the case, try: a) using a toneprint that has some built-in reverb, or b) if you're playing with a clean tone on the Katana, move the Infinite after the Spark and before the Katana's input.
Hope this helps!
@@PedalPlatform Thank you so much. Sometimes the whole signal chain and FX loop scrambles my brain. This sounds like it will work perfectly. Going to use the TC boost as a volume boost, so I will put it right before the infinite in the loop as you suggested. Once again, thanks for the reply. Your expertise is greatly appreciated.
Glad to help!
I’m using the infinite in the send return loop of the plethora x5 and running the plethora through the send return of my amp. What are your thoughts?
really helpful! ❤
Glad it was!
Dude! Ok that was actually pretty cool. It somewhat begs a good demo of shoving more stuff into the loop. The idea of mixing and mashing effects per layer may be an idea? Using this to feed a looper in the chain also a great idea 💡 but what about splitting the X5 into two and running loopers around ? Ugggh makes my head spin a bit the possibilities and here midi and an hxstomp would actually lend a lot.
Maybe not for video as this is complicated as hell to visualize.
I had a Super Ego, and put it in a EHX Parallel looper. I sold the Super Ego, to get this.
How are you finding it so far?
@@PedalPlatform I haven't gotten one yet. They are sold out, I'm not really finding any, used, either. Hopefully, I'll get one soon. I just got the Microcosm, and that's keeping me a little busy, at the moment. lol!
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