How to Get the Most Out of Your Pedals

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Pedals

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Күн бұрын

Here's 5 ways you can push the pedals you already own, instead of buying new ones. Links to my original music are below. Stop-motion animation and drone footage by John Marty. Additional drone footage by Best Frenemies.
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00:00 Intro
00:27 Pro-Tip #1: Defeat the Purpose
02:20 Sound Example
03:00 Pro-Tip #2: Record Direct
04:14 Sound Example
05:04 Pro-Tip #3: Use an Exp Pedal for Pitch
06:36 Sound Example
07:35 Pro-Tip #4: Mix=100%
08:43 Sound Example
09:22 Pro-Tip #5: Literally Any Stereo Pedal Is a Huge Deal
11:21 Sound Example

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@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

If you plan to ignore the advice in this video and buy more pedals, you can support this channel by shopping with Perfect Circuit. Click on this link, and I'll get a commission on whatever you end up putting in your shopping cart (pedals, cables, strings, whatever): bit.ly/3IsCN4n

@ChaseBlissAudio 2 жыл бұрын

2 mins in. enjoying it a lot. "I'm gonna be using like a normal good sound" perfect.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

lol thank you

@chiefbucknell 2 жыл бұрын

CBA, in da comments??! 😄

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

@@chiefbucknellthe relationship runs deep: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5qeq71-2MCanJ8.html

@leetintary2074 Жыл бұрын

I like the dinky sound

@onionheadguy7094 Жыл бұрын

Im really enjoying your pedal videos. The weird old pc game vibe inserts are really nice. I like that you are pushing us to use our gear to it's fullest rather than just set it aside and buy something new. It's very wholesome and inspiring.

@CyberattackWorld Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Part of the reason I made this video specifically was because I wanted to make up for the insanely pro-consumerist message of my videos about orange juice, not sure if you’ve made it there yet but you’ll see when you do.

@onionheadguy7094 Жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld you bet I will, comrade! 💪

@PhotoRubio 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being this guys neighbor. Getting home from work or carrying groceries in hand, you can hear music playing muffled from behind a closed door. You stop for a moment to listen and connect with another's creative spirit. Neither knowing that one reached out while another was touched... The gems of humanity some never meet are the people you live around or see everyday.

@brutallyremastered4255 4 ай бұрын

Please get your frozens inside without delay.

@PhotoRubio 4 ай бұрын

@@brutallyremastered4255 😂

@nutrapuppy4801 2 жыл бұрын

Some of the perspectives you share are things I would teach if I were a music composition professor. You are really offering a great service. Also I love your record and enjoy the demos in these videos, largely because your sounds often remind me of a continuation of an album composed of toy sounds, Gizmodgery by Self, who didn't do any follow ups. Keep going, you're on to something special.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you for this and especially for checking out the record

@zamphzibaha Ай бұрын

That tip about putting any stereo pedal at the end is genius, amazing. Thanks.

@Bender0330 2 ай бұрын

This is one of the most unique, interesting and coolest guitar channels on KZfaq. Nobody really does it quite the way you do

@rahzark 2 жыл бұрын

Something crazy to do with pedals that have a stereo In as well as Out: make the sinal path go through the pedal twice. You can make some weird shit. In some rare cases like the boss 500 series you can even apply different effects to each stereo side and effectively have two pedals in one. BTW, I'm loving this channel, the visual presentation is amazing. 90s demoscene meets Donkey Kong Country. Keep it up!

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

great idea and thanks for the comment

@alefty4463 Жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate a bit? How would one go about doing this? Instead of being stereo simply use the two stereo inputs to run the signal thru twice?

@rahzark Жыл бұрын

@@alefty4463 If you run guitar > inputA > outputA > inputB > outputB > amp you are going through the pedal twice (the signal is coming out of the pedal and in again). BE CAREFUL: Depending on the pedal and settings this may cause uncontrollable feedback so proceed with caution! Make sure you have a way to kill the signal going in and out of the pedal just in case.

@CraigFlowersMusic 4 ай бұрын

What a unique flavor your channel has. Kudos on that, as a fellow content creator I can bigly appreciate what you're laying down here.

@denisladouceur8789 27 күн бұрын

Loved hearing the early demo of Invincible Always a treat going back to these oldies

@CyberattackWorld 27 күн бұрын

Thanks man

@thegrinderman1090 2 жыл бұрын

Love the style of your videos. Laid back and unconventional, but still concise and informative. Keep it up, you are criminally underviewed, your time will come!

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thank you grinderman

@erikberg8352 5 ай бұрын

#2 is fantastic, treating your pedals like modular parts of a synth and avoiding an amp all together

@julianhyde1645 4 ай бұрын

My new favorite pedal channel. Can’t stop binging! I’ve learned more from these videos that all of the other pedal channels put together.

@aeko Жыл бұрын

Dude, I love the lofi 8bit aestethic of your channel. Super cool and really well executed!

@yuvalrosen 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! Very much agree that an expression pedal can open up a lot of possibilities. I recently hit a goldmine by getting a used Boss DD-500 - the patching can get super deep, I've made settings that imitate the EHX Freeze, EQD Rainbow, even Chase Bliss type sounds, and others that are even weirder. One tip I'll add for the comments section is to use a DAW and plugins (free versions of Reaper and Melda plugin suite, for example) to figure out your sound before buying pedals. Better yet, you can discover new sounds in the process of trying to approximate your DAW productions via the gear you already possess.

@james9802 2 жыл бұрын

#4 is one of my favourite ways to use the El Capistan. Makes for a less noisy alternative to the Zvex lofi junky

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

oh yeah that's perfect

@stubrakon9683 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid thanks 👍 my 50p worth, delay on shortest setting feedback max. Terrible feedback. Now make that the input for your board. It's like having an ocilator. Use delay time to adjust pitch or pitchshifter. Chorus. More slower delay. Trem. You got a synth 👍😃🤘😎

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

yeah that's extremely good to do

@justingoers 3 ай бұрын

Just wanted to say that you’ve become my favorite guitar / gear channel. Love the animations, love the tips, love the vibe. Thank you!

@zamphzibaha Ай бұрын

I'm glad KZfaq recommended your channel, I'm really enjoying your videos. There is very useful information, fun craziness, and I really like those strange bitty, ascii, action figure animations you put in... I've no idea how you make them and I like them a lot. Thanks.

@timtapp5931 2 ай бұрын

Pro tip 5 is right clever. I have a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus pedal but haven't given much though to it's stereo function, because of the wet effect, but using it a a clean stereo output everything before is very intriguing. In

@DeformedDevices 3 ай бұрын

You have a unique approach to videos, I dig it. I love the recommendation of trying to use the pedal wrong.

@sailortomb9307 4 ай бұрын

Don't have too much to add other than all of these demos and ideas were really really cool. I dug watching you play and the lo-fi animation stuff too. Thanks!

@nottaller1993 2 жыл бұрын

wizard. love the sounds man, really really creative stuff. more artists need to see your vids for inspiration!

@stuartchapman5171 2 жыл бұрын

I don't use my pedal hoard on guitar. I use them for soundscapes,experimental noises. Your approach is great. Inspired.

@lilybeejones 2 жыл бұрын

This kind of stuff? I love this. Tell me more weird things to do with noise boxes please.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

it's a deal

@AlexStress 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely love your channel! Pro tip#2 is actually good and it was used a lot by Egor Letov from soviet band "Grazhdanskaya oborona"(Гражданская оборона). He created most unique sound textures by direct recording distortion without amps

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

thanks I gotta check that out

@frankvaleron 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips as always. The doubled guitar tune with the "crap" tone is cool.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thanks dude, and if that was your first time hearing that tune you may get a kick out of this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9pxfNOcyc65aYU.html

@frankvaleron 2 жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld nice, cheers, it was, I know nothing about AC/DC!

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

@@frankvaleron oh man, i'm so glad i got to be the one to make this introduction. one of my favorite things i've ever done in my life probably

@frankvaleron 2 жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld haha. The pleasures all mine!

@ArkRiley 4 ай бұрын

Lỡve all the b-roll in this vid! Lil dude walking thru the woods...

@sunnyheadcase 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! On the note of "Defeat the Purpose," I think this brings things like orchestration and arrangement into the picture which I always feel like a lot of musicians don't even consider when exploring their tone/sound. Finding sounds like your example or to go even more broad into something like Smashing Pumpkins 90s guitar sound, it's rarely 1 guitar part/track. IMHO realizing this is like moving from a tiny corner of a room, to realizing there's a whole house to explore.

@CyberattackWorld 10 ай бұрын

i agree that solving problems at the level of arrangement, like be rewriting parts or altering the performance style or whatever, is often the most powerful solution

@Ozarkmadness56 Жыл бұрын

That solo at 4:14 was like riding a high-speed train in a foreign country. Full of nice little surprises.

@CyberattackWorld Жыл бұрын

thank you for this comment. also if i recognize correctly that your user pic is from Zombies Ate My Neighbors that's incredible and that video game rules my life

@nylertickel2 10 ай бұрын

discovered the channel last night and I already love it, love this kind of approach and attitude towards music/ tones

@TRLgoodvibesdotcom 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought 3 pedals in 3 days. I needed this.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

you're safe now, i've got you

@darrenbland 2 жыл бұрын

Red, red wiiiiiine. Your creative outlook is great, man. Big fan. Don't stop.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

glad you caught that, I love that song so much. also thanks

@jat5am 2 жыл бұрын

having lots of fun with stereo pedal™ → delay on the left / delay on the right (wet only?) → another stereo pedal (tremolo, let's say). mono pedals are damn good for stereo setups if you use them right.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

100%

@colinemily9856 2 жыл бұрын

The last tip about stereo output blew my mind. It's wild how much the delay opens up in stereo.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

i know it's like an aural illusion almost

@grishayampolsky 2 жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld love the stereo !! could you explain smth ? I have two stereo pedals at the end of my chain (Big Sky and Echosystem connected all left-right/in-out and then going to two different amps). Now I think about getting a chorus and I can't decide between Julia and Julianna (both by Walrus Audio). Julianna has stereo outputs but does it matter if I have stereo pedals after it? Will Julia have the same stereo sound with my other pedals after it ? Or will it differ smh ?

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

@@grishayampolsky it depends on whether the stereo pedals after the Juliana preserve the true stereo signal they get as input. Sometimes stereo pedals will sum the stereo input they get-which in this case would collapse whatever stereo stuff the Julianna is doing-and then run their own stereo effects on the collapsed mono signal and output that as stereo. It's not necessarily the end of the world when that happens, because you still wind up with a stereo image at the end. But I don't know whether any of the stereo pedals you're talking about will do this, you might have to write to them and ask.

@grishayampolsky 2 жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld thanks for the reply, think I got it. well I guess that if pedal has left/right inputs it might probably be preserved from summing up the signal into mono, especially if it's fancy shmancy Strymon and Empress, but I guess writing to them is a good idea!

@ptklip 4 ай бұрын

Your work is so great, Ivan. Thank you, man!

@ricardbennett6487 Жыл бұрын

That solo was amazing!

@YukiTheSynthDragon 2 жыл бұрын

This is great ! I actually love the boss 500 series since they have an lfo you can assign as expression pedal. I do it quite a bit for my dd-500 for pitch delay sounds. Also instructions unclear, bought 5 pedals while watching.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

your comment made me laugh, in real life i actually laughed. sorry for the unclear instructions

@meatsuitsublimator8506 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas. Not really a unique technique here, but experimenting with EQ at different points in your pedal chain can stretch the possibilities of the gear you already have-especially before or after overdrive, distortion and fuzz.

@rainerklama6365 2 жыл бұрын

you are so great. your tips and your creativity is one of a kind . thank you for that.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thanks, glad you're enjoying it

@JuanFernandez-bb8lh Жыл бұрын

Your style to preset the video and the concepts are awesome, congrats man! Amazing content 👏👏🔥🔥

@obdmpod 4 ай бұрын

i appreciate your method of exploring interesting and "bad" sounds with pedals. Great learning process. I subscribed

@delirios374 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips and lovely sounds!

@chrismaghintay 3 ай бұрын

I love the outro track so much ❤

@CyberattackWorld 3 ай бұрын

thanks, a version of that is gonna be on my next album as a song called "Excruciating"

@TrueSeed-ft1jn 5 ай бұрын

I listened to your points, I heard the examples, I watched Chun-Li do calisthenics in the park.... I think I still want more pedals.

@jesselough 2 жыл бұрын

Some sick tips here! Thank you as always!

@lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121 2 жыл бұрын

Always an inspired video. Thanks so much!

@kernz160 2 жыл бұрын

In my view, #1 and #4 pretty much sum up your whole pedal ethos: Either make the pedal do things it wasn't intended to do, or make the pedal do "too much" of what it was intended to do. Between this video and that Knobs video you recently recommended, no further pedal videos need to be made, (though I'll continue to happily consume content from you both). Thanks for expanding my mind.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

You make a great point

@moritzlienhard273 2 жыл бұрын

do you remember the knobs video? :)

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

@@moritzlienhard273 yeah it was called FANTASTIC FLAWS or something like that, it had FLAWS in the title. If you find his channel and search it for Flaws you’ll find it.

@psychotogether5114 4 ай бұрын

A Cyberattack of Pure Inspiration. I leave every video of your with a sense of musical dominance!! Haha.

@zacharymiraziz4585 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and great ideas. Def gave me a different perspective on my existing pedals!

@illia_holenko 2 жыл бұрын

That frustration with the lost delay 😂 I hate it when you work with some tool, you blink and it's gone! Happens every time. All tricks are great, but 'stereo' one is really a huge deal as you've said! Thanks for the video

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for getting it

@AvianBreak 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always very inspiring. I also just really, really like your original music!

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome thank you so much

@johnnyandthedinosaurs 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! The riff in the first example is so good!

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, if you want the real version of that riff it’s this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9pxfNOcyc65aYU.html

@johnnyandthedinosaurs 2 жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld thought it sounded familiar :)

@maleficenthardware 2 жыл бұрын

I think that this channel is THE best channel.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for getting it

@pepuletrz 4 ай бұрын

this is exactly why i own a few ds1's and 2 super feedback distortions.

@summercameron3505 Жыл бұрын

Best channel on the KZfaqs! I esp love the idea of sticking a Strymon at the end of a mono pedal chain to make it stereo - brilliance! I am pretty experi(mental) and had thought of lots of these: so that was great face-palm / omg / why-didn't-I-think-of-that moment! Thank you for all of these great videos - super nerds unite!

@chiefbucknell 2 жыл бұрын

This video both informs AND confirms my pedal experimental sound designing playtime fun. And, great sounding examples and looking stop motion-thanks!

@chiefbucknell 2 жыл бұрын

Giving out all the cheat codes. I love to see it. Mono, beloved D.S. delay made stereo reminds me of how I use stereo effects to “undo” the sum-to-mono that Ottobit Jr.’s great stutter effect unfortunately (?) causes. Subscribed Subscribed Subscribed.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thanks dude. "cheat codes" is exactly what i'm going for

@chiefbucknell 2 жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld Pedals are my Game Genie

@vincemcman4086 2 жыл бұрын

You spill the BLOOOOOOD

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

i have been WAITING for someone to catch that, man you made my day

@carebea35re 2 жыл бұрын

you are my favorite channel on this site. aesthetics and tips and everything is emmaculate. thank you for all your hard work on these videos they are so fucking good

@untartelette7545 2 жыл бұрын

Hadn't seen so much creativity in a guitar video in a long time. Great take on All by myself too.

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thank you, glad you caught that

@kevon217 4 ай бұрын

Love your content dude. Sick variety of tones/techniques.

@temporarylike 2 жыл бұрын

The track in Pro tip 3 was so beatiful and brilliant

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thanks man, it's actually this in case you want more: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e-CflN2Btambkmw.html

@karlboman 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video and solid advice! I'm always happy to see new stuff from you :)

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thank you, so glad

@scottpickett9779 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I'm going to rearrange my board this afternoon and try on our gig this weekend. Especially the stereo effect. Awesome &Thanks man./ My first time checking you out thanks to Rhett Shull.

@charleyeastman1795 Жыл бұрын

NEXT LEVEL PLAYING on this video. thanks as always for some of the best content on the yoots.

@MadeOnTape 2 жыл бұрын

man, someone on my channel recommended me over here and i love it 🙌

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

thanks dude, we're on the same page seems like

@farty555 4 ай бұрын

Honestly a great video

@fishrecords4695 6 ай бұрын

Man you are a genius 😦

@sheslayfree Жыл бұрын

Great video. Make use of what you have.

@MacTavish83 2 жыл бұрын

damn, everything you say/post is simply genius, thanks a lot!

@stevebogie8175 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you are amazing. Keep up the great content

@Sevetamryn Жыл бұрын

Delay / Reverb on wet only, i like this!

@wordofmouth7679 2 жыл бұрын

Man that timeline really looks like a nightsky 🤫

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

every pedal is the same as every other pedal

@wordofmouth7679 2 жыл бұрын

Love it. Sort of philosophical. :-) love the channel.

@juanshaman3177 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty neat and smart. Thank you!

@paulversey6589 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant vid. Thank you

@maxwellgibbs4052 11 ай бұрын

The guitar solo at 4:14 is the sexiest thing I’ve ever heard in my life. I come back and watch this video all the time just to hear it, it’s the sole reason why I bought a ps6

@CyberattackWorld 11 ай бұрын

thanks man, that solo turned into this song if you want to hear the real version: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sK9xZM6nzZulgGw.html

@BrunaHera 4 ай бұрын

great video

@davidsummerville351 Жыл бұрын

Very cool info. Thanks

@jmd76family 4 ай бұрын

Great tips

@mrthingamabob8117 2 жыл бұрын

Among the best of your videos ! What am I saying, among the best videos out there !

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

man thank you

@catchofthedave8681 Жыл бұрын

Bro lol, I always use mix and wet at 100%. LOL especially at super weird reverbs and like crazy delays like space echo/volantes. And any of those multi head tape emulators I always put the warble or age way up too to get the cool ass warped vinyl sound.

@SandauxBeats Жыл бұрын

Oh maaan! You made want to buy a Boss Harmonist!!!!

@nachodiaz4837 2 жыл бұрын

hey, I really, really like your video. I think it would be awesome if you record one about the the actual abilities thanks to which you don't have to buy pedals ever again, like a quick overview of your recording workflow, or how to setup a DAW for dummies, you know. keep up with the good stuff!

@nachodiaz4837 2 жыл бұрын

awesome playing too!

@CyberattackWorld 2 жыл бұрын

this is a great suggestion, thank you

@mark-yj5sg Жыл бұрын

ZZ Top from the first peddle

@janssentransier3781 4 ай бұрын

goated individual

@buttscarlton1830 2 жыл бұрын

I only have a Digitech hothead distortion right now and my amp is a black star ID core 10 V3. I usually setup a very minimal clean sound on my amp and then set the hothead to a bluesy overdrive boost type of tone. Not the opposite of disortion but pretty different.

@Labrikman65 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for for all interesting video. 👍🏻 What’s the settings for the Boss Harmonist in the Protip# 2 ?

@dustyaudio 4 ай бұрын

10:17 I put cute knobs on my waza fuzz, I appreciate this

@bentropy Жыл бұрын

lol redredwhine - i like trying to spot tunes in your demos. I really love your vids.

@CyberattackWorld Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’m glad you caught that. If you want all the spoilers ever, they’re here: bit.ly/3vZ0yft

@bentropy Жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld OMG, almost a spoiler, but also relief from days of wondering what that funky enjoyably-cheesy Shalimar riff is going through my head.

@bentropy Жыл бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld I really gotta jump the hurdles of choosing some of my playing to show you (I'm not self-impressed...hence reaching out for lessons) & then videoing it and sending.

@bentropy Жыл бұрын

hopefully "this will be our year"