Very glad to hear that, thank you!

Very glad to hear it! Still been working great for me.

Thank you!

Thanks! So glad to hear that :)

Thanks, Michael!

thanks!

Thank you, Terry! Really glad the videos helped. I feel the same way about the Mastermind and still extremely happy with it.

thank you, PatoPageM!

Thanks! Yes I am using the four cable method.

Thanks, da Podbies!

Thanks! The only reason is a convenient place plug everything in, nothing more. With the added benefit is being a riser for the Nemesis.

Thanks, Geo!

@@JamesAGuitar What can I say? Sanish perhaps? Eso es la verdad compadre. Is your junction box purely "ins and outs" or is there some other circuitry in there?

@@geo5772 It's just ins and outs, so I have a convenient place to plug in to.

@@JamesAGuitar Thank you! It sounds like input buffer 500ohm impedance is not the issue that some people and YT pedal persona have made of it (i.e. not a 1Meg Ohm impedance buffer). BTW Ron Minelli of RJM thought you did a great job.

@@geo5772 funny because when I ordered the RJM I was worried about that as well. But it’s great. I even compared it to another 1Mohm buffer and the RJM was transparent whereas the other added a little sheen (not in a bad way, but it wasn’t transparent). Tested by plugging straight into the amp and comparing that with the board inline. So yea he clearly did it that way for a reason. I’m glad he likes the vids! Thanks for sharing that.

Thanks, Michael! The way you do that in the Mastermind Editor is go to the Devices tab, select the Ventris in the Device List on the left, and then on the right set the Max PC to whatever you want (13 in my case).

JamesAGuitar ah, I was hunting around in the button pages. Thanks again dude 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thanks, Jasper! Here's what I did: On the Button Settings page of the web editor: IA Settings: -- Button Type: IA -- IA Cycle: checked -- Send On Preset Change: unchecked* -- Update State On Preset Change: unchecked* (* unless you want their states to be saved in presets) IA Actions: Click "New Action, then: -- Action Type: CC Toggle -- Device: Nemesis (or your device) -- CC Number: 6 (or your device's CC number for mix) -- Off Value: None -- On Value: None (this is what changes in each step) Click "Add Step" then repeat the above changing only the On Value. I have 4 steps, off, low, medium and high. Looks like this in the editor, the only difference is the "on" value: +---- | Nemesis:Mix / CC Toggle #6 off:None on:None | System/Step | Nemesis:Mix / CC Toggle #6 off:None on:15 | System/Step | Nemesis:Mix / CC Toggle #6 off:None on:23 | System/Step | Nemesis:Mix / CC Toggle #6 off:None on:31 +---- Then in IA Cycle Steps, label them how you want.

JamesAGuitar THANK YOU!

Hi Pierre. Thank you! So glad you found the video useful. I didn't delete them. I access them by holding down the "Switches" button for the Switches page and holding the "Mute" button for the Loops page. It's in the video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtBzdNWatbyodZc.html. Having those button pages are definitely helpful when creating presets or dialing up something new.

Hi Eleonore! Yes that's right. I just have the buttons take me to just the button pages I use (live anyway) so it's quicker/easier. Plus if need be I can always get to all my button pages in the setup menu. I still have the bank up/down on my presets page though.

Thanks! Sure, you can reach out to me. Since we can't private message here, message me at Facebook or Instagram @jamesaguitar.

Either way works but yea some people do that. That way you can have the external buttons dedicated to bank/song up/down leaving more room on the PBC for other stuff. But of course it's not necessary because you can dedicate two buttons on the PBC for that as well. The default presets layout has that. Just depends on whether you feel like you need a couple more free buttons (and have room on your board).

It isn't, Kenny, but that's a great idea.

Thanks, Alvaro! Well unfortunately you can't control the tremolo and reverb independently... so I have the Mastermind switching the favorite switch on the Flint, as well engaging/bypassing it.

@@JamesAGuitar thanks you sooo much! So for you to use the Reverb, or Tremolo, the other has to be engaged right?

@@alvarolopez8664 Either I'll use the buttons on the pedal or just set it up so that the face of the pedal has one sound and the favorite switch has the other. That's all you can do with the Flint.

Thanks, Jonathan. Trying to remember, I don't think I needed to do anything special for that. Here are my settings: Devices tab: ------------------- Manufacturer: Strymon Model: Mobius Name: Mobius MIDI Channel: (1 for me) MIDI Port: MIDI Out PC Offset: 0 Max PC: 127 Bank Type: MSB Flat Numbering: checked # of Presets: 200 Send PCs: checked Send CCs on Preset Change: checked Button Page: -------------------- Button Mode: Normal Button Type: "Device PC -" ("Device PC +" on the other button) Device: Mobius Momentary: checked Everything not mentioned is unchecked. Let me know how that works out.

@@JamesAGuitar It worked!!! Thanks a lot James 😃

@@koski666 awesome!

Hi Brian. Yea it's noting more than an easily accessible point to plug in all my cables. Much easier than plugging into the PBC directly since I have a row of pedals behind the PBC making it harder to reach and see. No buffers or anything, just passes the signal through like a patch bay (although the input is grounded to the case).

@@JamesAGuitar Thanks! I went through the the 3 videos and started to set things up today. This first pass, I think it will be fairly basic. I have a germanium fuzz to keep outside buffers and an expression pedal I want to be available for several pedals. Not sure how that expression pedal setup works yet.

@@blindianajones Cool!

Hi Pierre. It's to prevent a ground loop when I'm using the 4-cable method which is probably specific to my setup. My amps don't have effects loops, rather I use the Fryette Power Station's loop for the wet effects. So with the Power Station connected to the amp, and the board connected to both, I get a ground loop. Probably wouldn't be a problem if I was just using an amp with a built in loop. That's also why I use output B on the PBC since output B has an isolation transformer that can be switched in. So my iso transformer covers the Send of the efx loop and output B's iso transformer covers the Return.

@@JamesAGuitar Thanks, i will be using the Universal OX box to feed my stereo pedals, so i might have the same problem. Waiting for the Mastermind...

Thanks, Θανος! I haven't physically tried a G2 but I did look at it. Although it looked like a great unit as well, I was drawn to the PBC over that and others because on the PBC I love: the screen; it's very complete MIDI implementation (much more than just mapping presets to patches); the customizable buttons and button layouts; and, the editor.

Cool, thanks for that. What about tonally speaking, or any noise issues or certain limitations that you would have liked corrected? One thing i like about the G2 is that it has a lot of buttons on tap but my biggest gripe about the G2, is that you cannot use the unit to split up the pedals in front of the amp and the pedals in the efx loop. While it gives you options to separate the "in front of the amp pedals" and those in the efx loop, the cables still run like a 4 cable method, and i am not a big fan of that. The PCB allows you place your cables separately and avoid the whole 4cb process. I believe the G2 is aimed at pedal users that love a million pedals in front of their amp and just a reverb and delay or chorus in the loop. I like using my amps distortion and overdrive and the pedals for just adding effects or some extra drive, i dont rely on OD pedals only for my sound. And the midi capabilities on the G2 is miserable. But it does have a nice tone when running everything straight , i just wished it had the separate cables option ofr the fx loop, it would have been complete. That and better midi capabilities of course.

@@user-cq8mp3gi4z Yea I agree on the MIDI thing:) ... No issues with noise and tonally it's completely transparent. The buffers are perfect; exact sound and feel as going into the amp straight (not so when I tried a Mesa buffer instead which added some sheen). ... I'm using the 4-cable method as well and honestly I don't see how you could use the efx loop without it if you have them in PBC loops. Are you talking about using something like an Effects Gizmo or having them outside the PBC controlled via MIDI? ... The only downside compared to the G2 and Boss is you can't reorder the loops programmatically. It's for tonal reasons, though, as he explains in this thread: www.rjmmusic.com/forum/index.php?threads/reordering-loops.2074/

@@JamesAGuitar Yes, i had read that awhile back. What i meant was Gtr into Input of PCB, Out 1-4 into front of Amp's Input, In 5-6 into Effects Send and Output A Left into Effects Return of amp. This way there is no 4 CB and everything is separated. Also, how do you like your Mobius effects vs pedals? I just got mine and I already find that the Boss Chorus pedals for example sound better than what Mobius tries to emulate.

​@@user-cq8mp3gi4z Yea I woudn't be surprised if individual pedals might sound better, just feel that the Mobius crosses that threshold of being good enough -- which sounds like a bad thing but it isn't necessarily. I like the chorus, phaser, trem and flange on the Mobius. Nice to have all those options in a small footprint.

Hi there. Yes, there are 1/4 jacks on back for exactly that purpose.

Hi Chris, sorry for the delayed reply. All the pedals are wired into loops on the PBC except for the tuner and volume pedal (and anything I put in the "guest" slot). So PBC loop1 "send" to input of pedal, and output of pedal back to PBC loop1 "return". Repeat for all the other loops. Everything is mono on my board. The junction box is an aluminum case (plastic won't act as a shield from noise). It's very important to ground the case to one of the inputs, if not then the case acts as an antenna and you'll get noise. All the jacks are plastic except for the input. The metal jack on the input gives me the ground. Some people run a ground wire to the case but this easier for me. I drilled the holes myself (PITA with a hand drill, be careful) and also did something cool wiring. Here's a forum post I started that has a picture of the internals and explains how it works: www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/junction-box-grounding-question-with-internals-pic.1689370/. Fun project and pretty easy to do.

Above the Archer?

That's a Chronograph by D.S. Engineering. It's literally just a clock (that tells time), no signal passes through it. :)

Hey man, thanks! Not sure if follow completely but you don't need to have the Strymon in a loop -- you can just send a MIDI message to activate/bypass the pedal. If you have it in a loop you have the button select a preset on the Strymon and simultaneously activate the loop (my videos I think show that in a direct access way). So there's a couple ways to do it.

Hi Pierre. I access the loops page by holding down the Mute button (and the switches page by holding down the Switches button).

@@JamesAGuitar Thanks! Very helpfull!

It's 26" x 18"

JamesAGuitar love it!

I know, right? :)

I hear ya. Thanks, Phil!

@@JamesAGuitar thanks for the reply, I am also trying to create designated button pages for my Strymon devices.. but the software (seems) a little different than from when you made this video. .. AND I'm not seeing how to navigate to my new button pages, all I have is loops, and presets available (seemingly) 😂

@@philpeterson2518 Without looking at your setup here's a few threads you can pull on: 1) In the desktop editor, on the Buttons tab, at the bottom of the screen there's Page -, and dropdown, and Page + that's how to navigate to different button pages in the editor, but... 2) ...here's the part that's easy to miss. Any new button pages you create won't be accessible on the pedal unless you go to the Global tab and increase the value in the Max Button Page dropdown. So if you add one new button page, increase that by one. If you add another, increase it again. This is designed so that if you create button(s) to scroll through your button pages it won't have to scroll through all 16 but rather just the range you define here. Which leads me to... 3) ...navigation on the pedal. You WILL need to dedicate one or more buttons on the pedal to navigate to your various pages. Either you can do what I did and have dedicated buttons for each page, or you can create a scroll up button (and maybe a scroll down as well). The latter method uses less buttons but at the expense of more tapping. Hope this helps, Phil!