2024 Worship Pedalboard Walkthrough | Dual ToneX

[@KingGodson316]

This is probably my favorite worship pedalboard walkthrough simply because the clean sound with the compressor isn't overly compressed and gainy. That way the overdrives actually add dynamic range rather than just distorting everything and over compressing the rest of the chain. Whats the point of five different blues breakers if they all sound like fuzz?! The Tonex set up sounds great! Not too dark or bright.

[@chrisclark5135]

Literally the best sounding gear on YT! I can't afford to sub to your channel, Sam, yet here I am!! lol Thanks for sharing!

[@kristenm3644]

It’s free😂

[@SamWittek]

Haha thanks man!! 😂

[@chrisclark5135]

@@kristenm3644 lol no I meant because I want to buy all this stuff! haha

[@Kels364]

Wow Sam, this is some huge and great upgrades right there. Amazing, your tone still so amazing. Very inspiring my friend, thank you for sharing. You inspire us all. God bless.

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@matthewoverman2096]

The swap to humbuckers was RIGHT for you bro!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man, I agree!! I love how these feel 🤘🏻

[@davidoliver3589]

Totally agree! The tele was nice, but this sounds fantastic!

[@JonHoltMusic]

Love the video! Great tone and great audio quality. The new guitar is beautiful 🙌

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! Right?? I love it 🥰

[@worshipartistry]

Love it man!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks guys! 🙏🏻

[@adriancalejandre]

Been waiting for this!! Awesome board brother!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks dude! 💪🏼

[@taylornutt]

I have the 1981 LVL and DRV. I use the LVL exactly the same way in a tone shaping operation. I actually run the DRV into the LVL but all my other drives are after the LVL. The DRV and LVL together are a great combo. I love that I can adjust the LVL for each guitar and leave everything else the same.

[@SamWittek]

So good! I'd love to throw a DRV on the board, I'm sure they pair super well together!

[@taylornutt]

@@SamWittek I just finished off my board with a JHS Notaklon to complete the drive section. I also have the Nobel OD-mini and the tape saturation on the left side of the Strymon Deco V1.

[@JoseSanchez-rx1pz]

Hey thanks for these vids I just use a pod go for now but this helps a lot with what my next step will be with my set up so thanks a lot man and keep it up 👍🏽👍🏽

[@Brianbo4]

love the content! Jealous of those drives. I have been changing out the board so much recently. I have the voodoolabs dingbat medium, with pedal power 3 plus. and its a decent size, but i have the big sky and now just sold the el cap for the timeline so might try and upgrade to the large board. The changes have been pretty constant looking for tone. my fuzz is the fjord sol. going into tuner which was the noir 3 by polytune. sold it and getting the canvas (top jacks). sold pulp n peel comnpressor and before that had the tone corsette, but trying out the 1176. sold big muff for 1981 drv2. have double barrel but want to trade that out for the protein. have a tumnus and ua ruby for my amp.

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! Sounds like you've got a killer setup! 💪🏼

[@mmckmusic]

thanks for the breakdown of your setup. One question; when you're playing live how are you amplifying the tonex? Do you have to disable the cab aspect of the captures you're using? Thanks

[@jonaszdabrowski]

Oh yeah buddy, dream tone! Loving those humbuckers.

[@SamWittek]

I might be a humbucker guy now 👀👀

[@bmitchellmusic]

Great stuff as always, dude!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks Bradford! 🙏🏻

[@benjamincunningham2174]

Awesome stuff, Sam!!! I have found using a multi buffer to be very helpful in creating great tone across the whole rig. I’m sure you are loving it 😁 As always, amazing tone man! I love the dual tonexs! I recently got myself a line 6 helix and I am just completely blown away by this amp modeler pedals and rigs. With those right IR captures, the truly do some like the real thing!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! For real, I'm loving the MBFR. And nice dude! I've been really curious to try out a Helix, they sound killer. Eventually I'd love to do a "pedalboard vs Helix" shootout video!

[@jakekarakas1653]

The GP&F riff🔥🔥

[@CornerstoneWorshipTutorials]

Enjoyed this walkthrough so much!! Keep rocking it! 🔥💪🏻😅

[@SamWittek]

Thanks brother! 🙌🏻

[@ZachBrobstMusic]

Great looking board dude!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! 🙌🏻

[@aguitarhero007]

Love the move to Tonex!! Never tried one but they sound amazing. I also use those mono cases for my Fm9 board and they’re great! Never hurt a single piece of gear in there.

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! For real, they are the real deal 🔥

[@aguitarhero007]

@@SamWittek welcome, glad to hear it!

[@RubenSinghHOPE-MUSIC]

Very rich tones.. loved it. I am in the process of reconstructing my board this week. 🙂

[@SamWittek]

Thank you! Hope the board reconstruction goes well! 🙌🏻

[@LandonTillemaGoolsbyES]

Do you like the Tonex more than the Iridium?

[@reaganoliver6566]

If I send MIDI clock to the chroma console, is there a way where the delay comes out at a dotted 8th division? or is it locked to quarter note division?

[@MarkDawson-zo4pi]

Hey Sam Just wondering, if you had any phase issues running 2 iridium?

[@SamWittek]

Hey Mark! I did need a way to flip the phase while using the dual iridium setup. I had that functionality on my DISO+ so that solved that problem 👍🏻

[@joemiller9856]

Great video Sam. I’m looking for a simple all in one or very few components hybrid board at church. All silent stages. I have a headrush prime but it’s huge and while a great value, I’m looking for something much smaller while capable and with high quality effects and amp tones. Maybe an hxstomp +Tonex or just an FM3.

[@SamWittek]

Thanks Joe! 🙏🏻 I definitely get that. Depending on what your budget is, I've heard the PodGO is a really great budget all-in-one option, and I don't think it's too big. Past that though I agree, my first thought would be to go for an hxstomp with maybe a couple of drive pedals on a small pedalboard

[@joemiller9856]

@@SamWittek another option might be handling drives and different levels of gain with multiple captures in the Tonex world. And maybe a Timmons Halo pedal for the delays and ambient stuff. I currently ride the expression pedal to dial in wet effects organically during a song.

[@SamWittek]

Yeah that would be a great option! @@joemiller9856

[@thermaquaticus]

Hey sam, love the new gear and set up! This may have been answered in a different video but if i can ask what church you play for? Would love to hear you play with the team! Also would love to hear some new in ear mixes

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! I'm at Mosaic Church in FL. I've been considering making some live IEM videos, might have to make that happen!

[@JaydenSchneider]

Hey Sam! I’m wondering if you would recommend running your gain stages from low to high, or high to low? Your tone is killer!

[@SamWittek]

Hey man! I usually run mine low to high, but I typically don't stack drives so it's not really an issue for me. I guess it depends what you're trying to do!

[@JaydenSchneider]

Ok, thanks! I am currently running low to high, and I sometimes stack my drives for some lead sections to thicken the tone, but for rhythm I don’t stack too much!

[@HeyWorshipLeader]

Sounds so good

[@SamWittek]

Thanks Jimmy! 🙏🏻

[@hunterroth8301]

I noticed the same issue with my Walrus Deep Six. I think the tone is a bass cut rather than a traditional tone knob, and I could never the tele sparkle back with it on. I went with the Wampler Ego instead and it's great!

[@SamWittek]

Yeah those Wampler Egos look really solid! I'm sure that's a great option 💪🏼

[@jasonkerr931]

Great tones!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks Jason! 🙌🏻

[@klebercarrasco377]

Hi! I used to own a Benson preamp, I really miss it! I have a changing drive section depending on the guitar I'm using. Greetings from Ecuador

[@SamWittek]

It really is such a great drive pedal! 🤘🏻

[@sambrownmusic3144]

You have great ears dude everything is DIALED

[@ucmefly99]

You got good videos man it’s appreciated! Question..what is your opinion on the Boss ME 90? It’s pretty much all the fx you need on one board without all the individual pedals. Do you think that could work in a worship setting?

[@SamWittek]

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻I haven't tried one personally but I'm sure it would work just fine! I'm a big fan of using individual pedals so it's a bit of a personal preference thing. But there's a ton of really solid multi-fx pedals that can get the job done!

[@ucmefly99]

@@SamWittek Thank you for your reply! I am opting for a Line 6 FBV 3 to accompany my Line 6 amp. My amp has awesome presets that doesn’t need stomp pedals. using the fbv I can switch between them without turning the knobs on the amp! Anyway, Godspeed and God bless!

[@andrewharris9573]

Have you considered using two tonex one pedals? Would that possibly allow you to fit everything on one board?

[@SamWittek]

Literally have pedal playground up rn playing around with how I can fit two tonex ones on the board 😂 I'm not in too much of a rush bc I like the extra features on the big boys. But most likely will be changing to the Ones down the road

[@Blandified]

Loved the video! This is helping me out as I build my board. I have only ever used my Kemper so this is my first time building a pedalboard, let alone using dual Tonex/dual amp setup. As I understand it, your Tonex’s are the last in the chain, right? On Kemper, the amp/cab was in the middle, with the wet reverbs/delays effects after. Is there a reason to do amp sims at the end of the chain vs before modulation/wet effects? Thanks in advance!!

[@SamWittek]

Thank you! Yep, ToneXs are last in my chain because I prefer running my wet effects into the amps. You definitely could route things with the wet effects after, it's just a preference thing. I prefer them before the amps bc I love the way they breakup and distort when the amps are being pushed

[@Alex-Pelchat]

He is back!!!

[@SamWittek]

I am!! Haha definitely been slow with the uploads lately 😅

[@Alex-Pelchat]

@@SamWittekworth the wait!

[@SamWittek]

🙌🏻🙌🏻@@Alex-Pelchat

[@weifanhuang9038]

Would you like to share how you creat Chorus on Chroma Console? Do you prefer using the vibrato or pitch?

[@SamWittek]

Yep I have the chorus dialed in using the Pitch function!

[@Jean_Agosto]

Awesome board brother 🎉🙌🏾

[@SamWittek]

Thanks dude! 💪🏼

[@JoseAntonio_90]

Can’t afford two tonex, you reckon the iridium would be enough? Or should I just invest my way to the tonex

[@jamespagdilao2531]

Two ToneX Ones at $360 USD for both will be cheaper than a single Iridium at $400 USD and if you’re just using it for amps it’s pretty much the exact same as the big box versions and impossible to beat in value.

[@bobbywaldschmidt6825]

Love it!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks Bobby! 👊🏻

[@pixeldawg]

How did you remove the tuner out function?

[@toneofworship]

Massive board! Man how did you set your polytune 2 noir to always on? Seems I can’t find any videos on how to do it. Thanks in advance. God bless! Peace!

[@SamWittek]

Thanks man! So you’ll want to find a way to connect the polytune so that it branches off of your signal chain. A lot of people will do this with a volume pedal that has a “tuner out” output. For me, my buffer at the beginning of my chain has 2 outputs. Output 1 feeds my full signal chain, and I just have the tuner going out of the Output 2. So I can keep it on all the time. Hope that helps!

[@toneofworship]

@@SamWittek so I have a dunlop mini volume pedal, so I put the polytune in the tuner of the volume pedal and use the output and input of the volume pedal?

[@SamWittek]

@@toneofworship I would connect the tuner to the 3rd "Aux" output on the volume pedal. From there all you'd need to do is go to the input of the polytune, and you wouldn't need to worry about anything going out of the output

[@toneofworship]

@@SamWittekfrom what I understand. Ill connect the output of the polytune to the AUX which in the middle of the dunlop right? Then plug input my guitar from the polytune then put the input in the dunlop for my next chain?

[@JacobJoelMayeda]

Hey! So...does running your board in stereo matter when playing live at church? I have a board run all in mono, but looking at doing the dual Iridium. Sounds amazing when you demo it, but struggling to see how it would make a difference live at a large-ish church.

[@SamWittek]

Yeah good question! It really comes down to your church setup. I asked my sound guys a lot of questions about how they run the guitars and how they have them panned before I decided to go for the stereo setup. They are BIG stereo fans and it sounds a lot wider compared to mono, so for me it's made a pretty huge difference

[@suede__]

Do you have a buffer at the end of your board before it goes to the Tonexs? If not, might help as well.

[@SamWittek]

I don't have a dedicated buffer at the end of the board but the Strymons have buffers built in

[@kckrye]

I have to pick your brain. So im running with the iridium recently. I took your advice and got the pinstripe diso plus. Running to FOH doesn't give me the same sound i get in my headset. Its driving me nuts. Any pointers?

[@SamWittek]

That would drive me nuts too! Makes me think there might be an issue at the FOH board, like they might be throwing on some unnecessary EQ/compression? If I were in your shoes I'd see if I could get to rehearsal early to dial in sounds, and open a dialogue with the FOH engineer to see how you can get things sounding like they should. Hope that helps!

[@kckrye]

@@SamWittek Do you EQ your sound at the board for the room?

[@SamWittek]

@@kckrye For me personally I get things where I really like them straight from the source (guitar, amps, pedals). I've got a good relationship with our audio engineers so I usually am asking them what they need, and they generally don't do much at the FOH board

[@demilapadat2970]

What IEM’s do you use ? They look like Kz’s , if yes , what model ?

[@SamWittek]

Yessir! I have the KZ ZS10 pros

[@demilapadat2970]

@@SamWittek Good enough for guitar?

[@SamWittek]

@@demilapadat2970 Definitely! They're great for the price

[@EdwardOrozco12]

Sick board 🔥🔥

[@SamWittek]

Thanks! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@julielocke-balish1707]

Loved watching your video as usual. I bought your timeline and big sky packages and use them a lot! ❤Question, why do you have in ear monitors on? Just to protect your ears from loud sounds or are they actually plugged in and you are hearing what you are playing? I was just wondering as I’m just learning about in ear monitors. And also just looking into tonex, why are you using two? For stereo? I have bought 4 top notch amps over this year so likely not switching but I would like to learn more about them. Thanks, 🙏

[@SamWittek]

Thanks so much! So glad you're enjoying the presets 🙏🏻 So I actually don't have speakers at home, so I monitor everything through my in ear monitors. And nice nice, the ToneX is a really solid option!

[@julielocke-balish1707]

@@SamWittek ok … so how do you set the ear monitors up if you don’t have anything to plug them into?.. sorry lol I just see a lot of people in videos using them and I can’t quite figure out how if they are listening to themselves but everyone else in the room can still hear them also..🙃

[@SamWittek]

@@julielocke-balish1707 So I’m just using these like normal headphones! I’m recording everything onto my computer and just have these in ear monitors plugged into my computer so I can listen, no one else in the room can hear since they’re operating just like regular headphones!

[@julielocke-balish1707]

@@SamWittek Thanks! I hope you don’t mind but how do you record everything into your computer? By using what they call a DAW? Could you explain the set up for me…sorry I’m just learning about DAW’s…

[@SamWittek]

Of course! Yeah I connect my pedalboard to a Universal Audio Volt 2 interface, which is plugged into my computer. This allows me to record my guitar directly into my DAW. I just use Garageband, and it's as easy as recording directly in. I don't use any plugins or anything at the moment. Hope that helps!@@julielocke-balish1707

[@LEUNN_]

Benson Preamp drive is so low, to get to that point I have to boost the drive at about 1:00 are the tolerances that bad? haha

[@SamWittek]

Haha well how clean is your clean tone? I have the gain knob super low, mainly bc my core tone is already pretty dirty. It would be a lot higher up if I was running through a cleaner core tone.

[@Illusions___]

All you really need is an hx stomp and expression pedal.

[@SamWittek]

That definitely get's you a ton of options!

[@christiaanVS]

Nice video Sam! I recently decided to create a KZbin channel of my own, and you are one of the people that inspired me to do so, keep it up brother!

[@SamWittek]

That's so awesome to hear man! I'm honored 🙏🏻

[@erickdiaz6152]

Curious how much the whole board weighs!

[@SamWittek]

I'll have to find that out! With everything and the case it definitely feels less heavy than I would have expected

[@AdamTheGuitarist]

not gonna lie having a pitchfork on a worship pedalboard seems very funny to me

[@SamWittek]

haha it is pretty ironic

[@XPJV]

BigSky MX is not there...

[@SamWittek]

Nope! might be at some point though!

[@kyomaru7]

I shouldn't be here 😂 You're making me want all these new toys like the Chroma Console! Thanks for being a champion for Jesus!

[@brianbivens6476]

Citizen guitar?

[@SamWittek]

Yessir! Absolutely love it 🔥

[@brianbivens6476]

@@SamWittek very nice. I just got a Jennings voyager myself. I can highly recommend! I have been looking at a Citizen C2 for a while as well.

[@SamWittek]

Nice! Those voyagers look awesome, I'm sure it sounds killer 🤘🏻@@brianbivens6476

[@thesoozeTJ]

Tempted to grab a BigSky MX?

[@SamWittek]

Yeah I'm definitely interested! The biggest barrier for me right now is the cost, so I may just be patient and try to snipe a good deal at some point 😅

[@MegaElvis000]

IS ALL THAT NECESSARY ?????

[@SamWittek]

Nah it's not all necessary, there's so many good options out there nowadays. This setup, for me, though is super fun, useful, and inspiring

[@Musicislife668]

Sounds like " The Edge's " tone from U2.

[@ivanijunior9525]

The Edge is the father of worship

[@SamWittek]

Haha definitely the father of electric guitar tones in worship music 😂

[@glenlapwing8468]

Your killing all your guitars tone with all those pedals

[@seanbatterberry]

Sure doesn’t sound like he’s killing his tone 🤣

[@candidwicked2666]

Why does everyone’s board look like David Hislop’s😢

[@SamWittek]

lol he’s definitely a big inspiration for me. I’d say we have pretty different boards for the most part though, besides I think just the tone press and pitch fork?

[@candidwicked2666]

​@@SamWittek Sorry that I sounded a bit cynical .. I totally love your videos, especially the use of Chroma console! DH's octave lead lines have definitely become an iconic sound in modern worship songs, especially with Kilt-style OD and the AC30 and Prosonic pair. Whenever I see those combinations, I think of DH's inspiration.

[@SamWittek]

@@candidwicked2666 You're totally good man! Yeah I agree, especially the AC30 + prosonic pair, that pairing has definitely spread far and wide haha

[@propersucio]

WTF is a worship pedalboard and what differentiates it from a normal pedalboard?

[@azariahshepard]

A pedalboard he uses to worship God with a congregation. The pedals and sounds are geared towards playing Christian worship songs.

[@propersucio]

@@azariahshepard Thanks for the reply! I’m honestly curious what the differentiators are. Heavier on the modulation / time based effects?

[@SamGrimes93]

​@@propersucioYea, think of it like when someone says theyve built a pedalboard for Blues. You probably already have an idea in your head of what that would look like. The Worship genre leans heavily on big delays/reverbs, multiple overdrive stages, compression, etc. Normally playing 3 or 4 songs on Sundays, but can be drastically different sounding tones within those songs. Guitars are often used more for texture than driving a song nowadays too.

[@SamWittek]

Agree with all the comments here! It's just more geared towards using it at church since that's primarily where I play, but I use it for all kinds of genres of music. You're spot on though, the "worship" sound tends to be heavier with delays and reverbs

[@propersucio]

Thanks friends. Appreciate the explanation.

[@magmagmagmg]

Your pedalboard needs an Evil Filter brother….