Digitech Dirty Robot

[@PieAreSquared]

I'd buy an album of Andy's demo intros in a heartbeat. That man can run a guitar through a tube sock and make it sound like the best thing ever

[@jimlong3223]

Digitech is so upping their game this year

[@javiceres]

Yeah, they should release a multiFX fea turing all these FX

[@Chrismayo1981]

+Javi G I think the Whammy has most of them.

[@jimlong3223]

It does but it's footprint is just so big on today's pedal boards

[@davehenry3881]

+jimlong3223 whammy has a baddd new smaller footprint pedal... chk out the video here... $200 , but seems worth it .

[@javiceres]

+Chrismayo1981 I think it's "only" pitch fx, not filter, for instance...

[@wgb01001]

Was hoping that "Beat It" riff was going to kick in!

[@Tubes12AX7k]

Around 3:20 it starts

[@alecgarner1951]

Same

[@farmiluc]

Didn't expect "Are Friends Electric?" at the beginning. Awesome as always

[@LordFrakula]

Opening the demo with Tubeway Army has me sold.

[@JamesMartinBass]

Andy's pedal demos are the best. If there were a grammy for pedal demos, he'd have a shelf full of them.

[@f1sk8mm]

you know I hate to ask.....but are friends electric?

[@Dr_Satan]

+f1sk8mm Mines broke down... Now I've no one to love.

[@neilgroves3592]

Ask Gary.

[@MrIftown]

Thank!! You i didnt think anybody was gunna catch that. Brillaint song!!

[@systemlfo]

Your gear is your only true friends, so yes !!

[@briankubarycz296]

This might be the coolest pedal every. I've had mine for a few years and I'm still exploring its full range of potential.

[@machmen1000]

Nice version of Are Friends Electric. I'm a huge Gary Numan fan.

[@DerVampyrEngel]

Me too and this pedal is cool

[@JimijaymesProductions]

Digitech are on a roll with cool effects that I didn't know I wanted until they were released

[@joaopauloaboim8320]

I know I'm late to comment here, but bought this pedal today on a whim and I'm very glad I did so! Thanks for the great video Andy!

[@mikesharpsongs]

I can finally cover DEVO with tonal accuracy!

[@sub-harmonik]

.. or Tubeway Army

[@nunocarmona]

That pedal was asking for "Sunday Afternoon in the Park" by Van Halen

[@FuzzballSounds1]

the yeah sound is literally human after all era daft punk

[@dogdisco1205]

daft punk´s made this sound using Korgs Prophet synth´s ... I think that digitech loved that they use Digitech Talker as their signature vocolder

[@rasciodc4699]

Probably heard the intro way more times than I would like to admit... great stuff!

[@PabstBand]

it tracks so well you can actually use this, awesome!

[@angrygoldfish]

This is proper Blade Runner-type guitar sounds. I must have it for those reasons alone. It also reminds me of Nightcall from Drive.

[@antthomas7916]

Daniel West Nightcall is fucking awesome. That whole soundtrack was pretty amazing.

[@nintendoor1]

Im glad that Digitech is doing super cool stuff again.

[@MarkDally]

Awesome It's the Digitech Synth Wah but with the wet/dry knob plus momentary vibrato. This would sound killer paired with a fuzz pedal. I know the Synth Wah does. It's one of the coolest pedals I own

[@fredflea4038]

Yes, but the mix knob makes a huge difference. I owned a Digitech Bass Synth Wah, but it always led to a massive spike in volume and no way to control that. The Mix knob makes this pedal a lot more controllable. Paired with a fuzz, you can get very close to a Hysteria bass tone.

[@pjmuck]

Gary Numan - Are "Friends" Electric? That's digging deep, Andy!

[@arynowyrth9581]

Several demo videos of this are now up on KZbin… but this is still the best BY FAR!

[@granthambeard]

That's because Andy plays with his ears, if that makes any sense ;)

[@MacDougalPuppy]

3:16 Andy looks so pleased with this sound!

[@ThisIsMajorTom913]

This is the coolest demo I've ever seen. Gary Numan!

[@spark4039]

the "yeah" synth effect sounds like a daft punk song

[@simonemghilardi]

Gary Numan! Nice choice!

[@Jimmyroots]

are they friends electrics?

[@BDOWN5]

This pedal... dropped a bomb on me...baby

[@FPChris]

+bdiddy151 Could have done "Let It Whip" too.

[@DaveViner]

It's like an improved synth/wah. Sounds like it tracks chords a little better on certain settings too.

[@B-Bigbawz]

didn't expect a Newman tune in there. Awesome demo my man

[@AndyLifeInVideo]

This would be killer for layering!!

[@hanoibomb]

You had one chance to play The Spits, Andy. Damnit, man.

[@battledonkey]

Seriously man, I'm always impressed with the songs you use for these demos. Thanks for the Numan. Cheers!

[@nubianrose_theband]

Gap band’s Burn Rubber on me - very rare track for a guitar video!! Love it!

[@granthambeard]

buying it now, didn't even get past the first two minutes

[@thewomanwithnohead]

WOW, amazing demo & review for an amazing new pedal ... definitely need that one, well done, Digitech !

[@soulfinger]

This is going to be a Christmas present for myself this year.

[@nicolanzarotti]

perfect pedal for black sabbath who are you

[@moment_of_truth_23]

That Gary Numan cover was sweet

[@joshuaenos9001]

Proof again that Andy can pretty much make anything sound great! The ultimate gear reviewer...

[@thewomanwithnohead]

It's like mixing a Fuzz factory with a EHX microsynth, a vocoder, a tremolo, a wha, ...

[@thomasmcole]

Amazing demo in all aspects. DigiTech should have paid you for doing this. Thanks

[@h3adcrabbio]

that vibrato is fuckin cool

[@peterstamey3910]

Are Friends Electric? The Dirty Robot says, "hell yes!"

[@PedroskiClimb]

First time I've seen this demo and watching a film about Gary Numan on TV right now!

[@LonePigsyAndCub]

OMG I love it! I was not expecting the best Gary Numan cover I've ever heard when I clicked on this:)

[@saedt]

I want it!!! I WANT IT NOW!!! and a korg hatsune miku pedal OH GOD THE SOUNDS

[@guitim24]

Awesome pedal! Love your reviews Andy!!

[@kubr1ck36]

Pretty rad pedal, Andy.!!

[@simonbowkett124]

Love the Ibanez Musician bass. :)

[@arithmetech]

This pedal actually looks really versatile. There's a lot of weird tones in there!

[@GelsonBcJunior]

6:23 Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai

[@daviepaige1352]

hahahhahahahaha

[@Chuffin_ell]

I'm flashing back to 1982....hard!

[@mouse_eater]

It's weird that digitech actually makes really good pedals now

[@Bangulo]

Beat it and Gap Bands Drop the bomb on me!! nice work to display the effect!

[@zomenis]

When you want to start a Rush cover band but you don't have a keyboard player

[@SeanMRoberts]

Makes everything sound like Ween.

[@crammojophilter]

+Sean Roberts Achievement Unlocked!

[@djonez651]

God, Satan and Andy? Hah

[@zemyrbretas3247]

Makes me wanna party 80's style!!!

[@TheGlobuleReturns]

is it me or is this pedal just unbelievable?

[@d.smoke27]

That intro jam was sick tho

[@counternub40]

You sold it to me with gazza numan Oh my god.

[@tcdemos5140]

Stumbled upon this demo today. Last night was watching some classic GAP band on youtube. Only to see some "you dropped a bomb on me" riffs here. Way cool. Plus what sounds like three notes from TSOP. . . .hmmmm.

[@casperado666]

Perfect song for a demo. Thx so much

[@VirtualAve]

Hey PGS, IIRC, Andy once said he would love to be a part of Gary Numan's band. Welp, guess a part of his wish finally came true.

[@MS-1]

Andy can play anything.

[@UsTheMusicTVOfficial]

So, this is basically Gary Numan in a box? AWESOME!!!

[@MojoPenguin]

Synth Wah 2.0 ✌️

[@Profeus]

buckethead would love this

[@Ryuchidanma]

Holy shit this like theblade runner a clockwork orange only god forgives devo daft punk type of thing that just blew my mind

[@atroxity]

Oh. My. God. This MUST be owned.

[@ChristopherKarl]

You had me at 'Are Friends Electric?'......

[@justjames1138]

That looks like A LOT of fun. Plus it still keeps a guitar vibe, so I doubt I'll ever be thinking "Why don't I just use my keyboard?!". I need one of these now, lol

[@youko846]

Dude that was awesome

[@fastzebrazoom4454]

I just got mine. The tracking seems to work only about 80% of the time. Otherwise awesome and fun pedal. Extremely well made with solid materials.

[@ayoungethan]

in my experience pedals like these (eg, POG) are extremely sensitive to where you put them in the signal chain. They need to receive the raw guitar signal and go before pretty much any other processing otherwise it's easy to confuse them.

[@slorr55]

This sounds like it was made for daft punk

[@saint-cetacean]

+slorr55 Yeah I think that formant voicing (V2) had some heavy inspirations from Robot Rock tbh

[@javiceres]

+Noble Russkie yeah, wich is an old song and riff that DPunk sampled practically left untouched in their version... for good btw

[@jadeone]

+slorr55 Daft punk actually uses the digitech synth wah and bass synth wah all the time. This new pedal is like a super-refined version of both of those.

[@CorbCorbin]

Jaydn Turley Really? You sure they don't watch someone jam with one and then cut and paste it into a groovy Daft Punk tune? I dug what they were doing in the late 90s and early 2000s. The band Air is what you should check out if you never have. Daft Punk got many ideas from what those guys were doing with a blend of actual instruments mixed with 90s electro recording techniques.

[@savanaviolenta]

Dirty Robot is perfect for Robot Rock :)

[@VioletDeliriums]

love the non-guitaritude of this thingy-lingy.

[@AnimationBrosStudio]

The intro reminds of that song that played in Need For Speed Carbon

[@miked8075]

This is like the auto ya and synth talk fx from the digitech gnx2, just wish it had an expression pedal.

[@stephensanmichele8379]

Friends are Electric!

[@MultiPoseur]

cool pedal. One thing of concern: it doesn't accept a battery, so you have to use an AC adapter....and it doesn't come with that. :-(

[@briankubarycz296]

Nice Ibanez bass.

[@tvi82]

Reminds me of every patch on the zoom 505... hahah

[@BrotherJonathan]

What Style of guitar playing is that? I noticed your not using a pick for those leads, does this technique have a name?

[@borbleborb4586]

3:15 Sounds really close to the synth in Plastic Beach!

[@danjack-son4871]

wow! I want this!

[@bryantherocker]

So the sound is Like a Combination of Pitch Shifter, Phaser, Envelop Filter and a Reverb

[@TMoody]

The Gap Band!

[@spookyverb]

Awesome. Just got one.

[@jacobdadisman8791]

3:16 "what did I get myself into"

[@AxeandYouShallreceive]

Gap Band FTW :)

[@Nadda1k]

Reminds me of Rush

[@8Junio76]

Is this pedal an updated version of the Digitech Bass Synth?

[@rafaelceottomusic6918]

cool pedal. super funny. you can do many experimental things with it

[@kikimarama6652]

You dropped the bomb !!!!!

[@standardofexcellence]

This will work within my overdrive analogchorus and analog phaser, with multi effects pedal at end and this second or 3rd to last with true bypass but i've always favored analog so may sound better before those rather than after, want the structure of it with added analog tones and any multi from a les paul

[@ЛевПарицкий]

3:19 - sound like intro from Beat it =)

[@dan111195]

yeah you must play el paso del gigante with this!!

[@alvallega]

Anyone else was expecting some Tom Sawyer's action?

[@user-oe3sn4it7g]

Spirit of the radio would be perfect.

[@billmint8122]

He did a little lick from Tom Sawyer around 4:10

[@Shahriar_Firoz]

I was on that strum at 3:15 , lol

[@MaxRadin]

Cool! Think I need me one of these.

[@sixbladeknife44]

If I didn't already have my Synth Wah, I'd be looking at getting one of these. But the Synth Wah gets 90% of the way there, and cheap on the used market.

[@mattgilbert7347]

I have both. Excessive? Maybe. I call it dedication.

[@EscapePlanPedals]

why do you have to play gary numan and force me to buy this pedal? dammit! too cool.

[@tjn0110]

I always discover these pedals only after they're discontinued.