Drum Machine Into a Bunch of Dirt Pedals

[@oscarmadera8267]

Good video. No bs

[@BounceChord]

Thanks a lot! that was the goal with this one. Just a nice resource people could come back to.

[@guiom77]

MANY THANKS ‼️ we need vidéos like yours :: effect pedals wifi synth or drum machine ‼️‼️👍👍👍🙏🙏

[@BounceChord]

@@guiom77 yes! It’s gradually becoming my niche so stick around. Thanks for watching!

[@kevinaaronson]

Got drunk one night and bought a peti yeti distortion to specifically run my drumbrute through. Sound so amazing.

[@BounceChord]

oh yeah, that thing's a beast. I bet that is a really good option because it has the gnar factor and the clean blend. I gotta try one out.

[@BCThunderthud]

The grunge was my first pedal back in the 90s. I had a 606 with individual outs and I thought it sounded good on that kick. It's pretty crazy on the whole mix, but it's different at least. I liked the opamp muff kick sound here a lot.

[@BounceChord]

@@BCThunderthud yeah the muff is great on the low end stuff. Grunge is so much better than people seem to think. I don’t know about this application. Maybe it would work for snares but it’s a cool pedal and makes for a unique drive on guitar.

[@Notsram77]

Sometimes the algorithm gives me exactly what I need.

[@BounceChord]

Oh I love that! Was there a specific pedal you were wanting to hear in here?

[@Duskmos]

Lol @ "this ends up not being true at all" is so real

[@BounceChord]

Haha! I had a plan that no longer mattered once I got going. Pretty much sums up my music.

[@Duskmos]

@@BounceChord Haha yeah it took me a while of making demos to learn not make those kinds of statements 😅

[@BounceChord]

@@Duskmos your stuff looks super slick. Gonna dive in. How have I never seen your channel?! This is right up my alley.

[@Duskmos]

@@BounceChord Thanks man! I'm still (sort of) new to it, it's been a few years now but a (very) slow and steady growth lol. Mine are mostly more longform but there's a mixture of content types I try to do. =)

[@BounceChord]

@@Duskmos I’ve had this channel for a few years but it’s mostly been a dumping ground for whatever random project doesn’t fit on social media. Started taking it seriously a few months ago and it’s been very fun.

[@garaughty]

Lovely work on this B C !

[@BounceChord]

@@garaughty thank you! It was fun to make.

[@stoatystoat174]

A Boss Line Selectpr Ls-2 pedal might be a great addition for you. lets you put a mix of clean signal and any pedal you want. Or two pedals in parallel. I've had fun with delay pedal and my Arturia Drumbrute Impact, Quite trippy sounding

[@BounceChord]

I love that idea. I had one years ago but only used it as an effects loop. Barely even scratched the surface.

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

I never knew guitar pedals and drum machines go very well together. 😆Cool video! You should try with the Boss Metal Zone pedal.

[@BounceChord]

dude, i've been trying to find one for cheap. No one is selling them right now. You got one I can borrow?

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

@@BounceChord Oh really? Did you try Reverb or Guitar Center's used page on their site? Unfortunately, I don't have one or else I would let you borrow it.

[@BounceChord]

@@KevinPlaysGuitar there’s some out there but not at the price I’m willing to pay.

[@stuartcarter7053]

Most seemed too shrill to me but the Big Muff sounded incredible!

[@BounceChord]

@@stuartcarter7053 yeah I feel like the higher gain stuff was the winner. Wish I had more fuzz pedals to try out.

[@brentgreeff1115]

Funny - I dont buy much gear anymore - but I watch a lot of gear vids - so I got all of those jokes :)

[@BounceChord]

yes! These jokes are definitely for small group of cool kids.

[@MazHoot]

Nice sounds ! How do you reduce buzz ? Does the shielded cables are helping ?

[@BounceChord]

@@MazHoot decent power supply is probably your best bet. If I was actually recording this for a song I was releasing, I would solo each component and throw a noise gate on each track.

[@MazHoot]

@ don’t you think a noise gate would kill the attack of the kicks ? And also, sorry if it’s a dumb request but can you tell me the name of a good power supply which you would use for recording ? I have actually a iso power plant by harley benton (the buzz are with it, it’s more here if I use my mix table), and nothing else good… I have garbage ones like universal alimentation…

[@BounceChord]

@ shouldn’t kill the attack of your kick since that’s generally the loudest portion of the sound. Also gates can be adjusted to taste. I don’t know that particular power supply but I use Strymon supplies on my boards and a Voodoo Labs 4x for videos like this. Isolated power with plenty of current to cover any pedal is the best way to go. Dirt pedals will always be a little noisy though unless it’s some kind of very gated fuzz. Also I plug that into a Fuhrman EMF canceling power strip. I live in a noisy area though so that may not be necessary for you.

[@brynlayton9032]

Have you got noise from a ground loop or just the pedals? Needs compression ideally too. I've been experimenting with a few distortion pedals, but find the better approach is to isolate the kick, distort that, add a noise gate, then compress the bejeesus out of it. It allows the cymbals to shine, otherwise the drum track gets too noisy and off putting.

[@BounceChord]

yeah this is exactly how I would do it if I were recording for a real release. Also I'd likely want a different EQ for each drum element and not rely on the EQ of a pedal. Wasn't using my best power supply for this video so that may have had something to do with it but some of these older pedals are just really noisy too. Thanks for watching!

[@baltimoreluke]

awesome. i'd like to see another similar video with some like other effects...what would a Boss SY-1 sound like? or a VO-1

[@BounceChord]

ooh, that's not a bad idea. I've actually owned and gotten rid of both those pedals, but I do have some weird stuff I should try. If you feel like scrolling way down through my Shorts, I've go a vid with envelope filter on this drum machine.

[@baltimoreluke]

@@BounceChord i've tried to incorporate a few pedals into my dawless setup, but most of 'em just don't do enough to justify messing with em. i mean, i get it, they're not designed for drum machines. but there's gotta be some cool mixes. octave might be cool..maybe Bitcrusher...boss slicer.

[@BounceChord]

@@baltimoreluke Slicer sounds too weird for drum machine but maybe it’s amazing. I’ll definitely try that. As far as dawless, I think the move is to get a mixer with a couple aux sends so you mix a certain amount of effects into each instrument.

[@BounceChord]

@@baltimoreluke update: I just tried a Boss Slicer. I thought I would make a video about it but it doesn't sound cool at all I'm afraid. Great with synths, not great with drum machine.