EHX Tri Parallel Mixer - Pt1 recording in 4 parts and 1 - Mel 9 /Freqout/Big Muff -Squier Std Tele

First play with the new Tri-Parallel mixer from EHX
Main Screen: Guitar into 4 separate Tracks.
Inset screen: Bass 4 into one track (3 channels plus dry).
Working Title: The Trip
Couldn't resist this one after having dabbled with parallel in the ES8 and Angry Driver respectively.
Guitar = 4 part variation of a single take - signal chain:
Guitar -- Tri-P input
Tri-P channel 1 send -- Mel 9 -- Verb -- DI
Tri-P channel 2 send -- Dynamic-wah -- Reecho -- DI
Tri-P channel 3 send -- BD2 -- Slow Engine -- DI
Tri-P output (dry mix) -- Freqout - DI
Bass = 3 parallel effects plus dry blend - signal chain:
Bass -- Tri-P input
Tri-P channel 1 send -- deluxe big muff -- ch1 return
Tri-P channel 2 send -- Dynamic-wah -- ch2 return
Tri-P channel 3 send -- BD2 -- ch3 return
Tri-P output (dry mix) -- DI
ALL SOUND AS RECORDED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE! Minimal processing on the recorded tracks: level/pan and master buss limiting.
Gear used:
FX:
EHX: Tri-Parallel mixer, Mel 9, Deluxe Big Muff
Digitech: Freqout
Boss: BD2
Mooer: Slow Engine, Reecho
Donner: Dynamic-wah
Hotone: Verb
Guitar: Squier Standard Tele
Bass: Steinberger Spirit 5 String
Amp: Direct
Audio Interface: Esi 1010e
DAW: Cubase LE
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S10+
Editing: Openshot.
All material © 2019 Matthew Elvis Brown.
#ehx #boss #bigmuff

[@SHTMusik]

Wow. That is cool. It also looks like a lot of hooking up cables and adjusting levels but in the end the result speaks for itself. I am sold.

[@pedalscapes]

@SHT musik thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers :)

[@LunaticTheCat]

I just ordered one. I can't wait to see what sounds I'll unlock with this thing.

[@pedalscapes]

Cool! Let me know how you get on with it... Cheers.

[@drcockles]

This is great, I have only had the chance to play a bit with mine, this has inspired me

[@pedalscapes]

Thanks Doc, look forward to hearing what you come up with... :)

[@seansensei10]

I know it has almost been two years since this was posted, but this helped finalize my decision. I may get a couple of these for a pedal board I am planning, this will help me save money instead of spending top dollar on an amp with parallel effects loops and then having to split signals.

[@pedalscapes]

Wow! Would love to see how you get on with two... Cheers, Matt.

[@seansensei10]

it will be difficult. It is mainly for a metal rig. I want to use one for an absolutely "evil", dirty and ferocious sound...then have the other be more cosmic and relatively clean, similar to your video here. I will send a link if I decide to make a video with it.

[@pedalscapes]

@@seansensei10 Awesome! Please do...

[@AlfonsoCorace]

Wow, this Tri Parallel Mixer can be extremely useful!! :O :O

[@pedalscapes]

Cheers Dude! I think you can make good use of it :)

[@martypello7870]

Great piece of kit aren't they! I've been using mine with.. CH1: EHX Oceans 11, Bd 2 , Tremolo CH2: EHX Canyon, Marvellous engine Distortion & Very Thing Booster CH3: Big muff, Soul food , Chorus Works great just as a pedal switcher let alone the other things you can do by running different pedals in parallel 👍🏼 nice playing to bud 🤟🏽

[@pedalscapes]

Agreed Marty and reasonably good value - even in the UK, your experiments sound interesting, any links? Cheers Matt :)

[@martypello7870]

@@pedalscapes I'll have to throw something together and send you the link. I've been using a lot for blending the shimmer FX together to get those awesome effects you hear on Shine on you crazy diamond. Really want to get a mel9, ç9 and b9 and play around with some more spaghetti western & get the violins and the brass section going 😂🤠

[@pedalscapes]

@@martypello7870 That sounds exciting, link here or send me a dm on facebook would love to hear... Also, partial to a bit of Spagwest type twang too...

[@martypello7870]

@@pedalscapes will do buddy. If you like that spaghetti western twang check out Eyes like the Sky by king Gizzard and the lizard wizard. Thank me later 🤣👍🏼

[@sandyturner1911]

I have one of these, and I have One Control, but I need something else. This makes me think I should just get another Tri Parallel. Thanks! Cool music!

[@pedalscapes]

Hi Sandy, thanks for the feedback - really glad you enjoyed it! If you got another Tri Parallel would you run two? Cheers :)

[@sandyturner1911]

@@pedalscapes Yes..I would run two of them, but the thing about the One Control, is that it has 9v plug ins, so you can power your pedals with it, too, if you need extra power. So, perhaps a bigger One Control. I have the Xenagama, which is small. So, what to do? There are so many options, now!

[@pedalscapes]

@@sandyturner1911 I'd like to hear two of them at the same time... Agreed about the amount of options - so much cool gear - so little funds/time... The xenagama looks like a nice tool for your pedals and board, esp with the added power... For me the Tri P is more useful as a recording tool at the moment - as used here - recording four separate output chains from the same source. Maybe somewhere between the two might be the Boss switchers es8 and es5 which also allow you to run a couple of loops in parallel - no added power though... Cheers :)

[@jcalpito2]

Hi Sandy, Do you find it - colouring your tone with more mid-range? or is it just my pedals connected to the PTM?

[@sandyturner1911]

@@jcalpito2 I do have 2 of them, now, and as far as I can tell, sound passes through, without altering the sound. you can adjust the tone, but it has a Master volume, and a dry volume, and individual volumes, for each loop.

[@kevmac1230]

I'd like one but unfortunately I don't possess your production talent.Very good indeed.

[@pedalscapes]

Thank you very much! Cheers Kev, glad you enjoyed it. It's a fun tool to play around with... Not used it much other than this video...

[@bobsavage3317]

Yeah!

[@pedalscapes]

😎

[@aleximorrissey9827]

Great sounds! When you are using all three channels on the EHX TPM do you sense any loading? When one channel is on and the other two are off does the one channel it get louder or brighter? I’m thinking about getting one but want to make sure the signals stay constant gain. After adjusting level knobs and tweaking. Love your tune. Really great mix of sounds but still has one solid feel. Thx!

[@pedalscapes]

Hi Alexi, not that I've noticed... IIRC there is not discernible increase in brightness/loudness when switching out the other channels... in this instance the guitar channels aren't being returned to the mixer, rather they are going direct to recording inputs. Thanks for watching, let me know how you get on... Matt 😎

[@aleximorrissey9827]

@@pedalscapes thx man!

[@Moo5zoree]

Hi! What happens if you put dry level at 0? Does channels will still have sound? Does dry acts like "another channel" or it feeds the channels? Great video! Sadly there's no video of in-depth about this pedal yet, its amazing.

[@pedalscapes]

Hi Moo, great question, yes with dry at zero all of the other channels still go to the output if you send them there, it really is like a mixer... and yes to both your second questions - it can act like another channel and also feeds the channels (it is split to feed the channels so each channel gets an exact copy of the dry signal - then the dry volume blends the dry signal from the input back in to the output (along with the other channels if you wish) so essentially 4 channels, which is how I recorded the guitar on this video - see the description below the vid for an explanation of the signal chain. Thanks for the feedback. Matt :)

[@Moo5zoree]

@@pedalscapes Nice! Was planning to try using one of the channels as my "dry" signal, but was worried if this could be achieved having that dry knob, but looks like its going to work, waiting for mine to arrive soon. Thank you Matthew!

[@pedalscapes]

@@Moo5zoree Thanks for the feedback, let us know how you get on - cheers :)

[@martypello7870]

You can also Double tap the bottoms right switch and it will bypass the whole pedal returning you to dry input again if you have had left the dry mix at 0

[@Gigirizzolihhhhyyy]

How do You manager stereo effects like ping pong?

[@pedalscapes]

Although this is a mono device - For this video each channel of the mixer was sent to it's own input for recording to allow better separation and stereo placement - with this in mind you could effectively send a channel to a ping pong delay and take the stereo outs from the delay to 2 separate inputs (in a recording scenario like this)... For a live application, perhaps placing the tri-parallel early in the chain before going stereo could work? Cheers, Matt 😎

[@stevenblakeakahashburns]

Instead of this I’m using my Yamaha mixer Dry guitar, gr55, microkorg all “uneffected” into the mixer then out of the monitor out, out to amp and out of stereo out, out to pedal board, out to amp. If I put the stereo out, out to pedal board back into the mixer I get feedback loop

[@pedalscapes]

Sounds complex, have you got any recorded to share? 😎

[@Phil_Trujeque]

Yup! Old school way of running a guitar rig!👍

[@westonshumaker6231]

Can you run 3 instruments into this? Say a drum machine, synth, and guitar?

[@pedalscapes]

That should be possible yes.

[@kevmac1230]

Going to need some longer patch cables

[@pedalscapes]

You going for it?

[@kevmac1230]

@@pedalscapes I already there and I think it bad ass,it just arrived.

[@kevmac1230]

Parallel mixing is the future with these types of pedals.I recently got the Tyler Deluxe which takes it to another universe.Too bad for me that any advance in technology hurts my Geezer brain. Being that i'm an analog man trapped in the digital age.

[@pedalscapes]

No brain pain no gain… Agreed I like to keep as much of the signal as possible analog. And digital does open up a lot of possibilities… 😎

[@pedalscapes]

Does the Tyler differ significantly or add something more?

[@michaelstevenfriedlander4583]

Well actually: most effects pedals already have parallel mix controls, so this pedal is nothing new. Just rehashing a very old idea....trying to make it look like a new invention which it's definitely NOT.

[@quinngilmer9819]

shut up michael

[@allyourbasearebelongtous2191]

Most pedals have parallel mix controls? What are you talking about? And EHX never said it was some brand new tech. This shit usually gets done through studio uses. I have a giant pedalboard and everything runs in series. In Series. They do not have "parallel mix controls." They just don't. Sometimes you might find a pedal that has an extra loop in it. Or some big monster thing that has a way to run parallel lines. But that isn't just a normal pedal. You're acting like all pedals have independent inputs and controls to run parallel signals through. They do not.