How to Use Guitar Pedals for Synth

[@chadhendrix4339]

Octahive + Pitch Fork track was fantastic

[@xdoctorblindx]

Definitely.

[@tatoberry]

Indeed

[@nikomahal]

i have gone back to listen to that some many times

[@elliotyeager]

i impulse bought an octohive almost immediately after seeing this video and watching some demo videos online. this channel is dangerous

[@scottsweatshirt9753]

One the most underrated pedals in the history of synth is the JHS Lucky Cat. Especially on drum machines. I don’t recall a single demo utilizing one. It absolutely slaps. Cleanest, most articulate repeats I have heard. Thank you for reading my comment.

[@combinemetro]

The Tame Impala vibes are through the roof

[@markhammer643]

Nah. Needs a LOT more flanger for that.

[@digitalsea9147]

As if tame impala where the original creators of all thier sounds

[@combinemetro]

@@digitalsea9147 At least two of these tracks are directly inspired by Tame Impala

[@HousePlantBand]

Always love the guitar vids, but PLEASE do more synth vids!!

[@mgscheue]

Yes!

[@chent]

I concurr!

[@piktormusic2538]

I have bern waiting for a jhs video like this for some time. The presenter opened my imagination with some cool colours and evocative textures in the performances, but I would also like to have heard some old school blues rock shredding, or even a melodic monophonic line too. FWIW, I was using a RAT pedal, a flanger pedal and a Space Echo on an Oberheim in the mid 1980s and that is still an important aspect of what a synth can do.

[@Dazz1806]

Yes! More synth action please

[@Elazarko]

Please more keyboard stuff

[@DouglasRosser]

It's a multi-effects, but lots of synth players love the Zoom MS-70.

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

Absolutely...........a great pedal for synths

[@lyh1]

If you can only use one pedal, that is the one, most likely.

[@HenritheHorse]

Great for guitars and synths! and anything else too!

[@ahriik]

Nothing wrong with a good multi-effects! I have the Zoom MS-50g and I use it all the time for reverb, delay, modulation, noise reduction, and occasionally overdrive/DS

[@maxmatson1578]

Same here, brother.👍 I love that pedal for all it does.🎹🎧💫😵 Plus stereo ins and outs!😎👌

[@beetronics1371]

Duuuudes! This is sick! Thanks for including one of our bees! ❤️ At our studio we use the octahive on synths all the time as well! Its always killer! 🤘❤️🤘

[@tatoberry]

❤️❤️❤️

[@elliotyeager]

i impulse bought an octohive after watching this, this channel is dangerous

[@WhoIsAlexElliott]

defo the standout piece for me

[@nikomahal]

This was hands down the best one of the whole video

[@sameccleston8673]

Josh writes exactly how he speaks

[@Newfieboy9908]

Thats probably one of the coolest uses of a pitchfork ive ever seen tbh

[@brunoromiti7708]

more synth related episodes!!!!!!!!!! this was just incredible! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@DavidDyte1969]

That is some epic work with the Pitch Fork. You continue to amaze, Nick.

[@chrisegg7936]

the coolest thing i’ve found with the rubberneck is you can turn the tiny regen knob really low, then crank the gain/feedback knobs so that it’s always oscillating, then hold the bypass switch real quick whenever it gets so crazy you need to reset it. You can even have it in tails/buffered bypass mode so you get an insane pad going, turn the pedal off, and play over it without it delaying your current signal. So sad to see DOD go under not long after they put out some of the best stuff they’ve ever done.

[@Adam-xi1dz]

Great video. Nick you seem to like Tame Impala and synths, would love to see an episode about synth pedals (such as the Boss SY-1) for guitar/bass, and how to stack them with the likes of delay, fuzz etc!

[@Mahan07]

Always great stuff! The “riff” at 4:48 has many characteristics and reminds me of Tame Impala’s “Let It Be”, which is awesome!

[@NorigoPT]

it's Let it Happen. I think Nick lifts a lot of stuff from Tame Impala, actually. in a good way :)

[@Mahan07]

@@NorigoPT definitely a good thing! 👍

[@Shea19]

That octahive and pitchfork sound AMAZING. Love how you were activating the pitchfork with your palm.

[@griffithmorgan4966]

Most pedal for synth videos tend to go for the approach of: lets open the windows and make beautiful sounds. I'd like to see something involving a chain of pedals from distortion and fuzz to chorus to flanger to delay to reverb. Take a droning sound out of a synth and obsoletely destroy it. The one thing you played that caught my attention was the Dweller, but even then I want to hear it along with 3 other pedals for complete noise destruction. Just a suggestion. ;)

[@NullFX]

I don’t usually do this but I genuinely think you may enjoy certain aspects of my music. I absolutely loooooove destroying audio. Feel free to check it out :)

[@liamtahaney713]

Your Father (josh) must be so proud

[@saintrhoads3375]

The track with the emperor felt so organic and alive and sorrowful and amazing.

[@kylewarner7817]

The riff with the Octa-Fuzz & Pitchfork was 💯👌

[@CMHobbies]

I put off watching this one due to lack of interest, but finally watched it this am while having my coffee. Turns out it’s my fav Nick episode! Now I need a synthesizer...

[@thejustingaw]

Great job Nick! There are so many great pedals for synths. Please please do more episodes like this. I feel like you’re barely scratching the surface.

[@FairlyUnknown]

Your voice inflections are pretty darn close to Josh's too it's an easy transition between the two.

[@KRayxKodessA]

I was thinking the same

[@fsj9441]

Well it does make sense. Keep in mind Josh is his dad.

[@bourbonick]

This turned into one of my favorite channels. Not even looking for a new pedal or anything.

[@raullukebenitez7033]

The "he's got the box" song shoulda been changed to "he's not my dad" for this video😂

[@joermnyc]

He needed to pull out a giant box and say it was for the Korg.

[@KrumpusPlunk]

iwonder if there will be a star wars-esque episode where josh finally admits the truth

[@-l5905]

I don't play guitar and I've been waiting for you guys to do this. I hope you guys make this a more regular thing for us Synthheads and Keyboard Players, we're addicted to pedals too! Great job Brother.

[@potatoheadhaoy]

Just a tip: use the volume knob to adjust the level of compression/waveform distortion when using pedals! Using fuzz pedals will get you some crazy results, especially when you choke out a gatey fuzz box like the fuzz factory!

[@StephanS]

It depends so much on the synth and the sound you're using. My to-go pedal is (and will always be) the Strymon Big Sky.. for 303-ish stuff i use a Fender Distortion or Metal Zone. For old analogue stuff (Stringers) i use the classic EHX Small Stone phaser pedals. You should make a video about how to correctly connect guitar pedals with synths as not every pedal can handle the signals coming from a synth... i once fried my Boss VB-2 while connecting to an old toy organ keyboard.

[@asims1066]

Blurry flute + Emperor = Blade Runner soundtrack. Also, that’s some legit shoegaze/dreampop synth at the end. Nice work, Nick!

[@RobertTheBruce88]

That is so true. I knew I recognized that sound.

[@joermnyc]

Layering reverb is a great sound... I’ll use my amp’s spring tank with an EQD Ghost Echo in front of it. Before I had to sell my synth gear 😢 I had an Alesis ModFX Bitrman on top of my poly800. For a while I had the ModFX Smashup (Compressor) paired with it. These things weren’t really pedals since the bypass was a button right under the knobs, always fun going to stomp on it and you knock all your settings around. They were more a tabletop effects box. Thanks to multi pin connectors on the sides of the box, you could connect a bunch of them together without needing patch cables, and apparently they did sell a rack unit that could hold 3 of them connected together vertically for studio use (though it looks like it ate up a ton of rack space.)

[@RhettShull]

I live 10 minutes from star court mall, so season 3 is best.

[@CorbCorbin]

S3 is the best.

[@KaitlinGaspar]

i went through there a year ago with some friends and i was so surprised to see it near empty!

[@Ndlanding]

Back around 81, we used a flanger pedal on a cheapo mono synth (GEM) and it came out great in the (cheap) studio.

[@davidleamy7564]

Daaaaamn, that Beetronics and EHX joint venture there was so legit!

[@martynkentfrancis]

Thanks, nice to see the synth guys and gals getting some love. Could I suggest using guitar pedals in a DJ setup? Could include some advise with any impedance issues or signal flow with a mixer and fx loop. Cheers 👍

[@myoptik3x103]

Love this! It would be nice to get info on controlling output/input levels when using guitar pedals with synths,

[@kebbinator]

This is cool and all, but are you sure your Dad’s okay with you taking over his KZbin channel like that?

[@timothy_synth]

Like what? This boi just has the same dry balls to the walls humor as the old guy

[@markhammer643]

Picked up a Korg NTS-1 this week. It includes all the FX found in the Minilogue XD and Prologue. So many remarkable things can be done by piling on modulation, delay and reverb, and twiddling the oscillator-shape control. I'm still trying to figure out how to feed things into the external audio input, but when I do, those bland General MIDI modules I have are gonna sound fabulous.

[@je7647]

yeap thing is even great with guitars, customisation enables the thing like delay to be turned into a looper etc.

[@josephcole9340]

Where’s the bass pedals episode????

[@lordundhimself1310]

LOL. JHS doesn't care about bass. They assured us that their 3 Series pedals were good on bass too. They did a video of the 3 series thru bass and pretty much all of them sucked out the low end except maybe the chorus and the compressor. If you're a bassist, this channel will only scratch your pedal nerd itch. But you'll have to search for bass content elsewhere 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@WillGrandin]

I came down to the comments to ask this exact question. They've done pedals on drums and pedals on synths before even thinking about pedals on bass. I am disappointed.

[@Zz0ne]

Check out Janek Gwizdala's pedal studio series. It was inspired by this chanel, but for bass.

[@nev375]

I think Josh had a girl leave him for a bass player or something. JHS is clearly anti-bass as much as they are anti-phaser. I'm steadily losing my interest in this channel.

[@Bluebear2016]

Was posted on here 2 weeks ago.

[@loganressler9173]

I have the Emperor V2 and I LOVE running synths and keys through it, lots of warm and vintage tones in there

[@jdbrookins]

Well done. I really enjoyed this episode. Using things in a way they were not designed is how creativity is born.

[@bigchiefbc]

Great episode I started a band almost 15 years ago with a friend that had an Access Virus and a Nord Lead, and it didn't take long for us to wonder what the hell it would sound like to run his synths through my pedalboard (particularly my fuzz pedals), and it was a goldmine of new sounds for our tracks.

[@tribeofnames6189]

Always good to see Nick out front giving it the beans on keys. Great episode gentlefolk.

[@g2DN2aTYHzNsVR6o]

I just bought an RV-6, and I love it. What really sold it for me was the expression pedal function. I especially use it with the shimmer setting, and swell the shimmer in after playing a chord or note. I also use it doubled or even tripled with my RE-201 Space Echo and the digital reverb on my Blackstar tube amp. Everything I own eventually winds up going through the Space Echo, especially synths.

[@darenanderson4961]

When I saw no guitars I hit dislike, but I watched the show because I love you guys, and by the end switched to it to like.

[@StungoBungo]

can we just pause at 0:02 and appreciate this beautiful mega shelf of cool stuff???

[@Zwidawurzn]

Now i want an episode about Distortion, Fuzz, Filter and Flanger pedals used with Roland TR-808 drum machine.

[@Prettynoise]

Nick and the JHS gang. I'm going through the back catalog of vids and super glad you did this with a synth. Now I want that synth😂😎

[@KristofferVad]

Once again a stellar job from Nick. Love the music. I can’t pick a favourite between Josh and Nick - but I prefer shows with them both!

[@belacickekl7579]

I wanted all the songs to keep going on much longer than they did. Really nice, fresh stuff here

[@jacobpittman1996]

MR. SCOTT.... CAN NICK COME OUT AND PLAAAY?! Thank you, Nick; we love you and all the shine you put on the JHS Show. Thank you Mr. Scott, for letting Nick come out and play.

[@shermanchow4264]

Good stuff. More episodes like this with synths and even modular in the future please. Dixon and Stein and SURVIVE are great!

[@lobster4501]

I love doing that ...I’ve been putting pedals on my keyboards Since the late 70’s... and even on my piano thru a microphone thru pedals into the recorder

[@TelecasterMaster1]

The Emperor and EQD Av Run are my go to synth pedals. I almost don’t feel comfortable without them. LOOOOVE this episode!

[@TheElrondo]

Stranger things happen: • No Josh wrangle a strange guitar neck • Strange Keyboards on guitar pedals • A strange guy with a cap took over the Show • Cool Episode without a strange Josh 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mono.isgtds]

Pretty sure that’s his son.

[@escarraman1]

It’s about time JHS ventured into the world of Ring Mod/Noise/S&H/LFO like the Moog MF103-105, & MF107-108. You know with the wooden side panels and the extreme analog circuitry. The originals are totally too expensive for musicians to experiment and delve into new music with this type of hardware. What do you think JHS?

[@rupertkennedy7964]

It's a shame we didn't get to see Josh's keyboard chops but Nick always brings it when he has to pick up the slack.

[@Xenious]

Thumbs up for a unique episode here. I'd love to see something on Oto's effects with synth and guitar (Biscuit, Bim, Bam and Boum).

[@paulgatt2950]

Just tried similar yesterday. Great to see rotary was your first go to as well! Thanks for the great and different episode Nick!

[@davidsommerville2213]

My fave is the MXR Phase 100. Total Gary Newman “Cars” and some old New Order stuff. Killer.

[@57too]

Just bought a Mel 9. Freaky great!!! I love every sound you've done on this video. I could use all of them on the album I'm working on. Thanks man, beautiful!!!

[@davidsotomayor8713]

I really love running stereo on my MM-4/DL-4/FM-4. Also nice that it offers stereo IN and OUT in case you have a stereo source.

[@jonnust6236]

The Behringer wah pedal is also designed to work on guitar, bass, and synth, and it also worked on my otamatone

[@seescojo844]

Thanks for the synth pedals post! A relatively rare type of video content on KZbin... more please.... 🤙🏻🎹🎛

[@jrdoughty13]

That fuzz combo was AWESOME!

[@backlom]

You’re a talented musician Mr. Nick!!

[@sharpphilip]

I’ve been waiting for this. Hooray! And Nick carries the video! Ah yeah! Nice work.

[@UnitedStatesel]

The DOD Rubberneck is the best! I love mine so much. After watching this inspirational video, I'm probably going to be up all night playing my keyboard through it.

[@MacLamar]

Great video. Enjoyed hearing to different pedals and you used the first synth I ever bought. Seriously underrated instrument. I just recieved a nemesis delay in the mail today and am really looking forward to trying it out.

[@RobMods]

Digital synth plus analogue pedals... Match made in heaven.

[@Jaredt771]

Not a synth player at all but I enjoyed this episode immensely. Great humor, great pedals, and great sounds!

[@Yupppi]

Good job Nick! Synth and distortion is certainly a delicious sound.

[@the_real_kieganjones9932]

They really need to do another one of these with all of the updated equipment that we have nowadays to be really cool to see what they come up with.

[@daemonelectricity]

Oh man, I missed the perfect video for me on the day of. My favorites for synths are Fairfield Shallow Water, Proco Rat, Pigtronix Fat Drive, EHX Hot Tubes, EQD The Depths, Chase Bliss Thermae, Chase Bliss MOOD, Chase Bliss Dark World Reverb, Walrus Audio Slo, MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe, Red Panda Tensor, Red Panda Particle. I could go on.

[@Nightingale1887]

If anything, if you love pedals and the tweakability thereof synths are tons of fun. Analog ones with a good filter will make your floor rattle.

[@csrader]

I know you presented it humbly as a shameless plug, but that Emperor!!.. made that patch amazing!

[@VARIOUShorses]

Excellent timing, I've been looking for a video on exactly this topic. Cheers!

[@daniel-anez]

Why do you make fun of flute!? It's so insulting to flute players worldwide! You owe flute players a public apology! I'm so happy you did this video with synths! I had been hoping this for a long time! Thanks! I especially liked the OctaFuzz one!

[@mykhedelic6471]

I've really enjoyed the JHS3 Fuzz-- to me, it's already a Legend of Fuzz.

[@Creed_fan_69]

That riff with the pitchfork was dope

[@BCarpenter2314]

Beetronics! What a sound! The pitch shifting really made that tone though 👌

[@dimitribenardos5929]

As a guitarist my band thought I was weird for buying a minilogue. Im so happy now.

[@1dkappe]

Zoom MS-70CDR is in every synth nerd’s gig bag.

[@jonytube]

It sounds so good 😭😭😭

[@je7647]

the NTS-1 has even better effects imo. as well as a synth

[@somnioterra]

I just use my MS-50G

[@sprungingforvoltage]

i have two 😎

[@je7647]

@@somnioterra you can upgrade the ms-50G/MS-70 to have every single effect on the ms pedal range - look up a video called "better gear - zoom multi fx pedal hack"

[@jonpatchmodular]

You should make a whole channel of this, I'd watch!

[@briggszj]

I love Survive. Saw them live at Riot Fest a few years ago. 4 (?) people all playing modular synths at once. Wild.

[@saintrhoads3375]

JHS is like the Wonka of the guitar pedal industry.

[@iskariot3180]

finally! as a synth user i crave for more demo's and info on fx pedals! Can you run down that whole wall for me? :p I would like to find out how those JHS fuzz pedals sound on a korg

[@Infinighost]

When it comes to synths, do whatever you can to get your sounds in stereo. It makes such a difference, even moreso than guitar.

[@INeedsMoneys]

could you run 2 parallel mono pedals? one for each channel? to not downgrade to mono. like if you run left channel into a distortion pedal then run the right channel into another of the same distortion unit. i think it would create incredible results

[@tofuton]

Dope, I've already got a Prologue and an MM4.

[@no_individual]

Nice video! Guitar and synth players unite to nerd out on pedals. Love it

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

Love it............more on pedals to use with synths....................would be great. Pedals to use with synths for ambient would be awesome !!!!

[@hughmongous9729]

Would you guys ever do a Josh's Favorites with a "name brand" like EHX or MXR? Thanks a million for all your content and products, can't wait to order more!

[@jtf2dan]

In addition to those pedals, overdrive/boost/amp modeller pedals can make synth sounds MASSIVELY bigger, especially with added gain and saturation......and looper pedals will allow you to layer more tracks.

[@trademarx5054]

I’ve been waiting for this episode!!

[@guillemdc]

4:48 That's fantastic, absolutely amazing, awesome. I love it. I just said it, I love it. It's absolutely beautiful and the pedal is pastel blue. Did I say I love it?

[@leeseibert4979]

That pitchfork hand heel hack tho!

[@Mrbigtimber7]

Now I want a synth

[@lordundhimself1310]

Do iiiiittt

[@mgscheue]

Never been a better time. So many great choices.

[@Benji2N]

Can I just say that the rise of Nick over the past month has been nothing short of epic

[@maxmatson1578]

I had to laugh out loud for the last segment because I had that exact same pedal for the exact same Reverb!😅 The Shimmer on it was Hella good, especially for the price I found it on.

[@StarWarsRumors]

Season One was the best, and so were the sounds you made.

[@DavidBagshaw]

Cool! I misunderstood this to be about guitar synth pedals, happy about this.

[@briangarcia8384]

That double reverb is something else.

[@loissio481]

Great job man, I'm shure your dad Josh is proud