J3PO Pedal Board Tour

[@aaronbarber6238]

Huge thank you for the sound library you did for the Nord Stage 3, the patches you made have really helped change my point of view on sound design, and see how much value it has in a composition, and how it can drive melodic ideas. Apart from Nord, you’ve become one of my keyboard heroes. Thank you for showing us this, and you have yourself a great day. 🙌🙌🙌

[@ArchersDreamz]

Would appreciate a vid on how to route in UA console.

[@hermesluc00]

Yes please :)

[@blackdownAV]

ditto!

[@Joeman7890]

Yes need this too

[@16bitsound]

Seriously interesting, I am on the edge of my seat for this one.

[@aw8ke111]

I have been dying to see this video!!! Thank you J!!!

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

This is amazing! That Timeline was the highlight for me, I can’t believe how musical some of those delays sounded.

[@bigtimetimproduction]

You are a very very very generous guy.

[@synthsandstuff]

Very inspiring, thanks for sharing!

[@GavinRossKelso]

Amazing. As others have said, would love to see an in-depth studio rundown of how you route it all. Seems like you have an amazing flow with everything pretty much on an available all the time. Takes us into the weeds when you feel like it. Thanks for the incredible music and information, Man.

[@DavidSpry]

Lovely sounds!

[@HalCMusic]

Very rodaballesco! 🎉 I need this ottobit, it sounds really amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽

[@marctronixx]

this is exactly what i needed to see before i spent 1500 dollars on it. he used the stereo joints on the prophet 10 demo and i had to have all 3 of them. we also have the same studio chair!

[@roarythunderbird]

thank you so much for sharing dude!

[@jassenswisher]

Thanks for posting….been listening to you for a couple months. It’s awesome to see how you do what you do. Love your music and love the vids…. Thanks!

[@sammcdermott9210]

So so cool. Would love to have a board like this, thanks for sharing!

[@simon12332]

Thanks so much for the knowledge drop. Taking notes on this one!

[@thephunk648]

Loved it!

[@robertoiadanza5479]

Thank you Julian! Amazing video 🙂 in live contest, how do you connect 2 or more keyboards to the mono chain? Do you use any mixer or DI system?

[@surf_thermals]

Julian. First, thank you for all the fantastic videos. I've learned so much following you. Grateful! Your great demos are one of the reasons I ordered my Vintage Vibe Marquis. I just love how that instrument sounds. So, I read the VV has an effects loop you can run before the signal hits the preamp. Do you ever run effects before the preamp? ... or is it preferred to have the effect chain post mono output,... or an effect loop from the mixer?

[@kmjansen]

I was wondering if you believe in the need to convert keyboard outputs to low-impedance through a re-amper before running them through effects pedals? I can't tell if I'm being sold a bunch of marketing bologna by music shops' channels so I'd love if you'd chime in. Thanks for all the great content!

[@jonhamilton48]

Thank you for doing this video!!! 🎯 Amazing

[@aboc500]

Please make the video explaining the console routing!!

[@SpikesStudio3]

Pretty much have a rule of late. Get new synth, get at least, 1 pedal to support it. Strymon have nailed it really. Thanks bro, great work. But, that Tensor, hmmm, love the pitch work.

[@j3po784]

Yes, one can't discount the importance of great effects with the sound design process.

[@markdavenport2613]

I was listening to some of your work a few days ago and trying to figure out what the heck you were using to get those trippy sound effects. Thanks for sharing that. Very cool.

[@chrisharrison809]

Omg that tone dude. Wow. Man… lush! Helps to have those boards. Gear lust acquired. Any recommendations on running vsts from your uad to this set up? Been looking into getting a reamp box and some pedals for some hands on manipulation of sound. Especially using orchestra going though these types of pedals.

[@MrCowfood]

The entire top row of pedals has a line lvl/guitar lvl switch, no re-amp needed there. My one Meris pedal has a way to go line lvl as well (polymoon), guessing the Meris line is cool this way throughout? If you intend to experiment with other guitar only pedals then a re-amping could help, although just adjusting your line lvl instruments volume can achieve the same in a lot of cases.

[@istvantoth7431]

Solid pedal board. Haven't you ever found the BigSky to be ""too good""? I sold mine after a few months. It was just too "realistic" of a reverb. Up to a degree where this "perfectness" actually killed the magic of the sound, or the project. Or at least I felt that way.

[@andytupaia]

Hey Julian have you ever try a tc electronic SCF on your Rhodes ? if yes would you recommend it cause I wanna buy one for my Rhodes thanks man

[@chiefbucknell]

Great video! I was disappointed when I discovered using stutter on my Ottobit switches it from stereo I/O to stereo sum to mono. But, I chose to use my Tensor as stereo sum to mono (wet) and stereo passthru (dry), in order to have the max loop time available. 🤷‍♂️

[@joshuahu1721]

Thanks for the video! What brand of cables are you using for this? I tried this setup before but they doesn’t sound as good as in you videos, thanks!

[@JS-ym2kd]

Hello, I am using your Prophet 5 patch well. Could you please give me some information about the blue pedal cable?

[@2cv]

super lovely, thanks a lot! I was wondering: where is the board located while you are playing? does it then sit on your legs?

[@sebastiankluge1176]

Dear Julian. Thank you for this awesome introduction to your pedal world. For me it would be incredibly interesting how you rout your Fender and the Prophet, since you seem to use them in both, the stereo signal path (Moebius Timeline Big Sky) and in the mono signal path (ElCapitan, Mercury7, etc.) at the same time. Have you connected them via an aux/sent loop, which would always have the same effects on both, or do you split the signals? I guess you don't want to use the same effects on each keyboard at the same time and in the same order, do you? Do you have the Moebius in a signal path with the Timeline and the BigSky? I always thought that modulating effects should be patched in via insert while delays and reverbs via aux/sent. But in this case you would only have the Moebius available for one instrument? How do you combine a stereo keyboard (e.g. Nord Stage) and a synth with just a mono output with the inputs to the pedals? Do you use a looper? Do you have a midi clock to set all pedals speed at the same time? Best regards. Sebastian

[@j3po784]

All keyboards in my studio are routed directly into my interface. From UAD Apollo Console, you can route any keyboard or combination of keyboards through the stereo effects rig, the mono rig, or the mono rig into the stereo rig. If you turn the pedals all completely wet, then you can use them as sends in your DAW. Very flexible and easy to use.

[@sebastiankluge1176]

@@j3po784 that makes sense to me … thank you so much for the answer. sebastian

[@orestispetrakis]

@@j3po784 What about live use? do you use some sort of summing pedal to run all your keyboards through the same pedalboard? Thanks!

[@suntzu6122]

Dude nice fucking intro music O.o

[@gamecubepim]

5:23 Wii shop channel music incoming !

[@holidaygames]

Fantastic! I tell people you are the Jimi Hendrix of keys.

[@markslandingsandaviationvi3123]

Can pedals be hooked up to multiple synths via a mixer? I heard that pedals don’t have a good time connected to mixers. Examples I heard of are pedals being damaged. How do I hook up multiple pedals to one synth without damaging them?

[@timtsistinas]

I know this is a long time after you asked, but a patchbay is your best friend for patching multiple keyboards into effects. You dont have to keep plugging/unlpugging cables into your effects.

[@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000]

🔥🔥🔥💯

[@rahard]

sometimes I wonder, those are cool pedal boards ... or it's just because you are such a good keyboard player and a sound-vision-kinda-person. meaning, even with those cool boards I could only produce crappy "art." ha ha ha.

[@liambate2301]

how do you use the same stereo pedalboard to add effects to multiple keyboards? do you route it through the audio interface? because i have multiple keyboards but i want to be able to use the same effects whilst still having separate inputs to my interface.

[@aamigo_]

i nEEd the Tensor

[@Andrew-K]

@J3PO, can you also use this as an effect bus in your DAW?

[@j3po784]

yes

[@rufusshahzad1265]

@@j3po784 Hi Sir! Can we use the effect pedals rig directly with Midi controllers like M-Audio Code series and other Controllers like Novation, Arturia & komplete with VSTI sounds or do we need to have device like MC3??

[@yeppy013]

How are you plugging all the power for all those pedals? Are you using a power brick or some sort?

[@j3po784]

I use Strymon's Ojai to power the pedals.

[@yeppy013]

@@j3po784 Awesome, thanks. I think Truetone makes the bricks as well.

[@anonymous_friend]

What keyboard is under the prophet?

[@Tidus030990]

Do you use a ramp for these?

[@j3po784]

no