Most awesome pedal ever? Trio + Band Creator who needs mates?

[@digitalchris6681]

The world's most under-appreciated pedal.

[@stevegroves]

Cheers! Yep for anyone at any level this pedal is awesome! :)

[@lanceheaslewood4121]

Had mine a while but just watching some vids again to refresh my memory as I've not used it in a while, really enjoyed your video Steve and loved the song you did to demo it, for some reason i'd never thought of doing an intro on the looper without the drums and bass, it sounded great.

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! Yep its a great pedal, I often use it for intros and sometimes finishes, just a great pedal all round.

[@MOAB-UT]

SEQ works well. Tip, turn off SEQ if you just want to free play and not have it END abruptly. If they light is on, it will only play the sequence which could be 1 1 part and 1 second up to multi parts and 240 seconds.

[@StratsRUs]

Thank you. I hadn't used mine for ages and this is a perfect guide.Cheers

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! These are are great pedals, Full manual link in the description to help if needed as I didnt quite cover it all. have fun!

[@philiphurdwell3443]

Yup i love this pedal, amazing practice tool. Apart from the self contained functions which are awesome i use it in conjunction with a boss micro br 80 mini 8 track recorder.

[@stevegroves]

Cheers for watching and the comment, nice to hear how folks get on with this gear. Its a really useful tool thats for sure.

[@monteiro4100]

I got one and I am having a blast, I am using it with my keyboard and it makes studying scales, improvisation and chord progressions 500% more fun and intuitive. Best piece of kit I've got in years.

[@stevegroves]

Cool! Thanks for your comment, its great to hear how folk use their gear. Have to say its the most used and useful pedal I have on my board. Great for song / track development and as a practice tool. Best money pedal wise I have ever spent....so far :)

[@monteiro4100]

@@stevegroves fully agree! I am also using it for building backing track for songs with verse, chorus, bridge. I can build entire songs very fast and use it live. Increadible

[@stevegroves]

@@monteiro4100 Same here have developed many tracks using this pedal its awesome!

[@jameslanclos568]

I bought the Digitech Trio + too. I want to say that it was the late 80's when I got a Kawai Session trainer, plus a few band rom cards like the Led Zeppelin, Beatles, etc. Having a backup band at the snap my fingers was a huge help in learning how to play guitar. No inflated egos to deal with.

[@stevegroves]

Thanks for commenting, yep if nothing else it really is a great training aid in so many ways. It is definitely the best pedal I have bought that inspires me to grab a guitar and keep trying to get better.

[@jameslanclos568]

Exactly, that's what I got out of the Kawai Session Trainer...band practice without the band! Also, nowadays, there's many free backing track websites. Where was all this when I was young ???!!!@@stevegroves

[@stevewhitton8671]

I had a Kawai Session trainer too

[@jameslanclos568]

For the time, wasn't it great !?! I've been wanting to dig mine up outta the basement. I'm not sure where the power adapter is, but I can still use it with batteries. It's midi capable and I was wondering, now with computers, if I can manipulate the internal sounds? I was thinking about hooking it up to my Zoom Livetrak L20 mixer/recorder.@@stevewhitton8671

[@Dougs-Ear-Hole-Entertainment]

Well that does it. I just fired my drummer and bass player and hired the trio.

[@Nellabellabi]

As long as you teach ”it” simple structure it works very well. Sometimes i only teach it by one string.

[@stevegroves]

Yep its a case of simple works. Experimenting a bit with chords and timing, even with quite a few changes and the pedal does a great job.

[@lancenunez8252]

With single lines, you can almost teach it bass lines

[@stevegroves]

Cheers for comment I never thought of trying it. Also the beauty of independant volume pots as can lower the drums and raise the bass.@@lancenunez8252

[@MOAB-UT]

7th chords work better then single strings I have found. 2 string chords that is.

[@credibleink]

Really useful video! It’s great to see how you use the pedal. Thanks.

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! Its a great useful pedal, thanks for watching and for the comment

[@TFShaw]

Great video, thank you. I keep staring at the Gretsch on the wall.😍

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! Really appreciate you watching and for the comment! Yeh I love that Gretsch, first decent, albeit budget guitar I bought. One of the best playing necks of any guitar I own and an absolute keeper :)

[@frontcentermusician]

Great pedal. Once you learn it's abilities it's a great pedal. Been using it at my weekend solo/duo gigs for years. The 3 button pedal is a great asset.

[@stevegroves]

Thanks for the comment, its good hearing from people who use this gear. It really is a very useful pedal in many ways and really well built to last.

[@PhilipKendrick-le8qh]

Thank you for this video. Clear and easy to understand.

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! Appreciate you watching it and for your comments. :)

[@motokev2727]

I've got like 4 of them. It's my favorite pedal.

[@stevegroves]

Cool! Definitely my most useful and most used pedal, they are superb for the money.

[@Sharky2901]

Thank you very much!😊

[@60yroldRockstar-kl7mt]

That was great! I hope to pick one up this week! I am 59 and started busking again! Many thanks from Canada!! Eh!

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! Hope you love the pedal as much as I do, it will be a great addition to your busking! Good luck with it and have fun.

[@pendomojaxkalibre5686]

Thanks Steve🙏

[@stevegroves]

Thanks very much! Much appreciated. I will be shortly doing a follow up vid on this pedal to show a bit more of the looping and band creating side, as well as some other features.

[@brianpost8827]

I have one and if it ever quits on me, I will buy another. Great for being creative.

[@stevegroves]

Yep most useful pedal on my board

[@Civic.]

I just bought one, never heard of it previously, wish I had something like this 20 years ago.

[@stevegroves]

Yep such a useful pedal all round!

[@MOAB-UT]

Cool video. Questions...for anyone. If I turn down druns and base, will it record it that way and save it e.g., for the intro? Why does the STYLE always change randomly? I want it to stay on 1, until I change it. Is there a way to program an OUTRO? What does the pedal help me do?

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! OK I believe the drum / bass settings can be set at the level you need, and will record at that level. They can be adjusted louder on playback if required. Style setting, It will change segment setting within the style according to speed and style of chords played, you can rotate control back on playback to see if it still suits what you wanted. I guess an outro can be recorded by selecting another section as you can record up to 5 sections within a track setting. I often record an intro, main section then an outro. I use the pedal often as a looper, just recording some backing that I then play lead over, its a great tool for this. You can just record a guitar loop without using the band part. I use this pedal for producing full tracks by also recording on a laptop using an audio interface, using this pedal for playing backing.

[@MOAB-UT]

@@stevegroves Thanks. So on your outro, does it end with a cymbal crash like a proper outro? I dunno. Seems like the style wheel does it's own thing. I don't change a thing and then I look and all the settings are mixed up and it's beating away at 2x the speed. It's fiddly. I nail it sometimes- I use the ALT Time and Simple Bass buttons a lot. For known tunes or musical ideas I am going to start writing down a log of which settings sound best with what I want to play. I will note the Genre and Style. The Audiolastic feature is cool too but if you touch it off high noon, you cannot record anymore- it's done. I gravitate towards Rock, R&B, Latin and Jazz. I love Blues but not fond of how the Trio does "Blues." All in all, it's a great practice tool that, in a pinch can be used live if you save multiple SD cards and note how you saved them. The software is pretty basic but works. I am curious what that other bloke was starting to say about Drum Effects. It is too bad that this company was sold and there will not be more development on this platform. I suppose Band in A Box is a more capable package but it's softward and not much fun as this plug and play form factor. Imagine a Trio+ v2 with better drums, added Keyboards; more controls and better PC editor and more I/O. It would be great to send guitar and drums out to separate outputs. I have a sweet set-up. I use (2) Y cables. I have it going out to a sub and, 2 studio monitors and an acoustic amp. A mixer might work better but this actually does the job and saves me room. I then, have a pedal board on it's own completely independant path. My Godin xTSA guitar has two outputs (Piezo and Elec. pup.) I can play my loop/band, then come in with the full power of my Electric Guitar and pedalboard which I have powering 3 different, very high quality amps including one hand wired tube amp. My gear is clearly superior to my level as a player- but on a good day I almost sound good!

[@stevegroves]

@@MOAB-UT Yep it often ends with a symbol crash which kind of works. Sounds like you have a good set up! Thanks for all the details this can really help folks and of course bring in comments from folks that use similar setups. I think the Boss RC10R has much better drums as you can also download drum patterns from a library and have far more control on drum starts and finishes. I have yet to try one but if I ever was to replace the trio it would be with the Boss. For what it is the Trio + really is a superb pedal, reckon I use it more than anything else. Its also great for using with recording software. Thanks again for all your detailed comments, really appreciate them.

[@MOAB-UT]

@@stevegroves Thanks. A huge take away is your drums and bass will sounds worlds better going out to STUDIO MONITORS, not an amp. Using a Y cable I go out to a home theatre $800 sub woofer. The Studio monitors have tweeters so you hear the cymbals in all their glory. Then, again, I use my pedalboard to jam over whatever band creation I make. I suppose I could mic and record the whole thing if I ever wanted to but I am just a casual at home jammer these days. Point is, each instrument likes it's own type of speaker. Guitar amps are really just for Guitar tones and there are three types: mostly clean or light drive like a Fender Reverb, Distortion focused amp (I use a Boss Katana via a A/B/Y pedal) and an Acoustic Amp for all things clean and Acoustic. No tonal compromises. To my ear, drums and cymbals coming out of a regular guitar amp sounds god awful. Like a speaker playing underwater. My set up actually sounds like a real band is in the room. Adding FRFR monitors is the trick. They work great with modelers too.

[@stevegroves]

I use a Fender Champion 100 via its clean channel and TBH it replicates the drums and bass quite well. Guess its twin 12" speakers help. I am planning a bit of a studio where other amps will be required. My wife plays drums so hoping to do some recording together. All for fun, but thats what its all about.@@MOAB-UT

[@CarlosBinalizo]

I love that gadget box in the band how to,

[@1minutecomicswalahollywood648]

Hello Steve, I am a new subscriber. ❤

[@stevegroves]

Thank you!

[@radarstationalexchiander4285]

Just purchased one of these from Sweetwater, thanks . Like the 60s vibe

[@stevegroves]

Cool! Reckon you will love it, takes a bit of practice but such a useful pedal.

[@radarstationalexchiander4285]

You help quite a bit . Downloaded the PDF to go with manual that came w/pedal . Red fx channel is hot .

[@stevegroves]

@@radarstationalexchiander4285 Thank you! Its what I want my channel to be about, just gear, and gear chat and advice. Have fun with the pedal!

[@radarstationalexchiander4285]

Can you connect to Bluetooth speaker using cable into aux/mic ? I have a 50w Bluetooth Onn speaker thinking about using .

[@stevegroves]

@@radarstationalexchiander4285 The headphone out jack is designed to drive standard headphones so will have quite a low level amplifier circuit. It would most likely work if connected to an active speaker with its own built in amp. A Bluetooth transmitter plugged in here connected via Bluetooth to an active Bluetooth speaker will probbaly be ok. Sorry I cant be of more help.

[@ricardomartinez8160]

Great stuff. Professional review. Thanks.

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! I really appreciate you taking time to watch the video and for making the comment. I do these vids for fun and hopefully to help fellow guitar enthusiasts by supplying personal, and honest unpaid reviews of gear :)

[@ricardomartinez8160]

@@stevegroves absolutely, Sr. Thanks for making these content.

[@stevegroves]

@@ricardomartinez8160 You are most welcome more vids to come :)

[@rexsolomon6325]

I have the Trio Plus and I believe that adding effects to the drum output is essential for making it better sounding for live gigs. As a guitar playing improvement tool, it has no equal. The closest would be Boss multi phrase loopers, but those do not give you a drummer AND a bassist.

[@stevegroves]

Thanks for the comments, yep its a superb and really useful pedal. Can I ask what effects to you add to improve the drums. Could be useful info for others using it at gigs, unless its a secret :)

[@MOAB-UT]

What kind of effects do you add to the drums? How do I do this please?

[@stevegroves]

I don't add drum effects, but if you record the pedal drums into a DAW I use Abletons you can add reverb or delay etc@@MOAB-UT

[@MOAB-UT]

@@stevegroves Thanks. Do you use the 3 button pedal? Is it worth it? I actually have it but it seemed more work then it was worth getting it to work right.

[@stevegroves]

No I never did get it as it didnt seem useful enough for the way I used the pedal. It obviously has it its uses but like I say not seen the need for it as yet.@@MOAB-UT

[@blueshorecreative3146]

Seems very helpful. I'm just checking - with all the fancy stuff it can and multiple outputs, does it output in stereo?

[@stevegroves]

No, just amplifier and / or mixer outputs I believe. Good question though! I generally just use amp output via a simple mixer as have other gear routed too.

[@flatroc1]

The worst thing about the Trio + is that it turned me into a hermit, alone in my basement. lol

[@stevegroves]

Ha Yep same here! The more I use the pedal the more it seems to be a good friend replacement :) Thanks for watching and the comments. Have fun :)

[@benclaase8181]

I hooked my Trip plus bass and drum output to a separate amp (old stereo) and cranked up the treble and bass and it sounds super , then run my guitar through my guitar amp, badabing the band is in the room.

[@stevegroves]

Cool! Thanks for the comment, always good to hear how folks use their gear, always helpful :)

[@francisbarrot]

awesome looper

[@mmmelihhh01]

Hi, thank you for your informations, i already have beatbuddy and i love it, i just bought a trio plus to create the bass sections, but while play together with beatbuddy and trio (just the bass sections) they lose the syncronization vetween them, is there anyway to syncronize the tempo between them?? thank you so much

[@stevegroves]

Hi and thank you for watching and for the comments. Yes you can use the Tempo adjust pot, top left hand side of the trio to speed up and slow down the tempo./ playback speed.

[@Sharky2901]

Can you play and have an instant band accompaniment or do you have to record it first Please !

[@stevegroves]

It needs set up first. If you just want bass and drums, you you hit the R/H button play the chords in the key you want, say for Am strum Am then maybe C then G to train the pedal and then hit the button again. It will then play back drums and bass to match what you played. If you want to add those chords as backing to go with the drums and bass you can over dub them using the left hand button. This is a basic answer and a bit waffly but in short no it won't just play along. I think the latest spark amps do something like you ask but not 100% sure.

[@650thunderbird]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@DMSProduktions]

I got 1 of these a few years ago. Works well! \m/

[@stevegroves]

These are really useful pedals :)

[@DMSProduktions]

@@stevegroves Yeah, I have the ext foot switches as well.

[@CarlosBinalizo]

I used it in church I want that box in the band

[@jamesbaker22]

Does it work with a keyboard vs guitar plug in

[@stevegroves]

Good question, not tried it as dont have a keyboard to hand, but my thoughts are that the input circuitry is geared around the low level signal that a guitar creates and not for a keyboard. My guess would be its not suitable for a keyboard, someone may hopefully be able to confirm this answer or give more detail. If I get chance to try it I will update.

[@jamdalf4343]

🤘

[@2shoestoo]

👍🏻👍🏻👏

[@Sir_Sway]

nice gear!

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! I have no excuses for not improving my playing! :)

[@hcl1969ma]

j'ai cette pédale... mais il faut vraiment ne pas être un vrai débutant pour l'utiliser... pour ma part j'ai utilisé un ukulélé pour m'amuser... et c'est vraiment fun !!! il faut maintenant que je me mette à la brancher à ma guitare !

[@stevegroves]

Thanks for the comment I used google translate as my French is not very good! Its a great pedal I use mine evert day .

[@Theriacmusic]

Fun stuff. Only needed a bit of Mark Lanegans voice.

[@stevegroves]

Thank you! My most used pedal for practice, and man I need to practice! :)

[@ironstretcher]

Check out what a guy from Louisiana (me) did with his

[@stevegroves]

Cool! Exactly what this pedal is about.

[@georgelevin6134]

I miss the days when a acoustic artist could pull off a show with just guitar and vocal. Hate that canned crap.

[@stevegroves]

Still plenty of those artists around, but get what you mean. This pedal is great practice tool though especially for the non singers and folks learning. :)

[@retrocket]

Why people bother posting demo's when they don't have a clue ,then try to tell you they've recorded tracks that sound good....then why not play something that at least sounds half good in your demo

[@stevegroves]

No clue? Maybe you are an expert and an amazing guitarist, some are not and it matters not. I have recorded a number of multilayer tracks using this pedal on most, they are there on my page. All recorded for my own amusement and to help me improve while having fun. I create these videos as a hobby and to share experiences for those that are like me, still learning and or just like guitar stuff. No one forces you to watch these vids. Forgive me for trying to have fun and for putting content up that aside from yourself many have found interesting and helpful.

[@shawnbryant60]

Less talking and more showing what it does!

[@stevegroves]

Try checking out the time stamps, they take you to parts you may find of interest.

[@FlamesAt1000ft]

STILL got mine!,..use it often because I use it live as we as something to sparkle up a practice session and rescue a dreary day! ✨🎛️🎸b(‘_

[@stevegroves]

Excellent! Yep reckon mine gets used every time I plug in a guitar! Great pedal!