PLETHORA X1 - Official Product Launch Video

[@weloveug]

I love my Toneprint pedals! This will be a great way to try some of the others. Sold.

[@tcelectronic]

Thank you! You will definitely love this one :)

[@ThoM45]

@@tcelectronic - Any idea for something similar in future which will cover overdrive sounds ? Thanks.

[@variok]

​@@ThoM45 I saw in a video that they don't plan to add them, the Plethora range is meant to be modulation effects rather than drive. No clear reason why. My guess is that the Drive pedals are actually analogue circuits that haven't/can't be digitised into TonePrint.

[@ThoM45]

@@variok - Well, we have bunch of modular sounds in Boss Katana stuff, like amp modules. So I'm kinda on side that it can be done .... I also gave them 1 billion dollar idea. :D So thanks me in advanced TC when you get money. :D Give me some credits. xD But I also understand your point Variok , but not sure if I agree with " overdrive pedals can't be put in tone print part ". But thanks for the reply.

[@variok]

@@ThoM45 Just because Boss did it doesn't mean TC have the same R&D budget to do it. It's like asking Ford to make an F1 car because Ferrari did it. The economics of the two businesses are vastly different.

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

This is a game changer. Working in a guitar store, people seemed confronted by the seeming complexity of the x3 and x5. Bringing the x1 to market is going to be an awesome way of introducing stubborn “analogue” guys into the potential of what great digital units can do!

[@PedalPoopers]

You're acting as if this is the first of it's kind. And no, it's not going to sway any analog guts, never works but it is another option for musicians

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

@ it’s a shame you think that way, sit down and show guys how to use it for an hour before you make a call I’d say. And no it’s not the first of it’s kind, Line 6 has done it a million times before. What it is though is the first of it’s kind in TCs catalogue.

[@CorbCorbin]

@@PedalPoopers Gain and modulation is the only things I really always prefer analog. Anything else, including some weirder stuff, can be digital. Delay and reverb has gotten just as good, and/or just different. I like the pt2299 chips, as much as any bucket brigade delays, when they’re used right. They can sound like a tape delay, or BBD, and die modulated delay well. Then there’s stuff like the Raster 2, which I have been breaking down for months now. I can get great phaser and tremolo sounds, then create unique delays and reverb textures, or have a backwards phaser, or phaser repeats. It sounds killer in stereo or mono. I’ve used several TC pedals to gig with, that are digital. I’ve used the Vortex, HoF, Flashback, Helix and I’ve used the MojoMojo, Dark Matter and Spark. One can play nearly any gig with those pedals.

[@Jonathan-L]

@@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331 I totally agree with you Louis. I remember back in the 90s, Zoom head hunted a local guitarist and said "hey man, we want you to do som in-store demos of our gear at the local music store". It was a win/win ... not only did people buy the Zoom products, kids with were inspired to buy guitar 'starter packs', and years later those same 'kids' came back to buy more gear as their skills advanced (as well as the minority becoming band members). Sadly, that same store no longer has the regular in-store demos on a Saturday morning. The gear distributors just tell the store what to stock and hope that their products are made popular via KZbin (eg Andertons, Sweetwater, Pedal Show, Pete Thorn, etc). The 'human element' has gone from the local music store, despite having a lot of staff standing around and not engaging with customers. Just recently, I went into my local store to test a new Fender Tone Master Bassman ... the sales assistant just said "plug it in and work it out for yourself" and nothing encouraging like "would you like to take it home with you?". And certainly none of the "how long have you been playing, are you in a band?" friendly questions. At another store 2 miles away, they had a complete range of Kemper, Blug Guitar, Line 6, Fender, Boss, etc products in store and hooked up for demo, but NOBODY was trained to meet & greet customers and get the 'old analogue guys' inspired to spend a few dollars. Yes, KZbin demos are the go, but if a guitar store sales guy says that sales are down, then it's up to him/her to turn that around and earn what their employer is paying them to do.

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

@@CorbCorbin 100% correct. It’s all placebo until it comes to gain stages and classic modulation in my opinion!

[@A.lee1312]

I got really excited to see this and I may still pick one up but i feel like this, along with the rest of the tone print line, is always so close to what I want but falls short functionality wise. not including footswitch control jacks that would make all the extra footswitch functions available simultaneously has always been the reason why i end up not picking up a tone print pedal. the access to tap tempo externally to the pedal or mash in tandem with tap tempo seems like something that should be a pretty standard feature especially on something more expansive like the bigger plethoras.

[@JayTheLane]

I’d agree with all of this 👆🏼

[@gavmurph3764]

I have had my pedal for nearly two weeks and there is still no Plethora x1 on the dropdown menu in the app. I have been updating it everyday waiting...

[@Kattemageren]

Cool that it's finally here. A great bit of gear, it seems🎉

[@justPiero]

ok, I need this, hx one at the start of the chain and this at the end. yes!

[@tcelectronic]

Seems like a lot of fun!

[@davidp158]

Thanks for the demo of this pedal! It's nice to have so many effects packed into a compact pedal. Q: Can you set the foot switch to be latched for some presets, and momentary with "MASH" and tap tempo for others? I want to have one preset with a latched, continuous "hold" function, but I want the other presets to use momentary with MASH and tap tempo control. Do you know if I can do this, or is the switch option a global setting for all presets?

[@Rob_B_93]

Nice! Now I feel like the plethora x1, tonex one, hx one, and a little midi controller will be the ultimate small rig.

[@tcelectronic]

Seems like a powerhouse 😊

[@enzograz6660]

Great! I have plethora x5 and it is everithing I need. X1 is great people to get sucked in and get bigger Plethora.! It is not clear to me why dont I see it on more boards. It is not just great, customizable effects, it is so intuitive and practical. It is underated function that you can change effect order so easely. When I bought mine I realised how lazy I was to change pedal order and explore, because you make whole mess on board with cables, rearanging pedals etc, but whit this you can do that in a second. The only thing I would like to be fixed, for me, is connection with app, it does not work so I always have to ue PC , but not a big deal. Also, give us infinite sustainer, and also some ring modulator from you would be nice! I also have Rusty fuzz, which is modified, and now it has blend control, since I am bassist only. There is small sound sample of that on my IG. Keep on doing a good work! All the best!

[@tcelectronic]

Thank you so much for your input! The intention is definitely that you can move the pedal around to fit your purpose for a scenario and then switch around whenever you feel the need for a new effect 🙌

[@stevesmith3990]

At last. I was hoping you would do this years ago!

[@larsfrederiksen3005]

Well, quite honestly it has been in the works for a long time.. But now it's here :)

[@LostPlanet2024]

I love my PlethoraX5. This is a no brainer for the swiss army knife role.

[@starflek]

Yup. Only thing missing for me is a easy way of volume control : I want something that push my amp before the fx loop and then that diminish the volume after it. With te plathora I have to use a compressor for that ... i'd like just a volume boost for that

[@johansmarin4979]

This is just genius!!!!

[@tcelectronic]

😎

[@castleanthrax1833]

Very handy these pedals. I have a Hotone Xtomp which does the same thing. It saves buying a modulation or other unique pedal that you may only use for one song.

[@Jonassonk]

The Xtomp do look veyr powerful! and cool futuristic design - but - to me, it really lacks more visual feedback on the pedal. I really like that about the PX1, you can see what algo/TonePrint is loaded and what parameter you are editing and so on - without using your phone. Also it has the A/B mode and MASH - you can really get creative with that too!

[@justinbernal1]

Just got mine today, the PX1 isn't available in the tone print app, already submitted a support ticket. Very frustrating right out the gate

[@tcelectronic]

That seems very unfortunate! Did you update the app?

[@justinbernal1]

@tcelectronic app reads APP INFO Software version:4.6.16 This is the latest version. Build: 0007 - 25e8c66a

[@kennethc2466]

How? NO ONE has one in stock, even though they say they do. The product is NOT launched yet, regardless of this video saying so. Even Sweetwater BS'd me about it's 'launch', after purchasing one. These type of shenanigans almost make me want to cancel my order.

[@kennethc2466]

@@tcelectronic I just updated my app, no X1, because it's not launched yet, even thought you say so. Not even a youtuber has one.

[@justinbernal1]

Dude I picked mine up from guitar center two days after I ordered it on line, yes it has already hit the streets, I wish the software was working though it's a real pain in the butt. I'm ready to return mine​@@kennethc2466

[@hillblocksview]

Tone print app does not work. Customer service has been no help. They told me to watch this video. This does nothing to help the issue. I made a video on KZbin showing all the problems with it. Please fix

[@shckltnebay]

Im still using the Digitech iStomp, this looks like it may be a great replacement

[@Zwidawurzn]

Nice! I always wondered why there's no pedal which does just toneprints without being an expensive huge multifx unit

[@EversonBernardes]

That's one wild looking pickguard.

[@tcelectronic]

Yeah, what color is it? 👀

[@frantasma]

Love Plethora pedals! but I miss my INFINITE SAMPLE SUSTAINER in them

[@wojtekwozniak9272]

Finally a match for my old Zoom Ms-cdr 70

[@hollownation]

Is it though? I mean the zoom as well as line 6 stuff from that era with lots of pedal models in will still work in 30 years but one day the app this thing is reliant on will stop working, I hope I’m wrong but when there is an app involved it just puts me right off

[@Jonassonk]

@@hollownation I get what you are coming from, though, you can still use the pedal without the app, just saying, of course each preset you will be limited to the three controls. But it is not like the pedal will stop working, right. Seems like lots of the digital stuff has an app nowadays, say the Nano Cortex you really also need the app to edit effects and so on. But personally , the notion of the app might stop being supported in the future, wouldn't stop me buying it today tbh

[@hollownation]

@ fair comment and I’m sure they will sell enough but I don’t think it will get the lasting status of the zoom pedals or even the line 6 m pedals

[@Jonassonk]

@@hollownation that would be cool - time will tell!

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

​@@hollownationTC will never decommission the Toneprint app. They have over 20 pedals in their line-up that relies on it. So, at least as far as TC is concerned, the app is not going to be an issue in the future.

[@livinthesound5182]

Exactly what i need! Says analog dry trough, yeeess!!! Retail price?

[@Kattemageren]

A simple Google search could have helped you here. Sweetwater has them for sale at 179$

[@stereoroid]

Thomann says €195.

[@livinthesound5182]

@stereoroid uhh, i was hoping the price to be around 150

[@Kattemageren]

@@livinthesound5182 150 is the price of an individual toneprint pedal, obviously the plethora x1 will cost more then, since you essential get all toneprint pedals in one

[@Kattemageren]

@@livinthesound5182 150 is the standard price for a single toneprint pedal. Why would you expect this to cost the same as that?

[@migas114]

1:52 Are we getting a Flashback 3 delay or was this just a typo?

[@tcelectronic]

Yeah folks we're sorry about that. That was a typo unfortunately 😭

[@migas114]

@tcelectronic damn, why you gotta tease us like that?! Guess I can go ahead and buy the fb2 without worrying about a new one coming out.

[@tcelectronic]

​@@migas114 Haha!

[@CCovers1]

Waiting for the Ampworx loader...

[@sebastienalbert8066]

Great ! is it possible to load a looper ?

[@tcelectronic]

Great question! Unfortunately that isn't possible.

[@macvumusic]

Since the software connections are through USB and Bluetooth MIDI, can you also use that connectivity to control it with a MIDI controller?

[@tcelectronic]

Unfortunately not.

[@jasonmusic9938]

whoa cool

[@da1215]

Please add a tuner function

[@beeflin]

And the X0 mini pedal?

[@ukguitarnoodle]

X37 ftw

[@tcelectronic]

@@ukguitarnoodle oh boy we'll be busy crafting that 😭

[@AudreyYun]

woah woah woah.... what use are all my other tc pedals now that there's one that's just all of them? LOL

[@Jonathan-L]

At the time they came out, they were a significant product. It seems that TC's biggest competitor is themselves. The bang for buck is in the Plethora, hence no incentivie to buy any of their other individual pedals. But that's progress. I envisage that one day a guitar will come with all of this wizardry in the guitar, and people will spend the rest of their lives changing settings and not playing songs. No complaints though, we're living in good times.

[@Jonassonk]

@@Jonathan-L I dunno, the regular pedals are still 2/3 the price (Flashback 2 as example), and they have the parameters printed, and have more presets at hand without app if you are not into that sort of thing. And most people would want multiple pedals, so bying a Hall of Fame 2 and Flashback 2 is much less than two PX1 - room for both to me!

[@JayTheLane]

TC great idea but I presume you can only have one effect on at any given time and can’t chain effects?

[@isaacandhismusic1153]

Has it got the infinite?

[@FuzzImp]

Oh yeah. Here we go ❤

[@matthewfreeman33]

Just curious if this thing does anything unique to TC Electronics that my Fractal can't do already

[@jasonmusic9938]

an expression and tap/mini midi for clock would have been perfect.

[@jasonmusic9938]

i see it has a usb, is it possible to use midi over usb?

[@Jonathan-L]

2:53 ... "You know it's good when it's hard to pronounce" ... Maybe that explains why reverberation has been shortened to 'reverb'?

[@ElmerFerrer]

Does it have a tuner?

[@tcelectronic]

No it does not.

[@ElmerFerrer]

@ you should add one, the screen is big enough

[@infinitybassuk]

It's been a long, long time TC...! But, I think I've fallen in love.. again.. 🎛️🤩🎸

[@tcelectronic]

"Again" 🥰❤

[@GlennJimenez]

YES F I N A L L Y

[@tcelectronic]

YES

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

Apart from these 7 categories can we get more effects to choose from?

[@tcelectronic]

You can actually choose between all these: Hall of Fame 2 Reverb, Flashback 2 Delay, Helix Phaser, Viscous Vibe, Sub n Up Octaver, Brainwaves Pitch Shifter, Corona Chorus, Hypergravity Compressor, Mimiq Doubler, Vortex Flanger, Pipeline Tap Tremolo, Quintessence Harmony, Sentry Noise Gate and Shaker Vibrato 😊

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

@ Sounds great! I hope they add more to it in the days to come.

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

Looks like I'm going to get my 5th TC Eletronic pedal! Any chance this can be controlled by MIDI? Cause that would make this just absolutely perfect!

[@Jonassonk]

no midi, but the X3 and X5 has!

[@tcelectronic]

This pedal can't be controlled by MIDI.

[@georgewilkins4231]

Very temping.. Not a tc pedal but I had a jack of all trades modulation pedal that covered all mods with 2 choices for each.. Trouble was I didn't like ANY of them... BUT this TC pedal could well be different.. I'm thinking about it... 😊

[@Jonathan-L]

Let me guess, you had a Tonex One?

[@bobbyhancock3347]

Can you load IR’s or a looper?

[@tcelectronic]

Unfortunately no.

[@seek4truth]

Does it include a multi-band conpressor like hyper-gravity? Thank you

[@CaseCollins]

that one is in the x5 so i assume it would be included...

[@Kattemageren]

From the tc site (Google is your friend): "Hall of Fame 2 Reverb, Flashback 2 Delay, Helix Phaser, Viscous Vibe, Sub n Up Octaver, Brainwaves Pitch Shifter, Corona Chorus, Hypergravity Compressor, Mimiq Doubler, Vortex Flanger, Pipeline Tap Tremolo, Quintessence Harmony, Sentry Noise Gate and Shaker Vibrato. "

[@rockychieng88]

So it is Line 6 Pod Express but without amp.

[@soundgardener75]

Nope.

[@dtwo31]

Why this over a Tonex One though?

[@255george]

one is strong on the gain/ampish stuff. the other ambience/modulation.

[@dtwo31]

@ updates getting stronger on tonex, iirc they j released a major update with modulation and wet stuff

[@davidr.4409]

Asa regular TC costumer, i would buy if it had also the Infinite Sustainer! Or else its just the same as having the old pedals in a white fancy pedal box with a little lcd screen. Whats new, if you dont put anything new on it?

[@Kattemageren]

Infinite sustainer isn't a toneprint enabled pedal, hence why it's not in this. It's a new product since it allows you to have all toneprint effects in a single, relatively small, pedal. What more so you want, really?

[@soundgardener75]

@@KattemagerenWell said!

[@tiptop8218]

i had a lot of this toneprint pedals...all came and all are gone.... it is a taste thing...

[@david_heryanto]

Can we control this pedal with MIDI?

[@Jonassonk]

no midi, but the X3 and X5 has!

[@tcelectronic]

Unfortunately it does not. This was heavily considered, but we really wanted to keep the product as simple as possible. While MIDI opens up a lot of great opportunities, we found that it also makes the product much more complex.

[@baewatchniall8686]

What does the toggle switch do?

[@vnvtraining7203]

I think the ToneX is an amp sim with effects. This is a multi effects pedal only that goes with your amp in the effects loop or front of amp.

[@baewatchniall8686]

@@vnvtraining7203I feel like your reply is meant for another video

[@Jonassonk]

Used to change different settings directly from the pedal

[@tcelectronic]

The toggle switch is used to navigate menus on the pedal, allowing you to change TonePrints and footswitch modes on the fly.

[@Freddekaddeth]

Would be nice if it could do all at once.

[@Kattemageren]

That's where the X3 and X5 come in

[@Freddekaddeth]

@@Kattemageren X3 and X5 have 3 or 5 separate effect that are not able to do them all 3 or 5 in one stomp switch at once.

[@Kattemageren]

@@Freddekaddeth well, depends how you look at it. You can change an entire "board" at once with those

[@DC9V]

This is going to be the next and maybe the last pedal that I buy. Only a 96kHz version could top this.

[@Kattemageren]

Haha "last pedal", heard that one before, lol

[@tcelectronic]

I bet the next guitar you buy is also your "last"? 😏

[@thierry18]

So basically an hx one alternative? Cool

[@ryanpappenfuss]

Without midi 😂

[@Herfinnur]

Finally! Hopefully this will make people sell their X3 so I can buy it cheaply 😜

[@tcelectronic]

Haha! 😛

[@GuitarJawn]

No lie, I thought it was Steve Vai at first

[@255george]

Midi compatible ?? (this and a Morning Star...)

[@ryanpappenfuss]

Doesn’t appear so, which is a massive oversight.

[@tcelectronic]

Unfortunately not.

[@sebastianb.2385]

Does it include the sustain Pedal?

[@Kattemageren]

From the tc site (Google is your friend): "Hall of Fame 2 Reverb, Flashback 2 Delay, Helix Phaser, Viscous Vibe, Sub n Up Octaver, Brainwaves Pitch Shifter, Corona Chorus, Hypergravity Compressor, Mimiq Doubler, Vortex Flanger, Pipeline Tap Tremolo, Quintessence Harmony, Sentry Noise Gate and Shaker Vibrato. "

[@sebastianb.2385]

@ thank you!

[@arodgoogle6327]

Love TC ELECTRONIC PLETHORA pedals. I own the X5 and will be buying the X3. Would like to see it in a X2 version.

[@tcelectronic]

Interesting 🤔

[@ArvelJoffi]

I’m waiting for the X4 and the X6, but will settle for an X0.5.

[@erikvonbehr]

X2 would be perfection 😂❤

[@Kattemageren]

Just get the X3

[@mythandsin]

If this thing had midi I’d actually consider it as an extra effect I could control with my other gear. I think it’s a massive mistake you left that out. I know the x3 and x5 have midi but real estate space on my board would have made the x1 with midi perfect Such a shame

[@larsfrederiksen3005]

I was a clear decision to not include MIDI. You're right. Time will tell whether it was a good or a bad one. Just know that it was not forgotten, but as with every development process in the world at some point some features are included and others omitted.

[@stockholm1752]

It’s not hard to pronounce.

[@bryanp8010]

Great idea but their pedals are just okay as far as tone. I have the x5 and just can’t get great tones; not bad, but not great.

[@MHSDankusPotatus]

Need

[@tcelectronic]

YES

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

She needs to file her saddle to stop that awful buzzing.

[@DerpRulesAll]

But she's got the job, and you're in the Peanut Gallery. 😂

[@Jonathan-L]

@@DerpRulesAll ... that comment made my day!

[@digiwaves]

MEH! One effect at a time. MEH! ☹️

[@Kattemageren]

That's what X3 and X5 are for

[@digiwaves]

@ I know that. Using the name “Plethora” is a bit misleading to me.

[@Kattemageren]

@@digiwaves You have a plethora of effects to choose from, it's not that hard to grasp, really.

[@digiwaves]

@@Kattemageren Oh Geez!

[@soundgardener75]

Your narrow-mindedness is meh.

[@breachband9457]

1:54 This is not a great demo of the sound. Not a nice sound, and poorly played tbh…

[@bryanwolfbird]

This whole commercial is a little weird huh, I have no idea if it is any good or not based on the sound demo choices.

[@RichardDeHove]

"Plethora" ? Definitely in the top three worst pedal names ever.

[@tcelectronic]

Damn. What are the other two?

[@RichardDeHove]

@@tcelectronic There are dozens of pedal names that are just offensive or profane, that's easy. But you're in the "lame and cringe" category. That includes such greats as Disnortion and PisdiYAUwot.

[@HEZ63]

Just the next dispensable digital plastic tone toy for preset-freaks, nothing for me.

[@cnoberich]

The body is made of metal, just so you know. ;)

[@HEZ63]

@@cnoberich I did not mean the enclosure, but the sounds. ;-) The guitarists, with whom I grew up, often only had a a guitar and an amp, but they played more awesome music, than I hear today from most players with overloaded pedalboards and hundreds of presets, but lousy, exchangable tones. So something is wrong in this more options and effects = better music as the result theory, at least for me.

[@cnoberich]

@@HEZ63 no biggy :) And I can very much relate to what you're saying. Some of my favorite albums have been recorded in a "garage". Do they sound crisp and clean? Hell no! Do they have a ton of character? F. Yeah! 😅

[@soundgardener75]

Someone surely has never used a Toneprint pedal of sorts to make a judgement. 🤣🤦🏾‍♂️

[@HEZ63]

@@soundgardener75 Already had owned some of them, but soon returned them. I also am no fan of the Toneprint concept or any digital gear in general. But I most probably anyway am not the target group for these things, as I anyway hardly ever need or use any effects and the few ones, I maybe need, I already have.

[@steveshadforth8792]

No doubt it’ll fail after a few months like every other TC pile of shite pedal

[@larsfrederiksen3005]

Based on a sample size of how many?

[@Jonassonk]

Have a bunch of TC pedals - never failed here. Just , saying. Of course super annoying if you have experienced the opposite!

[@steveshadforth8792]

@@larsfrederiksen3005 the 3 I’ve owned. Probably even worse now they’re owned by Behringer.

[@larsfrederiksen3005]

@@steveshadforth8792 Interesting. Which pedals are they and how did they fail? The quality has not been changed for the most part, just produced at a different factory.

[@steveshadforth8792]

@@larsfrederiksen3005 they’ll never get another cent from me

[@albertog4114]

i have my little idea about why rock n roll has been so boring and limp since 2-3 years ...where are the real punk and disrespectful rockers ? today they seems so weak and sluggish

[@Kattemageren]

Incredibly relevant comment to this product video, don't you think?

[@soundgardener75]

Stay in your nostalgia and let the rest of us move on.

[@cnoberich]

Not that it has anything to do with the product, but here you have some real weak and sluggish punk rockers from 2024: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHfYm5ured-dr9k The whole channel is full of sluggish weaklings like these btw. 🖤

[@NunkaOlvidar]

You are so Trve, please, tell us more!