Polara, Obscura, Nautila

[@dosgos]

I like how you find just the right mix of improv music and equipment.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@stevehanlon7627]

"find"

[@tylerprice6964]

Clicked to justify my polara purchase for my dx7 and you’ve made me feel like a chump for not committing sooner. Thank you!!

[@1_of_4]

Wow those pedals work great together. The DX 7 sounds tremendous. Another great video.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you :^)

[@justindpeak]

Sweet. Wish you could have ran through each one separately just to see what each one was adding. Maybe next time? Sounded great regardless

[@0richbike]

The old brown DX 7 is still one of the greats. With some quality effects it's phenomenal.

[@danforesman2627]

I was looking into the pedals then stumbled into this, realized, Yeah, Paolo! FM! It's funny how happy seeing you made me. And then, you worked your magic. Ah!

[@SaifSameer]

Truly it's an impressive combination, the evolving spatial effect brings back those early memories.

[@Petersonstudios]

This Makes two things very clear: 1. Paolo is Amazing. 2. The DX7 is one of the best synths ever created! :D I think i'm gonna invest in these pedals :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Waaaay too kind, thank you! Yes, the DX7 is a fantastic synth, and a classic

[@Deeplycloseted435]

All three of those are very nice, and reasonably priced. Those stacked knobs are just great, genius. Keeps the pedal small, and the knobs big.

[@Marcus-ym2kg]

Your playing is great btw! Always get to the heart of the sound you chose/made 👍🏻

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@framax67]

Love the dx7 ❤️ Mythical synth ! Thanks for sharing these fabulous sounds.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you like them!

[@strykermoonfall2220]

Found your channel from the Gearslutz forums. I've learned a lot from your posts there and your fantastic channel here. Subbed, great job at showing what these awesome little pedals can do.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Awesome, thank you!

[@CholokMauser]

Congratulations! You just sold me another two pedals. I've already bought Polara thanks to your presentations

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^) Enjoy them!

[@DavidBoura]

I see a DX7, i click. Those Fx's sound great!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@benh.635]

That is so beautiful! The difference is absolutely stunning! Your playing was also spot-on, matching the tone that was created with the pedals very nicely. :D

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@benh.635]

You're welcome :)

[@thirstyCactus]

Love that riff! DX7 + huge reverb 🤤

[@TH3_FURY]

What a fantastic demo, these pedals are transcending the DX7 ! DigiTech do a great job on this serie ! You have some great skillz in key practice, is it your how song ! It's very "Danny Elfman" like..it think about "Edward Scissorman", "Nightmare Before Christmas" or "Coraline" ! That little melody is so quiet and sweet ! Bravissimo signore Paolo !

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, Eric!

[@christopherrusch]

I can’t get over that reverb just wow

[@Eyepatchfilms]

Enjoying the pedal demos with synths!

[@tomblaze2]

Sounds amazing together - If I had that rig I would start every song with that DX7 El. Piano and fx

[@savanaviolenta]

those digitech pedals are really cool,I need now the Nautila to complete the trio

[@M1ghty0m3ga]

Very dreamy stuff!! Excellent video!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@nofretzDW]

Wow. Magnificent texture. Bravo.

[@ZenithMusicNet]

Wow, this is really something magical.

[@5argetech56]

Those pedals would work equally as well on my Casio vz1.

[@MrBoembas]

Very nice effect ! Beautifull thanks !!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Daniel, thank you!

[@matrixsynth]

Funny. I have Cocteau Twins "Plain Tiger" in the background right now as I'm listening to this video. Listening to Tiny Dynamine/Echoes in a Shallow Bay.

[@Vintersemestre00]

Tiny Dynamite is probably my favorite Cocteau Twins EP. Either that or Love's Easy Tears.

[@matrixsynth]

Same here. Those are my two favorites. I love everything by them though. Treasure was the first I heard, then picked up Garlands and then I got everything by them. Tiny Dynamine was just released when I got into them. Listening to Victorialand right now to wind down.

[@Vintersemestre00]

Victorialand is actually my all-time favorite, by them or anyone. I love everything by them as well, though their 80s stuff is untouchable. Happy to run into another CT fan :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Personally, even though I love many of their albums, I am partial to Victorialand. I bought that album in 1986 when it came out and I must have played "Oomingmak" about 18,000 times when I first got the record. That song still haunts me to this day!

[@TH3_FURY]

Cool, there is many CT fans here....!!! I own a vinyl discography from 'Garlands" to "Heaven or Las Vegas" (all 4AD period 82/90) and some ep/singles ! This band is haunted me since 1985 and it's funny because I just started to listen them after watching the movie "Lovely Bones" ...I just did a 3 days session with CT and they're always fabulous ! Cheers guyz !

[@Maschinestorm]

Very early 90s Twin Peaks

[@vladimirussachevsky1315]

Beautiful! Really enjoyed that. Great combination. Sold me on the DX7 haha. I have always wanted one. Maybe I should pick one up.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@erikt211]

I was just about to recommend the Strymon BigSky to you after watching this video, but then KZbin recommended me a review you made on it right after! Haha

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@8bitscommander]

Beautiful combination...

[@britzman9905]

could be a box office soundtrack

[@J._Campbell]

Absolutaly awesome beauty!!

[@Lowerhaightstreet]

that is great they are stereo in and out

[@Nomo_Popo]

That sounds awesome, sir.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@thomassynths]

So that's what's under the hood of a D50...

[@TronDawg]

So good. Thank you for sharing

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bigicedpf7279]

From 5:38 it kinda reminds me of The Goonies movie!

[@Corey-gb1rx]

Beautiful. Kind of a long time ago but if you remember, how did they handle line level?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Fine

[@whatsupchicken]

NIce, I just wish you turn them on one by one!

[@korolchukpp]

Очень красиво!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Спасибо!

[@VictorSchelsinger]

It sounds great man!!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, --!

[@mountainmovin]

Hey Paolo great as usual my good sir. Where did you get your patch cables? Keep up the awesome videos .

[@joeboygsxr]

Looking for some FX for my hardware setup at the minute myself, don't know if I should go for pedals like the Polara or should I go for rack units? I think I'd like to get some old rack units like old alesis and lexicon reverbs but could just as easily go for pedals, any opinions on what I should go for? Looking for nice reverbs (not nescessarily HQ, some lofi as well)

[@GraveyarDisciple]

I hear a crack on the left middle is it coming from your DX7?

[@ebeep]

Paolo, how does this option for effects compare to the Sony HR-MP5 in terms of sound quality?

[@Torrente70]

I asked several times: why dont you make a CD with those sweet songs when presenting instruments??

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

The problem is the time :(

[@Torrente70]

but you have only to longer the little song melodies, many of us would be happy

[@wax83]

That crackling noise is from the DX or the recording is clipping? With the effects on it is very emphasized.. Great demo nonetheless!

[@basicnoise]

Thanks for the nice demo. Would have been even better, if you would have turned the boxes on one after another.

[@eduardobuscariolli6152]

Great vídeo, as always. Since the guys in the previous posts brought Cocteau Twins and I saw that you also like them, I would like to post a request. Do you have any idea how they got the background sound at Lazy Calm intro ? Thanks for excelente vídeos.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, Eduardo, do you mean the very first sound as the song starts? If yes, that's a guitar with effects

[@eduardobuscariolli6152]

Yes, the very first sound. Yes it is a guitar with echo effect, but till today I´ve never could figure out what else. But I finally saw a cover showing how it was made. Thanks for the replay and have nice evening.

[@pizzagogo6151]

Really interesting, didn’t know these were full stereo! ( main reason why I’ve avoided guitar effects for synths). Silly bias but I hate the pedal formfactor. Is there an equivalent digitech rack with these effects algorithms in it?

[@NeZversSounds]

Aw, I was waiting for isolated pedal test :(

[@epicon6]

He made another video where you can see on screen what pedal is active kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJWUqWynecykpNU

[@hfugmann]

Awesome

[@wyldemantis]

Amazing

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you

[@benh.635]

If you take requests, would you possibly be able to do some Berlin School style with these pedals? :D

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Sure, we can do some Berlin style with the delay and the reverb - noted in the to-do list

[@benh.635]

Ok, thank you! :D

[@ogasi1798]

Top shelf 👌🏻

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks! :^)

[@progressMAN89]

at the beginning of the video improvisation?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes, it's just a copy-paste of the same content in the video

[@slammingsamples8855]

Too good 🤙

[@anyvideo8876]

What about the new death metal song?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Working on it :^)

[@anyvideo8876]

Take your time!

[@LouisSerieusement]

So, you don't use attenuator before sending the signal to the pedals ? You just drop down the volume I imagine

[@piewars12345]

TheOrangepeak I'm pretty sure these guys are made to take a pretty hot signal... shouldn't have to do much :)

[@piewars12345]

TheOrangepeak I'm pretty sure these guys are made to take a pretty hot signal... shouldn't have to do much :)

[@LouisSerieusement]

Yeah it would make sens ! but as I only came across pedal which were only made for guitar uses, seeing this surprised me at first ; even some recent pedal are heavely distorded if you put your synth / drum machine signal through them at max volume ;

[@piewars12345]

TheOrangepeak I feel ya....I have the Polara and it takes synths like a champ. Great sounding pedal too :)

[@LouisSerieusement]

I only use old or cheap technology so the signal is always distorded (not always in a good way) if I don't pay attention ; for example the boss pedals usually don't accept high level signal, or my spring reverb RX100 either, even if their is a 3pole switch to attenuate the signal, you have to drop the volume to aceptable level and sometimes you loses dynamics by doing so, especially with analog synth/drum machine ; but well that's not a big deal at all their is plenty ways of dealing with this ; I hope one day I would have great effect boxes :p for now I accept and love my gear :)

[@westbestp]

WOW!

[@StefanoPapaleo-TS]

ME-RA-VI-GLIA!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@BboySalamon]

Super, Cosmicromanticism

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Every effect pedal should be stereo.

[@mason7031]

First!

[@stevebuchan6642]

crap synth + fx = amazing. dx7 + fx = mind blown

[@antigen4]

no synth is crap... there is no acting - only casting

[@venomslair137]

Way to deep...!!!