Synths with Pedals Part 1 - Using Guitar Pedals w/ Synthesizers - Moogerfooger

[@danielcavazuti8476]

I feel like this guy is trying to sell me guns in a dark hotel room lol taxi driver style

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

he totally is lol

[@Wax100beats]

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[@poultryforest7453]

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[@hrnekbezucha]

_"Ring mod is like brown sauce. I love it to death but you can't put it on everything."_

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hahahaha

[@TheOfficialRemiMoore]

You got that right.

[@tristunalekzander5608]

As a guitar player getting into modular synthesis, this was really cool. Thank you.

[@amadeusvprozac]

I can't believe Daft Punk used the a metal zone. That's awesome!

[@phantommagnolia]

The chemical bros too

[@pcgNino]

play something damit

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

You're so tough on me Tray Nino lol

[@pcgNino]

Noir Et Blanc Vie lol i got to be ur one of my favorite channels

[@pcgNino]

🔫🔪☠

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Haha, well part 2 will be up soon. I want to do another review video first. I'll do my best to not let you own when I o part 2!

[@ianwarwick6838]

Great introduction, my pedal board started as a guitar pedal board but now I run my TC Electronic Flashback and HOF through my mixing desk and can apply a little bit to each instrument coming into the desk including my synths but I am yet to get pedals just for my synths...

[@CoolspyGaming]

Can I hear "The Lick" in the background music? Nicely done, man. :D

[@josephwright5140]

The mf102 is by far my favorite pedal. I love using it both on melodic parts as well as rhythmic parts. Glad to see you giving it some love!

[@seanwolfe5161]

My live pedal set was Digitech Wammy pedal (amazing pitch shifting madness) -> Morley Wah Wah (a good simple filter at your feet) -> [Up at hand level] -> Line 6 Delay (tape delay feedback and looping) -> Frostwave Blue Ringer (an amazing ring mod pedal, and made a nice end of chain due to its gain control and wet/dry knob).

[@300687p]

My pedalboard- Overdrive1: Lovepedal AmpEleven (black-edition) Overdrive2: Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet Fuzz: Zvex Fat Fuzz Factory Delay: Empress Tape Delay Tremolo: Diamond TRM1 Tuner: Tc Electronics PolyTune

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

300687p solid setup! Do you use the Empress Tape Delay as much as I imagine I totally would?!? 🙌🏾

[@300687p]

Noir Et Blanc Vie totall! Like all the time ..

[@snooptiger]

having so much fun watching your footages, very well said and helping!

[@jonthewolf93]

i love the moog MF delay, great with guitar or synths. the drive on it is also great

[@AdnanAlsannaa]

Wish there was a side demo, but I guess we could look them up.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

I'll demo them all in part 2, I know I said it in the vid, but I guess I should have been more clear. Takes a long ass time to light and film so I didn't have time yet. Apologies.

[@ancientmartianunderground]

You asked if I had any suggestions for a replacement for the " Green Rhino"...(I had to look that up) So, myself, as a synth player, I have mostly used tube guitar amps for a subtle overdrive. This is great in studio, but portable rig I use an old "Big Muff" ( from Russia). This thing is also known as a fuzz box, and this pedal refuses to die....decades and still sounds great. I am looking for a tube pedal that can be powered by batteries, and really overdrives. Keep up the good work!

[@jacksonshelton8055]

I am in the process of circuit bending my dads old Boss CE-3 analog chorus pedal. Its so old that the D.C. input jack doesn't work any more, and it's been dropped a lot. It's a good pedal. I think circuit bending any cheap old pedal like an old Boss or a cheap-O Behringer can make it miles better.

[@cowrofficial2924]

I have 4 digitech pedals; obscura, ventura, nautila and the dirty robot! the polara has been out of stock for a little while now, although I have several real nice reverbs, I love the Digitech experience I have had so far that I can't not have the beautiful polara in my synth effects lane!

[@hypnodelica]

I can't fit my effects on a pedalboard - but I'm using a Korg Stage Echo, Mu-Tron Bi-Phase, Vermona Retroverb Lancet, Benidub Digital Delay, and A/DA Flanger... currently looking into picking up a good distortion pedal - thinking about either a PROCO Rat or Moog MF Drive... I used to use a Moogerfooger MF103 Phaser but I came into a bit of cash and the chance to get a Bi-Phase was too good to pass up - the Moog was very good but the Mu-Tron is so good that I pretty much use it on everything now - liquid gold...

[@gamepad3153]

alright so for my pedal board setup I use a Jimi hendrix JH1 wah , a Ibanez TS7 ,a maxtor ad900 analogue delay , a maxtor rod 881 ,a Ibanez CP10 compressor , a Electro Harmonix Electric Mistrress chorus / Flanger , a Sans Amp ,and a Digitech RP 50, All being fed into a 1995 Yamaha PSR320 midi keyboard.

[@la1ce]

I was waiting for the time when he takes off the moog pedals from the pedalboard with only one hand like he did with the polara. :D Great video and really cool style, thank you!

[@moonscore]

Thanks for the tips. Will definitely follow up on some of these units in the future

[@user-wz3jk4tp6x]

What kind of cables do need to connect the pedal to the key board ? I bought a mini nova and a strum on pedal not sure how to connect it

[@gamepad3173]

if I really wanna get funky then I'd throw in a Vocoder and Synthesizer pedal. even if say my keytar has a built in one like the Korg 100S2 for example.

[@GDub83]

Right now my board is a zoom multi stomp, TC T2 and TC alter ego

[@mysteryperson4295]

Amazing video, as per usual. Can't wait for part two; I just saw your two Midweek Melodies videos and was amazed. Also, one more thing for the One Minute Synth Reviews: The Yamaha Reface synths are AWESOME. :)

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Thanks again for the kind words! I totally need to get my hands on a couple of the Refaces for sure. Here is my plan for the reviews for the rest of 2017 in no particular order. 1. Volcas, at least 2, Roland VP‑03 , Minilogue, Reface CP, Hopefully a Dave Smith Synth, Pittsburgh Modular Synth...I want to do the MS-20 Mini too, but I don't know if that's in the cards since I have to actually WANT to review it...which I'm kinda EH about. The white revision of it may be interesting to people though.

[@thomasstillman4805]

Try connecting a Roland Micro Cube GX, to a Zoom 505 ll multi effects pedal, for playing around at home. Great for keyboards and guitar! Heap Cheap!

[@christhayil8354]

Are these guitar pedals gong through a synth?

[@danielcavazuti8476]

I just got a boss rv6 reverb for my sub 37, pretty awesome! Keep up the good videos man! Nicely done

[@alyeska4226]

I'd like to see your review of the MOD Duo X... the virtual modular fx unit for synth artists!

[@maxherholz8010]

Thanks for the video. Would be great to extend this series and show some examples of pedals in action.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hey Max, like I said in Part 2 of this series I'll go through them all. It just takes a ton of time to light and film so I had to break this into 2 parts. It will be out soon though!

[@maxherholz8010]

Oh nice, didn't see part 2, will have to look for that video. Been looking for vids on keyboards and guitar pedals for a while, so this is great. The Moog MF-101 LowPass filter is another great one and the Strymon Big Sky is an amazing reverb I use with my Sub-37. Great channel, keep up the good work.

[@robertsyrett1992]

I really like the Moogerfooger Ringmod as a tremolo for everyday use. Also, I find the carrier oscillator handy an an extra triangle wave in eurorack since it tracks VPO and has a dedicated LFO to provide vibrato. I will have to check out that Super Puss. Would you say Super Puss is better-sounding than the Minifooger Delay? That's my current BBD unit.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

You're so right Robert. So much of the value behind the Moogerfoogers is actually their flexibility and usefulness as more than one effect. I really do like the ability to use the LFO on the RingMod standalone. Oooooo....Ok, so I can't speak for the Minifooger delay, BUT the Moogerfooger 104M delay and the Supa Puss are very different to my ears. If I could have the Moogerfooger I'd take that over the Supa Puss, but there was just something magical about that 104M man................the price they go for on ebay is justified. If I had the space I'd get a Clusterflux just to satisfy my GAS lol

[@robertsyrett1992]

Minifooger delay is basically the short setting on the 104m without any modulation or cv options. But yeah, Clusterflux and 104M are the gold standard!

[@AdnanAlsannaa]

Wish this was a more than a 2 part series. I mean, I just wish there was more content. The stuff you upload is top notch!!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Thanks! Adnan. I'm trying to do 2 videos a week. As of now though production of episodes takes longer than most other KZbin channels and I hope it shows. Trying to bring the quality ya know!

[@AdnanAlsannaa]

I know! It definitely shows!! Like specially in this one. As much as I like how spontaneous KZbin videos generally are, I like it more when its done in a professional way like you are doing. The shots, your writing for the videos, the background music.. haha i love it!

[@lozoz]

This is freakin' awesome! Looking forward to episode 2

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Thanks Lozoz!!! Give it a couple weeks...I want to fit a review in before I film this. Thanks for watching :)

[@davido3109]

Nice short videos and perfect explainations... deep!

[@demerit5]

Great video, man. Thank you for making this.

[@Chicagomatic]

Great, well-produced and informative videos. Please keep it up!

[@elliot14]

I love your presenting style! And great advice as well

[@CarlGontheBeat]

when are you going to release your "current favorite synth of all time"????

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hey Carl, I've gotta have the Sub 37 stop being my favorite synth of all time before I can pick a new one hahaha

[@JYeo22]

love your videos! great content!

[@MartinCraneRockbeast]

Consider Line 6 Helix. Or the HX pedal.

[@JackstandJohnny]

Damn bro. I just found your channel...and I love it. Subbed.

[@Larjschoen1]

Love your vids! One nit-picky suggestion would be to dust your machines before closeups. You do such a great job on presentation, its hard to look at dusty equipment! Save a potentiometer, use canned air! Perhaps caring for our cherished synths is a goof subject to cover. Seriously though great work! Keep going out doors, those are very entertaining vids!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

HAHAHAHA. You shoulda seen them before I dusted them for this video. I really enjoy filming outdoors! 1. Because I don't have to light a set, and 2 because I have to get more creative with angles. Plus the bright sun makes it a challenge. Just wait for the Halloween episode. I can't wait to film that!

[@shane_l8085]

The MF102 is great on drums too, I sometimes fire individual tracks from the Analog Rytm through it, it gives nice grit and texture when used subtley. I'm looking out for a chorus pedal and you've got me interested in the Blue Hippo, have you ever used it in comparison with the Minifooger chorus?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

I haven't actually used the Minifoogers at all yet, If I was going to start a brand new pedalboard I would definitely get those instead, primarily for space saving reasons. I would love to do a comparison of these two.......honestly I'll see if I can get my hands on one in the next couple of weeks.

[@shane_l8085]

Cool. I'll keep a lookout for that.

[@farticusmaximusOG]

Noir Et Blanc Vie Get yourself a clusterflux. Good for Chrous, flange, and whatever weirdness you need.

[@koekkoek2270]

Hi, just discovered your channel, really nice channel! But i got a question I think im going for a monologue, the digitech polara and maybe the obscura altered delay i saw in another video or the one from way huge the supa puss, i already got the way huge green overdrive. But now my question i play everything in mono (i think) on my mixer a A&H wz3 16/2 now i use acid synths and would love to use some fx but the acid is not in stereo, will it affect the effect if i play it in mono ? Can i connect all the stereo pedals in mono or would it be just stupid to buy a stereo pedal when i would probably never use it in stereo? and if i can play it in stereo without a D.A.W just my analogue mixer how so ? put everything in 2 channels or..? Thanks

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

The polars is stereo, but I use it in mono, it’s versatile though, so say you wanted to maybe go stereo with a drum machine etc you could.

[@michaelmoore1697]

I would have said the instrument made the song, but the effects made the sound.

[@JohnNoirSmith]

This video made me hate myself for selling my Way Huge Aqua-Puss. It's such a warm pedal, though it takes up a lot of space on the pedalboard.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Nice Middle name BTW! I love Way Huge stuff, If only the knew I existed haha

[@ancientmartianunderground]

Great video ...right up my alley...interesting your comment on ring modulator "gets the least love, but as an ambient effect... I guess I'll have to give that ring modulator another ,because it never got much love from me either. I was expecting the final moog to be a filter pedal...but thanks for the tip

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

You're welcome! I'm actually switching out my Green Rhino for something a bit more subtle. Any suggestions?

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Needs more cowbell, and a deja-vibe...

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

LOL. So you're saying you liked it, but in part 2 literally just cowbell it to death?

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Cowbell, obligatory. Deja-vibe, worth your time.

[@mayito3334]

My man, you speak well.

[@jamesbaynton1881]

Super puss... interesting idea. My synths are all cheap; volcas and boutiques, so I maxed my (tiny) budget on some Catalinbread pedals that are all digital but with uncanny vintage feel; the Belle Epoch tape delay, Topanga spring reverb and Adineko oil can delay. Can't recommend them enough. Looking forward to the next video.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

These Catalinbread pedals look sick, and they're made up in Oregon which I can totally get behind! Maybe I'll have to find way to get those guys to send me some pedals for review! I actually want to start a series like that, kinda like modular minute, but for pedals and synths.

[@generalmalaise2930]

holy shit this video is too good

[@rohanjoseph101]

Thank you for the walk through! Do you mind sharing what make and model that pedalboard is?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Basically it’s what would be the Pedaltrain Metro now, but obviously I bought mine years and years ago.

[@rohanjoseph101]

@@NoirEtBlancVie Thank you! I watched the part 2 of this video where you show the board itself. I guess it has been rebranded from the “jr” to “metro” then. I was really hoping to find an identical aluminium/silver version which they don’t seem to make anymore. Thanks again.

[@TheCleansingx]

The Strymons are beast pedals

[@JoeHannouch]

Love the new content thanks!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hey Joe, I'm super glad you're liking the new content. My goal is 1/2 videos a week of different content, and 1 One Minute Synthesizer Review a month. Let me know if you have any feedback, I'm always open to suggestions!

[@NostalgicRuckus]

Words and style.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Both good I hope ;)

[@etiennelarochelle3193]

Hey there Do you think the Zoom G1Xon would be a good stepping stone in the realm of pedals, for my Korg Monologue ? I will hopefully get in the future better pedals but I just can't afford those right now Thanks in advance ! Love your videos

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

I definitely think it’s plenty good! The Zoom has a lot of bang for the buck, plus, no one knows my pedals are expensive, all they care about is the final sound. I would just worry about buying more synths 😋. And thank you, just trying to keep up with the uploads!

[@etiennelarochelle3193]

I'll get it then ! I'm just discovering synths for now and I absolutely love my korg, it can do everything my piano couldn't do for years ! Thanks for the quick response

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

I clicked on the video because I thought you were Tosin Abasi lol. I ended up liking the video a lot though and subscribed

[@CoenBijpost]

Any problems with levels with those pedals?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Nope none at all, bought them over many years and they’ve always been really really good.

[@alyeska4226]

Can you help a cat understand (proper) order of fx in chain?

[@NME_REK]

Rite of the rip I dig it

[@urbannpa]

Have you ever reviewed the Mother 32?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Hey Pete, the Mother-32 was actually my first review ever. It's old and definitely not at the same level of production value, but the points I made are still valid. Check it or if you like!

[@urbannpa]

What is the Mother 32 and old version of?

[@Piratesteve81]

Damn, I love your glasses man.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Thanks! How I still haven't lost them after 2 years I don't know lol

[@alittlesmokeysmokeonsmoke2346]

You seriously need more subs!

[@GalenAus]

will you talk about how guitar pedals are mono and synths are stereo? and how one can work around that?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

I absolutely will GalenAus. I have to collect my thoughts about what I'm going to cover. I'll make sure I get this though!

[@HazeAnderson]

If you want to convert a mono signal to stereo you run it thu a pedal that has mono in and stereo out. If you want to run a stereo synth thru a pedal that is mono then you are going to get mono out in the end. You will also need a mixer that handles mono channels as well as stereo channels for proper panning balance.

[@sprungingforvoltage]

excellent!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Thank you!! I really loved doing this series!

[@whormongrmuzik]

zoom ms70cdr.... everyone should own one.

[@Ciudadana_Cero]

Super!

[@SpaceDisco1]

Look that‘s interesting and all... but what we really need from you is a video on how to be so goddamn cool. JK, great video and choices on the effects! I think some before and after demos would be fantastic tho.

[@bv9434]

Nice

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Rock And/Or Roll I hope so, I totally didn't QC this before I uploaded 🙈

[@shizzymcshizz]

keep looking at the camera like that i stg imma kiss you

[@Rhythmicons]

You need to go modular.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Rhythmicons clearly you haven't seen my Modular videos 😉. Follow me on Twitter, lots of companies have been sending me modules, hopefully I can review them soon!

[@Rhythmicons]

Yeah these just pop up in my feed from time to time. I just took delivery of a set of cabinets for my Moslab custom IIIp which I designed as a hybrid of the Moog 3p and 55 systems. I'm a huge Moog enthusiast.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

OMFG...Did you just say 55 System!!!!?????? Damn!

[@markparry3259]

Who is this guy introducing this video? He looks like someone out of Mantronix.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Mantronix was dope!!! I’ll take it hahaha

[@djugel]

why no sounds?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

This is part 1 in a 2 part series, in part 2 as I stated I'll give sound examples. You'll have to wait until part 2 for all that. It takes 10 plus hours for a video like this so doing all the sound samples and playing will take about the same. Only so many hours in a week, so make sure you stay tune for part 2 when I the team decides to produce is. Thanks for tuning in, I do appreciate it.

[@djugel]

I gotta admit .. I was just scanning thru as the lady was dozing off ... missed the part about sounds in part 2. I would delete this but I'll keep it up for other antsy nancy's like myself. Keep up the good work!

[@AndrewJemison]

I sold my swollen pickle to buy a Big Sky. The Sky is amazing but I really miss the pickle.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Damn really, RIP your Pickle...Does the Blue Sky do overdrive sounds as well?

[@AndrewJemison]

No not at all. Just absolutely incredible reverb. Like incredible. I'd buy a stereo pickle so fast.

[@bigmanlizard7326]

christ this fucker is smooth as shit

[@BargenMusic]

🕺🏼

[@sirgashmbe_nwa5397]

don't forget rack effects

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

The real Akai Dan would never say something like that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sirgashmbe_nwa5397]

@@NoirEtBlancVie true. I don't need to hide behind effects.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

HHahaha

[@1dkappe]

I keep waiting for one of these synths into pedals vids to warn about the importance of using a reamp box to tame line level signals.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

This is true, though, certain pedals can easily take the line level from a Synth with ease. Older pedals I used to have like the BigMuff seemed to have a real issue with that, but now with the way I hook up starting into the Moogerfooger (takes line level signals) I can gain stage properly. Pedals from companies like Neunaber can also take much hotter signals, so I definitely would have mentioned it if it were something I personally utilized and if companies weren’t conscious of this and working to have pedals work with hotter signals. Great point though ;)

[@1dkappe]

The original intent for pedals that take line level was using them in amps that had line level effects loops. That means that when line level comes in, line level also goes out, so you’re still in trouble. That aspect is rarely covered in a pedal’s spec, so you’re really guessing.

[@dmitrybudko3988]

Please play few notes with each of them!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

There’s a part 2 to this series. Just check my channel.

[@dmitrybudko3988]

oh, thanks! love it!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Glad I could help! :)

[@MacKayJustin]

Why is he wearing sun glasses, isn't it dark enough in there?

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

You’re new here I see. Lol

[@ronnieaux5290]

All talk, no rock.

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Ronnie Perez this is a 2 part series. Watch part 2 for sound examples. Thanks for watching!

[@valhallen4876]

You seem like the Neil degrass Tyson of music

[@erikvanzanen]

distracting game bg music imo

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

I can definitely see your point.