TC Electronic Infinite Sample Sustainer [like the Electroharmonix Freeze but more]

[@andrewday8886]

Got mine last week and my goodness do I love it! I have dug into the tone print stuff a little and you have all of the Hall of Fame reverbs in it! I cannot recommend this enough if you are at all interested in this effect. So great to see you do a video on this!

[@alfianbanjaransari4096]

Wait, the entire HOF2 effects are available for the Infinite via the Toneprint app?

[@KILLAGORILLA7000]

By far the best overview of this pedal I've found and lovely playing throughout. Excited to get my hands on this one.

[@peytonlambert7136]

Long deliberation, but your clear and decisive presentation resulted in my purchasing this. Thanks so much for hard work it takes to make and release videos.

[@zynthio]

The first thing you played in the intro sold me. So many demos of players not knowing how to use these sustainer pedals to their full potential like this. Added to my list of pedals to get!

[@david57strat]

This video made a believer out of me. I ended up picking it up back in February and have been in love with it ever since. Brilliant video, brother. I always enjoying watching these. Thanks for sharing this!

[@stevenjaywalters]

I love your playing. Very graceful and lyrical. Great video. Thinking of using the infinite to record some lush loops to fill out my acoustic performances.

[@Nick_Sorenson]

Sounds great and a little inspired by the 1988 Cliffs of Dover Intro.

[@reverb508]

Everything this dude plays sounds like late 80’s EJ and IM HERE FOR IT! John is such a tasteful player.

[@DBroce]

I bought this pedal today. Your video really pushed me to do it. I’ve read several of the comments and not one has mentioned the fx loop on the pedal. This is one of the main reasons I bought it.

[@phunkyjunkee]

I’m considering what to put in that loop. Sub n up, maybe a quintessence,

[@TheRealcdawg22]

@@phunkyjunkee How about everything?

[@vanessajazp6341]

I’ve heard people complaining about the motion, or “warbling” you can hear in the sustain with this pedal. I personally think it sounds more musical than the static hold of the Freeze.

[@johnnathancordy]

Agreed - in particular my Wife doesn't like the static hold of either the Freeze or Gamechanger Plus

[@uberjam-sam8512]

I am glad you said that. Me too (or three)!

[@SonOfNiall]

The negative aspect is that you can't decide whether it warbles or not. I guess it's the Infinite for the warble crowd, and the Freeze or the superior Superego+ for the non-warble crowd.

[@davidsummerville351]

Thanks, I'm sold. Great demo, love your playing. Will subscribe.

[@johnnydswing]

Great playing amazing video!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ihazabukket]

Fantastic demo and playing. Thank you.

[@jamescollins798]

Good review, John. It's exactly what I needed, as I've been in the market for the Freeze or tis one. Thanks.

[@cfibanez]

Nice, thanks for this straightforward demo. I have mine in preorder out of curiosity. One limitation I find, at least in my case, is that there is no way to separate the dry tone from the sustained signal, so any effect placed downstream will affect both. In my case, delays and reverbs are all stereo, so I will not be able to place this at the end of the chain. Aside of that, I am looking forward to try it. Cheers.

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey Carlos! Yes the lack of stereo would make routing options a bit limited, as I think you can do different bits and pieces in the software with the dry signal/loop etc but as the fx loop is mono it wouldn't really solve your use case?

[@S21853]

15:35 you can use a pedal to split the signal in two and use this function.

[@phladjki]

you can put effects you want to affect only the wet signal in the pedals fx loop. you can also out effects you only want on the dry before the pedal and it won’t effect the sample too much. For example, if there’s a delay on the signal going in, it’s not going to sound much like a delay after captured while your “through” sound will definitely sound like it has delay on it.

[@lemahalingams3630]

You can just use the send to go to a different output for just the fx, and send your dry signal with effects to the regular out (I think).

[@betterthangold9118]

Killer tone and playing!👍🏼

[@EricTheCleric93]

I was excited about this pedal because of all the additional functionality over the Freeze and Superego, but there's definitely some nasty unwanted modulation there.

[@InTheGrooove]

Excellent video well done. Explained all my questions buddy

[@marsdymars]

Lovely playing!

[@makingmusiconline2309]

Great review, just bought one!

[@everestdesign7]

What type of scales are you playing? Sounds like jazz. Also, are you wearing some sort of cult robe when you play?

[@mikael.cherin]

Old video i know… but TC now has a mini version of the infinite. I’m curious of the idea of pairing the mini with Stomp. Would love a Cordy video on that :)

[@klausbeni8579]

Interesting pedal, but your playing is the cream of the cake!

[@makingmusiconline2309]

Fantastic. As I said in the TC Electronic Plethora X5 0 Toneprint User Group, I'm so tempted to get this, more than the EHX SuperEgo Plus (I already have the EHX Freeze and your HX Stomp freeze patches!)

[@johnnathancordy]

Yeh I think it has a bit more of a natural frozen tone than the Freeze potentially too?

[@nigeldaddyo]

@@johnnathancordy As a former Freeze owner I can back up your statement. Infinite sounds waaayyy better. It’s not even close. So glad I sold my Freeze before this came out because at its price, Infinite is going to destroy resale value of Freeze.

[@helixinred]

the superego+ is good and so does this one. but i really wanna get my hands on a shift line force which had been discontinued few years ago.

[@jakollee]

Damn, another pedal I'd like to have! I have a fondness for flangers, so toneprint 2 really got me.

[@klausmadsen3639]

It is your fault.................... That I just bought one :) Thanks for a great video, and very nice playing.

[@gtrgeorge348]

Excellent run-through... thanks! Any information on how it behaves with the switch in MOMENTARY mode on L1, L2, L3, and Infinite?

[@dave_d_i_a_l]

Just got this pedal yesterday bro 😂, so incredible

[@johnnathancordy]

How are you liking it? The software is so powerful but I feel like I need a manual haha

[@dave_d_i_a_l]

Haha, yes, I’m leaving it at default for now…, and loving it John. I got it to act as a synth pad for the band I’m in “The Midnight Tradesmen”. Our front man and leader of the band is looking for a synth player to add to our sound. So I decided to get this to surprise him next rehearsal. He is going to be blown away, so affordable and powerful…. PS. Keep up the good work John love your playing and reviews on amps and pedals…

[@zigatron1]

I just received one as well and I would agree a manual would be helpful. But, it is funny experimenting.

[@lambertfooks7358]

Terrific review!

[@nigeldaddyo]

Freed up some DSP in my Helix with this one

[@denielpierrick6437]

great video, thanks man

[@josephfelice601]

Save yourself 13:00 by jumping to 13:00.

[@brucerothwell7944]

I heard a comment in another video that this pedal adds a reverse signal on top of the original slice of audio it captures... anyone found out if there is a way to disable that, perhaps even via a TonePrint setting?

[@laotsefab]

i sing and play electric guitar with my drummer. we don't have anymore bass player. my drummer can't stand playing along a looper. is this pedal the solution? for exemple i freeze a note with my octaver and play my guitar solo, then i return to rhythmic and singing?

[@RobbenBanks153]

Cool! I was looking at this pedal but ended up getting the ehx Superego+ instead, which arrived yesterday. It’s bigger, more complicated, and doesn’t do the reverb thing… anyway, nice demo!

[@JeremyJames_studio]

Wise choice.

[@geraldhartley]

From what you just said, it sounds like you made the wrong choice.

[@Samana009]

It is not the Freeze, is the Superego. The Superego Plus has all the features

[@yngwiescott]

TOP TIP - double tap the footswitch in latching mode to disengage the pedal

[@johnnathancordy]

OH! Thanks for the heads up!

[@OfficialRaddeck]

What kind of Strat single coil pickups are these?

[@johnnathancordy]

Lollar dirty blondes!

[@vitorcarvalho5716]

Can i use that with a guitar plugin? Such as a neural dsp petrucci per example?

[@vincentjives]

Kind of seems like the Superego+ but considerably smaller & with some pretty divisive artefacts. I dig it!

[@Phoboss32]

John, do you think it’s possible to recreate this pedal effect with a HX stomp?

[@JeremyJames_studio]

Yes the poly sustain patch is good - a more stable sound as well

[@TLMuse]

Nice! I'm wondering where in your signal chain you had this pedal-was it before/after the amp (model)? And how does the basic freeze compare with your HX freeze presets? -Tom

[@johnnathancordy]

So it's a mono pedal and it's just in front of my ODSdeluxe preset (but with the reverb turned off there). The basic freeze is (in my opinion) a bit more natural sounding than the EHX Freeze which can get a bit metallic depending on how close to the transient of your string attacks you activate it. Compared to the freeze things I do on HX Stomp/Helix - it's a bit more predictable, as those can get a bit chaotic and move a lot more (but that I sort of dig as Lenny doesn't like the sound of the EHX Freeze as it is too stable ha!)

[@phunkyjunkee]

I’m not sure why anyone would put this anywhere but very very last in the chain (or last in effects loop)

[@esmoroglu]

I plan to stick to Superego Plus from EHX, I think it is more versatile…

[@johnnathancordy]

I've not tried one but the Superego does look like it has a bunch of cool stuff like Gliss etc

[@esmoroglu]

@@johnnathancordy Don’t know if TC has it but the attack and auto trigger mode on Superego is crazy! ıncredible playing btw!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👋🏼

[@cougarman8]

My only complaint is I haven’t been able to switch out the third tone print. Not sure if I’m doing something wrong, but I was able to switch the other two.

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey Doron, yeh the issue is that the pedal has to hear your phone into the pickup right for it to work, but since it's this auto swell thing you can't get rid of it. If you plug in via USB and use the editor though, you can just swap it out that way?

[@alfonsodamora8224]

The third toneprint has the dry muted

[@johnnathancordy]

@@alfonsodamora8224 yep.

[@11secretherbsandspices49]

Did you end up getting rid of the Quad Cortex? I have one and they just released a new freeze effect and it's pretty similar to a lot of the settings available on this pedal.

[@astrano]

Hi John thank you for this video. I have a question: how do you actually stop the sample in layered mode, you just double click the footswitch to turn off the unit? I ask because a single tap would only add yet another layer right? Thank you!

[@ehsanhaq155]

In case he doesn't get back to you, your assumptions are correct. However I'm not sure if you can change those things around on the software. I'm eyeing the new Mini.

[@calscott221]

Hi John, thanks for the video! thanks for the video! I've got one on order from Sweetwater.I would greatly appreciate it if could you check two things for me. For my uses, I want to send the freeze sound to another amp. if I take the signal from the "send" jack, does it fully mute the sound from the direct? Also, is the main output a true bypass? many thanks!

[@klausmadsen3639]

I would also like the answer to this?

[@kingstumble]

Similar to a shimmer reverb don't you think?

[@wolfnstrings]

Could this effect be “built” into a preset in the Fractal products?

[@azzazelo]

You can do this and way more with fractal but it will cost dsp so probably best with the axe 3. I don't have an fm3 so can't say if it would be practical given dap limitations I guess it depends on your use case

[@kennethgarcia25]

John, you should add an affiliate in the US for selling gear as Thomann stocks items with European plugs and power supplies... not the US models.

[@mwood487]

Ya this does the sound I used the mad professor Cosmos reverb hold function for (now it shit the bed and FedEx shipping is 170 back to Finland to get it repaired... may as well just buy this instead!)

[@JeremyJames_studio]

Hi Johnathan- thanks for the video. Enjoy your playing greatly. Re the comparison to the freeze, I must be crazy- as I much prefer the tones the freeze produces. Far more stable and natural to my ears. Don't you find that flanging / phasing quality distracting? I bought the TC pedal and it's identical to yours but after a day decided to sell...obviously most ears enjoy that particular sound, perhaps I'm the odd one out?😅

[@johnnathancordy]

I like the freeze too, but my wife hates it, the sound is too stable for her and basically sounds like tinnitus type stuff!

[@JeremyJames_studio]

@@johnnathancordy Ah that is interesting. In my mind I hear an Indian harmonium drone when I hear the freeze, love it. I should have listened to the couple of demos that were up when I bought cause that swirling sound is there in all of them. I was just too excited about the extra functionality, and that lovely soft switch. Never mind, I'll upload a video comparing the pure tones just in case there's other strange ones out there. All the best

[@azzazelo]

Cool pedal, I think Behringer is the largest pedal maker in the world nowadays

[@geraldhartley]

I'm confused. What is your point?

[@alank5022]

if anyone has both the Gamechanger Audio Plus and the Infinite Sample..which one would you keep and why?

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey Alan! I've done videos with the Plus in the past, I'd say the TC is capable of more things, and has the FX loop, and presets...Not sure if the build quality would be as good though?

[@taylorhilyard8661]

I have both. I recently moved to a smaller board and was struggling to fit the plus on. The sample itself on the infinite isn’t as seamless as the plus but it def makes up for it in size and features. For what it’s worth the plus also has an effects loop and I’d always keep a tc hof mini in the loop for this exact effect so it saves me a lot of space and power as well.

[@aubreycorpus6388]

dreaming to have one of that...😊😊😊

[@stockholm1752]

I don’t think the layering is that useful, actually, unless you’re trying to build up a complicated chord structure with the ‘infinite’ setting (or maybe something dissonant). Will it not sustain chords? I do like the TonePrint preset options though. Interesting.

[@johnnathancordy]

I agree, the layering is a bit...Yeh. Too experimental? It will sustain chords yes - though for looping I prefer to sustain just two note chords so that I'm able to use a variety of harmony underneath if that makes sense

[@yzimsx]

Beside the reverb, is there anything here that the EHX Superego+ doesn't do?

[@johnnathancordy]

Good shout - I've not used the Superego but that looks to have most of the same feature set if not more?

[@yzimsx]

@@johnnathancordy I have the Superego+ (plus), and as far as I can see, it has even more settings and features, including connectors for external on/off/bypass switch and an external expression pedal. And separate physical knobs for all the settings. But no integrated reverb unit.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Bull! EHX did plenty to improve it. It’s now called the Superego Plus!

[@johnnathancordy]

Yeh some other folks mentioned that - I think it'd be a good option for these kind of features without needing the Editor!

[@alloallo1977]

Nick McCabe in a box.......... Zoomers - "Who is Nick McCabe?"

[@dharris1234]

You have to time the stomp just right. Very few KZbinrs show this. Watch how he presses the pedal just a second after the chord is played not when it is played on the guitar. This is a major point. You cannot stomp it when you play the chord which makes it very difficult to use live for for jamming. If you do, you will get a horrible glitchy sound. Like a skipping record. Definitely not the smooth ambient background demonstrated here. The Freeze does not do this. I think it’s a bit disingenuous to not point this out. If this video is not sponsored there should be not reason to not mention this major issue. Please do not expect this to be used to easily practice your scales unless you want to just practice over one chord then play another… wait… press… hope it doesn’t glitch out, then play. I think this is a nice product for the right musician, but it is very sensitive. If you listen closely, you can hear a bit of the warble in John’s playing. Please check out this video before purchasing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5yqqZJ5qMumqZo. I bought one based on all the positive reviews. I hope this helps others. Please check out the reviews on the GearPage as well.

[@colinmcnab6145]

Not a natural sustain sound better off with the Digitech Freakout pedal.

[@djyucatec4999]

total crap

[@johnnathancordy]

....This guy gets it