The Best Purchase Of 2019?

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  • čas přidán 5. 01. 2019
  • Can #gamechangeraudio 's #pluspedal already take the crown only 6 days into the new year? Here are some links:
    www.gamechangeraudio.com/
    ...and its all his fault:
    leoabrahams.com/
    Swan ownership in UK:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Up...
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Komentáře • 160

  • @olafurarnalds
    @olafurarnalds Před 5 lety +125

    you owe me $329

  • @keixoun
    @keixoun Před 5 lety +43

    next week: "so... i bought an electric guitar..."

  • @charleshumenry
    @charleshumenry Před 5 lety

    Damn you Christian... This such a cool piece of equipment! Very creative and inspiring. Just bought it and I can't wait to try on an electric bass. Thank you for sharing that!

  • @mtchampion3011
    @mtchampion3011 Před 5 lety +1

    Now I'm caught in this gear battle between you and Paul. Thanks a lot. This pedal has endless possibilities. Great freaking pedal.

  • @guynamedowl1313
    @guynamedowl1313 Před 5 lety +10

    Bought it right away. I should leave your channel for the sake of saving money. But its freaking too inspiring. Thanks!

  • @MichaelBogaMusic
    @MichaelBogaMusic Před 5 lety

    Oh boy, that was a sexy piece of gear you got there Christian! Love the Schimnel through the pedal.

  • @elowine
    @elowine Před 5 lety +1

    In the time it took me to get out of bed, Christian climbed a blood mountain, recorded and edited a video and uploaded it to CZcams. Great way to start the Sunday with one of your videos ;)

  • @stephenhiscox
    @stephenhiscox Před 5 lety

    Thanks Christian! Coincidentally, I’m waiting for mine to come in the post. Looking forward to it even more now!

  • @alex22watts
    @alex22watts Před 2 lety

    Love this pedal! A couple of friends I have mixed have used these in their live sets really effectively with guitar but hearing it’s possibilities with piano is truly inspiring. I’d love to try one so now I’m even more tempted!

  • @ryanslate4179
    @ryanslate4179 Před 5 lety +1

    I am a guitar player ; ) and have had my eye on this one for a bit, great demonstration, thank you sir!

  • @SwedeEad
    @SwedeEad Před 5 lety

    Lovely stuff Christian, thanks for lots of inspiration. On this one, you start by the lake with swans then make all those lovely sustain reverby sounds. Combine the two and you’ve got... er, John Martyn, Small Hours.

  • @KMuse
    @KMuse Před 5 lety +11

    Dare I say the next labs plug in should be the sound you produced with the big sky the pedal and the piano 😍

  • @martinheath5947
    @martinheath5947 Před 5 lety +8

    That's Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois sorted for a few albums!

  • @canecreek00
    @canecreek00 Před 5 lety

    Love your videos,
    The usual "will this work ok with synths" question?

  •  Před 5 lety

    I have said since it came out I would have bought as many of these as possible if the physical format was friendlier. Amazing demo as always.

  • @samgriffithsmusic
    @samgriffithsmusic Před 5 lety

    Beautiful ambient piece that opens the vlog

  • @RLeaguer_Saint
    @RLeaguer_Saint Před 5 lety +1

    OMG!!!! That is amazing! I've typically been unimpressed by guitar-based midi - seems an unnatural marriage to me, but wow, an audio-based sustain is game changing. Could move me away from the keyboard, and back to the fretboard!

  • @miikawarsell1923
    @miikawarsell1923 Před 4 lety

    Best Purchase of 2019 - written on Jan 6, 2019. Lol. Well..you have got something beautiful going on here. Thank you.

  • @Mearsphonic
    @Mearsphonic Před 5 lety

    My old DD6 used to do something a little like this although far more primitive. I used it all the time til it was stolen. Bought the DD7, but they removed the feature. This pedal is right up my street. Thanks Christian.

    • @PabloOrtegaMusic
      @PabloOrtegaMusic Před 5 lety

      The DD3 has the same function you mention, and, although I like the Plus pedal, at the end for my purpose live I've ended using the DD3 for sustained effect (the Plus Pedal is rather big and I prefer to keep my pedalboard as small as possible). But the result is of course very different, more of microloop/granular thing.

  • @KeithHutchinsonYT
    @KeithHutchinsonYT Před 5 lety

    Beautiful trippy sounds.... 3 thumbs up

  • @adrianbankswestwood
    @adrianbankswestwood Před 5 lety

    Sounds amazing Christian - sharing this with all my guitar friends! I'm guessing it still does a similar job through MIDI? Would be interested to hear what some of the Evo's sound like through this!

  • @willscherrer2642
    @willscherrer2642 Před 5 lety

    A handy piece of gear. I get similar results by recording extremely short single or multiple pitches of instruments (my own or samples) bussed to an IR of a big space and using that recording as an IR with only a send and no 'dry' input. This reduces the attacks of the second instrument / source to nearly nothing. What is left is the ambience / overtones of the instrument used for the IR and the second, source instrument in the space -- effective but very time consuming. Seems to me the 'Plus' would not only be indispensable for these kinds of techniques in performance but in studio as well, given the time it takes to make the IRs and then set them up. Guitar isn't my primary but I would seriously consider buying a Plus. Thanks again Christian!

  • @erichelsinkimusic
    @erichelsinkimusic Před 2 lety

    Got my "Plus" yesterday and did my first live stream. This pedal is a lot of fun. I see myself using it a lot. Playing D-18 trough K&K trinity. Simple, creative and fun.

  • @HistoryMaze
    @HistoryMaze Před 5 lety

    wow - what a great tool...looks like I have a shopping list for 2019 already. Seems the send / return is for sending 100% wet signal to other fx pedals etc ..

  • @ToreGThomassen
    @ToreGThomassen Před 5 lety +1

    Gorgeous sound, reminds me of Ólafur and Sigur Rôs 👌

  • @ephjaymusic
    @ephjaymusic Před 5 lety

    Sounds truly delicious with the reverb and wet mix

  • @AirwaveMusic
    @AirwaveMusic Před 5 lety +8

    A good alternative for in the box creators is 112db’s mikron cascade plugin. It doesn’t do exactly the same but you can get kinda similar results.

    • @ggeessttaalltt
      @ggeessttaalltt Před 5 lety

      Airwave Music thanks for answering my question before I even asked it!

    • @AirwaveMusic
      @AirwaveMusic Před 5 lety +1

      You’re welcome

  • @robertskey
    @robertskey Před 5 lety

    Simply scrumptious!

  • @yurishibuichi5356
    @yurishibuichi5356 Před 5 lety +1

    I just spent 10 straight minutes scrolling up and down looking at the thumbnail of this video

  • @qbicalvideo
    @qbicalvideo Před 5 lety

    Wow, just wow. That's some sonic narcotics right there :)

  • @malccomposer8334
    @malccomposer8334 Před 5 lety +9

    Some brilliant sounds. If you are after the same without the pedal - you can employ a volume pedal and turn the sustain up on the Big Sky (this allows you to fade in your chording). Just scored a film last year using this effect - inspired by John Martyns 'Small Hours' czcams.com/video/aVyattex0l8/video.html

  • @matthewjones7509
    @matthewjones7509 Před 5 lety

    I just bought a Mooer Ocean Machine to create exactly this but requires a lot of editing before it becomes a sample... For the same price I could have just bought this. Awesome find!

  • @vroge3275
    @vroge3275 Před 5 lety +2

    Very nice, but where can I get those shoes? :)
    Sounds amazing. Thanks for the info.

  • @PabloOrtegaMusic
    @PabloOrtegaMusic Před 5 lety

    I've had one for a couple of months and somehow I haven't bonded with it. I mean, it is an awesome concept and what it does it does it very well, but I guess it really depends what you wanna achieve with it. Definitely a very useful live tool, maybe studio not that much.

  • @henrybenoit8370
    @henrybenoit8370 Před 5 lety +1

    *plugs in the piano microphone* me: *inhale deeply*

  • @davidandronicomusic
    @davidandronicomusic Před 5 lety

    Soooo cool and I 2nd that this should be a Labs instrument!

  • @DivKid
    @DivKid Před 5 lety

    absolutely beautiful.

  • @MarcoPolux
    @MarcoPolux Před 5 lety

    I have to get me one of those!! and I will! Thanks Christian, and take one of those swans to make a broth. Hey, by the way, WHAT A GREAT LIBRARY that of London Calling BBC Orchestra-Spitfire. I might get it soon, there definitively will be no ice-cream or gifts for my wife and children until then.

  • @seanpruitt506
    @seanpruitt506 Před 5 lety

    Yup, I can see why this might be your best purchase of 2019. Almost immediately had me running for my credit card just watching this.

  • @nicholasharral6128
    @nicholasharral6128 Před 5 lety +1

    Hey Christian, have you heard anything about the Electro-Harmonix Superego pedal? Its a similar sustain type box with some other unique features. Looks pretty awesome!

  • @andrewgraley4034
    @andrewgraley4034 Před 5 lety

    8:45ish is Interstellar’esc. Beautiful sounds Mr C.

  • @samfuller97
    @samfuller97 Před 5 lety

    Love this! Might have to grab one myself! Ive got a degree in guitar (useless right?!) so I’d be more than happy to come up with a couple of guitars and an amp if you want to experiment/sample anything, just give me a shout!

  • @carlstephenkoto619
    @carlstephenkoto619 Před 5 lety

    Very cool pedal! A bit of overmod distortion is even better IMHO. Hardware like that can easily lead to "all nighters". It's nice that digital has made recording a night of noodling easy and cheap.

  • @JRod37
    @JRod37 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm interested in how this compares to the sustain/freeze feature on the big sky itself?

  • @Scetchlee
    @Scetchlee Před 5 lety

    Lol that cigar box elulele is cool!

  • @seanpruitt506
    @seanpruitt506 Před 5 lety

    Also looks like they have a "WET" pedal that goes along with this. Would that work as a stomp-box style you mentioned?

  • @HaavardFonnelandPettersen

    Sort of the same effect can be achieved with the "freeze" setting on certain reverbs, but to have it as a pedal is killer.

  • @zaharishtonov
    @zaharishtonov Před 5 lety +6

    So, when is the next LAB coming loaded with this?! :D

  • @loopop
    @loopop Před 5 lety +3

    Hi Christian, Great video as usual ;) EHX have granted your wish for stomp box like controls with the SuperEgo+ and it's also CV controllable - I showed that on a video on my channel but don't want to link to it lest the spam bots get angry... happy to PM it to you

    • @cultofours2648
      @cultofours2648 Před 5 lety

      is it just me or does the plus freeze algorithm sound better than the superego+?

    • @PabloOrtegaMusic
      @PabloOrtegaMusic Před 5 lety +1

      For me, they sound nothing alike. The Plus pedal is in another liga. Superplus+ sounds much more synth alike (a bit plastic maybe) while the Plus pedal sound quite musical and organic, almost acoustic.

    • @sanfordmusic
      @sanfordmusic Před 5 lety

      Hey Loopop! I love all your demos... they have helped me spend so much money, more wisely. :) I like the similarities with electronic instruments, but how do you think the sound compares with acoustic instruments, like piano, cello, etc? All the controls you demo'd are incredible and given the second-hand price of the super ego, I probably need it. Anyway, just curious about the sustain of acoustic sounds. Thanks!

    • @loopop
      @loopop Před 5 lety

      @@sanfordmusic thanks! I actually showed how a piano (and electric guitar, as well as other instruments...) sound on the Super Ego+ in my video. It would be interesting to compare to GameChanger's pedal though...! Need to get my hands on one...

    • @sanfordmusic
      @sanfordmusic Před 5 lety

      All gravy. Yeah, I was curious if you had both... because you have ALL the stuff. Given your Superego+ demo and price point, I'll probably start with that and hopefully forget all about this one.

  • @DonnDeVoreMusic
    @DonnDeVoreMusic Před 5 lety

    Slipperly little freeze box runs away every time you step on it. sounds smooth though. now i want one.

  • @swessels
    @swessels Před 5 lety

    Very Brian Eno at the end there. Nice tones.

  • @JureJerebic
    @JureJerebic Před 5 lety

    Gorgeous!

  • @1michaelricci
    @1michaelricci Před 3 lety

    “Gold Plated Mercury Diamonds”

  • @lastdaysguitar
    @lastdaysguitar Před 5 lety

    The last 4 songs I've recorded on my CZcams channel use the Pedal Plus extensively, it has revolutionized the way I create music. Anyone interested in the Pedal Plus - feel free to checkout "Walking By The Northern Light", "Raindance Lake", "Ah Via Celestia", and "Lavender Run".

  • @RichardLacyMusic
    @RichardLacyMusic Před 5 lety

    Well that's excellent. Bought one immediately!

  • @markwilliamson6884
    @markwilliamson6884 Před 5 lety

    Was inspired by this to make a track using piano sounds with the attack taken off (it's on my soundcloud if you are interested - search for 'junklight') - was fascinating and came up with some brilliant sounds so thank you Christian!

  • @PhilipValdesMusic
    @PhilipValdesMusic Před 5 lety

    A similar guitar pedal that looks cool is the Digitech Freqout. It mimics the feedback you get from a really loud amp but without killing your ears.

  • @haakman123
    @haakman123 Před 5 lety

    I have both a Plus and a Superego+, and I must say, this is nice, but the Superego is a bit more usable with more functions like latch and glissando. It also does CV 😁. I use it with a Rhodes a lot for underlying organ kinda tones with the built in rotary also

    • @haakman123
      @haakman123 Před 5 lety

      So, also try the plus with the Wurly, should be awesome

  • @paulnattress9584
    @paulnattress9584 Před 5 lety

    I wonder what it would sound like with a bass guitar going into it. I'm loving the "instant Evo" feel of the pedal. There's a chance that it won't only be Olafur you owe $329 to :)

  • @loicdesjardinsmusic
    @loicdesjardinsmusic Před 5 lety

    Ok... need to find a diversion for GAS.
    Nice shoes ! Where did you get them ?

  • @slowaves
    @slowaves Před 5 lety

    Played this at NAMM '18 so, so good.

  • @jimsanger
    @jimsanger Před 5 lety +2

    Damn you Christian, I'd just got that pedal out of my head after seeing it in your interview with Leo :) I've managed to get a similar effect on guitar using an expression pedal to control input level and going into Valhalla shimmer which is a great cheap substitute for a big sky. You do need some compression; I have an old Boss CS3 compression sustainer pedal

    • @CharlieElwess
      @CharlieElwess Před 5 lety +1

      I was going to suggest this too. Add in an interesting delay before the shimmer/big sky and you can get even more experimental. I think this pedal affords much more control than using a volume pedal, however, owing to the split signal and the send-return loop functionality. It's on my wish list but there's so many other things I need first!

    • @jimsanger
      @jimsanger Před 5 lety

      Same here, would love this pedal but it is expensive.

  • @localtechnique
    @localtechnique Před 5 lety +5

    So if you get assaulted by a swan can you sue the Queen for damages?

  • @Wayne_Robinson
    @Wayne_Robinson Před 5 lety +1

    It's definitely fun to have a sustain pedal on guitars! I have an EH Freeze mini-pedal that does several modes of endless sustain, although it lacks controls other than mix and what mode the stomp button is in. In VST land, this free reverb provides freeze mode to the same end: stone-voices.ru/vst/ambient_reverb?lang=en

  •  Před 4 lety

    the Sustained version at 3:37 would make a good PAD for Labs - also possible with more vibration in it

  • @PitchAccurate
    @PitchAccurate Před 5 lety

    thakns, beautiful!

  • @Ryanfilmscores
    @Ryanfilmscores Před 5 lety

    ohh, I'm sold!

  • @jonathankessler4684
    @jonathankessler4684 Před 5 lety +1

    When you used both pedals with your piano I could've swore It sounded like something Eric Whitacre wrote or would write.

  • @zachary4670
    @zachary4670 Před 5 lety

    Those of you who like this should check out Ebows. I don’t personally own one, but they do something similar. I’m pretty sure the band Explosions in the Sky use them frequently.

  • @mitchellbenham
    @mitchellbenham Před 5 lety

    Did you add aeroplane sound effects to the swan?

  • @fredericdicrasto5826
    @fredericdicrasto5826 Před 5 lety

    Did you try to plug the bottle on the table ? ;-)

  • @FrazerMerrick
    @FrazerMerrick Před 5 lety +5

    So essentially its an EHX Freeze but it allows you to change the ADSR of said frozen audio? Very cool

    • @markolijus
      @markolijus Před 5 lety

      I think EHX superego can do ADSR, and sound like this.

    • @patcupo
      @patcupo Před 5 lety

      And the Superego+ adds built-in effects to the frozen sounds

    • @yuggothproductions
      @yuggothproductions Před 5 lety

      markolijus it’s a different sound though, this one is much smoother. Someone did a comparison somewhere I think.

    • @markolijus
      @markolijus Před 5 lety

      @@yuggothproductions true

  • @littleHIV
    @littleHIV Před 3 lety

    There is a "Stompbox Version" of this by EHX, the EHX Freeze. Don't know how good it is in comparison, but maybe worth checking it out. ;)
    Also it's a bit less expensive. :D

  • @GingerDrums
    @GingerDrums Před 5 lety

    ok when it started distorting I lost my shit and will certainly purchase this after I manage to save up a years buffer and paid my taxes and invested... But it's golden and sounds good... Reaches for credit card...

  • @EskimoCreamKing
    @EskimoCreamKing Před 5 lety

    God let's get that going through the Eurorack and see what weird greatness we can get

  • @samshrimpton407
    @samshrimpton407 Před 5 lety

    ...Pedal Pundays? Lovely pedal. Immediately want one!!! 😭

  • @jeremydesmond4275
    @jeremydesmond4275 Před 3 lety

    I take it, best purchase refers to those lovely shoes

  • @sonicindustries227
    @sonicindustries227 Před 5 lety

    Hm, sounded righteous - very nice

  • @ephjaymusic
    @ephjaymusic Před 5 lety +1

    I only compose whilst wearing my Spitfire Audio T-shirt.

  • @skylightmusicshowree
    @skylightmusicshowree Před 5 lety

    Fantastic pedal! For those of you that haven’t already done so, do yourself a favour and check out The Enigma library.
    You won’t be disappointed 👍🏻

  • @stevenjames8260
    @stevenjames8260 Před 5 lety

    Wow, that’s beautiful. Make a pad out of anything.

  • @Nielmah
    @Nielmah Před 3 lety

    You can put the tail on 10 and it goes infinitely, like a stompbox.

  • @marcushawkinsmusic
    @marcushawkinsmusic Před 5 lety

    Wow!!

  • @caryeddy6928
    @caryeddy6928 Před 5 lety

    Being a violinist I wonder if this would be compatible in some way? I'd be curious as to what it would sound like.

    • @PabloOrtegaMusic
      @PabloOrtegaMusic Před 5 lety

      It actually works very well with string instruments. Of course you need a pickup and a preamp in order to use it. But yeah, i would recommend it for violin! I've used mine mainly with Cello.

    • @milesduheaume203
      @milesduheaume203 Před 5 lety

      I imagine it would be superb - the whole point is that it’s used ‘in performance’ opposed to setting up a patch on an effect device, say a lovely Lexicon or something, for in post. I Imagine you could learn to jam with the device in real time.

  • @patrykscelina
    @patrykscelina Před 5 lety

    Ambient Guitars are coming soon :)

  • @mvismara
    @mvismara Před 5 lety +2

    Does anybody know whether it could be possible to achieve a similar effect via software plugins?

    • @neilconway8388
      @neilconway8388 Před 5 lety +2

      I would think that you could with Iris 2.

    • @LeeBlaske
      @LeeBlaske Před 5 lety +4

      Maybe the freeze function on Eventide Blackhole would do something similar.

    • @MarioTorre
      @MarioTorre Před 5 lety +2

      Blackhole sounds similar out of the box indeed, but you can get this with any delay pedal or plugin, it’s really just a infinite feedback loop, keep it under control with automation and you’ll be set. I get very close to this with a tc electronic flashback x4 with the expression pedal. The real trick is to stack delays and reverbs, so you get the lush sound.

    • @LeeBlaske
      @LeeBlaske Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah, I guess that's essentially what it is. The advantage to the Plus Pedal, though, is the ability to do what it does live. And, they must have designed things so that those short sustaining "frozen" loops sound seamless on the fly (no glitching at the loop transition). There are certainly a lot of stomp boxes that can get you a big, ambient wash, but maybe not the precise control.

    • @mvismara
      @mvismara Před 5 lety

      Thank you everybody, I'll try with some reverbs and delays. The idea is to make it in a live setting but I won't spend some 400€ for this toy...I'm going to experiment.

  • @cornerliston
    @cornerliston Před 5 lety +1

    10:50 And some voices by Liz Fraser on that please.

  • @tarnishchris
    @tarnishchris Před 5 lety

    And now i want one too

  • @ernestgrouns8710
    @ernestgrouns8710 Před 4 lety +1

    "Things took a turn for the worse there..." ME: Oh no they didn't!! There goes some more monies.. :)

  • @charlesgaskell5899
    @charlesgaskell5899 Před 5 lety +3

    Who's taking Oscar for his walks? Hope you get better soon.

  • @ericfischer5605
    @ericfischer5605 Před 5 lety

    Do I detect Max Richter 'On the Nature of Daylight" in Christian's opening cue here? You be the judge: czcams.com/video/b_YHE4Sx-08/video.html

  • @ephjaymusic
    @ephjaymusic Před 5 lety

    Sounds like the kind of stuff Atticus Ross would dig.

  • @TommyVarekai
    @TommyVarekai Před 5 lety

    should get the plasma pedal by GameChanger Audio too ;)

  • @skylightmusicshowree
    @skylightmusicshowree Před 5 lety

    Never mind the pedal, where did you buy your shoes? 👞

  • @dezb1
    @dezb1 Před 5 lety +6

    Sounds great, but isn't it just a very expensive EHX freeze?

  • @BrianFields
    @BrianFields Před 5 lety +1

    Just got done watching @chordsoforion 's latest vid on doing an ambient guitar EP in 6 weeks. You two whould talk.... #justsayin'

  • @sschmidtfilms
    @sschmidtfilms Před 5 lety

    Please, oh please, sample this baby. We need it Christian, we're begging for it.

  • @MrGregthomasmusic
    @MrGregthomasmusic Před 5 lety

    Goddamnit, same as Olafur

  • @brainrussell6811
    @brainrussell6811 Před 5 lety

    Cool.

  • @Sesaon3
    @Sesaon3 Před 4 lety

    Think Eric Persing bought that pedal before you Christian :-) Those pads are definitely on Omnisphere 2 ;-)