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Just an interesting talking point? I like to put a few demos up and I get a few hits, nothing special but I enjoy it so I'm not fussed.
I'm thinking about trying to up the quality of what I do and would welcome so feedback. Im a funny buggar in that I enjoy the sprawling 10 minute chat ones about in depth features etc but I also really like the ones that just get straight to the point.
I always look for demos that are well recorded, hopefully with a proper mic at the speaker but I've seen people do demos with mobile phone footage that were also very good. I guess (like everything) its down to the player.
One pet peeve of mine (from mobile footage) is that I often find you can hear the clanging of the guitar strings (acoustically) louder than the amp. Ive done these types of videos and had the amp cranked and can still hear the strings on the video. It must be a frequency thing?
So throw some thoughts at me please
I like videos that come up with a bit of an angle so Im thinking of maybe limiting each "review/demo" to about 5 mins but then I worry it doesnt cover enough?
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@meltedbuzzbox yeah I think the PGS demos seem to be unquestionably the most pro out there. Andy jseems to be one of those guys that just plays each pedal as a seperate instrument with its own pros and cons.
@not_the_dj i pretty much most of my youtube viewing is done whilst doing housework!
I must admit, and i do not wish to start a flame war. I also quite enjoy the andertons demos. I think Lee really seems to grasp what pedals are capable of. The playing sometimes is not my thing and sometimes the spec and detials can be sketchy but by the end of the reviews Lee seems to get to the bottom of what each unit does.
Some of the EHX ones have been useful too
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
My music:- https://soundcloud.com/hubobulous
Microphones are basically 'stupid' in that they can't differentiate and pick and choose what to pick up. They pick up what they're pointed at (within their pickup pattern), stuff that is closer to the mic gets picked up louder than stuff that is further away.
My music:- https://soundcloud.com/hubobulous
but not using all types of software...just a room mic so i can hear what it sounds like when i get it home and play through my amp, no some computer software for recording.
Im sure some people what to hear how it sounds mic'd up, but there is a whole world of people who dont mic up and just want to hear the tone in a room.
I hate it when players show you the reference clean sound, only to find that it is overdriven to some level. If it's supposed to be a clean tone then that's exactly what it should be.
My favourite reviewer on YT is Shane from the 'intheblues' channel. This is probably because his playing style is similar to mine. He also strikes the right balance between talking and playing and does a fair amount of product comparison.
Gearmandude is also pretty good, but he does go for a very dry tone that, to me, doesn't reflect how the combination of pedal, guitar and amp sound is a typical ambient room.
Brett Kingman (Burgs) is another good source of demos as he get straight to the meat.
As for the 'Tone King' or Tony McKenzie :-S
Tell us your gear you are using, and signal chain.
Play clean sound
Play the pedal in the most common settings, I mean there is no way for example you can go through everything in a Strymon Mobius in a 10 min video.
Try play the same riff between settings if the effects are similar.
In terms of flow, personally I like.
Intro playing
Talk a bit - about the gear used, the pedal name, who is it by, perhaps history or origin of it and/or builder.
Play clean
Play effects
Talk about what you are changing the settings to "dial this or that up or down"
Play more