Effects Pedal

[Cameron Wigmore]

I saw a guy use a Boss GT-6 guitar effects pedal at a jazz/fusion show recently. He was sitting in for a guy in this band called METALWOOD. Cool band. The effects he used were mostly wah, chorus, flange, overdrive, chord, octave...well, he used a lot of the effects, (tastefully too), on the pedal. He said it cost around $700 canadian. Just in case anyone was interested, I thought I'd post this.
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[Cameron Wigmore]

Does anyone out there know of any other good FX pedals for sax?
If you're interested, check out the bands site. I don't know the address, but it has metalwood in it.

[hornstar]

what was he using for a mike? I had a GT-6 and tried sax through it, but it was way too noisy with conventional miking. I haven't found a setup yet that worked. Years ago, I had a sax with the neck pickup. Sucked for normal sax sound, but was great for running through wah, Maestro, etc.

[jasendorf]

I have used, off and on, a Peavey Vocal 100. I liked some of the things Skerik did when I saw him in concert with Les Claypool's Frog Brigade.

It has a wide variety of effects with 20 presets. It was sometimes difficult working with different sound guys to get it locked in solid, but with some experimentation, it worked really well.

I don't know if they're making them anymore, but here's a link to the manual:
http://www.peavey.com/support/searchmanuals/list/vocal100.cfm

[rpossum]

I have used a Boss GT-5 for years... previously with a Shure sm-57... currently with a Shure Beta 98 clip-on... LOVE IT...

I play in a fairly loud funk band in California called mamaSutra and usually am pretty close to the drummer, so I crank up the noise gate to a full +20... sax cuts through just fine...

I've never had noise problems...

In particular, I really enjoy the vocalizer wah effects... (check out "Bilge" at www.mamasutra.com .. SOUNDS page)

I plan to grab a GT-6 when I can afford it... GREAT sax box.

-rpossum

[timobrien]

I've played with using my Johnson J-Station as a multi-fx box. Works great and you can use the setup program on your PC to store settings, so it's easy to keep separate sets for guitar and instrument players.

With the S/PDIF output you can also go DIGITALLY into your computer which is MUCH quieter than running into the line-in of most soundcards.

[candlebain]

I'm shopping for a multi-fx processor right now actually...It looks like I'm going to try the Digitech Vocal400 becasue of the many oddball features like xlr and 1/4" connections, 40 presets, 40 user banks...tons of effects. I got a tip to try vocal processors because "they're developed for a more organic kind of tone". I'm guessing that it'll sound better than the previous racks I've played with.

Anybody have suggestions for reverb units? I think of Lexicon but I'd like suggestions.

[Teddy]

The vocal 400 works out pretty well however you will have to alter the stock effects to your liking.Some are unuseable.You can get a great chorus reverb sond and decent reverbs

[candlebain]

I tried it...I just wasn't happy. The sound wasn't very...organic...I guess is how I'd describe it. I ended up going with boutique stomp boxes...Lovetone Meatball (envelope filter), Cheesesource (distortions) and Doppelganger (phaser) and Electro Harmonix Microsynth and Memory Man (echo). The combination was vastly more expensive but well worth it in the quality of sound. There's just no comparison.

[Mime]

Just check out my thread about the yamaha ST5.
It might intrest you guys.