AnotherScott Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I hadn't heard of the Audient Sono, but they had an ad on this forum, and the image of the thing caught my eye, I was curious to find out what it was. At first I was disappointed... even though it was advertised atop the keyboard page, it was a guitar pedal, with no mention of using it on a keyboard. But the features look really cool and some of the best organ and EP sounds I've played were those coming out of tube-based guitar amps (apart from the times the organ was going through a real Leslie!). So I wondered, has anyone used this pedal (or something similar) on keys? In theory, a guitar amp sim could be great. But keyboards can send different frequencies, output levels, and impedances to pedals than guitars do, and if the designers didn't allow for that in their sim pedal, maybe not. But... maybe? Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I've used the Two Notes Torpedo software - I have one of their CAB pedals, and have used it to record keys. I liked it a lot - good use of IR technology. I mainly use it for bass though. dB Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roygBiv Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 If your amplification is full range (PA speaker, Space Station, etc.), in my experience the most important thing is that the pedal have Cabinet simulation - if it doesn't, it won't sound like it is through an amp - the same pedal that sounds gloriously raunchy through a guitar speaker will sound horrible with the extra high frequencies produced by a full-range PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 If your amplification is full range (PA speaker, Space Station, etc.), in my experience the most important thing is that the pedal have Cabinet simulation - if it doesn't, it won't sound like it is through an amp - the same pedal that sounds gloriously raunchy through a guitar speaker will sound horrible with the extra high frequencies produced by a full-range PA. Yes, it includes the models of many different kinds of speaker cabinets. So that's a plus, it's not a guitar pedal that's designed to be used between the guitar and a guitar amp (though you can use it that way)... it's marketed more as a recording device... guitar into pedal into your DAW. So going into a flattish keyboard monitoring system should work. Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Are there any tube-based pedals that can work with a stereo input signal? Either by actually processing a stereo signal, or by doing the kind of thing that the Vent stereo bypass does, where it works with a mono signal when the effect is engaged, but passes the stereo input when the pedal is bypassed? My thought is that I really like what the tube does on boards like the King Korg and the SV1, and would like to be able to get something similar out of an external pedal on other boards, but it looks like that gets complicated if you want to send at least some of the signals out of your board in stereo. Has anyone done something like this? Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Here's a tube pedal designed for keyboard players... pricey, though! https://tubeampmanufactur.de/en/organ-drive-orgelkeyboard-verzerrer/ Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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