My Outboard Synth And Guitar Pedal Setup

Jon I love it! What you're doing in this clip has been exactly my nights for some time now. I'm certainly behind you as far as my equipment collection goes, but there are new cables and gadgets added weekly. Here's my cable geek question:
I'm getting back into the playing the clavinet, sold my real one long ago 😒 so I'm using a plugin with with a midi keyboard via Ableton. I need to run the software Clavinet through a wah of course... But need to be able to play/wah/monitor/record it simultaneously.

I' have a Focusrite 2i2 which only has the USB, 2 COMBO inputs & 2 line outs to my monitors.

I also use a Valeton FX/Modelar with the wah/fx I want on my VST Clav. It also Doubles as a usb interface(6x4}. It has: input for guitar, fx loop, L/R Balanced out(or mono to amp) midi in/out... And of course in/out via USB.


Is there any strategy to get what I want or does a reamp box need to be in that equation?

Awesome, thank you. But didn't get your point about Strymon Big sky and Timeline. Please give some comment to it

Very helpful thanks for sharing that! I use of mix of synths, guitar, and pedals and its very hard to optimize my setup (I'd like to be able to use it live too, which is a tough constraint).

thank you

I have a lot of similar stuff, like those LEDs, the Kemper, a bunch of those pedals etc. But you're really doing yourself a disservice by going into pedals post your kemper. that would be like putting a mic up to an amp, and then running that signal into a delay. What you should do is use the kempers built in effects loop. It seems like with a simple stereo a/b box you could still preserve the synth signal chain, and then also have the pedals go to the effects loop.

This is beautiful, man! I've been looking for this exact signal flow for a long time. Finally found it here in this video. Cheers!

thx for the vid. what is the problem with line & instrument level at a time? I'm using guitar pedals as send return, the mainchannels are synth/line level. can the impedance destroy smthng? i mostly have the synths on approx 50% max volume when sending them to the return channels/pedals. i never had a clipping or smlr. so i was wondering if you could explain a litte why the "reamp" is neccessary? that'll be lovely :)

Today I learned that stereo line mixers exist and count channels how I would count them

Very beautiful studio 👍

less talk more noises

I think I heard you say "TT patchcables" and "TT patchbay". Just a quick heads up: I'm pretty sure that's a TRS patchbay!

Why the hesitancy in mentioning Berhinger?

Sweet setup!

Saving up for a kemper right now. Absolute game changer with awesome guitar tones! Good to see you're using it too. 💪

Jon,
Started watching because of your PianoBook work and Christian Henson pointed me to your channel and website.
However, I KEPT watching because your tech knowledge and creative instruction hits a chord with me. (Also, fellow Texan... come on).
Your home set-up is probably about 2 steps ahead of mine.
I am just now incorporating more live instruments and microphones for live recording. I did NOT buy any new libraries or anything during this latest 'Holiday, spend till I am broke' season. HOWEVER, I did take some gift cards and such and purchased more mics and some simple instruments that I was inspired to sample....
Please keep up the great work!
I (for one) really do enjoy the information and insight from someone that is 'not exactly 100 percent professional level' but, is 'right on the edge' of it. That is not a negative thing... You are where I want to be soon and I know that is not a 'perfect' set-up but, it's also not totally unobtainable at this point either. Thanks to you and your family for the great content and I look forward to much more.

nice

great vid Jon, the piece you said at the end there sums it up for me. It's all about enabling the creative flow. If things are too hard to use, or need cabling every time, they'll never get used. Nice work :)

Nice video Jon. A good comparison video would be using using software synths vs hardware synths through the Fx chain. I bet both would sound good. Then compare the soft synths going through the pedals vs Soft synths ITB. I Know all avenues would be productive but sometimes people working ITB don't realise the sonic adventures they can go on OTB. Thanks for sharing some of the possibilities.

Out of all the wiring videos I've seen I think this makes the most sense... I'll just watch one more time to be sure!... Thanks Jon :)

I also ditched the pedalboard for a similar setup. Thanks for sharing. Now, what to do with the used pedalboard...

Not that I've seen many setups, but yours really looks great. Keeping everything accessible is an effort.

Suggestion: Replace the JU-06 with the newer version JU-06A. That way you have both a Juno-60 and 106.

Awesome! Having gear set up all the time and ready to go is the dream

Lovely video Jon. Always enjoy your videos. In the process of setting up a similar rig in my new studio and this came in very handy (and the one you listed in the description). Thank you.

nice! you need check out the tycho studio on instagram, he use guitar pedals with synths.

What will you try to buy from the Junkie XL sell off? :)

Both a neat and a clever solution :-) Really nice use of a patch bay.

I always like your videos man! You've got a great way about you and informative too! I'm trying to keep everything in the box for my setup but that's only because I'm old and grumpy. Don't want things to change cuz I forget something and I'm always working on multiple songs. Salute from dark and freezing Kinsale! ☘️☮️🤘🏽🤠👍🏽☮️☘️

Lovely choice of outboard Jon, two great synths and a nice selection of very usable pedals very much like my taste. Think I'm sold on getting a Kemper as I'm fed up with fake fuzzy amps. I've had some lovely valve amps in my time but this seems a lot more practical for a home setup.

I applaud you for the tactful way you spoke to the "D" matter. Well done sir!

Nice