M9 usage

[ClayCromer]

Hey all, I tried the M9 a while back and at the time didn't want to go digital with any effects yet, but the flexibility of it all is hard to ignore. Would anyone mind sharing how they are maximizing mileage out of this pedal and what they feel the strong points of the M9 are for them?

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving....I'm looking forward to time with family and hopefully a few extra moments to play guitar as well!

[tom]

the m9 simplified my pedalboard, love it. it's simple to use and it holds all the stuff that i use seldomly but is always there when i need it. love the delays, and with an expression pedal i do things with it that i couldn't with all my dedicated pedals. i have a couple scenes set up for different things, so that's 12 different delays, trems, verbs and even a chorus and phaser, yes even a phaser:D i still have my drives before it, as i like them better that way and have not found any in the m9 i love. i keep telling myself i need to set up another scene, but then i play i spend 90% of my time on one scene and am perfectly happy. i'm not one for checking to see if the chorus sounds just like any particular chorus, if it sounds good i use it.

[Pietro]

I had the M13, loved it. Now I have the HD 500 which has the same FX, love it even more... I like a BUNCH of the delays, I LOVE the tube comp and vetta boost, and also use the rotary fX a lot and octo and particle verbs for special FX.

[dannopelli]

I had the M13, loved it. Now I have the HD 500 which has the same FX, love it even more... I like a BUNCH of the delays, I LOVE the tube comp and vetta boost, and also use the rotary fX a lot and octo and particle verbs for special FX.
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[bud]

Can't agree more with what Tom said here, it is the essence of the m9/m13: "i'm not one for checking to see if the chorus sounds just like any particular chorus, if it sounds good i use it."

I find the M9 sounds to be awesome for everything but several of the distortion boxes, (but there are even some quite usable drive tones, I particularly like the tube driver). I have one in my pedal board with a bunch of Barber gain devices. I use an expression pedal with it and was able to get rid of my volume pedal plus can have a very passable wah or whammy pedal on tap if I need it. If you don't have a lot of really complex patches and frequent patch changes, it is the only way to go, IMHO. Where it works less well for me is in the Pink Floyd tribute band I play in. Fast song transitions with complex effects changes are a pain. I played one gig with it, and it sounded incredible, but left me mentally exhausted. The "scene" modality it operates in does not afford the ease of use of fully programmed presets, unless you add a midi switcher to the mix. If you saw my pedal board (guitarzan has likened it to a "vanity pedal board") you would know why I don't want to add anything else to it.

[guitarzan]

If you saw my pedal board (guitarzan has likened it to a "vanity pedal board") you would know why I don't want to add anything else to it.

Just imagine those bright and colorful rooftops you see in movies about third world countries. Three-story buildings stacked on top of four-story buildings with colorful linens hanging on clothes lines. THAT is Bud's pedalboard. hahaha

Mine on the other hand is like a traveling revival tent. It shows up, gets propped up with bubble gum and duct tape, puts on a show that borders on obnoxious, then you blink and it's back to a pile of dirt. :)

And I love my M9. I was a beta tester for it and can't say enough good stuff about it. I'd agree with Tom (and Bud's agreement). If you try to turn it into a shootout contestant, you're not even using the pedal for what it was intended. It's meant to be a magic box that a player adds to his/her pedalboard to do all the swish and swirl and shock and awe. Add in the expression pedal functionality and the ability to sync tap tempos across most of the effects simultaneously and you have a priceless piece of gear.

[ClayCromer]

I appreciate everyone's responses - thank you!

And as far a pedalboards go, I recently put together my first....the board is an extra shelf from a rubbermaid cabinet that I had in the garage. It's actually worked quite well as it's sturdy and light and has several hollowed out channels that run the length of the board underneath where I can route wires.