I’ve been setting up my FM9 for live use this week (had been using it for recording only since I’ve had it) and I happened to see a photo of Neal Schon’s FM9 onstage. I noticed that on his FM9, only two foot switches seemed active, one with green LED and one with red. What I read into this was that Neal was probaly using only two scenes, assuming that he is using scenes, one for rhythm and one for lead. This makes sense to me based on his old Journey rigs, as he primarily used only two sounds, and mixed in varying levels of verb and delay and stomping on his CS-3, wah and overdrive/distortion/fuzz choice for that day.
If somebody knows more about how he uses his FM9 (I do know that he uses the FM9 in conjunction into two Meyer wedges for his wet sound flanking EVH cabs, which are powered by EL34 EVH heads I believe for his dry sound) in terms of how he uses presets, scenes and foot switches, I’d be interested.
I’m trying to set up a preset and footswitch layout that is simple, bullet proof and easy to maneuver live. I sing a lot of backgrounds and often switch sounds right before, during or after singing - and I’m not the most coordinated guy, so I was fascinated to see Neal’s FM9.
If somebody knows more about how he uses his FM9 (I do know that he uses the FM9 in conjunction into two Meyer wedges for his wet sound flanking EVH cabs, which are powered by EL34 EVH heads I believe for his dry sound) in terms of how he uses presets, scenes and foot switches, I’d be interested.
I’m trying to set up a preset and footswitch layout that is simple, bullet proof and easy to maneuver live. I sing a lot of backgrounds and often switch sounds right before, during or after singing - and I’m not the most coordinated guy, so I was fascinated to see Neal’s FM9.