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Total Yekification!
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Here's my totally "Yekified" MFC..... although the EV-5 volume pedal is the beginning of my customisation.
I've also used Yek's system so his global blocks are intact, then taken his advice regarding Song mode and grouping the presets. It makes total sense. And the way the patches are organised for live use is fantastic. So many mucho thanks Yek!!
Banks A is now really easy to access - finding a huge range of sounds quickly. I use the Clean Solo patch as my Global - and in fact am using it for most of the lead sounds I need for a Byrds/Heartbreakers type originals band. I'll use Bank B for grouping patches for my own songs - and maybe for other bands when I get things better organised. Bank C can be for special sounds created for recordings - ending having to work out how to recreate "that sound" which Logic seemed to make with such ease.
I'm also going to get Plexi and AC30 patches into my "Amps" banks / songs. I'm tinkering with the way the Whammy and Wah kick in - auto engage works really well, but maybe the profile or start points can be adjusted to make it smoother for my right foot.
I'd love to know which cover songs Yek uses his "Covers" bank of patches for....? ;-) To my ear SmackMy seems to drone in Eb (if that is its purpose).
The Bright Onion mini DMFS pedal works very well, as you can see fitting snugly into the width of a Exp pedal. I got one with a popularity switch (actually I really need one of those - sadly this is a polarity switch in case of hums, but of course there aren't any).
I was thinking about having the vol pedal also mix in wet and dry, but in fact the way Yek's patches work, it doesn't seem necessary. (It would be necessary if you used the more extreme factory presets, so that's maybe where I'll do it.)
But another big change I'm considering is having a WDW option - triphonic. Sorry, this isn't a WDW thread, and is only relevant in that Yek operates his own excellent system mono, which means it has a spare channel: Yek's one channel out (Output 2 A to his single onstage EVM normally has everything in it; then use a mixer to switch the delay/modulations into Output 1 balanced L&R. This would be a special effect for limited use. Normal FOH would be from Output 1 A&B.
I haven't thought this through properly yet, but if Output 2 was mono - the same summed signal coming from A and B, then Output 2 B could be the triphonic dry feed to FOH.... It would need to have cab emulation added, which would alter the backline sound while the triphonic effect was in use. (The switched modulations being folded back from the desk, or maybe from Output1A unbalanced to a second backline cabinet....)
View attachment 9981
Here's my totally "Yekified" MFC..... although the EV-5 volume pedal is the beginning of my customisation.
I've also used Yek's system so his global blocks are intact, then taken his advice regarding Song mode and grouping the presets. It makes total sense. And the way the patches are organised for live use is fantastic. So many mucho thanks Yek!!
Banks A is now really easy to access - finding a huge range of sounds quickly. I use the Clean Solo patch as my Global - and in fact am using it for most of the lead sounds I need for a Byrds/Heartbreakers type originals band. I'll use Bank B for grouping patches for my own songs - and maybe for other bands when I get things better organised. Bank C can be for special sounds created for recordings - ending having to work out how to recreate "that sound" which Logic seemed to make with such ease.
I'm also going to get Plexi and AC30 patches into my "Amps" banks / songs. I'm tinkering with the way the Whammy and Wah kick in - auto engage works really well, but maybe the profile or start points can be adjusted to make it smoother for my right foot.
I'd love to know which cover songs Yek uses his "Covers" bank of patches for....? ;-) To my ear SmackMy seems to drone in Eb (if that is its purpose).
The Bright Onion mini DMFS pedal works very well, as you can see fitting snugly into the width of a Exp pedal. I got one with a popularity switch (actually I really need one of those - sadly this is a polarity switch in case of hums, but of course there aren't any).
I was thinking about having the vol pedal also mix in wet and dry, but in fact the way Yek's patches work, it doesn't seem necessary. (It would be necessary if you used the more extreme factory presets, so that's maybe where I'll do it.)
But another big change I'm considering is having a WDW option - triphonic. Sorry, this isn't a WDW thread, and is only relevant in that Yek operates his own excellent system mono, which means it has a spare channel: Yek's one channel out (Output 2 A to his single onstage EVM normally has everything in it; then use a mixer to switch the delay/modulations into Output 1 balanced L&R. This would be a special effect for limited use. Normal FOH would be from Output 1 A&B.
I haven't thought this through properly yet, but if Output 2 was mono - the same summed signal coming from A and B, then Output 2 B could be the triphonic dry feed to FOH.... It would need to have cab emulation added, which would alter the backline sound while the triphonic effect was in use. (The switched modulations being folded back from the desk, or maybe from Output1A unbalanced to a second backline cabinet....)
