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Ha! I have had a little play and it's different with different pedals, as you say it all depends on what you are looking for.

I suspected as much from my searching. Thank you.

Hi tech heads and fellow luddites. I have a simple midi controller. Can it be used with this pedal? I wish to scroll up and down through presets. This is it

Missed this post. So: Bass > comp > octave > envelope? Doesn't the envelope need to be sensitive to the strength of your pluck? I wonder if the compressor compromises this? Of course I could just connect up the pedals and try it 🤷🏻‍♂️ But it's easier to lay around asking you

So I now have the C4 and the SY-1. First impressions are that the C4 takes up less space than the FI (in its original case) but I'll have just as steep a learning curve with the software. FI wins with regard to having proper midi in/out, C4 wins with simplicity of 'on the fly' controls to change essential parameters live. FI wins with the ability to scroll through the patches with a footswitch as opposed to the C4 requiring fiddly finger fiddling. SY-1 beats them both for straight out of the box simplicity. Plug in and move through a host of presets with ultra responsive simple controls to dial the sound you want. Tracking, and sound quality is great on all three, but don't be put off if you've used the old Boss synth pedals, this one is the real deal. Every single sound is entirely customisable and perfectly usable. The Boss is straight onto the board and ready to be gigged, the C4 has to be on and off for programming and almost certainly won't be 'right' when used with a band (it's never the same in the mix) however unlike the FI I will be able to tweak the basic parameters. Time will tell, but the SY-1 is winning right now.

As mentioned above, Bjorn Again us one of the best. They were the first time I ever heard of a full on tribute band. Were they actually the first? Seem to remember them making the news, like it was a new phenomenon. Anyhoo, Last Year's Model was my (fictional) EC & The Attractions outfit for a book wot I wrote. Been in It Must Be Madness and The More Specials. I'd love to play Tina Weymouth in Stalking Heads.

Don't quite get that last post. I have a RM500 combo with a single 12. Its great. However in certain situations I have had to push it too hard and it's less great. Add the identical 12" cab and it will hold its own anywhere. So yes adding another cab the same will absolutely work

I now have three SA pedals and as @Quatschmacher says this one is quite a handful. I need to change my thinking around this and my other multi effects. If I find a couple of sounds to use live, then that's fine. I don't have to use every possible noise on it to justify owning it.

My Ultrawave arrived today. It's very very good. I have no clue how to drive it yet but playing with all the different presets is a blast.

This board is, frankly, ludicrous. 3 envelopes, a fuzz, an overdrive a bass synth, an octave, a chorus and a phaser. Oh and a synth. Ridiculous.

I've looked through and yeah, one guy even listed The Greatful Dead - which has to be made up.

Also dirt before an envelope can be great.

Interesting. I like the octave first but I must try switching it.

Oh God. I just realised my favouritest band right now, Lake Street Dive is not on my list. I think I will put Tadeschi Trucks and Cory Wong on it soon.

I have heeded the advice above. The dirt is from the same brand of pedals and I usually like to compress after envelope filters to keep things tidy. However I will try compressor first and add a limiter to the end. I shall report back. Thank you @Osiris and @fretmeister

Thank you. I get that lifting quiet and cutting loud is kind of its job but this is picking up barely audible noises!

One of my compressors is behaving very strangely. It's a Russian made pedal with 'straightforward' controls. Volume, tone, attack, sustain. Nothing to frighten the horses. Here's the thing. When I finish fettling, having found what I'm looking for, it seems to suck up all and any background noise it can find from the other stomps, and blares this out at a nice even volume. There is really very little noise from the other pedals but I can't use the compression how I want to without this unlooked for side effect. If I am using drive, chorus or drive, phaser the cacophony it manages to hoover up is astonishing. It's last in the pedal chain and has me beat. Any ideas?

Anyone mentioned The Au Pairs yet? Kind of new wave agit pop with wonderfully stark arrangements, spikey chords and great basslines. One of my favourite bands.