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M9/M13 Tricks

#261
other uses for the Line 6 M9....

i recently finished up tracking guitars and whatnot for my band's album and wanted a cool sounding delay on one particular vocal take.

so i hooked up the M9 to my Delta 1010 sound card and dialed in some Analog w/mod delay... and the results were amazing! all the wow and flutter dialed in to perfection. i was looking for a particular sound and got it w/ the M9.

so then i started pursuing reverbs and found Plate really works well in subtlety with snare-- like it always does. but the M9 did extremely well for being a "guitar/bass" pedal.

i did notice some of the high end loss with some reverbs, but i don't really like glassy verb anyway. sounds too 80's to me.

so yeah, try the M9 or M13 out as outboard gear!
 
#262
I use the M9 in a parallel mode, either in combination with a sfx X&M or just the effectsignal to a second combo with the bass and lomids cut.

I never was satisfied with the noisegate as an effect pedal (it cut the highs too much... no idea why). Then once I used the built in, that one you find in "settings". Damn, that one is really good - almost no difference in tone, but the noise is gone.
 
#263
ok for a cool hand-held tape player sound:

Lo Res Delay (100% wet, with the shortest delay possible, 0 feedback, and Res to taste)

into
Tube Comp (with Threshold around the middle and the Level pretty low, since the effect is pretty hot)

i used this on drums and it sounded amazing! lo-fi for the win!
 
#264
The bass player for a christian artist, Charlie Hall, uses an M9. He inspired me to pick one up about 6 months ago. He was getting a real smooth double bass sound out of it, but I'm still trying to get it. I'm assuming he used the auto volume with some sort of filter and or modulation. If anyone has gotten a double bass sound out of it, please share!
 
#265
Footbutt said:
ok for a cool hand-held tape player sound:

Lo Res Delay (100% wet, with the shortest delay possible, 0 feedback, and Res to taste)

into
Tube Comp (with Threshold around the middle and the Level pretty low, since the effect is pretty hot)

i used this on drums and it sounded amazing! lo-fi for the win!
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Stuff like that is why I've requested Line6 lower the minimum delay time. I haven't used mine in quite a while, but my recollection was 20ms was the lowest you could set it for. If it could go to 5ms or even 0ms you could then leverage the delays 100% wet for a slew of additional effects.

In contrast, the BOSS GT-10B can go to 1ms so you can leverage some of those delays for non-delay use.
 
#267
martyman5000 said:
To the M9/13 users...Would you use this pedal for on stage playing? I purchased a Zoom B9.1ut a while back and returned it after trying it for a while. Is this mainly a recording tool? thanks if you can answer.
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I use the M9 every time we play live. It's good for studio too though. You can get some great sounds running a keyboard through it.
 
#269
This might be useful from those who double on bass and keys/synth bass or guitar...

Since the effects loop is in stereo, the device automatically sums the right and left inputs through the left loop channel if only it has anything plugged into it. Now, if you want two discrete channels, say, one with your M13 and your external effects, and one with just the M13 effects, you can just plug a jumper cable from the right effects send to the right effects return. That way your right channel doesn't get sent through the external effects.
 
#270
Currently I am enamored with the thought of getting probably an M9 because I jump around a lot in my socks and want a smaller obstacle to avoid a toe injury. Can anyone make a comparison of the M9 to the TC electronics Nova system? I would be interested in the feedback as I plan to purchase soon, thank you government for holding my tax money for me.

:-)
 
#271
McCartyLS said:
Currently I am enamored with the thought of getting probably an M9 because I jump around a lot in my socks and want a smaller obstacle to avoid a toe injury. Can anyone make a comparison of the M9 to the TC electronics Nova system? I would be interested in the feedback as I plan to purchase soon, thank you government for holding my tax money for me.

:-)
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#273
McCartyLS said:
Currently I am enamored with the thought of getting probably an M9 because I jump around a lot in my socks and want a smaller obstacle to avoid a toe injury. Can anyone make a comparison of the M9 to the TC electronics Nova system? I would be interested in the feedback as I plan to purchase soon, thank you government for holding my tax money for me.

:-)
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Are there any effects in the Nova system "tuned" for bass?
 
#275
Hi everybody! So, I've read this whole thread, the Line 6 FX manual, tried an M9 at a store and now my head feels dizzy with all the info. Are there any significant features in the M13 which I'll regret not having in the M9, aside from the greater number of FX units/buttons and the presence of the external FX loop? I mean, things like four displays vs. one and additional looper controls are minor differences to me that I can live with. Thanks!
 
#276
The most significant thing to me is without the effects loop you can't run two parallel chains through the M9. There's a graphic I posted on the previous page showing two different ways to wire an M13 for parallel operation. You can only run the M9 like the top one. Having parallel paths really allows for a TON of versatility.

You may never even want to use it that way, though.
 
#278
Ivan.Lt said:
Are there any significant features in the M13 which I'll regret not having in the M9, aside from the greater number of FX units/buttons and the presence of the external FX loop?
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M13 is more straight forward to use. It acts more or less like a real pedal board. No menu scrolling and definitely no "click-those-two-switches-simultaneously-to-get-into-mode-X". IMO it makes a huge difference in a live situation. Don´t get me wrong, M9 is a great tool too (our guitar player uses one) but I want to keep my pedal board as simple as possible.
 
#280
Ivan.Lt said:
Hi everybody! So, I've read this whole thread, the Line 6 FX manual, tried an M9 at a store and now my head feels dizzy with all the info. Are there any significant features in the M13 which I'll regret not having in the M9, aside from the greater number of FX units/buttons and the presence of the external FX loop? I mean, things like four displays vs. one and additional looper controls are minor differences to me that I can live with. Thanks!
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I think Rich Renken from Line 6 summed it up best by saying that the M9 goes on your pedalboard and the M13 *is* your pedalboard.
 

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