No Input Mixer & Effect Pedals — Exploring Feedback & FX

No input mixing is a technique pioneered by Toshimaru Nakamura, which involves using feedback to turn a normal audio mixer into a chaotic, noisy, synth-like musical instrument.

In this video I’ll take a look at expanding a typical no input mixer setup by adding different guitar and vocal FX pedals into the signal path, to see how they respond to no input feedback patching and what kinds of sounds we can get out of them.

We’ll look at the Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing, Red Panda Tensor, WMD Protostar, EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter, Red Witch Fuzz God II, and the BOSS Voice Transformer VT-1.

Learn More / Buy a Mixer (affiliate links help out my channel—thank you!)

PEDALS:
Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

Red Panda Tensor
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

WMD Protostar
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

Red Witch Fuzz God
https://reverb.grsm.io/red-witch

BOSS Voice Transformer VT-1
https://reverb.grsm.io/boss-vt1

MY MIXER:
Yamaha MG10XU Mixer
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

CABLES, LIMITERS, & OTHER USEFUL THINGS:
1/4" Mono TS Patch Cables:
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

1/4" Balanced TRS Cables:
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

FMR Audio Really Nice Compressor:
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

FMR Audio Really Nice Leveling Amp:
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

Stereo Direct Box (with adjustable input level control):
https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...

Search for used gear on Reverb:
https://reverb.grsm.io/sarahreid2935

Video Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction & Overview
2:26 Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing: Pitch Shift Mode
4:26 Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing: Ring Mod Mode
5:15 Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing: Frequency Shift Mode
6:04 Red Panda Tensor
9:00 WMD Protostar: High Pass Filter
10:43 WMD Protostar: Low Pass Filter
11:30 WMD Protostar: Using 0-Ctrl as CV Source
12:44 EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter
14:55 Red Witch Fuzz God
17:26 BOSS Voice Transformer VT-1


To learn more about no input mixing, how it works, and how to get started, you can check out my "No Input Mixer Tutorial" here:
   • No Input Mixer Tutorial | Sarah Belle...  

And my comparison video on choosing the best mixer for no input mixing here:
   • The Best No Input Mixer? Comparison &...  


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My Music:
https://sarahbellereid.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dvDu...

Merch:
https://sarahbellereid.bandcamp.com/m...

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