Hello,
I’m new to Cantabile and so far I’m really enjoy its capabilities.
I’m trying to create a big reach delay+reverb swells with expression pedals.
Specifically I’m trying this one:
I was able to create something close to it, but the swells are cutting to earlier - so I wondered if its related to the expression pedal curve or something similiar?
Thanks
Not really enough to properly diagnose, and I also don’t know your experience level, it could be a few things. What happens when you set it up to bypass the pedal and have continuous reverb on every note? And what happens when you eliminate your curve adjustments entirely and just route the pedal source and target like you have, but with default mapping?
I can’t tell exactly what your Route EXP Pedal is, In or Out, or what it’s feeding. And if you still have issues post more screenshots of every part of the route.
Lots of ways to do it, here’s a very simple way. And maybe this is what you did, if so it should work as-is:
I’d set the pedal to control the guitar volume that’s feeding your amp plugin… right click the guitar amp rack output volume , name the route and learn the binding with your pedal. I’d then add the verb inside that amp plugin. And then just leave the reverb on the whole time… typically swells like that leave the verb on. So the pedal is just controlling the volume. Or you could have a separate reverb plugin, just route the amp to that reverb, the rest is the same.
After that’s working you can adjust the pedal curve if needed, maybe try using the Midi filters found on every route instead of what’s in the binding. The route midi filters are the little “antenna” icons, then Add "Velocity/Controller Curve found at the bottom of the pop-up:
But that only adjusts the response of the pedal itself… i.e. if you want it to have very limited throw range you might set Min & Max Output to 110 and 127. If it’s the throw range that isn’t working for you try less of a target range, maybe -10db or -20db to 0.
Hope that helps,
Tom
Just now noticing your detailed reply. Thanks!!
I’ll try your approach soon.
I’m totally new to Cantabile
This is the routing I managed
The lines (gain) from the Archetype Petrucci + Ampbox are controlled by the EXP pedal
I second @twaw advice to place the Volume Pedal before the amp. This gives you the additional advantage (with a careful regulation of gain and volume of the amp) to change from a crunchy sound to a deep saturated one just by increasing the volume using the pedal.
If you place the pedal after the amp, the sound (i.e. timbre) of the guitar will not change as you change the volume, which sounds less natural to me.
Gabriel
Your routing looks like it should work if you put the pedal in front of the amps as suggested. BTW which Modeler is the Mesa Boogie? One of my favorite amps. I’ve also been wanting to demo the new Petrucci X version. Recently updated Cory Wong, Plini and Gojira to the X versions… not a big difference but some nice improvements nonetheless.
Tom
