I worked in Private Equity investment for 15 years (I'm also a qualified accountant) and set up my own Private Equity business before retiring at aged 41 and escaping the rat race. I believe in making the most out of life. Striving always to maximise my free time to give me freedom and unlimited opportunity. This channel is all about helping you to do the same.
I also went back to university in 2019 and obtained a Masters Degree in Sport Psychology so there's usually a lot of science behind what I do (as well as a ton of experience).
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Very helpful, good job for reading the whole manual for us!
Wow it would’ve been nice if the programmers of this app would have added some color to some of buttons like reds or yellows or blues ?? It LQQKS so sterile and like a 1997 app ??? 😏🤔🤔🫣🫣🫣🥱🥱🥱
Oops spoke too soon i see the colors now lololololol 😊
Thank you for making the ONLY video on KZread that really explains what Hot Switches are and HOW to program and use them.
Awesome guide. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Jon could you do some of these genre creations with the metropolis?
Now that’s not a bad idea at all!
@@JonKayeLearning It would be awesome. I just ordered a metropolis and would love some tutorials on how to make melodic techno / dnb / whatever you wanna make but there's not any good ones on youtube!
i just got the hx effects cause it looked a lot simpler. but this did make me hungry. do you like to cook?
If it makes any difference at all, I’ve since sold my H90…
impressive the thing with the rooting and the insert!!!!!! question!!! whati if i want to use for example a stereo pedal for insert??? is it possible to work like the exmple you showed us??? i hope i make sense !!!
Yes, the Eventide H90 pedal can indeed use stereo insert effects. The H90 features two mono inserts that can be combined to form a single stereo insert.
I felt very overwhelmed when I saw the (now) 199 page count of the manual. Thank you for breaking this down into information chunks and showing it to us in action. I'm much better at "watch and learn" than "read and learn"!
Glad it was helpful!
But can it do Boss RV-5 Modulate sounds?
I have similar problems last year I bought 3 complex bits of kit in quick succession, and been bouncing between them forgetting what I’ve learnt. But there’s worse problems to have 🤔
Yeah it’s a fun problem to have tbh.
@@JonKayeLearning yep but theres definitely something to be said for mastering on bit of kit before moving onto the next . I imagine the h90's routing possibilities are a bit of a headscratcher! Did you keep it in the end?
No. I sold it actually. I had fun playing with it but I think I found that I prefer pedals (or synths) that are just really good at one thing rather than able to do 100 different patches.
@@JonKayeLearning i agree im somewhat similar, i have the eventide space which i love but often get lost in, in a good way, so not 100% sure i need or gel with the h90. Hearts set on the meris lvx really quite deep but apparently very intuitive . Primarily a delay but with a few tricks up its sleeves. Thanks for the chat its helped me clarify my decision 👍🏼
Amazingly helpful video. Thank you!!! I do have to say I had trouble getting through the whole thing because your voice audio is a bit painful to listen to. Not sure what it is. Built in mic? It stands out because your video and content are conversely of such high quality. Thank you for what you do and for taking the time to do this video.
Glad it helped! When I recorded the audio my interface merged the voice and the music whereas it should have been recorded separately so I could affect the volume of each independently. It was very annoying. I have then tried to do stem separation on the audio to get round this. It works for most of the video but I know some bits still sound odd. Recording these videos is a lot more complicated than you might imagine!
I bought the H90 cause on paper it had everything I wanted but it's totally NOT fun to jam with. I find myself just using the same 3 factory presets and then using the software, but if I'm going to use the software I may as well just use a VST for a fraction of the price. It sucks that you needed to make an hour and a half long video where if this stupid thing just had a better user interface we wouldn't need all of this.
The challenge of having so much flexibility in something so small with such a small screen I guess.
Hola. Saludos desde Argentina! crees que podria reemplazar mis pedales Strymon mobius, timeline y bigsky por el H90?
Yes!
Your videos have been super helpful man thanks. Question about using snapshots with external 3 button control foot switch. Do you know if I would be able to set hot switches (snapshots) to the 3 buttons on the external foot switch control, and still be able to access the snapshots without going into performance mode? I’d like to be able to stay in bank mode so I can easily switch to different programs or even programs on different banks relatively easily, while still accessing snapshots on the currently used program. While I know that I can assign the external controls to the snapshots, my question is, do I still have to be in performance mode for those switches to activate a snapshot? Or will they still activate the snapshot while in bank mode? I hope that question makes sense, and I appreciate any feedback you can give me. I would also be super interested in your take on efficient ways to utilize the external controls with a pedal and/or 3 button foot switch, or 2 pedals or two 3 button foot switches. And how these controls can be used in conjunction with midi, or in place of midi control, or leaning specifically into midi control and not using the external control options. I am interested in how these external controls can be used to unlock greater control over the unit. I have never really used midi before, so learning from experienced users is helpful. Thanks again. Cheers!
Thanks. You just convinced me this is more complicated than I care to tackle…and saved me $900. 🤷🏻♂️😂
You’re welcome!
What new skill would you love to learn? Imagine being able to achieve that before the end of the year? What would you give to actually hit that goal? Let me know 👇
Hi Do the different "snapshots" also include changes to different "insert" conditions? if so this would make things truly flexible with snap shot one which also that includes insert 1 (but in a "Bypassed" state then "snapshot #2 hot-switch includes insert 1 but now engaged "active" (on say preset one (or "A")...then snapshot "3 hot-switch then engages insert 1 (but active/engaged) and now affecting both presets A AND B (of original program) So what is happening is Each program has two presets and each of those presets parameters can be modified @30 different ways and also each program has two possible inserts with several possible locations and also each insert can be programmed to be engaged Or bypassed...and this is all handy when it finally comes to "snapshots" because each snapshot is a recipe of different presets, parameters, inserts (and their "active/bypassed states), then finally all the a-fore mentioned now to include "snapshot" hotswitch variations.............. IS that correct???
Yeah sounds like a good idea but that's not how it currently works. The insert / routing can't be allocated to a HotSwitch snapshot. Once you have chosen a snapshot, you can mess with the routing but it can't be done automatically.
Hi Do the different "snapshots" also include changes to different "insert" conditions? if so this would make things truly flexible with snap shot one which also that includes insert 1 (but in a "Bypassed" state then "snapshot #2 hot-switch includes insert 1 but now engaged "active" (on say preset one (or "A")...then snapshot "3 hot-switch then engages insert 1 (but active/engaged) and now affecting both presets A AND B (of original program) So what is happening is Each program has two presets and each of those presets parameters can be modified @30 different ways and also each program has two possible inserts with several possible locations and also each insert can be programmed to be engaged Or bypassed...and this is all handy when it finally comes to "snapshots" because each snapshot is a recipe of different presets, parameters, inserts (and their "active/bypassed states), then finally all the a-fore mentioned now to include "snapshot" hotswitch variations.............. IS that correct???
Yeah sounds like a good idea but that's not how it currently works. The insert / routing can't be allocated to a HotSwitch snapshot. Once you have chosen a snapshot, you can mess with the routing but it can't be done automatically.
More of the same content rehashed, still nothing meaningful actually what to do and how to do it (except 'save £10 a day').
Hey look. Fair comment. I’m a psychologist and I find a lot of people aren’t even aware of the reasons or habits keeping them stuck where they are. Step 1 is to become more self aware. That’s what I was trying to achieve here. I’ve escaped the rat race so I’ll try to do a video on the what and the how next.
@JonKayeLearning my breath will be bated until such time as you will be the first in KZread history to actually explain how to do it. Looking forward to escaping the rat race after the next video🤞
I can't get a stereo sound from my headphones when I plug it in the output port of the h90. Is there a way to fix this?
No, this is not possible. If you only connect out of Output 1 the H90 automatically functions in mono, even if you were to use the stereo insert last in the chain. If you will not be combining two algorithms per program, the workaround is using Dual Routing Mode and spitting your signal before the H90. Feed one to Path 1 (mono) and the other to Path 2 (stereo). Use the same algorithm for both.
You’ll need to output both left and right…so if the output is loud enouhmgh, use a L/R to balanced adapter with a female balanced (stereo) out. Or… Run L/R outs to another stereo pedal with a stereo hesdphone out, or a headphone amp.
Great video Jon!
Thanks!
Seems like there’s huge lag on changing programs
Not sure it’s a huge lag but it’s not instant either. Great thing is that the sound doesn’t cut off when you change programs so you get the effect continuing whilst you choose or select the next program.
I love this pedal for sound design, especially when I just need some ear candy-like stabs or really deep sounding pads for texture layers.
Couldn't agree more!
I've been consuming similar content for quite some time now, and I have to say the material is top-notch. Finally a video that is truly inspirational without the fluff. Would love to see more content about transitioning from an employee to a business owner. I am planning to quit my 9-5 in a couple of months, and trying to kick off my business on the side. If you have anything to share in terms of planning, mental/mindset shift, habits to develop etc. I'd appreciate. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the feedback. And good luck with the move. I will try and pull my thoughts together on mindset and planning etc as I've had a couple of comments along the same lines. I have some views on that process.
I think it's probably a lot easier to setup using the computer software
Yeah it really is. The app is very good to be fair.
Wow, you put out a massive high quality video! I can't believe how insanely better your videos have gotten from over just a month ago. I loved you using the graveyard analogy to hammer in the fact we all have limited time and are going to be underground at some point. And the personal story of making your boss 300 million while he was ready to fire you and you are left with nothing. Really great list and I resonated with all of the items. Your channel is going to blow up and it's these 1 videos at a time. Thanks for putting out quality content!
Thanks. All feedback is greatly appreciated so I can keep improving!
Great video Jon! I think it'd be great to get an idea of how you might have started earlier or what you would you have done earlier in life to prepare you to start a business. I for example am In my twenties, part way through a degree in Cyber Security and just dont really know where to even start if I want to 'own' something or build the skills to put myself in a solid position later on in life, or I suppose even what kind of business I'd want to build. I think theres so much advice out there, except its hard to extract the actually sound advice from the rubbish. Anyway thanks for the video Jon.
Good question! I am planning to do a video on just this topic. My short answer is to do two things. One quick. One a bit slower. First, read about business and starting a business. View this as an education just like your degree and starting learning. I would start by reading: The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco. Second, you should experience business. So you will need to get a job. Some people can start a business from their bedroom and drop out of university but they are the 0.001%. Learn how business works (the good and the bad) and keep learning how you would want to do it better and do it differently.
Came for the Metropolix videos, walked away with business inspiration... Wasnt expecting that! Videos great on both sides as well. Timing of this video is perfect as well. Spent the last few years in a good career whilst building my ex's company in the evenings and weekends in the understanding i take nothing until i leave my career to join take on half of the directorship only to have her break things off once it became successfull. Now back to the drawing board and having to work out a new business venture to start on my own from fresh again. Like you said it will be hard but the later freedom will be worth it. Thanks Jon hope the modular journey is going well
Thanks for sticking around! I’m still messing around with modular. It’s so much fun! Sounds like you have great start up experience now, even though it didn’t end up benefitting you. You can build on that for the next one! Good luck.
True on many parts! Being rich just isn't monetary value either, you can consider your time - your flexibilitiy, as other avenues as being rich in quality of life.
Very true!!
Great video Jon and a great message and take-away at the end. It will take me some time to digest and reflect on this but you hit very important and key points. Do you think someone can get rich by taking their salary and putting it in stocks and bonds? So you have equity ownership that way. And what happens if you fail your business? I think most people are afraid to fail so they stay stuck at a job they hate to afford the bills. Would love to see a video of how to prepare to quit your job to start a business and what your process was like. Also, really enjoyed the personal story there with the motorcycle! Thanks so much!!!
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. You are right that this video opens up more questions which I plan to cover in future videos. Most new businesses fail (for example) so why should you follow my advice and start one? Well, I think there are ways to improve your chances of success. I also totally agree with long term investing in equities in order to get an element of share ownership but I don’t think people go about this the right way - there are too many people on KZread giving out dodgy advice just to get views! I’ll keep putting out the videos hoping to address a lot of these concerns.
Starting a new business on your own is pretty scary. What are the main things stopping you from taking the leap?
Got your video recommended a second time. Subbed
Hey, thanks a lot. I'm going to keep going and hopefully each video will improve on the last. That is the plan at least.
I own 2 H9 Max pedals and know just how deep the app goes. The sheer amount of possibilities is astonishing. Love love love Eventide!
Thank You!!
You're welcome!
Excellent video!! Thank u for your time and effort. I was frankly too intimidated by the damn manual! So kuddos!
Thanks!
Let's just count money. There are few types of fx you need. 1 Drive 2 Modulations 3 Delays 4 Reverbs and 5 (Maybe you don't need it) Harmonic fx. H90 Has ALL of them and more. We can erase drive from th list we all know why. So we have four types. Three of them we all need. There's a few brands who make multifx pedals with one type of fx. For example, Strymon. If you go this way you have to buy Mobius, Timeline and Bigsky. Each of them about $600. $1800 total (I don't count shipping and I take prices couple years after release). But how many of them you need at once? Mostly 2. So H90 has two. And it costs $900. Twice cheaper than a bunch of Strymon. And that is not all. There are some algorithms that has two fx in one in fact. For example TimeSpace (Delay+Reverb), Just simple delay and simple reverb, that is everything we often; or some of harmonic algorithms have delay in itself. And you can still add something more, any modulation or harmonizer, whatever, to second preset of the program. And this is still not all. H90 can do muuuuuch more FX than a Strymon "holy trinity", Strymon don't have none of harmonic fx and even if they does, Eventide do it BEST. They are still producing new algorithms that are free to update your H90. PolySynth is a game changer in some terms. Yes you can buy Merit Enzo, but then add +500$ to the first 1800$ and you have four pedals instead of one. And yes, there are something like TC Plethora. This is good if simple drive/mod/delay/reverb is enough for you. No need to say that all brands mentioned here are making HI-END STUNNING sound. So there are two ways. 1. Cheap. You buy Plethora or some cheap processor for all FX and 2. Relatively expensive - One H90 if you want super flexibility, fancy, modern, experimental sounds for AAAANY case, if you want to sound unusual an fantastic some times, not only excellent like everybody. The third way of buying dedicated pedals for each type of fx have gone IMHO. It still works but time goes and some really interesting products are appearing, why not to use them?
Nice perspective. I have QC and strymon ( a nice problem to have ) i tend to venture for pedals to QC Strymon for Ambience and QC for drives. Im keen to try this out. Thanks for the insight
Yes 🙌 NIKO‼️‼️‼️🙏🙏🙏✅✅✅👌👌👌 thank you for clarifying this in detail because i saw the title of this YT clip and was bit worried - but then again it’s a matter of choice and preference… I’m a KeyBoardist, Vocalist and producer with my own home studio in a serious upgrade mode so been just buying new gear and i researched this device extensively watched tons of videos and decided on the EVENTIDE … I’m old school music guy in my 60’s and would most likely just use the presets and i wanted something i can just sort of patch into my PRESONUS STUDIOLIVE SX2 - 32 channel mixer and my patchbays and this thing seems to fit in nicely … no regrets but when I see titles like this video here i get a Bit nervous thinking i made a mistake until i read your comments … THANK YOU 🙏 The Real Sam Swing from the 1980’s / 1990’s NYC MUSIC SCENE LOL
This is a really great and inspiring video Jon, thank you for sharing! I find the fear is what holds most people back from pursuing the life they want. It's also the same in my case, I haven't worked it out yet but I hope that some day I can also quit and do something else besides the corporate grind.
I think escaping the corporate grind is the main aim in life. It's not easy though and I understand that it might be a necessary means to an end. But if you can escape, then I would encourage it. I'm going to keep trying to pull together my thoughts on how to do that here on this channel.
Great video! Curious of how you calculated the $5M loss. Also, it sounds like you didn't make more money, but had more purpose and more flexibility on your schedule. Is that true? Being a business owner means you likely worked just as much or more than you would have at your job. Would you say the sense of self accomplishment and flexibility were the value diff? Or? Might seem obvious to ask but you didn't say you made more, or less.
That’s a good question. It’s complicated and it slowed down the narrative so I cut it out of the final video. I had to give back some of the share ‘slivers’ that I owned at the time I left. Those shares went on to be worth £5m. The journey after that was still successful financially but you’re right that it was the driving purpose we had and the freedom it gave us that was the biggest win. I probably worked just as hard (sometimes) but had so much more choice as to when I worked hard and much more input into what I worked on so I rarely felt it was wasted time. Hope that helps.
@@JonKayeLearning That's very helpful Jon, thanks for clarifying.
@@JonKayeLearning Would love to see a video of things to know or tips/advice before you quit your job to pursue your dreams.
Awesome! You are on the same path as me! I will never regret seeing my kids grow up=. Nobody ever wishes they spent more time in meetings...
That's a great idea. I will add that to my video idea list. Look out for it in the coming weeks.
Don't know you but in 15 minutes you managed to captivate me and tell a narrative that felt like a rollercoaster! Please make more videos this was great!
Working hard on my story telling so hopefully you’ll stick around and see my progress. Thanks for the comment!
Very nicely done video. 2 years of hard work really translated well!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Man, you're almost near to blow up, keep it up.
Working on it!
It’s a masterpiece of its kind. Author knows storytelling Interesting that KZread algorithm recommended it.
Thanks. I tried hard to make it interesting. Sometimes business stories can get bogged down in the ‘business’ detail. Glad you liked it. More to come.
How much do you want to be in control of your own destiny? What would you give up to achieve that goal? Let me know in the comments.
trying to find robust and winning backtest using python is the only thing I really like to do, so I am willing to give up on everything to achieve the goal of having multiple robuste strategies running on my trading account and then starting to show my performance to people in the hope of having them onboard, I have no clue about the hassle that I need to go trough to setup a fund, but I guess if the performance is good people will want to join, with that being said it's not easy to build a portofolio of good strategies (maybe someone know how but for me it's a reel pain to achieve this). you know Jon when I was younger, I had this bad habbit of quitting algotrading each time I fail, I quitted algo trading multiple times for months during the past few years, each time I quit I focus on something else like ecommerce or web development or ethical webhacking and each the same thing happen, I just come to the conclusion that everything else is draining for me and it's just not something I willing to do, unlike algo trading, when I am coding a strategy even if the strategy backtest suck I feel a sense of achievement because I atleast discovered something. I backtested hundreds of strategies the success rate is low but at sametime I gave up quickly when I fail but after quitting multiple times and comming back I can clearly see a pattern in my behavior : I will never quit.
Well great questions. Here I am still trying to figure out what my purpose in this world is at 35! Hopefully this gives me some push.
Well I'm not sure you ever find out your real purpose. Just keep doing what you feel is the right thing to do right now. Today.
I've just spent 10 hours straight on front on my pc, trying to find another uncorelated strategy to one I already have ready to go live, I am trying to reduce drawdown of the first one trough a second one (still work in process), the sadness is massive at this point because I've spent 6 or 7 years trying to create a portofolio of winning strategies but still not there yet, I am building my skills slowly, hopefully someday I will start looking for investors like you, thanks for the encouragement.
As someone who loves building or creating useful things when i feel like crap i try thinking of new things to build and it always makes me feel good especially when it comes out perfect! The process can be tedious but that's what pays off!
Sounds great. What kind of things have you built?
Thanks Mr K, This is the goat of pedals IMHO, I knew this when I bought it, however I also know I was in for a ride and I didn't spot your Vid Comp until I broke the seal and made my own attempts at releasing the trickery of this unit, for the english speaking of use your video is a unparalleled pairing to actually move from tinging fool to Expert. I can't image the painstaking time you spend to break down this unit, but I really am glad you did and for me this is the easiest like and subscribe for this alone. I can now affirmed this unit will be part of my setup for a longtime with the endless possibilities. Again thank you 🙂 one comment if I may, for those thinking to buy this unit, the pain barrier is high, but as the saying goes no pain no gain excuse the pun 😉
Very poetic! You have to learn to love the pain…
Hello. I've learnt in life that I'm responsible for my own happiness. I'm in my sixties, and yes i am in my comfort zone . We all look for pleasure in things. Interesting listening to your experiences.
Thanks for watching! Good to hear you’re in your comfort zone. I don’t think we should be constantly pushing ourselves. Life ebbs and flows. I just think that taking the hard road is often the best route to happiness even though it doesn’t feel like it as the time.
Ofcourse its rudimentary Its human nature to want "easier" Perse but we all get up go to work hospital school college everyday its hard and difficult But we still do it despite trial and tribulations