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  • June 24, 2022 at 3:52 pm #191389
    meworkman
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    To date, all of the 9 pedals seem to emulate keyboard synthesizers. I currently have a C9, Mel9, and Synth9. Although the Mel9 has a Mellotron brass setting, it does not sound anything like a real brass section.

    It would be great if you could take actual brass samples and develop a Brass9. One that has realistic trumpet, trombone, French horn, euphonium, tuba, etc. sounds. As an option, maybe use one of the control knobs to change the trumpet to a piccolo trumpet or flugel horn. A brass ensemble would be nice. Maybe use one of the control knobs to bring various instruments into the ensemble.

    With my C9, I’ve had people get up and look to see where the flute is coming from. I’ve had others look around for the organ because the C9 truly is that good. I’d love to have something that could make people think there is a brass section hiding somewhere around the back of the band.

    Thanks for you consideration……………

    January 12, 2023 at 9:47 am #197144
    clsinisi2023
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    I agree!!!!!!! I would love to have a Brass-9 pedal!!! Saxophone, Trombone,Trumpet, French Horn and also have a patch that actually has real multi-brass section like a big band. This would be great for recording purposes as well as live performance!!! Currently, the only brass settings I can find is on a Roland guitar synth. The problem with the Roland guitar synth is that it does not track well. I have a Synth-9 pedal and it’s great. If your a musician that does a lot of recording that dabbles with Jazz, Funk, RnB, Ska and the like, this would be an amazing pedal to have. This would definitely be a GREAT ADDITION to all of the “9” pedal series! It’s hard to find trumpet, saxophone, trombone and other brass type musicians for live or for recording purposes. With the Synth-9, String-9, Key-9, B-9 and a Brass-9 pedal, I would never need to find a keyboard player or try to find any other “brass” type of musician for recording purposes. Plus, as a guitar player being in a band, especially like a cover band, You could totally replace a keyboard player with the ” 9 ” series pedals from EHX. Do you know hard it is to find a good keyboard player?????

    Thank you,

    Christopher Sinisi

    August 25, 2025 at 6:04 am #213277
    malac17
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    Does anyone have any info on this, i think that this pedal would definitely become one of the most popular pedals ever made..i for instance have a band with brass but plan to do my own one man gigs and would pay a lot to have this kind of thing near me.The interesting thing is, i wrote “ehx brass9” on google searh and AI gave a response that it already exists..who knows, maybe it already can predict the future 🙂

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    August 26, 2025 at 12:02 pm #213287
    meworkman
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    It’s been a while since I put up the original post. Since then, I’ve expanded my collection to have the C9, B9, Key9, Mel9, Synth9, and String9 pedals. I am not a studio musician; all of my performances are live. For these performances I’ve found that all of the Series 9 pedals have at least one or so sounds that can be used in live performances. The C9 and Mel9 are usually the two that end up on the pedalboard though.

    That said, I would still be interested in a Brass9 pedal that uses live horn samples. One that emulates the real horns rather than a sound that a historic keyboard makes. Maybe start a new series line that uses live samples of Brass and Woodwind. You could have high brass, low brass, ensembles, high woodwinds, low woodwinds, etc.

    September 11, 2025 at 4:08 am #213344
    malac17
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    Thanks for coming back to your theme with new info…so how far did you get with Mel9 brass/sax sounds, did you find the way to maybe improve their authenticity?
    And, if its not a problem, do you use the guitar only or maybe some other instrument (keys) along with it?
    We obviously all agree that EHX Brass9 would be something that a lot of musicians would be interested in, especially one(two)man band performers.

    Have a nice day

    February 8, 2026 at 3:21 pm #214187
    meworkman
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    Sorry I did not see your post earlier. On the Mel9, I can use the Flute rather effectively, but it chokes out on you when you get up near the 12th fret. I do California Dream, Knights in White Satin, and Can’t You See. I’ve used the Sax setting as a rather realistic Baritone sax in Mustang Sally. The Orchestra sometimes works as a good background sound. and the Cello sounds really good if you use it with lower notes. The High and Low Choir settings I’ve used for background sings in songs like God Bless the USA.

    Believe it or not, I’ve had much better results on the flute setting with my acoustic guitar than my electric.

    Good Luck

    P.S. I would still like to see the Bag 9 April fools bit come to life in a real life pedal.

    March 12, 2026 at 4:44 am #214329
    malac17
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    No problem.

    Thanks for anwsering my question..I mainly bought this pedal for brass purposes and i find it usefull in some ways but still hope that BRASS9 will be a real thing in a close future.
    Other than brass, i still cannot articulate the sax sounds as i was hoping to..and i also use cello and orchestra, but mostly for thickening when i play full chords.

    i hope you understood,english is not my first language. So, EHX, please answer our prayers with Brass9 (although i would’n t mind Bag9, of course 🙂

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