Hi!
Just thought I would write something about the pedal board I am using as of 2020:
It contains the following:
Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler -> Fulltone OCD v1.7 -> Zvex Box of Rock (BOR) -> Menatone Top-Boost-In-A-Can (TBIAC) -> Visual Sound Visual Volume (VV-10) -> Eventide H9 Max -> Boss DD-500 Digital Delay -> Strymon BigSky Reverb.
Selah Quartz V2 is being used to send out global tempo and MIDI messages to the H9, DD-500, BigSky and M5. The Q:Expander is used to bank up/down presets and toggle program changes to the M5. All these devices are connected using One Control MIDI patch cables. A TRS cable (from SWAMP Industries) connects the Q:Expander to Quartz.
All pedals are powered by a Strymon Ojai mounted under the board (Pedal Train PT-2). A Strymon Polarity Reversal Cable is used for the Eventide H9 and a Truetone 1-Spot Multi Plug to daisy chain the OCD, BOR, TBIAC, VV-10 and Quartz. I use a combination of George L and Lava Cable patch leads which have been serving me well for 10+ years.
I have been using Line 6 M5 as a kind of ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of gain and compression that I control using MIDI. I am particularly fond of the “Boost Comp” model it offers which is inspired by the MXR Micro Amp and contains parameters for Gain, Treble, Bass, Compression & Volume. This is general left ‘always on’. In addition to this, I generally leave the “Distortron” side of my Z-Vex Box of Rock ‘always on’ a light gain setting as a sort of pre-amp and add extra body to my sound.
I have been using Eventide H9 for its vast array of algorithms of which I like can call upon and experiment with as needed. I really love the sounds you can get out of this device! I also use it as a tuner (easily accessed by simultaneously holding “Active” & “Tap”).
The DD-500 covers the vast majority all of my delay sounds. There are times when I make use of the H9’s delays and the BigSky’s “Magneto” setting for alternate sounds and textures.
The Strymon BigSky covers most of my reverb sounds. I have found great use of its “cab filter” for recording purposes and running direct-in to the sound desk for live scenarios where excess amp noise needs to be mitigated.
Tom Warren 
I’m having a hard time setting up my Selah Quartz V2 with my DD500. So far I’ve plugged midi out (Selah) to midi in (DD500) but it seems to not be working or at least doing what I’m expecting it to do. Please tell me if I’m wrong but what I’m expecting is if I change the tempo on the selah it should automatically change it on the DD500…. Correct? I really know nothing about midi, I don’t know if I’m connecting it right or if I need to adjust some settings on the DD500. Any advice or help will be greatly appreciated.
Hi Edgar,
Apologies for the tardiness of my reply.
MIDI can be a bit daunting when you don’t know much about it and just getting started. Once you really get the hang of it you can really use it to great effect!
For the Quartz to send temp (MIDI clock) and the DD-500 to receive it you need to make sure both devices are set up correctly. Hopefully the below steps will come in handy if you haven’t already solved the problem by now.
On the Quartz:
Hold down the two blacks knobs simultaneously to enter GLOBAL mode
-> select ‘MIDI’ by pressing the knob of the left
-> confirm ‘SEND CLK’ is set to ‘Yes’.
On the DD–500:
Press ‘EDIT’
-> select ‘MIDI’
-> scroll down the menu to ‘SYNC’ (it’s 5th option from the bottom)
-> confirm SYNC is set to either EXT(MIDI) or AUTO.
From Tom.