I’m trying to accomplish the same thing you are more or less… however as a Sax player I’m completely unfamiliar with the proper methods of rigging up a chain of effects for an instrument. I’ve tried to do some research on the subject but adding effects for live saxophone performances seems to be a closely guarded secret. Would anyone be able to explain to me what I’ve got to do to get a proper signal from my SM57 into this pedal? I know from some failed experiments that it’s not as simple as a 1/4 inch to XLR jack. If my wikipedia reading is serving me right one of the main problems is that microphones send out a Lo-Z signal while most effects pedals are meant to play with Hi-Z signal. There are a few pedals out there that I’ve been looking at made specifically with XLR inputs in mind, most notably the Digitech Vocal300. However I’ve avoided buying it because I’ve read that even with the XLR input you have to tweak your signal with a pre-amp/linemixer and THEN run a DI.

If all of that seems like a bunch of rambling… it is, because I’ve got no idea about any of this, and some help figuring it all out would be appreciated.