--- title: Running Video Through A Guitar Effects Pedal | daily.dev description: Liam Taylor ran composite video from a Sony camcorder through a Boss ME-50 guitar multi-effects unit to see what would happen. By connecting the camcorder's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/running-video-through-a-guitar-effects-pedal-pbszb1ogy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Running Video Through A Guitar Effects Pedal | daily.dev og:description: Liam Taylor ran composite video from a Sony camcorder through a Boss ME-50 guitar multi-effects unit to see what would happen. By connecting the camcorder's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/running-video-through-a-guitar-effects-pedal-pbszb1ogy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PbszB1OgY.png og:image:alt: Running Video Through A Guitar Effects Pedal og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Running Video Through A Guitar Effects Pedal **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Liam Taylor ran composite video from a Sony camcorder through a Boss ME-50 guitar multi-effects unit to see what would happen. By connecting the camcorder's composite output to the ME-50's auxiliary input via a 3.5mm jack, various guitar effects like wah, ring modulation, reverb, and distortion produced unexpected and visually interesting distortions to the analog video signal. The experiment highlights the creative potential of misusing audio hardware with video signals, echoing the spirit of classic analog video synthesizers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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