This is a comparison of the Source Audio Ventris with the Strymon Big Sky.
Both of these brilliant reverb pedals offer sonic options like hall and plate reverb as well as a cloud/e-dome and shimmer mode.
gear: Fender Telecaster, Fender Tweed Champ, Celestion G12M, Shure SM57, Cubase.
In the 1980s, the first digital chips were used to produce delay pedals. The advantage was, that these racks and pedals were able to offer a longer delay time than the analog delays of those days and, at the same time, produced less hiss. Continue reading “Digital delays”
In the first part of this article, I dedicated myself to multi overdrive pedals in general.
In the second part I introduced some interesting analog multi overdrive pedals.
And in this last part I would like to present some digital multi pedals. Continue reading “Multi Overdrive Part 3”
Although the Lexicon PCM 81 was most famous in the 90s, it still sets the standards for good reverb sounds. Continue reading “Which effect should I get? The Lexicon PCM 81 or a reverb stompbox?”
Lately someone confronted me with the following question:
Recently, I bought a Strymon El Capistan and I really love it.
But there is one thing, that bothers me:How can I make the repeats of the Strymon El Capistan fade away after switching it off ? Continue reading “Strymon El Capistan Trails Mode”
Stacking booster or overdrives pedals is pretty common.
But it can also be worth it to stack delay pedals. Stacking can be used in different ways to create special rhythmical delays or to produce ambient sounds. Continue reading “Stacking delays”
This is a comparison of the Strymon Big Sky with the Lexicon PCM 81 Reverb Hall Rack Effect.
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gear: Fender Telecaster, Fender Champ, Celestion G12M Greenback, Shure SM57, Cubase.
This is a comparison of the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo with a tape echo emulation (Strymon El Capistan) in combination with a tube preamp (Kingsley Page V2).
gear: Fender Telecaster, Fender Champ, Celestion G12M Greenback, Shure SM57, Cubase.
The Strymon El Capistan is one of the best digital tape echo emulations.
Nevertheless, some miss the warm character of an analog device and consider that the sound of the Strymon El Capistan is somehow sterile. Continue reading “Ask the Dude: How to create the sound of the legendary Fulltone Tube Tape Echo”
For sonwriting it is extremely important to have a good working pedalboard with inspiring sounds.
Today I would like to introduce some ideas that might worth it to be taken into consideration if you are willing to create such a songwriting pedalboard. Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: Songwriting Pedalboard”
This is a comparison of the Source Audio Nemesis with the Strymon DIG.
gear: Fender Telecaster, Fender Tweed Champ, Celestion G12M, Shure SM57, Cubase.
This is a comparison of the Source Audio Nemesis with the Strymon El Capistan.
gear: Fender Telecaster, Fender Tweed Champ, Celestion G12M, Shure SM57, Cubase.
At the moment flanger pedals are rather unpopular- maybe because they have been used far too often in the 80s or maybe because of their distinctive sound.
But not all flange effects are equal and depending on the way of use a flange effect can sound quite interesting. Continue reading “Flanger”
This is a blind comparison of the Strymon El Capistan with the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo.
Continue reading “Delay Blind Comparison: Strymon El Capistan vs. Fulltone Tube Tape Echo”
This is a comparison of the Strymon DIG with the Boss DD-2.
While the Strymon DIG currently is the most modern digital delay, the legendary Boss DD-2 was one of the first.
gear: Fender Jaguar, Fender Tweed Champ, Celestion G12M, Shure SM57, Cubase.
Click here for a comparison of the Strymon DIG with the TC Electronic 2290 and here for a comparison with the Korg SDD 3000.
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