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«  Super toy! »

Published on 08/18/14 at 09:08
RAS, everything has already been said. I insist on against the micro swith to change the 3-position is quite fragile, be careful when transporting! (Micro switch my holy grail and freeze my Petes after a short stay of one hour in a backpack, I was happy ... Well I'm a bit stupid too!)

UTILIZATION

Setup could not be more simple. RAS either, everything has already been said.

Installed at the end of the string or at the end of the loop, unless you want to process the signal with effects (for me, at the very end just before the looper).

SOUND QUALITY

This is exactly what I expected: create a sort of drone or sheet of the most beautiful effect. You can go very far in the experiment by treating the freeze with a delay, octaver etc. but I use pretty basic way.

We play a note or chord (the freeze is polyphonic) which is then stuck with a rather slow and key modulation (15-20 seconds). We think quite a note synth maintained. Ideal for the play "Shine on your crazy diamond" and other pinkfloyderies, or to create a mood background on a song or solo.

Anecdote of the day, thanks to the freeze that I really captured the modes on guitar;)

For cons, the freeze will capture only the first pulse on the ropes. This means that if you play a chord a little too slowly, only low notes will freezées. We must therefore play the chords rather "snapped" to fully freeze all the strings, and try to have an identical attack on every string, at risk of having its very forward compared to others.

Also note that depending on the attack, the modulation of which I mentioned above will more or less experience (protruding more attacking strong).

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years. This is far from an "indispensable" effect, but glad to have it. It offers many opportunities to enrich his game, both quietly in the background, by building outright sounds and atmospheres.

For my part, I'm having to do it again this choice so!