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Published on 10/02/11 at 14:04- Speed switch
- Step knob
- Frequency knobs
- Many little LED's for each frequency
- 9 Volt adapter requires modification or replacement bottom plate.
- Hand painted enclosure
- True bypass
UTILIZATION
I don't know if you can call this an auto wah (since it only does sample/hold), but it's more of a randomizer/arpeggiator that gets you those cool breaking sounds. What makes this unit different than the other devices that do things similar on the market is its ability to allow you to set the amount of certain frequencies you want (or if you want, remove them entirely) and its ability to do either a straight step pattern or random. I haven't seen one that allows you to do both, other than this pedal. What this doesn't allow you to do is a standard sort of auto wah.
The Speed switch controls the how fast the pedal cycles through the frequencies. The Step knob controls how many steps it will take during that cycle. There is not too much to confuse someone here.
SOUND QUALITY
I had never noticed the pedal sucking tone or altering the tone of the guitar. It always seemed fairly transparent. The effect always sounds alright. The ability to change the amount of frequencies is extremely helpful in creating sounds that you want. It wasn't as musical or extreme sounding as say the original version of the Robotalk, but I think that loss is worth what is gained.
OVERALL OPINION
There are a bunch of these types of pedals on the market these days (the original Robotalk, Subdecay Proteus, Subdecay Prometheus, etc including some of ZVex's other pedals (Seek Wah, Seek Trem, Tremorama, etc). For my uses, this is the one I enjoy the most. It doesn't have nearly as many features as say the Prometheus or quite the same sound quality, but the ability to change the amount of frequencies or remove them is huge.
The unit is fairly pricey, as all of these types of pedals tend to be. I believe that these still feature hand painted enclosures, so that is nice. It also makes you feel kind of bad about stepping on it. I think for the price it would be nice to have an actual auto wah feature, but I never use them anyway.
- Step knob
- Frequency knobs
- Many little LED's for each frequency
- 9 Volt adapter requires modification or replacement bottom plate.
- Hand painted enclosure
- True bypass
UTILIZATION
I don't know if you can call this an auto wah (since it only does sample/hold), but it's more of a randomizer/arpeggiator that gets you those cool breaking sounds. What makes this unit different than the other devices that do things similar on the market is its ability to allow you to set the amount of certain frequencies you want (or if you want, remove them entirely) and its ability to do either a straight step pattern or random. I haven't seen one that allows you to do both, other than this pedal. What this doesn't allow you to do is a standard sort of auto wah.
The Speed switch controls the how fast the pedal cycles through the frequencies. The Step knob controls how many steps it will take during that cycle. There is not too much to confuse someone here.
SOUND QUALITY
I had never noticed the pedal sucking tone or altering the tone of the guitar. It always seemed fairly transparent. The effect always sounds alright. The ability to change the amount of frequencies is extremely helpful in creating sounds that you want. It wasn't as musical or extreme sounding as say the original version of the Robotalk, but I think that loss is worth what is gained.
OVERALL OPINION
There are a bunch of these types of pedals on the market these days (the original Robotalk, Subdecay Proteus, Subdecay Prometheus, etc including some of ZVex's other pedals (Seek Wah, Seek Trem, Tremorama, etc). For my uses, this is the one I enjoy the most. It doesn't have nearly as many features as say the Prometheus or quite the same sound quality, but the ability to change the amount of frequencies or remove them is huge.
The unit is fairly pricey, as all of these types of pedals tend to be. I believe that these still feature hand painted enclosures, so that is nice. It also makes you feel kind of bad about stepping on it. I think for the price it would be nice to have an actual auto wah feature, but I never use them anyway.