All user reviews for the Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pulsar

Analog, no editing or preset.

UTILIZATION

The manual is clear, but it must be read because you can not guess all (as that tremolo peaked with the "depth" two hours and then become modulated).

SOUND QUALITY

Very efficient, very realistic.

OVERALL OPINION

At the tap tempo, Pulsar is a bit of retrograde. And as the Rate knob has a monstrously wide range, each half-mm brings a different tempo. Finally - as always with EHX - switches are hard and make a lot of noise.
But what a sound! organic, addictive, hypnotic, it's the grain, not digital sanitized. In addition, work on the curve of the tremolo via the Shape knob brings a wide variety of pulsation. Exciting.
(The stereo effect, personally, it does not please me - ditto for phaser, panners and Co. I find it artificial in general, matter of taste.)
I recently bought - and quickly returned - two high-end worth 4 times its price: the Super Zvex Seek Trem (see review) and the Empress Tremolo2, both full of possibilities, but not as addictive as the Pulsar, which will remain So long in my collection.

Tremolo analog apparently.
Stereo output radical effect.

UTILIZATION

The knobs are hyper sensitive, move a mm you have not made the same!
Sy must try several times and requires a bit of courage to tame the effect.
The settings are sensitive.

SOUND QUALITY

For so cheap in secondhand, go for it.
I wanted a tremolo for a while, had squinted at the boss coughed ...
Well, you can get a very light and effective tremolo, or else spend your chopper to his playing with the knobs is ra-di-cal!
Try the stereo output, you'll catch the seasickness, sincerely! This means its effectiveness. Sure, it may sound slightly attenuated, but this is a detail.

OVERALL OPINION

If you are penniless, investment worth. it does not leave the pedalboard, known to be discreet or otherwise ubiquitous (as god) and is very well work.

As was his habit, EHX goes easier and offers great tremolo effective. 3 knobs, switch, foot control and that's it. Pulsar is fully analog and I never had to complain about this brand or even repair any pedal, and I've really put in shots. Little more that I have not yet had the opportunity to exploit: the stereo output.

UTILIZATION

Everything is easy to access, but it should probably several tests to enjoy good settings. Once found, this is just fun. No need for this manual Pulsar, honestly. I noticed that the reviews spoke of knobs too soft, I do not think so. For the EHX is even more firmly in place! We know that it is not making the most crazy with the best finishes, but it holds up and the Pulsar is handy. After that, it is sure that if you start to move the knobs to live it up in full must leave a little in every sense ...

SOUND QUALITY

The effect is quite realistic, at least it has the merit of not distorting the sound. The true bypass seems to work even if it will never be really. It's really nice to play the garage (or psyche) and give it another way, a more vivid color. On a Jazz, it really works very well. The sound is round and warm, what I do not really expect but it is not bad! It may lack some potato, coupling with a boost at times.

OVERALL OPINION

It would be quibbling to say that does not break is with a Pulsar. I redeem my eyes closed, and frankly 45 € is still not very expensive. The EHX brand esuie quite critical level assembly, finishing, quality but I've never had much to complain about their products, unlike BOSS example ... the price / quality ratio is unbeatable, and it remains intuitive ( what should be the case for more pedals). The only negatives are the lack of power (sometimes) and the shape knob that is used relatively little because it seems to have little personality. But frankly, these details are forgotten 5 minutes.

Tremolo analog mono / stereo
true bypass
EHX model size (slightly larger than a boss), power supply type 9V boss
3 buttons: the intensity (height variation), speed, and the waveform, plus a small switch to change modes triangle (trmolo progressive) to square mode (tremolo "binary")
For me it lacks a stereo input to avoid "breaking" of the stereo effects loop
Ultra solid stainless steel case, made in United States

UTILIZATION

Super simple, no need manual.
Knobs are very sensitive (almost too), beautiful range of effects.

SOUND QUALITY

Apart from my boss who is a delay, I have nothing but EHX: reverb (cathedral), chorus / flanger (Electric Mistress).

The sound is just what one would expect from a good tremolo, which is not a very complicated effect: clear, do not vary the overall volume of activation.
So no surprises, it does what you ask, the simple vibrato cut ultra light with the hash.

I have not tried it in stereo.

OVERALL OPINION

Used for several days, I love it because it does exactly what I want. EHX effects, analog or digital are of excellent craftsmanship.
A tremolo is a simple fact, he just has to comply with the sound, so I do not see why I would put 130 or 150 € in this type of pedal.
The price / quality ratio is excellent.

an analog tremolo effect between two outputs, mono or stereo

UTILIZATION

it takes a little time to find its settings, as the range covered is great, but once found it's great, I use it a lot in stereo and attention because if we go back to mono settings are not the same for keep the same sound, so 2 settings found
over the knobs are very sensitive follower of zero / background will have a finger chopper, as a few millimeters changes everything!
Only drawback, the settings are still different depending on whether battery powered or transformer (voltage influences much I feel, indeed the transformer 9v just so rare, so the batteries) but nothing really annoying

SOUND QUALITY

no coloration of sound, transparent effect, true bypass: a good more

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 years, I am very satisfied, especially in stereo, so I do it again this purchase without problem

Then it is a rather unusual tremolo and it takes a little time to make the turn and really understand it. Fully analog settings it offers depth / shape / rate things that are a little weird and a selector sawtooth (saw) / square (square).
There are two outputs for the stereo, but only one entry so you are bound to affect as mono before and usually the tremolo is all the time string that can cause problems (like a stereo delay, not possible, a synthetic stereo either ...)
The pedal is light but seems sturdy, the knobs are a bit heavy is nickel. It is smaller than the single pulsar, it is as long as a boss and is about 1 cm more width.

Power is supplied to the standard Boss / Ibanez, 9 Volt DC, + on the outer ring - the inner consumes 100mA, 200mA power supply is one recommended by the record. The location for the battery (I had provided a ...) frankly leaves to be desired, it is basically "just like that between circuits ...". So it's a bit rock'n'roll but ... There's a kind of piece of foam slightly to accommodate informed. I use a good pout my external power supply.

The small loupiote red lights when the effect is activated and its brightness varies according to the parameters of the effect. Bypass LED is off, it does not see the beating, it's a good detail ...

I would not put 10 for single entry ... (How I do me for my keyboard? My line6 echo park she did that, it)

UTILIZATION

So I will detail how to work a little beast ... It's quite surprising, but it's a monster versatility.

Button depth is special because it is the way to 13h/14h (not 17h), it goes beyond the negative. That is, he does reappear in phase opposition signal or something like that, the "tempo" of tremolo and then multiplied by two but with a sound a little dull for once in opposition of phase. It allows you to make rhythmic 3-level, instead of 1 / 0 as a classic tremolo, it makes 1/0/-1/0 etc ... It's very interesting to diversify, especially for what follows.
The button shape, which is usually used to go from one form of a sine square has a different role here. Saw mode, it will amount to a saw saw a top-down passnt saw a symmetrical, which is very close to a sinus when we play a little with depth. Mode square is played on the length of the opening, at least the sound is cut all the time, to the maximum open time at noon is 50/50 (tremolo regular and symmetrical).
It may therefore be in good vintage as in the modern mega hyper ground, and little more in the interaction of the two first button is playing with the depth of opposition phase and length of opening of the square wave or saw, you can have a tremolo in the shuffle bit crooked in either ... It's magical and I know no one who did that.

The button does not surprise special rate, it is a tremolo than the second (violoning) up to very high, the variation is still visible but uncountable.

Small flat, button shape varies a bit rate ... The more one goes in the direction of clockwise over the slow rate. It's weird, it does so in both modes, it is not very logical because the period should be independent of the waveform but ... It can sometimes be a little handicapping (for a readjustment live on stage for example). 10 not just for that, because otherwise it deserves.

SOUND QUALITY

Really nice, I've played on the tremolo Marshall, nothing to see. The saw can be very soft, very vintage, the square can be very aggressive. The settings are extensive and progressive and weight / resistance allows for a lot of precision, unlike some pedals where the buttons are so light they turn too easily and the settings are often compromised or less because that happens not to be precise.
It blows a little bit, but it's very light, much less a whammy for example. And as a pedal of this kind that starts the chain end, or at least after the saturation, there's no reason to change that.
A common criticism of the volume problems with tremolos. This is mainly due to the fact that playing as the effect on the volume, it is almost never fully (with a sine or saw at least), so the ear hears a sound close to 75 or 80% volume bypassed. On that one sound to be boosted a little bit because in the end it's more balanced that it is only a small loss in saw mode (almost inaudible in the average values ​​of depth and shape) and a small gain more square, but I'm not even sure ... again it depends on the settings of shape and depth.

OVERALL OPINION

I use intensemment for a week and I'm really pleased. It is a perfect all-round, it just music or surfing the cyber-punk two-stroke knob is great ... We quickly get to the beauty of the saw for ballads that make girls cry, and quickly take his guitar for a synth with the square. Put a saturation and a phaser and just before it is huge as it does, according to the saturation you can go kind of synth not Get Fooled Again punish those of ...
Brief € 69 on the net ... Need I say more. Nothing to lose and I do not think you can really be disappointed with such a tremolo as it is very versatile and the parameters are very broad.
It must nevertheless take the time to get to the settings, get used to the depth that is the way to the mid race and to be careful to shape that moves a bit rate, perhaps 10 bpm between the two extremes still so this means, right after, which will hear the details of a waveform of a tremolo live fully in its own guitarist ...

- What are the effects or types of effects available?
2 vibrato modes and square waves (square waves and translate)
- What technology is used? (Analog, numrique, lamp ...)
analog
- Are they ditables? Via an editor Mac / PC?
not
- What is the connection? (Audio / MIDI)
audio (with stereo output)
- Is this a rack or rack MODEL?
pedal

UTILIZATION

- The configuration gnrale Is it easy?
Yes: 3 knobs and a selector (for the type of tremolo)
- The edition of sounds and effects is it easy?
very simple, we get all the types that you want
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
tres, explain the changes engendered by the rglages DIFFERENT (ncessite a good knowledge of English (or 9)

SOUND QUALITY

- Effects are they effective, suitable and adequate ralistes?
trs effective to break the monotony
- Which instruments do you use?
low
- What are those you prfrez, you dtest?
I love them all

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
2 months
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
slecteur the fashion
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
no, but it suits me very well (I immediately found what I thought)
- How do you report qualitprix?
INTERESTED
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
yes of course!

Analog, Passed by true.

UTILIZATION

3 buttons and a switch, you should be fine ...

SOUND QUALITY

Obviously this one is waiting, the tremolo is beautiful, very hot, quality and setting possibilities are bluffing. Vintage or modern, at times limited vibrato, ring modulator in the extremes, coupled with other effects (chorus, delay) it can go far in space. No noise reduction noticed a slight boost even more (high volume amp), very quiet pedal does not click in the background as another.

OVERALL OPINION

A 69 euro store is unbeatable value for money, the other offering a tremolo sound quality are at least equivalent to more and even more than 100 euro.
Honestly I think it's a foot flagship of the brand that has many, this is a real success.

We must spend time, but what a pleasure to find three or four typical settings to know by heart for quick then it's pro stuff, nothing to say.

I found the tremolo!

- What are the effects or types of effects available?
tremolo, square or triangular
- What technology is used?
analog

- Are they ditables? Via an editor Mac / PC?
not
- What is the connection? (Audio / MIDI)
6.35

UTILIZATION

- The configuration gnrale Is it easy?

confused a lot of buttons not instinctive.

- The edition of sounds and effects is it easy?

Yes and no, it is a little tatter, but once you find it.

- The manual is clear and sufficient?

no manual

SOUND QUALITY

- Which instruments do you use?
Guitar, clean and distortion, reverb ...

OVERALL OPINION

How long have you use it?
1 year
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
on its own, the trs rglages pousss
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
not
- How do you report qualitprix?
trs good, but it CHRE
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
yes

Tremolo-like effect and Stro (a trs really works well in Stereo, the sound image takes on another dimension)
The good old analog
No PC edition in good sr
Between a jack
Two out jack (mono or Stereo)

UTILIZATION

Config trs simple to use: three knobs and a switch to the waveform (sine or square)
The ets easy shipping. You just know that the first 2 / 3 of the knobs are rgler Depth and Rate of Manir classic effect. The last third is going on trip in the effects that will make Medeski squealing sound and soar ... So this is to have a tremolo INTERESTED stro normal but also the possibility of crushing the sound (provided you love a)
The manual top, it explains better than I rglages all possible.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is perfect: it is the EH and stro more. Warm, round. I plug it on a piano internship RD300SX and it sound so amliore: warmer, rounder and more like a Rhodes.
I have problem pa blast or loss of earnings.

OVERALL OPINION

I advise to use with Rhodes or internship EP