Electro-Harmonix Pedals

Electro-Harmonix is a New-York based company best known for their series of guitar effects pedals.  We recently received a shipment of their pedals.  Here are a few that we decided to feature.

 Electro-Harmonix XO Metal Muff with Top Boost Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal
The Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff with Top Boost features 3 powerful EQ bands that are ideal for sculpting mids and a total of 6 controls for shaping sound precisely your way. Top Boost adds serious bite with its own control knob and footswitch button.

 Electro-Harmonix Switchblade+ Channel Selector Footswitch

The Switchblade+ offers a convenient solution to a player’s switching needs. Route your signal to either output A or B, or send it to both at once. Connect a tuner or effects pedal to its dedicated Tuner output. With a fully passive audio path and active LED indication, the new Switchblade+ is your utilitarian sidekick.

Electro-Harmonix Classics Small Stone Phase Shifter Guitar Effects Pedal
This Electro-Harmonix USA Small Stone Phase Shifter Pedal produces super warm and rich phasing tones. That's why this stompbox is a classic around the world. Includes 9V battery.

We have tons more in stock! Here is a link to the catalog that we carry, click here.

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Søren Andersen and Mika Vandborg showcase the "Harmony Singer" vocal/guitar pedal

Surveys show that up to 75% of guitarists also perform vocal duties, so TC-Helicon has asked two of Denmark's most talented guitarists to road test Harmony Singer - a stompbox which has been specifically designed for guitarists who sing.

Guitar-Controlled Vocal Harmony Harmony Singer is effectively a guitar pedal, but you use it to create backing harmonies for your voice. Going first in your signal chain, Harmony Singer uses the Guitar Thru input to analyze the chords you're playing and create vocal harmonies that are in tune with your key and chord arrangements. It doesn't affect your guitar tone, but it does wonders for spicing up your vocals.

TC Electronic Legacy Reverbs Apart from providing vocal harmonies, Harmony Singer also comes with an Adaptive Tone function (automatic Compression, EQ, Gating, De-essing) and three types of high-quality reverbs for your voice. The latter draw directly on the rich lineage of TC Electronic reverb technology from our legacy products, making Harmony Singer a shining example of TC innovation - now and then.

Real-World Application However, all of the above wouldn't matter if the gear doesn't cut the mustard with working musicians, so we asked our experienced field testers, Søren Andersen and Mika Vandborg (whose names should be familiar to most TC followers), to apply the pedal to their own material for a showcase and they ran with it.  Søren applied Harmony Singer to a relatively small pedal setup, PolyTune and Hall of Fame, while Mika put it in front of his massive pedalboard, which includes Hall of Fame and Flashback X4. Dialing in different harmony options, Søren and Mika also tested the pedal with "difficult" chord changes, and... well, the results are in the videos above. We hope you'll enjoy watching them!

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COMING SOON TO STOCK: Dr. Green Bass Pedals By Ashdown Engineering

Hidden away in the Essex countryside, Dr. Green has been designing and building world- class guitar and bass amplifiers in the UK for over 20 years. Now in conjunction with bass amplifier giants Ashdown Engineering, and Hayden guitar amplifiers, he has produced a range of hand-made, boutique pedals that stand out from the crowd in both appearance and tone. Months of research and development have resulted in five very special bass effects pedals, and six guitar effects pedals that are sure to be on the wish list of every discerning player.

Each Dr. Green pedal is constructed by hand in the UK using only the finest quality components, including old-school chip holders for the tweakers out there, meaning a lifetime of tone and options are available. Each pedal features true bypass for ultimate sonic purity when the pedal is disengaged and is encased within a custom designed steel box. All Dr. Green pedals are built to last and, as such, are backed by a 5 year limited warranty. Dr. Green pedals are the ultimate in UK-made bass effects pedals.


Bearded Lady

Bass Fuzz Distortion. A bass fuzz of epic proportions, the Bearded Lady employs vintage fuzz tones controllable via ‘hi’ and ‘lo’ fuzz rotary controls, making sure you don’t lose any of your bottom end while still maintaining those transient highs that define your tone.


OctaDose

Bass Octave. Taking what Ashdown has learned from their very own tried-and-tested sub harmonizer from their ABM range of bass amplifiers, Dr. Green has expanded on this, allowing control over wet and dry signals and amount of octave the user wants to add. The OctaDose will track down to a low-B with the utmost precision and the simple rotary controls make it easy to dial in anything from subtle undertones to full-on sub-synth bass.


Doctors Note

Bass Envelope Filter. Bringing funk back to the forefront of technology, Dr. Green has produced an Envelope Filter pedal that sounds as cool as it looks, full of huge traditional sonic envelope goodness. Simple rotary controls enable you to dial in and set your oscillating frequencies with ease, allowing the funk to pour from the player’s fingertips.

Bass Verb

Bass Reverb. The Bass Verb is one of the simplest pedals in the range. With the control of the wet or dry signal, the user can easily dial in the perfect reverb, from endless cathedral style reverb to nice, tight, subtle, short plate style. Simply a fantastic quality and easy-to-use reverb pedal made for bass players who need a bit of space around their core tone.

The Aspirin

Bass Compression. A high quality bass compressor pedal in a compact easy-to-use package, the Aspirin is perfect for the bass player seeking consistency in their sound. Using the Input to drive the amount of signal, the pedal automatically processes the compression after the ratio has been adjusted to suit, a simple output pot then allows the output level to be
perfectly matched to the volume required.

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Korg Releases Volca Series For Ultimate Leads, Basses and Rhythms

Korg Volca Keys Analog Synth Machine 

The ideal introductory synthesizer, with a simple – yet powerful – polyphonic analog sound engine and loop sequencer

The polyphonic synthesizer you've been waiting for

• Three note true analogue synthesis
  
• Voicing function lets anyone create sounds easily
  
• Delay effect for even more sonic possibilities

Simple loop sequencer

• Loop sequencer lets you record phases just as you play them
  
• Motion Sequencer records knob edits in real time
  
• Active Step function and Flux function to add dynamic change to your sequences

Convenient functions for tremendous ease of use

• Self-tuning function for constant, stable pitch
  
• Sync In and Out allows clock sync of multiple instruments from the volca Series as well as Korg's Monotribe
  
• Compact size, battery-powered operation, and built-in speaker for enjoyment anywhere

Volca Keys is a long-awaited synthesizer that adds a new chapter to the long and storied history of Korg's analog synthesizers. This 27-key analog lead synth delivers unbelievably powerful sound in a compact body. Starting with a filter section that uses the circuitry of the legendary miniKORG700S (1974), it delivers astonishing sound that takes full advantage of Korg's half-century of know-how in circuit design.

With a simple structure that includes delay effect and a sequencer, it's also an ideal choice for a first analog synth. It offers the richly expressive sounds that are distinctive of analog, providing the enjoyment of simple yet deep sound-creation. The possibilities are endless; you can use the three oscillators to play chords, use them in unison with detune to produce solid lead lines, or apply ring modulation to create far-out metallic sounds. 

Korg Volca Beats Analog Drum Machine 

Peerless beats generated by solid analog drum sounds and an Electribe-style sequencer

Powerful analog drum sounds

• Real analog sounds created with reference to classic rhythm machines
  
• Six editable analogue parts with one knob per function for easy editing
  
• Maximum effect from minimal parameters - a unique advantage of analog
  
• PCM sound engine expands possibilities when used with analog sounds

Loop sequencer distilled from the Electribe series

• Electribe-style 16-step sequencer with eight memory patches
  
• Stutter function generates repeated triggers that dramatically change the sequence
  
• Active Step function generates new bass lines by removing or inserting steps.
  
• Step Jump function instantly plays only the step you're pressing

Convenient functions for incredible ease of use

• Sync In and Out allows clock sync of multiple instruments from the volca Series as well as Korg's Monotribe
  
• MIDI In for note entry, plus external sync and control from your DAW
  
• Go-anywhere analogue: play anywhere with the built-in speaker and optional battery power

Even today, more than thirty years after the age dominated by analog synthesizers, we just can't let go of the sound of analog rhythm machines. Those thick sounds have the power to stand up to guitar and acoustic drums, and are still indispensable for track-making or live performance. The volca Beats gives you those analog drums plus the easy-to-use step sequencer of the Electribe; it lets you turn your inspiration into reality and generate beats with the best high quality sounds. 


Korg Volca Bass Analog Bass Machine 

Powerful analog bass sound creation and an Electribe-inspired sequencer for the ultimate bass lines

Powerful analog bass sound

• Three analogue oscillators for thick, huge bass line
  
• Newly designed analog filter for crisp, bright response
  
• Simple structure with single VCF, VCA, LFO, and EG

Loop sequencer distilled from the Electribe series

• Electribe-style 16-step sequencer with eight memory patches
  
• Slide function that’s indispensable for acid and other types of electronic music
  
• Active Step function generates new bass lines by removing or inserting steps

Convenient functions for ease of use

• Self-tuning function for constant, stable pitch
  
• Sync In and Out allows clock sync of multiple instruments from the volca Series as well as Korg's Monotribe
  
• Go-anywhere analogue: play anywhere with the built-in speaker and optional battery power

Aggressive sounds that stand up to the drums; fat sounds that support the rhythm; funky sounds that generate a groove - the volca Bass is an analog groove box that has what you need for a wide range of bass lines.

Although simple in structure, the analog sound engine has an unmistakable presence with subtle nuances that cannot be reproduced by a digital simulation; it's a great choice for acid house and many other styles of music. The step sequencer distilled from the Electribe is not only visually intuitive; it's also a powerful way to generate "free form" bass loops that will stimulate your inspiration. 

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Fender Competition Series Pedals

Fender Distortion Pedal

The Fender Distortion pedal drives your favorite tube or solid-state amp into thick distortion and singing sustain, evoking the edgy hard-rock tones of the ’70s and ’80s. Great with many different amplifiers, it’s responsive enough that you can use your guitar’s volume control to adjust the exact amount of distortion desired, from aggressive crunch to full-on saturation.  Use it to create your distorted tone or as a boost for higher-gain rhythm and solo tones.

• Input Impedance: 500 kOhm
• Output Load Impedance: >10 kOhm
• Equivalent Input Noise: -110dBm
• Power Consumption: 11mA
• Dimensions: 2-1/2" W x 2-1/16" H x 4-3/4" L

Fender Drive Pedal

The Fender Drive pedal creates a warm overdrive reminiscent of classic ’60s and ’70s rock and blues tones. Use it to push your favorite tube or solid-state amp, creating harmonically rich crunch and sustain. With an old-school design that matches its vintage warmth, it makes an ideal choice for the musician looking for rich, harmonic overdriven tone.

• Input Impedance: 500 kOhm
• Output Load Impedance: >10 kOhm
• Equivalent Input Noise: -110dBm
• Power Consumption: 11mA
• Dimensions:2-1/2" W x 2-1/16" H x 4-3/4" L

Fender Chorus Pedal

The Fender Chorus pedal will remind you just how cool and indispensable the lushly spatial effect can be. Add sparkle to clean open chords, to animate strummed passages and to thicken distorted power chords. Get just the right amount of chorus desired, cleanly and quietly. Operates in mono or with stereo outputs for vibrantly huge sound while creating wide, sweeping modulation effects or shimmering 12-string sounds.

• Input Impedance: 500 kOhm
• Output Load Impedance: >10 kOhm
• Equivalent Input Noise: -90dBm
• Power Consumption: 20mA
• Analog Circuit
• Dimensions: 2-1/2" W x 2-1/16" H x 4-3/4" L

Fender Delay Pedal

The Fender Delay pedal creates richly resonating echo effects from short slap-back rockabilly sounds to longer repeating echo perfect for huge, soaring guitar solos (it’s great for other electronic instruments too, such as keyboards). Dedicated delay time, feedback and level controls give you complete command of your sound’s spatial characteristics. Operates in mono or with stereo outputs for two-amplifier setups.

• Input Impedance: 500 kOhm
• Output Load Impedance: >10 kOhm
• Equivalent Input Noise:
-110dBm
• Power Consumption: 11mA
• Digital Circuit
• 300ms Delay Time
• Dimensions: 2-1/2" W x 2-1/16" H x 4-3/4" L

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TC-Helicon Harmony Singer

You’ve perfected your guitar tone. Now it’s time to focus on your vocals. Harmony Singer is the perfect partner for that – essential and exciting vocal processing no larger than a guitar stomp box, but with a massive sound. Whether you’re electric, electro-acoustic, pro or practicing, your vocal presentation will sound like your group just increased by a couple of backup singers, an expert engineer and a ton of gear.

• All-in-one, compact pedal featuring Vocal Harmony, Tone and Reverb
• Up to two harmony voices guided automatically by the guitar via the In/Thru connection
• Adaptive Tone “sweetens” overall vocal quality
• 3 high-quality Reverb styles with adjustable level

 

It starts with Adaptive Tone for a studio vocal sound

Tone is much more than just a four-letter-word. Under the hood of Harmony Singer is a collection of high-end audio processes tweaked to perfection. Smooth dynamics? Check. Silky brightness? Check. Reduced “sss” sounds? Check. No more muddy lows? Check. And these processes automatically adapt to the tone and dynamic range of your singing so that even with an average PA, you’ll always sound your best.

Just play and sing, your harmony group follows automatically

You won’t have to brush up on your vocal arranging skills. Harmony Singer does this for you. It instantly analyzes your guitar chords so that when you hit the footswitch, your harmony backup group is in tune and on time. When it’s this easy, you’ll find yourself trying harmony in songs you wouldn’t have thought of before.

Silky studio-quality reverb

Sure, everything has reverb in it these days, but when your reverb sounds great it makes you equally great. Our sister company TC Electronic is renowned in the pro-audio community for the quality of its reverb algorithms and the styles in Harmony Singer hark directly from that lineage. The Room, Club and Hall styles are all built to flatter your voice, so go ahead and crank it up, your audience will love it.

Don’t forget to Talk to your audience

Of course you don’t want to announce your next song or chat to the folks with Reverb on. Holding the Harmony on/off button puts you into Talk mode where your voice is still processed by Tone but the Reverb and Harmony effects are turned off. A quick tap and you’re back in the land of pristine ambience.

Easy hook-up

If you’ve ever connected a mic to your PA, you’re ready to connect Harmony Singer. Mic to Harmony Singer and Harmony Singer to PA. Nice and easy. Your guitar connects the same way you’d connect your other stomp box effects – only it likes to be first in the chain.

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New Audiffex Effects and Applications!

Based in the Czech Republic, Audiffex has been developing software since 1999 and was one of the first to make software solutions for guitars.  

Their algorithms have been used by many major hardware guitar effects companies since that time.  

Audiffex has expanded their product line beyond guitars, with effects tailored to keyboards, bass, vocals and others.  Perhaps best of all, Audiffex prices are super-affordable.

ampLion Pro
ampLion is an ultra-precise simulation of guitar amps, speakers, microphones and effects. This is an all-in-one solution for every guitar player as all of the gear is just a click away. The Live mode and implemented MIDI control allows your customer to enter the stage with just their computer, audio interface and MIDI foot controller!

 

Effects Pedal

A complete set of 36 plug-ins for guitar, bass, software instruments, vocal and acoustic instruments. One of the first professional guitar software solutions. Because of a strong demand to release this set also for ProTools and as a standalone product, the complete set of stomp-box effects has been released in one package, giving your customer multiple tools to customize the sound. 


Gallien-Krueger Amplification 2 and Pro Version
A result of the cooperation between Gallien-Krueger, the leading bass gear company, and Audiffex, you get one of the best bass amps simulations. GK Amplification is plug-in that includes exact models of Gallien-Krueger amps and speakers. All the functions of the original amps (Bi-Amp, filters) are available and all of the controls do the same as their hardware counterparts. 


inTone
Family of real-time effect processors designed primarily for live performance and home practicing. Whether your customer is a guitar, bass, keyboard player or a sound engineer, inTone can offer them everything they need. All that for really reasonable price.

 

inTone Bass Pro

inTone Guitar Pro

inTone Keys Pro

inTone Matrix Pro

Guitar Line Multi Drive
Compact guitar effects series of plugins that faithfully simulate guitar gear, whether effects or speakers. Eight most famous drive pedals in a single package for convenient use in your studio. An affordable option for the customer who would like a multitude of effects at their disposal.



inValve
Tube preamp, equalizer and compressor package to add warmth and body to any sound. Control is made more consistent with a dedicated graphic interface. Behind the graphics, there are models of analog circuits, exact valve characteristics and advanced oversampling that increase the processing quality.
 

NRV10 interFX
Now the Mac or PC computer can be used as a flexible external effect unit for M-Audio NRV10, an analog mixer with built-in 10-in and 10-out digital audio interface. Created in cooperation with M-Audio, the interFX application will enhance the mixer's capabilities by using external VST effects. 
 

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TC Electronic's Ditto Looper Comes Alive!

By now, you’ve probably seen and heard about Ditto Looper - and you know it can do some amazing stuff. But how does Ditto Looper work if you aren’t in the mood for more complicated things and just want to rock out and have fun?

Key Features

• The guitar player's looper - made for guitarists by guitarists 
• Dirt simple looping - and nothing but looping 
• True bypass and Analog-Dry-Through  5 minutes of looping 
• Undo / Redo function 
• Unlimited overdubs  
• 24 bit uncompressed high quality audio
• Ultra-small footprint

Looping Sense

Ditto Looper was designed from the ground up with guitarists in mind. TC Electronic made sure Ditto Looper takes up minimal space on your board, but still has the essential 'make your guitar-heart jump' features such as True Bypass and Analog-Dry-Through making sure your tone stays uncolored.

One Knob To Rule Them All

Ditto Looper simply loops. Well. It's 'one knob' button may seem like a minimalist approach, but all the essentials are there: record, undo/redo, stop and erase are all accessed via different foot-commands that always make sense, whether you are building loops, changing from one part to the next (we're looking at you, live performers) or adding layers to a song.

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TC Electronic BG250 - Toneprint enabled Bass Combo

The TC Electronic BG250 houses all the things that make bass great: it's light yet super powerful, features super versatile tone shaping tools and it has an onboard tuner.

Add to that, the ultimate effects solution: TonePrint! You can swap effect types on the fly and you even get custom TonePrints created by some of the greatest bass players totally free of charge.
 

• Ultra-light, Ultra-powerful
• TonePrint Enabled
• Tone Shaping Tools
• Built-in Bass Tuner

What good is having a ton of power if you risk your back or need to rent a forklift every time you have a gig? None, that's why the BG250 is designed to have 250 watts of raw power, delivered through cutting-edge, lightweight Class D amp technology that helps bringing the total weight down to an extremely portable 35 lbs - making it one of the lightest yet loudest combos in its class.

BG250 sports Bass TonePrint, a unique feature that lets you load signature effects into the TonePrint slot. 

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Mackie Debuts New DL806 8-Channel Digital Live Sound Mixer With iPad Control

At the 2013 NAMM Show, Mackie showed the new DL806 8-channel digital live sound mixer with iPad control.  Easy-to-setup wireless control means users can mix from anywhere, using up to 10 iPad, iPhone or iPod touch devices.  The DL806 hardware provides high-quality sonic performance with eight Onyx mic preamps and 24-bit Cirrus Logic AD/DA converters and a host of plug-ins like EQ, dynamics, effects and GEQ.  It is intended for a wide variety of smaller applications and venues.

Hardware:

• 8 Onyx mic preamps
• High-end Cirrus Logic converters
• Low-noise, high-headroom design
• 4 aux sends for monitor mixes
• Master L/R output for mains

Built-In Processing:

• Choice of touch-sensitive plug-ins
• 4-band EQ, gate and compression on inputs
• 31-band GEQ and comp/limiter on outputs
• Global reverb and delay

Wireless Mixing:

• Seamless wired to wireless mixing
• Tune the room from anywhere
• Get on stage to ring out monitors
• Personal monitor mixing with access control ability
• Use up to 10 wireless devices simultaneously
Total Control From iPad, iPhone or iPod touch:
• Intuitive Master Fader app for all iPad models2
• My Fader app for quick control from iPhone or iPod touch3
• “Grow and Glow” visual feedback
• Preset and snapshot recall
• Record the mix to the iPad for instant sharing4
• Integrate music from any app into the mix4

Install Features:

• PadLock feature locks down iPad for permanent installs
• Industry standard Kensington lock secures mixer
• Compact footprint saves precious workspace
• 15.5 x 11.5 x 3.9 inches
• 6.9 pounds

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