![]() ![]() It’s basically a chorus/flange-type effect, adding an artificial kind of depth to the tone that can get rather metallic. Bringing up the Level gradually, we hear just a hint of watery strangeness seeping into the tone, and if we then knock the effect out of tune by just a few cents either way, the lushness begins to flood in. If we start with the Detune knob dead on the halfway line, the affected signal will be in tune with the dry – so will the pedal be effectively off? Not quite. On the front of the pedal we have a Level control for adjusting the depth of the effect, and a Detune dial with 50 cents below pitch at one end and 50 cents above at the other. There’s no battery operation – digital effects munch through PP3s like rats through a Christmas pudding – but the power supply is included in the box. The Luxe lives in a low-slung white metal case with an extravagantly flowery design and two encouragingly ‘industrial’ silver knobs. It’s not the first time anyone’s done this, but it might be the first time the effect has had its own dedicated stompbox. The detuned sound is not modulated, as it would be by the low-frequency oscillator in a standard chorus pedal, so we’re promised all the lushness with none of the pulsating wobble. The Luxe uses digital pitch-shifting – specifically, an algorithm borrowed from the company’s infamously zany Whammy pedals – to add an extra ‘voice’ to your signal. They’re calling it an ‘anti-chorus’, and we’re about to find out if the story of guitar effects is suddenly in need of a new chapter. Well, what else can you do to a guitar without making it not sound like a guitar? The appeal of a pedal that can add shimmery depth to your tone in a new way is obvious – and Digitech reckons it has just such a product. The first few decades of pop music saw engineers tampering with studio equipment to create a host of wondrous ‘colour’ effects, from chorus and flanging to swirly phasing and Leslie-style vibrato… and we’ve pretty much stuck with them ever since. Xem tất cả "Bộ xử lý tín hiệu âm thanh".Xem tất cả "Phụ kiện bảo dưỡng và thay thế".Xem tất cả "Thiết bị âm thanh & Phòng thu". ![]()
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