I asked on instagram on what the idea behind the pedal was and the maker said he wanted to make something as though Andy summers and robin guthrie made it so this thing is pretty rad
Sorry for double posting but I need to add that this is the BEST sounding chorus pedal I've ever heard. Definitely going to get one. Thanks for the awesome demo. Great playing, as always !
andy your choice of song to demo is sublime ,the post punk guitar approach still sounds awesome and energised , John Mcgeoch and his peers still rock my world!
Looks like "dipping in" to this pedal you'll really be "getting wet" but to get the "waters open up" sonically on this pedal I'm afraid I'd only release the Kraken due to its complexity. (PS: Love that PIL was given a nod.)
That PIL intro was probably the best sound I have ever heard come out of a Chorus/Flanger. The diversity of this pedal is amazing. Digitech is one of those brands that people snub sometimes because it's too "modern" but I have been continually impressed with their effects. They deserve a second look from the old school analog only crowd.
i've never heard the "modern" argument against digitech, i just think people remember their (from what i remember) kinda cheesy pedals from back in the day. anyway, they had a few gems and this one is definitely a gem.
@@zhou_seiI can add to the Digitech opinion mix that ABBA producer Michael Tretow liked Digitech stuff a lot, until they (in the 80s) got noisey/hissy. So while they may be upping their game now, they have a history of greatness too.
" Or maybe the interest went so much deeper/ must have been the colour of my hair-,". Everyone needs to hear those first 4or 5 PiL albums,- so groundbreaking , still catching up,- including Lydon himself,- 2019.Damn force of pure nature, those.
You really nailed the PIL sound (the bass & drums too !), i expect the rasping Lydon (rotten no more then)voice to enter... And i see the little smile when you play...
Your explanation of the features were great. I have the Polara, very solid, organic, dependable, and warm. It replaced a HOF. Looking to replace my Corona and Flashback with Digitech, I don't need presets and I've had too many reliability issues with the TC Electronics.
same thing with me, my HOF was so lame and my world really opened up with the Polara.. a lot more of a difference than I imagined there would be. Digitech has that neat Obscura delay which sounds fantastic. Used to have the Flashback too, I use Catalinbread delays run in parallel (set slightly different) now but if I switched it up it would probably be Obscura. Just ordered Digitech's Ventura Vibe mostly for the Rotary speaker emulation, can't wait to get my paws on it. That one might be worth checking out for you too.
+Mesmerized Yeah, man, thanks for the heads up on those. I've been checking out the Ventura Vibe also. The older Digitech Hardwire stuff was (is) also very amazing. The only reason I have the TC stuff on the board as opposed to my Digitech Chorus and Digidelay is ONLY because of the footprint. Making the full switch before the end of the year. Enjoy your toneful world.
Wow very nice. I'd love to hear this in a side-by-side comparison with the New Boss CE-2W ( this sounded better & certainly more versatile ). Also vs. The Free the Tone Tri-Avatar Multi Dimensional Chorus. Andy you are So Good at what you do. Appreciate the great information. - Michael Caz - NYC -
These comparisons are useless man cause you gonna use at the end only one and no one will hear the difference in a full band mix or in a studio mix.Its all get processed later by plugins.
Hi Andy! As always, tasty tones - this is off the subject a bit, but could you talk a bit about what your recording chain is like; mic(s), any outboard, etc..? Thank you, keep 'em coming! :)
OMG, how have I never heard of this pedal, before??!! This demo is making me love chorus and flanger all over again. Is it 1988, or 2018?! 😂❤️ That bass tone at the beginning NAILED IT. The only modulation I have on my board now is vibrato, a tc Shaker, but I haven't been quite happy with the LFO. I think I just found its replacement. It will look great next to my Whammy Ricochet and FreqOut.
ok . . but i saw them play in socal, pasadena and play this song (and a guy almost cracked open his head by jumping off a 2O! ish hi pa stack!! . . but what is the name of the pil song? . . thank you andy!!!! :-)
Not that I know of, personally. I'm not saying that they don't exist, I just haven't seen any. But, with the TC Electronic Tone Print software, you could buy their chorus or flanger pedal and create a Tone Print to get the sound you are looking for...granted, I don't know how much you can tweak the Tone Print once it is set without re-creating a new one on the computer.
Flanger and chorus are for the most part the same thing. The only differences is that flanger can incorporate feedback/regeneration whereas chorus doesn't. Also, flanger uses a shorter delay time than chorus. The A/DA flanger (old one and PBF) does a very nice sounding chorus.
About time someone played something totally tasteful for a pedal demo. So sick of the same ol’ same ol’ hairhat hollerin’ from yesteryear. Boring. Plus, guess what? I ain’t buying your boring old pedal when you demo boring old classic rock on the thing. Show me something NEW and different. I don’t wanna sound like played out FM rock like Bob Jovi or John Cougar Mellonhead.
