Mike, you’re a genius. I subscribed just to hear the beautiful and genius arrangements. Please put them all on an album. Would be happy to pay for them
It's hard to tell from this production whether the stereo part includes the tremolo? Are the L abd R channeled phased 180 degrees apart from the trem's LFO?
Once I have more than two pedals that have it, "hidden moves" (i.e. functions not written on the unit) are a design flaw rather than anything positive. A pedal is made for stomping on and doing "a thing" no more no less. Stray too much from this basic reality and it's wearing out it's welcome.
You're a modular synth freak, aren't you? 😂 Jokes aside, I second you in principle: every function should be a clearly-labeled knob or switch. However, there will always be compromises IRL, for a lot of reasons: money and pedalboard size are among the most common here, and pedal makers know them very well. The truth is a lot of pedals with "hidden moves" have been way successful, from expensive Strymon's to budget-friendly Zoom Multistomp's (which I love), despite relying heavily on "hidden moves" and menu diving. That makes me think the "hidden moves" thing is not a "design flaw" by itself, but it just doesn't fit your workflow. Fortunately, amazing "one-trick-pony" pedals also exist!!
In my 50 years I have encountered just a handful of guitarists that use tremolo and not one instance was one that I found it to be anything but sea sickness / vomit inducing. To me, there has never been a more useless effect for guitar, yet it pops up in so many modern heritage amps and pedals as if it is used as frequently as distortion. Sure, if you are performing late 1950s R&B or Rockabilly it might help to create that Sleepwalk vibe, but, be real, who even does that anymore besides Brian Setzer? Why Fender continues to put it on so many amps has to be a marketing ploy, a way of expressing that they have been around forever. In my thousands of jam sessions with other guitarists and hundreds of live and studio sound reinforcement jobs I have never, no, not even once, witnessed anyone turn on tremolo. I just can't fathom why anyone would want the volume of their amp to ramp up and down like that, it seems as logical and fun as driving a car with a bent rim. Keyboardists, sure, do that thing and work it in where a Leslie cabinet is just too much, but, guitarists, stop, just stop it, no one wants to feel queasy and you are NOT Keith Richards who can bury that sht in a mix like a boss.
@RobertKeeleyTV what are you talking about? I own 33 Keeley pedals and love them all. I was asking the guy complaining about the one pedal he's owned and said he'd never buy another Keeley.
