reVOLVER
HEXE reVOLVER is a completely new design aiming for glitch and stuttering effects. The pedal is
basically a 1 second looper with a lots of playback possibilities, expression pedal control and everything you need
to create from "cd skipping" to "tape recorder with motor malfunction" sound effects.
The TIME knob sets the maximum amount of sampling time
only. You can always use shorter time. Capture mechanism in modes 2 to 8 works as follows:
- press the CAPTURE footswitch and hold it to record a sample,
- a sample is recorded only when the CAPTURE is kept pressed,
- if you release the footswitch, the pedal starts to play the recorded sample,
- release the footswitch before the maximum buffer time (set with TIME knob) is up to get a shorter sample,
- if the CAPTURE footswitch is kept pressed for a longer period that the buffer time, the pedal starts to play the sample.
What are the benefits of such method? You get a non constant sample period. You can set the maximum available buffer time
(1s) and still capture shorter samples, each time different, depending on how precise your stepping is.
There are two versions of the pedal:
- Guitar version, equipped with heavy footswitches for reliable onstage operation,
- Desktop version, equipped with soft touch pushbuttons for comfortable hand operation.
Guitar version |
Desktop version |
Controls:
- SPEED, play speed, can go from -2 octaves to +2 octaves, depending on the MODE setting,
- TIME, sampling buffer size, range from 20ms to 1s,
- MODE, sets one of the 8 available working modes,
- TONE, tone regulator for the sampled signal,
- EF. LEVEL, sampled signal volume,
- DRY, mute switch for the dry signal, allows to play over the recorded samples and use the
pedal as a looper,
- EXP IN, expression pedal input, when plugged, controls the SPEED parameter,
- CAPTURE, footswitch - starts the recording,
- BYPASS, footswitch - sets the pedal into bypass mode.
There are two main working modes:
- Glitch! mode. In this mode the sound is recorded and played only when the CAPTURE footswitch
is pressed. Releasing the footswitch causes the pedal to go into the true bypass mode. The play speed is normal (1x)
and can be reversed with the SPEED knob. The Bypass footswitch is inactive.
- Pitch shifter / detune mode. In this mode pressing the CAPTURE footswich triggers the recording, after
releasing the footswitch or when the buffer is full the pedal starts to play the recorded sample and keeps playing it untill the BYPASS
footswitch is pressed. There is seven different settings for this mode.
Pitch shifting modes:
- 1x ... 2x normal to 1 octave up,
- 1x ... /2 normal speed to 1 octave down,
- /2 ... 2x 1 octave down through normal to 1 octave up,
- 1x ... 4x normal speed to 2 octaves up,
- 1x ... /4 normal speed to 2 octaves down,
- /4x ... 4x 2 octaves down through normal to 2 octaves up,
- 1x ... REV normal speed through 2 octaves down to reverse play at normal speed.
In modes, where the pitch shift range is quite wide (-1...+1oct and -2...+2oct) the SPEED knob or
plugged expression pedal has a dead zone around the center position. This helps with easy jumpimg into the normal pitch
while playing.
Technical info:
- sample time: 20ms - 1s,
- 470k input impedance,
- below 1k output impedance,
- "old school" digital audio system, 12bits @ 32kHz, heavy antialiasing filtering and companding for low noise,
- 9V DC, 85mA power, regulated adapter only.
Demo videos:
reVOLVER desktop version:
