The Big Muff is one of the most iconic fuzz pedals. It has been adopted by many artists, especially from indie rock, grunge, garage and post rock. Among its most fervent supporters are David Gilmour, Jack White, the Smashing Pumpkins and many others. first of all, what is the big muff? In 1969 in New …
In this new article, we’re going to talk about the working principle of a modulation effect that is very popular with guitarists who love a soaring atmosphere, the chorus! It’s a modulation effect based on a technology similar to the analog delay, but which presents some particularities. So we’re going to look at the origins …
The cable is an important element that is often ignored, but that can be responsible for high frequency losses and noise. Let’s see together how to choose correctly your jack cables, the characteristics to look at, and how it will affect the signal. why is it necessary to choose quality jack cables? the jack cable: …
2000€ of pedals for 10€ of power supply ? Wondering how to choose your power supply so that your pedalboard is powered in the best way? When you start to have a few pedals, it is necessary to have an adapted power supply, to avoid all kinds of noise problems, or pedal dysfunctions. In this …
In this article, we will explain how to optimally chain your pedalboard! To know the order you need to place your effects pedals, and above all why, depending on the sound you want to achieve. structure of an amplifier Before starting to talk about effects pedals, let’s take a look at what an amplifier does. …
In today’s article, we will talk about PT2399, and compare it to other technologies, especially BBD. Then we’re going to focus on the problem of getting clear and long repeats with these chips. And finally how to improve these problems. how it works the pt2399, analog or digital ? The PT2399 is commonly described as …
After the article about the origins of the delay and the mechanism of tape echoes, today we’re going to start with BBD delay ! This little chip was the first solution to offer delays in effect pedal size. As we did with the tape echoes, we will progressively build a complete BBD delay diagram. First, …
In this new article about delays, we will take a closer look to the first technology : the tape echo. We will learn a little more about the different technologies, and how they work. It will allow us to better understand what makes their unique sound, so popular today ! the different recording mediums The …
Hi, I’m Loïck, new member of the Anasounds team ! I am going to work during the next few months on an upgraded Utopia analog delay. Today, we will look together at the research I am doing on delay pedals. We are going to talk about analog delay, or rather, analog-voiced delay ! I will …
