MicroPitch Delay

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JULY 2021 GUITARIST
Tech Spec
ORIGIN: China
TYPE: Pitch shifting and
delay pedal
FEATURES: Multiple Bypass
options (Buffered, Relay,
DSP+FX or Kill dry)
CONTROLS: Mix/Tone, Pitch A/
Delay A, Pitch B/Delay B, Depth/
Mod, Rate/Sens / Feedback,
Pitch Mix/Output Level, Shift
button, Mono/Stereo switch,
Guitar/Line level switch, Active
footswitch, Tap footswitch
CONNECTIONS: Standard input,
standard outputs 1 & 2, EXP, USB
POWER: Supplied 9V DC
adaptor 200ma
DIMENSIONS: 100 (w) x 115 (d)
x 58mm (h)
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As shipped, 55 of the 127 slots are filled
with ready-to-use presets that have been
programmed by Eventide.
SOUNDS
In stereo, the sounds can be spacious and
spectacular, but the pedal is also no slouch
when used in a standard mono pedalboard
chain where, for example, two delays of
different lengths can combine for some
great rhythmic echoes, rather than a stereo
ping-pong experience. The wide range
of sounds you can coax from the unit is
impressive, from the subtlety of some
slight detuning for thickening up a sound,
through all shades of chorus-like fairy
dust, to spiralling delays of changing pitch.
Huge ambient washes are easily achieved.
Take Preset 3 onboard the pedal as an
example: named ‘Micro Dream’, it just
fills up the space with shimmery sound.
Elsewhere, the pitch shifts, delay and
modulation combine for metallic flanging
textures and rotary-style airiness.
For onstage use with just the pedal, the
Tap footswitch (when not in Tap Tempo
mode) scrolls through the five presets and
you can load the selected one with a press
on the main footswitch. As for making the
effect active, you have instant front-panel
access to setting up the main footswitch as
latching or momentary.
Other performance features include
the use of an expression pedal to change
any grouping of knob parameters, and
you can alternatively use that EXP input
for auxiliary switches or MIDI via TRS if
you’re not using the USB input for MIDI.
A single Aux switch can engage FLEX,
which doubles the pitches, or you can
employ a triple Aux switch for easy preset
changing (up/down/load).
VERDICT
Not just for guitar, this is a consummate
studio tool and there’s a rear-panel Guitar/
Line Level switch to select your sound
source accordingly. Whatever context
you use it in, though, those basic building
blocks of pitch shifting and delay, with
added modulation, offer an expansive
resource of sounds from the everyday
practical to the exotically off-the-wall.
PROS Excellent range of effects not usually
found in a stompbox; tap tempo; mono or
stereo operation; computer-based editor;
expression pedal input
CONS Some may find accessing secondary
knob functions a bit of a faff
01. BUTTON
This button toggles between
the primary and secondary
functions for the six knobs –
if it’s lit, you’re accessing the
secondary functions
02. PRESET LED
LADDER
Each LED represents one of
the  ve onboard presets
03. ACTIVE
BUTTON LED
Not only does this light up
when the pedal is active but
you can push it to toggle the
footswitch action between
latching and momentary
04. TAP FOOTSWITCH
& LED
You can toggle between
Preset Select and Tap modes
by pressing and holding this.
The LED turns o when you
are in Preset Select Mode
05. DEPTH KNOB
This has a secondary function of
setting the modulation source:
LFO modulation in the centre;
positive envelope and negative
envelope either side
06. EVENTIDE DEVICE
MANAGER SOFTWARE
The EDM software o ers instant
editing access to all parameters
of the pedal on your computer
as well as loads of presets
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VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra
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