A super busy month - with plenty of highlights and heatwaves.
My house is finally cooling down as I write these last few observations - we’ve had around 10 days of oppressive heat now, and there’s another wave on the way at the end of this week - which makes for very difficult conditions to have sessions with said pedals.
We’re in the final consequence of global climate change now - with increasingly more extreme weather patterns occurring - alternately cold snaps, heatwaves, and torrential ...
This is one of my very favourite choruses now, it sounds so impressive from first encounter. It delivers the most lush of shimmery chorus and vibrato modulations - and the extra controls over and above the original CE-2 circuit inspiration - make a huge difference to the output profile.
The ’Warp / Detune’ dial adds more fluttery textures or softens / tempers the output, ’Amp’ adds warmth and more Volume - in fact Amp has a huge amount of range! And finally ’Freq’ allows you to adjust the ...
I have a number of swell pedals in my collection already - mostly EHX types at several different sizes. I had intended to get in an SG-1 - it’s one of only 2 key Boss Modulations I don’t yet have - the other is the PN-2 Tremolo/Pan - perhaps Wade can work his magic on that circuit too!
A lot of the earliest Boss circuits are a little overly simple and typically not fully granular and not with the most robust of output profiles - the PH-1 for instance is wholly put in the shade by the PH-1R,...
Freqscene Effects delivers amazing improved and expanded full-flavour takes, massively evolved from Boss’s vintage analog SG-1 and CE-2 pedals - both originally from 1979. The SG-1 and CE-2 had just 2 controls each - where both the Slow Life and Koldwave get 3 additional knobs, and the Koldwave gets an additional Mode-switch too!
Freqscene has significantly expanded the scope of those pedals compared to their original source inspirations - where the Koldwave takes you into entirely new ...
Freqscene’s Wade has a unique knack for spinning out distinct and very individualistic takes on classic effects. His Wave of Modulation Phaser adds a Transistor Preamp into the mix - which warms up and enhances the modulation. And in place of the more typical 2 and 4 Stage phasing, Wade has added a further stage for increased range and more complex modulation textures.
The modulation is further enhanced by Slow and Fast Rate Ranges - which bring out further details in those extremes of ...
It’s rare confluence - when an ideal control topology gets married to the ideal design and layout. And Freqscene Effects seems to have hit the jackpot here on all counts! The knob selection, graphics, colour choices, and format evolution from the 2-knob Boss CE-2 are just pure perfection.
The Designer / Engineer Wade explains how his Koldwave smartly refines and expands the scope of the CE-2 - giving it a more 3-dimensional output - where the Warp / Detune knob gives you all kinds of ...
Freqscene has evolved a pretty cool new Drive pedal - which combines elements of Cocked-Wah and the balancing of Clean and Wet / Distorted Signals. The Gain switch gives you 2 levels of gain - in a lower / higher fashion.
The Humans Drive covers a variety of sounds - including of course elements of Mick Ronson and QOTSA - depending on where you set the Sweep and Clean Blend.
The Drunk Beaver Forest Song uses a resonant filter to similar great effect. And I have at lease a couple of ...