Old Blood Noise Endeavors releases Setback - its ultimate reverse effect pedal - with Stereo output and presets onboard

So OBNE recently discontinued its BL series - including its BL-44 Reverse Playback Pedal. That pedal had 4 controls - Mix, Volume, Speed, and a Clock Slider.

This new Setback also comes with 4 controls :

Setback Controls - Speed, Mix, Tap Divisions : Sixteenth / Eighth Triplets / Eighth / Triplets / Dotted Eighth / Quarter / Half, Clock, Preset 1-3, AUX Footswitch (Tap-Tempo / Max Feedback / Presets), On/Off Footswitch.

To make up for the lack of a Volume knob - you have Alt Controls - to adjust Volume via Mix Control presumably, and adjust Timing without Tapping or MIDI clock.

So this is kind of an extended version of the BL-44 with those additional tap divisions, and full Stereo processing via TRS jacks and of course onboard presets.

"From raging robot-like ring-mod sounds, shimmering harmonized pitch effects, classic reverse delays and all the way to brooding, crumbling lo-fi textures. Setback delivers it all and then some!"

I find the artwork here a touch odd - OBNE’s second faux-pas for me after the initial overly busy Parting artworks. The best artwork for that versions is actually B’s Music Custom Purr-Ting Edition!

So OBNE have discontinued the BL-44 and essentially brought it back as an improved and extended stereo version, but with the same number of controls! It will be fun to see which -  if any of the other BL series pedals end up in this format.

It’s decent functionality for sure - but there are some odd implementation / execution choices made here as far as I’m concerned.

The Setback Ultimate Reverse Effect is available now for $259 / €299 / £259 on the OBNE Webstore and at leading international dealers - will be interesting to see what the take-up is. I’m not sure the price point here is at the right level for mass success - but we shall see!

This is a new series for OBNE - it sits in-between the BL series and the full-fat square series - which typically retails at $329 and has 10 controls onboard - versus the 4 of this one.