strymon effects

strymon

Brigadier pictured
"In setting out to design the Brigadier, we decided to take a super powerful SHARC DSP and dedicate it to doing one thing and one thing only … delivering the best analog bucket brigade delay sound ever. As a result of having the entire DSP dedicated to doing one extremely high quality effect, we are able to concentrate on every last detail that makes an analog delay special. No stone has been left unturned … every single bucket is recreated in the Brigadier with our new dBucket algorithm. And, since we’re doing all of this without regular old bucket brigade chips, you get all the tone and none of the noise (unless of course you choose to add it back in with our exclusive “bucket loss” control … yes!). We feel like we’ve created something very special, and we hope you will too."

Note this is obviously not a synth, but I decided to make the exception here. It can obviously be used with your synths. I do my best to limit effects posts to those featuring synths or those that are synth centric. The one thing that immediately comes to mind is the world of modular synthesis. Once I had my base modular system, I realize what I wish there was more of out there are effect modules! Not general effects, but classic stomp boxes! I always thought of effects as an extension of synthesis. A filter and ring mod are effects after all. The ARP 2600 featured a built in reverb tank. I never got into pedals because of the potential clutter. Now that I have a base modular system, I'm pining for effects. Having everything clean and tight in one modular case, or two :), is just very, very appealing. If you are a pedal manufacturer, PLEASE consider porting your stomp boxes to the modular world.