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FTE - WAMPLER ‘FAUX TAPE ECHO’
This is one of our most popular delay pedals and for good
reason. A lot of tape emulation style delays simply add chorus to
an existing digital delay circuit. Brian was not satisfied with this
approach and so re-engineered it somewhat. The result was a
delay pedal that reacted and sounded like a real tape delay unit.
All of this was achieved with the traditional simplicity and ease of
use the Wampler pedals are famous for. This Program now also
benefits from an extended range to 2000ms. There are also more
subdivisions available by default on the METAVERSE so this is
also an additional expansion.
ETH - WAMPLER ‘ETHEREAL’ DELAY
The Ethereal is Wampler’s famous ‘all-in-one’ digital delay and
reverb pedal and this Program recreates the overlaying twin
delays present on this pedal. This is not strictly a ‘dual delay’
algorithm but there is a secondary delay layer that adds a new
pulsing dimension to the sound.
Use the Alt mode on the Feedback control (hold down bypass
switch, LED turns red) to access the 4 Ethereal modes, the Preset
LED will indicate which is active. The four modes are relational
to the subdivision but operate exactly as the Ethereal modes did
otherwise. The modes are quarter note, triplet, dotted eighth,
dotted eighth with feedback.
MOD - DIGITAL FLANGER DELAY
Like the JET delay setting, this mixes a gorgeous additive flange
modulation with our crisp and clean DIGI algorithm to add an
extra mix of awesome delay and modulation. The delay is more
clinical and precise than its analog counterpart, much brighter,
and more useful sometimes for cutting through a mix. The
Flanger style is a subtractive flanger which has a different flavor
to an additive flanger, adding more presence and having a more
defined sound.
As with the JET algorithm, use the Alt mode in conjunction with
the Tone control to alter the feedback of the Flanger.
SPC - SPACE ECHO DELAY
This tape echo style unit is inspired by a mixture of the classic
Space Echo
®
and Maestro
®
Echoplex
®
style delay units with
Brian Wampler’s take. These delays were famous for their self
oscillation capabilities and this Program is no different. The
modulation effects on this Program emulate the natural wow and
flutter of the original unit giving this delay a fantastically playable
sound in the low and middle of its range. Prepare to be sent
to the outer epochs of space and time with some of the more
extreme settings - shoegaze may occur!
TAPE - MULTI HEAD TAPE DELAY
Inspired by the sounds of the Binson
®
Echorec
®
delay and
classic multi head tape delays, this program emulates some of
the most important delay sounds in rock music history. With
Wampler’s own filtering and saturation style of modulation this
gets incredibly close to the great sound produced by classic
mechanical units.
The Alt mode and Feedback knob select tape head combinations
(there are 15, all displayed on the Preset LEDs) which can also be
selected via MIDI. The heads operate like an extra subdivision
of the ‘Global’ subdivisions - very much like the relationship with
the Ethereal modes. You can go to town and come up with some
very creative combinations when the two are combined - this
program will create huge interstellar echoes.
DIGI - DIGITAL DELAY
Based on Brian’s interpretation of what was considered