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A soundscape recording made at the Fountain on St. Peter’s Square in Rome on the 3rd June 2009

03-06-09 Fountain in St. Peter’s Square II – Rome (Stereo) by syncrosound

Enjoy!!

How easy is it to use?

Very easy to use and very easy to get a great sound out of it. There are basically three knobs dist, tone and level, which are pretty self explanatory really. The pedal looks and feels very sturdy and gorgeous too! There is a level, tone and distortion control with a toggle switch which is basically a mid-frequency cut/boost switch with three options, which range from scooped sounding to prominent mid boost. I have it stuck in the middle which suits me best. There is 9V input and pedal board input for those running hi-end rigs, enabling you to remote control the pedal from a rack etc

Are there any nice touches?

The box is lovely, just like the pedal!
There was an extra battery included (now I don’t use batteries but was dead handy as I needed a 9V for my smoke alarm, so thanks John Suhr for keeping me safe as well!)
The on/off switch is simply amazing, never been so impressed with such a simple part of the pedal, but I wish all my pedal’s had this type of switch, I just enjoy turning it on and off for the feeling!

So most importantly what does it SOUND like?

All I can really say is….where have you been all my life? I don’t think I have ever been as excited about a pedal in my life, it is simply a joy to use and makes me want to play more and not stop. It is just simply an amazing sounding pedal, a distortion sound you want to jump into and immerse yourself in. The sound to me is like a 100W stack at full pelt, but without the need for 100W stack! It works so well into the clean channel of the amp. I have used it with a Fender Blues Junior, Blackstar Ht-5 and Tech-21 Trademark 60.  It shines through all of them.

I currently use it for heavier distortions (think 80′s sounding) and lead work. It produces a lovely feedback which is very controllable. The overall sound is velvety to my ears, not harsh and nasily like the Boss DS-1 for example or the Vox Satchurator. I would perhaps say it is RAT ish, but actually very distinct in it’s own right. I think that is my overriding opinion, whilst I can get a wide range of tones from it (eg ACDC, Metallica, Steve Lukather) I think why I love this pedal is that it lets me sound like Me, it produced the type of distortion that I head in my head and the tone that I want. The pedal is also very good at reacting to picking style and guitar volume. Rolling off the volume has the effect that you would expect.

It is the distortion sound I have been looking for end of, I am so happy with this pedal. It means I can get a great sound out of a clean amp and not need to lug heavy gear around.

Thanks John!! The pedal is what you would expect from channel 2 on a massive amp, but in a stomp box! It is Awesome and it has replaced a number of pedals (sorry but bye bye to the HT-Dual)

It is well worth every penny. I would suggest putting it on your shortlists

Will it fall apart?

Very ruggedly built with strong control knobs, can’t see them being a problem

Pros

1)The sound

2)The sound

3)The sound…it’s simply awesome!

4)The on/off switch

5)Build quality is outstanding

6)It’s a very versatile pedal

Cons

1)The only thing it doesn’t seem to do is make a cup of tea or make me play better

Video Review coming soon!

Enjoy

Have a listen to some of the sounds in the following example

Click here to download your FREE sounds

To install, simply unzip the file and then in Absynth select ‘Import’ from the File menu and you will be away. All the files are in Native Instruments KSD format

Enjoy!!

Infinite Melody studio is geared up for sound design and composing purposes, it has also been used to produced multitrack projects. syncro:sound favours a variety of tools including Apple’s Logic Studio 8, Magix’s Samplitude Professional, and/or Motu’s Digital Performer. Much of his studio is now based around a Computer based DAW’s and virtual instruments.“Logic 8 is a wonderful package enabling usto compose, sound design, edit and sync to film without worrying to much about the technology, but if i need it…..it is there! Samplitude enables us to work in the post world with no worries about quality or reliability”.

Portable Recording

syncro:sound perform a large amount of recording in the field, using a number of different portable setups. The Focusrite Saffie has enabled us to record and produced music all around the world, “with it’s excellent Focusrite preamp’s we have been able to record in the field on a standard laptop”. Other tools include combination of tools, including the Sound Devices MixPre, Edirol R-4 and R-09 recorders with a variety of microphones to capture ambient soundscape and real world sounds for both film sound tracks and sound design. “….Have gear, will travel…”

For more information, check out the location recording page.

Recording

• Yahama AW4416 16 Track Digital Workstation
• IntaAudio AMD 64 PRO Workstation Athlon 4000+
• Apple MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Core Duo
• Apple iMac G4 800MHz
• Sony GRZ615S Vaio P4 2.4GHz
• Mark of the Unicorn 828 Firewire Interface
• Mark of the Unicorn Midi Express XT Interface
• Focusrite Saffire Pro Interface
• Digidesign MBox Interface
• Roland VM3100 Mixer
• Edirol UA-20 Audio Capture card
• Emagic Audiowerk 2 Soundcard
• Lacie firewire Harddrives
• Behringer Eurorack Pro RX1602 Rack Submixer
• Korg Kontrol 49 Controller

Software

• Mark of the Unicorn Digital Performer 3.1 and 4.1
• Apple Logic Studio 8
• Magix Samplitude 8.2
• Sony Vegas 6.0
• Sony DVD Architect Pro 5.0
• Digidesign ProTools LE 6.4
• Cakewalk Sonar Producer 6
• Adobe Audition 1.5
• TC Works Spark 2.8
• Sony ACID Pro 5.0
• Sibelius 4.0
• Spectrasonics Stylus
• Spectrasonics Stylus RMX + SAGE expanders
• Spectrasonics Atmosphere
• Garritan Personal Orchestra
• Propellerheads Reason 3.0
• Native Instruments Reaktor 5.0
• Native Instruments Absynth 4.0
• Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2
• Native Instruments Kontakt Experience
• CamelAudio Alchemy
• CamelAudio Cameleon5000
• CamelAudio CamelSpace
• CamelAudio CamelPhat
• Eastwest StormDrum
• Voxengo Pristine Space IR
• iZotope Ozone Mastering Suite
• Mathworks Matlab 7
• Mathworks Simulink 6

Outboard

• Focusrite Platinum Penta Compressor
• Lexicon MPX100 MultiFX

Microphones

• Audio Technica AT4033A
• Audio Technica ATM45
• AKG C-1000 Condenser mics x 2
• Studio Electronics SE1A
• Shure SM57 Dynamic
• Shure SM58 Dynamic
• Samson S12 Dynamic
• Rode NT-4 Condenser
• Rode NTG-2 Shotgun Condenser + Deadcat Windshield
• Soundman OKM Binaural Microphones

Monitoring

• Dynaudio BM5 Monitors
• Samson Servo 150 Amplifier
• M-Audio LX 4 plus LX4 Surround expansion

Hardware Synths

• Emu Proteus 2000 Expanded with World and Advanced Orchestra Boards
• Korg X5DR Synth
• Alesis S4+ Quadrasynth
• Roland Juno 2
• Novation Supernova II
• Roland JV1010

Guitars

• Ibanez RG550 Custom
• Ibanez RG550 Ltd Edition
• Ibanez RG7431 7 String
• Ibanez SC430 Prestige
• ESP Ltd Custom
• Fender USA Strat
• Yamaha APX 4A Electroacoustic

Amplifiers

• Tech 21 Tradmark 10
• Tech 21 Tradmark 60 1 x 12
• Marshall JMP-1 Preamp
• Marshall Valvestate 8008 poweramp
• Marshall VS65R Combo
• Marshall TSL-60 Head – read review
• Marshall 9100 monobloc Value Poweramp
• Marshall 1936 2 x 12 Cab
• Line 6 Flextone III XL + footswitch

Guitar Effects

• TC Electronic G-Major Multi-fx processor
• Tech 21 SansAmp GT2 Amp Modeller
• Johnson Amplification J-Station
• Boss LS-2 Line Selector Pedal
• Boss OD-2 Super Overdrive Pedal
• Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal
• Boss DD-7 Digital Delay Pedal
• Boss MT-1 Metal Zone Pedal
• Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal
• Boss CH-1 Super Chorus Pedal
• Boss GE-7 7 Band Graphic Eq Pedal
• Boss RC-50 Loop Station Pedal
• MXR Phase 90 Phaser Pedal
• Jim Dunlop Crybaby Wah Pedal x 2
• Line 6 DM-4 Distortion Modeller
• Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeller
• Behringer FC-100 Midi Foot-controller

Other Items

• Miscellaneous Ethnic instruments
• iRiver iHP-140 recorder

If you would like any more information on the equipment, or would like advice or help on your own equipment, then please mail Syncrosound at More Info

Oh and there are some new effects

Oh and it is 64 bit!!

Oh and here is the video!