New Pedals from Copilot FX

[Swimming Bird]

I just went on the Copilot FX site and saw that they'd added five new pedals over the last few months! I did a search and found no mention of any of them, so here's the quick rundown:

Arrow is a white noise generator.

Caracol is a ring mod with two inputs and no internal carrier signal.

Planetoid is... another ring mod. I'm not really clear on its funciton.

Terra Fuzz is a fuzz with some bias control. I guess you get gating, squelching, etc.

Molecule is a pitch dependent tremolo -- the speed of the trem changes with the note you play.

I'm not sure what to say about them other than I'm a little annoyed there are no bass demos posted yet...

[bovine mind]

The Molecule looks pretty great, and the soundclip with the synth actually is pretty relevant to how I would use it with the EHX Freeze pedal. I've been using a Chopper Tremolo pedal which kind of fulfills the same purpose though...

[DiscoFreq]

I have the Caracol and Molecule, both very interesting

[Swimming Bird]

Originally Posted by DiscoFreq

I have the Caracol and Molecule, both very interesting

Clips please?

[JohnDavisNYC]

hmmm... that stuff looks fun!

john

[DiscoFreq]

Originally Posted by Swimming Bird

Clips please?

I have no clips, but there are several on YouTube (by the builder):
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/copilot/caracol
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/copilot/molecule

[autopilot]

, there´s a chance i´ll have before the weekend some demos with bass for the planetoid and molecule, my caracol pedal isnt with me so this will have to wait, the same with the terra. But i´ll make a video of the gyroscope, while i´m on it.

There´s a bunch of stuff coming.

Arrow Airwaves - white noise pedal but that you can play/process external signal.

some pwm fuzz with some cool tricks

fixed filter with some oscillation tricks

dubstep pedal, like the molecule but shifting the filter cutoff and still thinking off adding an lfo with exp control rate so the user can have the best of both worlds.

And other stuff that still on planning board

[RCCollins]

Originally Posted by autopilot

dubstep pedal, like the molecule but shifting the filter cutoff and still thinking off adding an lfo with exp control rate so the user can have the best of both worlds.

this is likely to start some talk around these parts...

[autopilot]

Originally Posted by RCCollins

this is likely to start some talk around these parts...

the idea came from here (the big dubstep thread, it has taken like 4 prototypes, but i´m getting closer), probably around fall (september-octuber). and the idea also brought the molecule (i think next month i´ll be doing a tourbox here,

here´s a quick video i did of the molecule with a keyboard, so you can get the idea of the dubstep, the cutoff will be more soft (trianglish waves burst) so the lower notes you play the slower it gets and the higher notes faster it gets.

mole video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BiUdgBoSz0

[jwr]

These pedals sound awesome! I just checked out the Orbit. Man I may have to order one of these suckers. They sound too cool.

[Joe Gress]

Originally Posted by autopilot

Arrow Airwaves - white noise pedal but that you can play/process external signal.

dubstep pedal, like the molecule but shifting the filter cutoff and still thinking off adding an lfo with exp control rate so the user can have the best of both worlds.

[Floridabwoy]

Sweet... i started that thread... do i get a complimentary inspiration pedal? just kidding, but put me on the list for one.... I'm serious.

nice stuff.. the molecule is pretty freakin crazy.

[RCCollins]

question about this "dubstep pedal" - will it have a simple LFO, or is there hope for sync or tap tempo? will it be purely a filter wobble, or will it have phase and/or pitch shift capabilities?

[bassman1185]

The molecule sounds like something I have had in my head for a while.

[jrmy]

I've worked up a 12-minute run-through of the Caracol (read: the same simple riff played over and over with different modulation pedals serving as the source signal). The pedal is... well, it's pretty insane. If Garageband didn't have memory limitations (damn computers), I could have easily made a 12 hour demo of this thing.

I plan on posting it tonight.

In the meantime, I've posted a 30 second clip of all 24-ish tracks of that same riff (with different modulations) here: http://www.ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.p...10399&start=60

It's a beast (the pedal, not the riff).

[Albibass]

Originally Posted by RCCollins

question about this "dubstep pedal" - will it have a simple LFO, or is there hope for sync or tap tempo? will it be purely a filter wobble, or will it have phase and/or pitch shift capabilities?

+1
Without tap temp I don't think it'll be pretty usable live.
That's why I'm looking forward to my Bubble Chamber.
That one has tap tempo and an expression input for the speed.

[Swimming Bird]

Originally Posted by Albibass

That's why I'm looking forward to my Bubble Chamber.
That one has tap tempo and an expression input for the speed.

Eh? What's a Bubble Chamber?

[Albibass]

An effect of Iron Ether that should be available this month, specially designed for dubstep wobbles.
This are the features:

LFO
-speed knob
-depth knob
-waveform knob:
---sine
---triangle
---square
---ramp up
---ramp down
---hypertriangle
---inverted hypertriangle
---random steps (like the old sample+hold filter sound, robotalk, seek-wah, type stuff)

-multiplier knob: sets the relationship between taps and the speed of the LFO. This lets you tap on the quarter notes and get an LFO that is 4 times faster but still beat locked. Possible settings:
---1/2 time
---double time
---triplets
---double time triplets
---quadruple time

-Wave distortion knob: This lets you contort each waveform in interesting ways, and works differently on each wave. Lets you set duty cycle on the square wave, changes the spacing and "hardness" of each waveform

Filter section:
-cutoff frequency
-resonance
-envelope sensitivity
-envelope up/down sweep switch
-2-pole/4-pole switch

Pitch-tracking LFO: speeds up when you play a high note, slows down on low notes. Pitch-tracking LFO is separate from the main LFO, so you can have both happening simultaneously if you want max madness.
-pitch track knob: sets the base speed, which is then augmented by pitch control.

Expression jacks:
-multiplier: this is where the dubstep happens. This expression control lets you sweep through multipliers, just like the multiplier knob, except when you're doing it with your foot, it lets you change divisions of the beat while you're playing. It's like a speed control, except whether you speed up or slow down you stay locked in tempo. This works whether you set the speed with the speed knob or the tap switch
-cutoff frequency: for slow filter sweeps

-Tap switch
-true bypass switch

All of the controllers can be used simultaneously (main LFO, pitch-tracking LFO, envelope, expression pedal).

[autopilot]

wow the Bubble Chamber, just wow, there's no contest. I was planning to add a no tap tempo lfo to it, but i guess i'll just do the pitch tracking barebones version.

JRMY, looking forward it, the sneak preview sounds awesome

[RCCollins]

i hate to burst anyone's bubble, but if it's not stereo, the bubble chamber still won't quite cut it...