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PS-3 Mode 7

Big Chief.

Turn on your Empress Superdelay, turn the mode to Reverse and set the switch to mode C. ;)

In truth, I can't think of a more "adjustable" version of that effect. I've got a couple clips, but they are all with additional effects making it hard to hear exactly what the PS-3 is doing. EDIT: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] to Mysticboo's clip.

In effect it is a reverse pitch shift. The Empress is a bit more controllable in that you can change the delay time AND the feedback whereas the boss only lets you control feedback. But the Empress is strictly an octave up shift where the Boss lets you determine the of the shifted tone.

I believe the recently announced Eventide PitchFactor will have this function to some degree, but I don't know how adjustable. But of course, it and the Superdelay are pretty pricey options.
 
Big Chief.

Turn on your Empress Superdelay, turn the mode to Reverse and set the switch to mode C. ;)

In truth, I can't think of a more "adjustable" version of that effect. I've got a couple clips, but they are all with additional effects making it hard to hear exactly what the PS-3 is doing. EDIT: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] to Mysticboo's clip.

In effect it is a reverse pitch shift. The Empress is a bit more controllable in that you can change the delay time AND the feedback whereas the boss only lets you control feedback. But the Empress is strictly an octave up shift where the Boss lets you determine the of the shifted tone.

I believe the recently announced Eventide PitchFactor will have this function to some degree, but I don't know how adjustable. But of course, it and the Superdelay are pretty pricey options.

Ahh, yes the mode that makes me think I'm tripping and flying with angels. The only other way I can think of to do something like that would be to put a pitchshifter in a feedback loop with a delay (or in the loop of a delay that has one built in, like the Moog). All of these solutions would of course be more expensive than just picking up a PS-3 :D

EDIT: By the way, this is also similar to how the Digitech Space Station works, except that the delays are faded in, so you don't hear the discrete echoes, just the crazy octave harmonies.
 
Ahh, yes the mode that makes me think I'm tripping and flying with angels. The only other way I can think of to do something like that would be to put a pitchshifter in a feedback loop with a delay (or in the loop of a delay that has one built in, like the Moog). All of these solutions would of course be more expensive than just picking up a PS-3 :D

EDIT: By the way, this is also similar to how the Digitech Space Station works, except that the delays are faded in, so you don't hear the discrete echoes, just the crazy octave harmonies.

Pitch shifter, feedback loop and delay you say? I have these effects....let me try.