Catalinbread Belle Epoch Demo

EP-3 Circuitry: The Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe Tape Echo Delay Pedal features an exact EP-3 circuitry Depth: It controls the modulation depth. The type of modulation depends on the setting of the Echo program Record Level: It controls the gain of the input signal hitting the record amplifier. Range from no signal all the way to heavily overdriving the transistor record amplifier Echo Volume: It controls wet/dry mix using the identical mixer circuit as the EP-3 for the same subtle phase and tone shifts phase and tone shift of the dry signal Echo Sustain: It controls the amount of delay feedback and is tuned to function just like the EP-3. Run-away echo starts around noon

Preamp: Famous for making your guitar sound better even when the echoes are turned off. Quality of repeats: The Echoplex was not necessarily 'hi-fi'. As the echoes repeated, the signal got progressively degraded, losing low end and gaining a shiny, percussive top end with a bit of grit. Record level: There’s a control on the EP-3 that sets how hard the tape gets hit. Wow and flutter: The Belle Epoch’s modulation control was designed to simulate the daily mechanical irregularities inherent in original Echoplex units. Head drag: The original unit had a unique quality that when moving the delay time slider it took a moment to catch up to the adjustment, creating a doppler like effect.

Flanger enveloped in a cavernous reverb Embedded a very gentle noise gate to stifle inherent guitar hiss and LFO clock noise The result is an extremely musical flanger that sounds like an extension of your own instrument Can also fuel up and take off when a little dirt of any kind is applied beforehand Runs from 9 to 18 volts using a standard DC center-negative power supply for pedals. Make sure you’re using a supply that provides at least 100mA

Better Than Ever: The Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe Multi-Effects Reverb Guitar Pedal installs the missing delay function from the original FX500 patch, giving you exacting control over every parameter across six different programs New Jack: Catalinbread has also upped the stakes with a multi-function jack capable of expression control or tap tempo Program Matrix: The pedal comes with six programs – Standard Soft Focus, Long Reverb Tails, Deep Modulation Warble, Shimmer Soft Focus, Pitch Delay with Strong Shimmer, and Expression Pedal Input Control Mix Control: Mix blends between wet and dry signals. If the toggle is set to ‘Parallel’ with the distortion engaged, the ‘dry’ side will feature high-gain distortion for all programs Distortion Control: Distortion adjusts the wet-dry mix of an op-amp-driven high-gain style distortion with fixed gain and volume

Swell Knob: The Catalinbread ECHOREC Multi-Head Delay Guitar Effects Pedal features swell knob which is essentially the feedback control of the delay. Tone Knob: The Tone knob controls the timbre of the echo repeats. It is a tilt-style tone control. Around 12 o’clock you’ll get a relatively flat, neutral EQ. Turning the knob counter-clockwise will give you darker, thicker repeats Delay Time: The delay time on the Catalinbread ECHOREC goes from about 40ms to 1000ms Speeding Up and Slowing Down: The cool thing is you can twist the Delay Time knob in real-time to get speeding-up and slowing-down Program Select: With the ability to vary the delay time on the single playback head, Catalinbread was able to include all combinations, which includes rhythmic patterns not available before