“Limitless sonic flexibility of the modulation that has formed rock ’n’ roll history”: SolidGoldFX channels Band of Gypsys and Darkish Aspect of the Moon uni-vibes with the Aurras vibraphase

Canadian pedal agency SolidGoldFX has launched the Aurras pedal, its latest addition to its lineage of vibraphase pedals named after goddesses.

This time named after the goddess of sound, it follows in the footsteps of its Athena vibraphase to bring Uni-Vibe mimicking textures with light prospers and heightened expressivity.

The Aurras Optical Vibraphase, to call it by its Sunday name, is an all-analog two-stage asymmetric allotment shifter. It’s been constructed from a sonic template impressed by albums comparable to Band of Gypsys and Darkish Aspect of the Moon and as such, is claimed to unfurl “limitless sonic flexibility of the lush modulation and heavy pulse which have formed rock ‘n’ roll history.”

That tonality is the tip results of the Aurras pedal running on two self reliant opto-isolators, with every providing its own low-frequency oscillation (LFO). Whereas most phaser and modulation pedals exhaust a single LFO for their tonal wizardry, SolidGoldFX is doubling its money, with the LFOs in a bunch to be offset for some asymmetrical weirdness.

That formulation the frequency offset feature can add rhythmic patterns by slowing down the 2d LFO simplest.

Conversely, the allotment offset regulate is in space to beautiful-tune the throb of the pause by introducing asymmetry between the two LFOs.

In numerous locations, adjustable controls for dry mix, tempo, depth, and level manufacture the Aurras pedal primed for a “affluent tapestry of intelligent, lush liquid soundscapes”. Tweaking the dry mix dial creates textures ranging from a tender vibrato to Uni-Vibe-impressed sounds.

No topic its all-analog building, SolidGoldFX is soundless wanting to capture profit of digital controls. There’s a tender-contact relay-primarily based steady bypass switching, augmented by tap tempo and tempo ramping controls.

There’s additionally scope for inputting an expression pedal to greater personalize the swells of the pedal’s sounds, that are augmented with in-constructed tap tempo and tempo ramping aspects.

The tempo of every LFO will also be boosted by keeping the faucet tempo footswitch, which automatically doubles the pains tempo.

Primarily based in Montreal, Canada, SolidGoldFX has some intelligent pedals in its arsenal. The Aurras succeeds the Beta-V, its strive to pack the tone of a rotund Ampeg bass rig into a typical-sized pedal. It additionally supplied fellow Canadian pedal maker, Diamond, following its closure in slack ’22.

The Aurras runs off 9V pedalboard energy offers, and is on hand now for $209.

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