Ep. 130 - It's A Rat With Robot Legs! It Can Learn Tricks!

Ep. 130 - It’s a Rat With Robot Legs! It Can Learn Tricks! EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things (stab: SG Electroman) 2 Effects loops, with an a/b/y switcher, boost, tuner out, expression input… everything  Loop 1: unbuffered. Ideal for distortions, overdrives, vintage pedals. Loop 2: buffered, after loop 1. Ideal for modulation and time based stuff Amps: This lets you run stereo in a A, B, or Both setup. Boost switch to give those amps a little extra umph. Also features a phase switch.  Buffered tuner out, high headroom output buffer to drive long cable runs  Expression volume in lets you use any exp pedal to control volume. Volume is placed after loop 1 for true volume control, not for cleaning up dirty tones. “Flexi-Switching”, which is relay-based true bypass. Can be set to momentary or latching.  Pretty much a small true bypass looper with a bunch of added stuff  $250  Strymon Volante (stab: MH DMBL) Multi-voice, multi-head, magnetic echo machine.  Four heads, each with on/off button for Playback and Feedback. Controls for Record level, mechanics (controls amount of mechanically related speed fluctuations), low cut, wear, repeats, echo level, spring reverb mix, time, and head spacing.  Time controls delay time at head 4. Heads 1-3 subdivide according to the spacing knob.  The repeats stop at head 4, so there is no decay unless the feedback buttons are engaged  Three types of delay: Drum delay (echorec), Tape echo, and Studio (reel to reel) delay.  Up for preorder, $400 They have also updated the Multi-switch to work with Volante as well as Riverside and Sunset Drive. More functions, still works with other strymon pedals. $129  Sono Amp Modeling Interface from Audient and TwoNotes $450 (stab: WA Descent) Audient desktop USB interface with 10 in / 4 out 12AX7 preamp with 3 band eq and Two notes Power Amp and Cab Simulation and re-amp output. 2 Audient console mic preamps, ADAT input, main speaker out, to amp out, headphone out, Zero latency monitoring with monitor mix. Free plugins and software with ARC. Torpedo Remote IK Multimedia AXE I/O Audio Interface  $350 (stab: 805) Guitarist focussed computer USB interface 2 instrument inputs / Mic inputs, amp out, 2 line outs, external switch inputs, midi Active/Passive Pure/JFET Z-Tone impedance adapting circuit (1MOhm to 2.2kOhm) Amplitube 4 Deluxe Fender Acoustasonic Tele - video demo included (stab: MS Consider the Raven) This is supposed to be the first true hybrid between electric and acoustic guitars, not just “acoustic electric”  5 position selector for Electric, Acoustic/Electric blend, Percussion and enhanced harmonics, alternative acoustics, and core acoustics