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Solid State Amplifiers => Guitar News => Topic started by: joecool85 on February 12, 2021, 11:05:53 AM
EHX has released the "Ripped Speaker" effects pedal. It claims to emulate that "torn speaker" sound. While I can't imagine that is a sound someone would emulate on purpose, for $99 USD it can be on your pedal board!
What do you guys think?
https://www.gearnews.com/dont-slash-your-speakers-get-the-new-electro-harmonix-ripped-speaker-pedal-instead/
Ha! Now I can get on with my St. Anger cover band :lmao:
Now all I need is a "Trash Can Lid" snare effect, and I'm all set. 8)
EDIT: I listened to the video, and I get it now. The "Rip" knob sets the bias, which explains the gating effect. And the tone is a "tilt" tone, which was a bit of a failed experiment in Hi-Fi world, but it works for pedals? Hmmm...
https://www.edn.com/implement-an-audio-frequency-tilt-equalizer-filter/
I think the effect might sound better if there were also a control to blend in with the clean signal. After all, that's why folks were slashing speakers; to get a distorted sound out of the clean amps of the time. But I'm not a big pedal company, so...