Anasounds Tremolo Effects Pedal
Ups and downs
To put it as clearly as possible, tremolo is a cyclical variation in volume. It starts from the original volume and goes down (to an extreme effect where the sound is rhythmically cut off) according to an adjustable tempo. The tremolo was the first effect designed specifically for the electric guitar, even before the reverb, when the DeArmond pedal was released in 1948.
The tremolo was then incorporated into many vintage amps (with very different circuits depending on the brand), before being dethroned by the phaser and chorus in the 70s and 80s. Finally, it made a comeback in the late 90s, becoming a valuable tool for guitarists looking to sound rootsy and authentic. Since then, each manufacturer has come up with their own version with many variations of what you can do with it.
Optical Hopper
Until now, Anasounds had not released a tremolo, for the good reason that we were waiting for the design to justify offering one more tremolo in an already busy market. So here is the Tremolo, a high performance tremolo at a very reasonable price, especially for a pedal made in France with high quality components. As always, our first concern when designing the Tremolo was not to ruin the precious sound you have spent many years trying to find. You won't find an analog-to-digital converter inside, your sound only goes through a purely analog path. Keeping your sound intact while offering fine tuning and endless possibilities was a daunting task to say the least.
Waveforms are created by a processor before being passed to the optical circuitry that creates the tremolo effect. The analogue and digital boards have been carefully separated within the circuit for ease of maintenance and upgrades. When a new chip is released, you'll have access to additional waveforms. You'll never be done exploring the possibilities of your tremolo.
Thanks to this hybrid interface, the Tremolo has a Tap Tempo footswitch (which also doubles as an auto-oscillation trigger if you keep your foot on the switch), the perfect way to make your audience run away at the end of a gig. It works exactly as it should: you choose your rhythmic subdivision, tap your foot on the switch and the tremolo speed is immediately adjusted to match the rhythm of your song, without having to turn a knob in the middle of a cool arpeggio. But that's not all: you can also choose your waveform (sine, saw, square...) from six presets via the switch in the middle. In addition, the Trimpot menu gives you access to secondary settings that allow you to shape your waveform as precisely as possible from among the almost infinite possibilities.
In addition, the tremolo also hides a killswitch option that is activated when you press the tap switch while bypassing the pedal. It allows you to completely mute the sound with the tap tempo footswitch when the tremolo is off, a perfect 'secret weapon' to blow your audience away. Add to this internal trimpots to adjust bias and output level (thanks to the purely analogue signal path, there are no wrong settings), and you have a very flexible and scalable tremolo that retains the warm and powerful sound of optical technology. Finally, if you're feeling adventurous, simply connect our Spinner expression pedal to your Tremolo to get a wide range of additional variations controlled by the force of your kick!
Features:
Current consumption in mA: 100 mA
Input impedance: 400 kOhms
Output impedance: 1 kOhms
Weight : 0,29 kg
Dimensions: 12.2 x 6.5 x 5.7 cm
Brand reference number:
ANASLI
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