Dreadbox has introduced three new effects pedals: Darkness, a stereo reverb; Kinematic, a compressor and filter effect; and Lethargy, a phase shifter.
Darkness has a single, flexible algorithm, that can create a variety of reverb effects, from small and smooth reflections up to huge shimmering and endless reverbs.
Features:
- Flexible Shimmer Reverb with Gate function
- 32bit @ 48kHz Digital Effects Processor
- Variable Time Scale with Modulation (Triangle or Sample & Hold)
- Selectable Pitch Shift (+/-12 semitones) with variable mix amount for shimmering sounds
- Up to 30sec Decay Times
- 2-Pole Damping Filter (High Pass or Low Pass)
- Freeze function (loops 150ms of the input signal)
- Versatile Gate effect with variable Attack and Release Times
- True Stereo (Input and Output)
- Selectable Tails Bypass
Darkness is available for 259 €.
Kinematic is a VCA-based Compressor and Envelope Filter effect pedal, that they say is suitable mostly for string instruments and synthesizers.
It features three Eurorack-compatible patch points, for additional flexibility.
Features:
- Full Analog VCA based Compressor
- Band Boost Filter
- Extreme Compression Ratio
- Envelope Filter
- Low Pass Filter
- Slow Envelope Curve
- Post Diode Overdrive Circuit
- Level Boost up to +18dB
- True Tone Maker
- 3 patch points
Kinematic is expected to be available in April 2021 for 179 €
Lethargy is an OTA based Phase Shifter effect pedal, suitable for fretted instruments and synthesizers, with Eurorack patch compatibility.
Features:
- Full Analog 8-Stage OTA Phase Shifter
- 2 Different LFO Waves
- Wide Range LFO from several sec up to 110Hz
- Great for Vibrato Effect
- 3 patch points
Lethargy is expected to be available in April 2021 for 199 €.
https://youtu.be/3Llpjcrmr8A
Forgot the lethargy video
Thanks – we must have been feeling lethargic when we posted this earlier!
Don’t worry about it. Dreadbox “must have been feeling lethargic” as well, since they advertise the Darkness es “True Stereo”, yet in the specs they have “Audio: Mono”.
Pity the compressor pedal in not stereo. Affordable stereo compressors are hard to come by in hardware, especially in pedal format.