Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo Pedal Introduction by Zeppelin Design Labs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ย. 2024
- Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo Pedal is available as a DIY KIT or Ready-to-Play. The Quaverato functions as both a traditional tremolo, with all frequencies modulated together, or in-phase; or as a harmonic tremolo, with high and low frequencies modulated out-of-phase. This produces a rich, swirly sound.
You can set the cutoff frequencies for both the low and high frequency bands. Thus you can customize your tone for any electric or bass guitar.
Some key features:
Digital control for modern flexibility and ease of use
Analog signal path for rich, classic sound
Both Traditional (In-Phase) and Harmonic (Out-Of-Phase) Tremolo modes
Harmonic Mix function controls the modulation of the low and high frequency bands independently
Tap time feature with multiplier
Use footswitch as either a toggle or momentary-on
MIDI control mod coming in late 2018
Cool retro design
Tough 18 gauge steel enclosure
Control software can be easily updated as we publish improvements and new features
Plus these customary features:
LFO shape, rate, depth and spacing (aka offset, swing, or duty cycle)
15 dB boost
Relay-controlled true-bypass switching
Requires 9V DC center-negative power
This pedal is fantastic, such a rich and dynamic tone. Received the kit and everything was well-documented, and I've already started using it in some of my projects. Great stuff!
Wow!
Well done, perfect choices on control parameters and impeccable tonal quality.
Thank you
Just found the tremelo pedal I have been waiting for. Thanks!
Oh my, I might need this very badly...
It can be dangerous and unhealthy to deny our deepest needs.
Hahahaha, excellent!
Thoughtful design and great tone. Thanks!!!
This is an awesome pedal! The tonal options, for both the normal and Harmonic Trem, are so varied, and for the price, this is the best value I've seen in a pedal in a long time.
The Flower Pedals Dandelion, has a similar set of options, in a smaller enclosure, but it can't compete with you're price point.
Especially, when considering the price of the DIY Kit.
Incredible product, you've made, here.
The Rubberneck is next on my list, and this just moved to second, as I've been debating on a Harmonic Tremolo for quite awhile.
I've demoed the Supro, the Nightwire, and a few others, and was going to go with either the Walrus Audio Monument, or the Subdecay Vagabond, as the tone I got when playing through them was great. But this one has changed my mind, with all the options, and the price, I could see using this for more than just my guitar rig.
Thanks for the kind words. I hope the Quaverato just want you need!
Very, very, very cool.
So cool!!!
Stellar demo. This is one of the most impressive Tremolo Pedals have heard. Very impressed with how deserve it is as well. Much more than just a Tremolo pedal. Had one question...is it truly an analog pedal?
Yes, the entire signal path is analog. We are using a digital microcontroller to control the signal via optocouplers, so the digital side of the circuit is never in contact with the analog side. Basically a digitally controlled light (LED) is determining how the analog signal behaves...so there's no DSP or converters or anything like that.
Any chance of a possible stereo option (with panning) in the future? :) That’s the about the only thing I think could make this even better. Fantastic as is!
Chris, that would require a bigger re-work than you might think, and we do not have it in the plans at this time. However, if you run your rig with MIDI, you can get two Quaveratos (Quaverati?) and use MIDI CC messages to set them opposite eachother, and use them as a synchronized stereo pair.
I saw atmega328p... there are dozens of us! DOZENS!
Sounds amazing! :)
We aim to please.
Only "problem " I can see is with so many possible variations remembering exact settings that tune in perfect for specific songs. Having presets would be killer but might double the cost I suppose.
Wish granted! It's an analog pedal with digital control, which puts a "presets" mode within reach. We have a MIDI mod under development that will enable you to store presets right into the pedal itself and call them up with any convenient MIDI controller. It should be available this fall or winter as a simple mod.
Crimson and clover over and over, comeon sing with me!
Yaaa!
what are the plans for the forthcoming MIDI control?
How difficult would it be to mod in an expression pedal input on the DIY kit?
The MIDI mod will be a drill-one-hole operation. The header is already in place on your Quaverato. The MIDI socket will simply plug in. The MIDI implementation will allow you to attach any MIDI foot controller (or expression pedal with MIDI out) to the Quaverato and control any feature. The six knob functions (all but VOLUME) will have their own Control Change number assignment. Use a MIDI foot controller to change the CC# of the expression pedal and you can control different parameters on the fly.
Zeppelin Design Labs I was hoping it would have MIDI, I’m glad to see you thought of it already. :)
Did you get one? I just came across this pedal this morning, and I'm pretty much sold. Just debating whether to go with the Kit, or not. So many features, at such a great price.
CorbCorbin yes! tonalaxis.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/zeppelin-design-labs-quaverato-pedal/
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Awesome! With the expression pedal add on coming, I'm stoked!!
I'll be checking your reviews as well now, as it let me know the info I needed. Thanks so much!
I've put off buying some new tools, for repairing my gear, and to do DIYs again, and this pedal, along with your review, has me excited. So thanks again!
yes.
Some manual to samble?
The assembly manual and user's guide are on the Quaverato page on our website (under the "documentation" tab)..
Almost no demo of the harmonic sound. Too bad. The Supro is still king
It's true that the factory setting for the harmonic mode is not very extreme. There is a lot of crossover between the high and low frequency bads; that is, there's a big midrange band that does not modulate. However, this is easily adjusted by you the user, with a couple of DIP switches inside the box. Flipping the switches around allows you to set the cutoff frequencies of the high-pass and low-pass filters. If you want you can set them so far apart that the Quaverato ends up sounding more like a wah.
We have a follow-up tutorial video in production that demonstrates this more clearly. It should be out in a few days.
Utilizing the internal frequency setting DIP switches i can almost get the Quaverato to sound like the Supro; but there is a particular tone color that the Supro preamp circuit adds to its sound that the Quaverato can't quite emulate.
That could be a plus or a minus. If one doesn't like the tone coloring of the Supro preamp, the Quaverato offers the same harmonic feel in a more tonally transparent manner. If one really loves the tone color of the Supro preamp; the Quaverato can't really emulate that.
It also bears mentioning that the Quaverato has a much broader diversity of tremolo possibilities than the Supro. But, the dense syrupy quality of the Supro in harmonic mode has more to do with the interaction of the preamp circuit with the tremolo circuit than the tremolo circuit it self. So if you love that one particular Supro sound, you won't get it from the Quaverato alone (but a gain pedal that captures the tone of the Suoro preamp in front of the Quaverato may do the trick).
well ... looking closer at the Supro, its particular sound probably has more to do with how its output transformer circuit is set up (rather than preamp as i said in my lengthy reply).
Doesn't a real Harmonic tremolo have to move from left to right and back again? This is mono.
Thanks for the question. Harmonic tremolo isn't, by definition stereo. In fact, the original Fender Brown face amps used harmonic tremolo and they were mono. All harmonic tremolo does is modulate different frequency ranges at different times...so it doesn't need to be stereo for that to happen.
Yes, but the old fenders moved this mono sound from left to right in the 2
x12 combos. Not stereo, but it created kind of faux stereo effect this movement. That effect is not possible with this pedal, and will not produce the vintage harmonic tremolo that is so coveted.
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joseph felice no they didn’t. “moving the sound” between two different speakers, even in a 2 speaker combo, would require the amp to have a power section for each speaker as the effect comes before the power section by definition.
The old Fender Brown amps had a mono harmonic tremolo effect with no panning. Magnatone is the company that made (and still makes) a stereo amp with this effect that combines panning with the harmonic tremolo. Hearing a Fender in the room next to a Magnatone will make the difference powerfully apparent. The Fender will sound amazing and the sound will be coming from the amp. The Magnatone will sound amazing and the sound will be coming from everywhere.
All that being said this pedal obviously CAN recreate the sound of the Fender harmonic tremolo (and seems to very very well!) but can NOT recreate the stereo effect of the Magnatone.