FIRST LOOK REVIEW : EHX SLAMMI
Traveling With Electronics : First Look Review : EHX SLAMMI
this thing tracks like a
stalker with a vendetta
Released in October 2013 (but really came into full view at winter NAMM 2014), the SLAMMI is the latest pedal in EHX's Next Step Series and in a word it's SLAMMIN!
It has just found a home, right at the top of my effects pedal chain because of it's sound - size - build - and functionality - a killer pedal that really delivers glitch free polyphonic pitch shifting with flawless tracking.....highly recommended.
But first lets take a quick trip back through the history of digital pitch-shifters - no tape, no guitar synths, no octave units or ring mods and no plug-ins - just digital pitch-shifters. Here are some of the highlights on the journey from rack to floor.
the first digital pitch-shifter
eventide H910 - 1975 - the one that started it all
and introduced "glitch" into our vocabulary
AMS DMX 1580 - from the late 70's to the late 80's
the big dog of it's day - nothing could touch it
became legend in the 90's
boss PS-2 - 1987
and pitch-shifters hit the floor
changed the game for guitar
throughought the 1990's
it was pretty much v2, v3
etc. - "refinements" from
boss - digitech - eventide
the first polyphonic pitch-shifter pedal
eventide pitchfactor - 2009 - polyphonic
morpheus bomber - 2011 - polyphonic
digitech whammy 5 - 2011 eventide H9 - 2013
the current big dogs of pedal-board friendly polyphonic pitch shifting
well move over and make room for slammi
EHX SLAMMI - 2013 - polyphonic
small - solid - ultra smooth - AC or 9 volt battery -
tracks like a stalker with a vendetta - no coloration
glitch or artifacts even with polyphonic information -
pitch shift from liquid detune to 3 octaves up or down
(eleven settings) and add in any amount of dry signal.
$143.75 street - slammi can hang with the big dogs!
Since there are no moving parts, the entire pedal moves,
so it is unlike any pedal you've experienced before, and
like any new technique, you have to practice to get fluid,
then you'll find, it's a very simple and expressive pedal.
The downside, which will be a deal breaker for some
is the fact that you just can't put the pedal anywhere
between the heal toe position and take your foot off it.
so check the video - check it out - see what you think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDXAgfNBAA
Since this blog is about traveling with electronics in a TSA ruled reality (check out this early post on CASE LOGIC http://jadeane.com/blog/wed-06082011-0805), I'm going to close out this month with some simple math, based on an ultra-compact 2 pedal combination idea. The MS50G together with the MS70CDR - Zoom's Multi-Stomp Series has moved the quality of their effects right up there with the big dogs.
travel friendly - big bang for buck - stereo tabletop rig
total effects 147 (cost per effect $1.49) total cost $220.00
6 effects per chain - 3 to 9 parameter controls per effect
each unit can store 50 (6 effect) chains
24bit 44.1 A2D and 32bit processing
power both units with a single 1spot
MS50G / MS70CDR - 39 duplicate effects
2 - dynamics
1 - filter
2 - sfx
12 - modulation fx
13 - delays
9 - reverbs
MS50G - 61 additional unique effects
8 - amps
6 - dynamics
11 - filters
4 - sfx
21 - drives
11 - modulation fx
MS70CDR - 47 additional unique effects
1 - filter
13 - modulation fx
13 - delays
20 - reverbs
add a ditto - drop it in your backpack - walk on the plane
Just a thought.....
.....9" x 5"
next month we'll take a look at the Pigtronix Infinity Looper
until next month then.....be sure to check out my latest recording.....just released
BLACK IRON TRIO : SANCTUARY - High Resolution Downloads Available Now!
the downloads http://jadeane.downloadsnow.net/black-iron-trio-sanctuary
the backstory http://jadeane.com/blog/tue-03262013-1408
safe travels.....dino
