SB1 - DEEP IMPACT
Synthbass PedalSB1 - DEEP IMPACT
Synthbass Pedal
Are you a bass player and ever wanted (or needed) to play synth bass lines without a) tying up the keyboard player's valuable left hand or b) having to learn to play a keyboard yourself? If so, the DEEP IMPACT bass synth is for you.
Featuring a four-oscillator synthesiser optimised for fat bass sounds, the DEEP IMPACT pedal allows you to use your existing bass guitar to generate woofer wobbling synth bass lines.
Using innovative pitch detection circuitry, the DEEP IMPACT pedal can track your playing quickly and responsively to provide fat and fruity bass synth tones. You can use the synth sound on its own or you can mix in a proportion of your bass guitar's sound to the output.
Synth presets are selected using the footswitches or the effect can be completely bypassed using Akai Professional's 'true bypass' feature which allows the straight sound to pass through with no unwanted colouration from the pedal's circuitry.
The SB1 has nine preset programs which you can switch between using the PROGRAM UP/DOWN footswitches. Each of these presets are fully customisable with control over attack, decay, envelope depth, dynamics sensitivity, filter cutoff, filter resonance, synthesizer and direct balance, program level, synth trigger level and noise gate.
This is probably the coolest pedal I've ever used. And I'm not much of an effects fan. One thing I like the most about is that it features a "true bypass", meaning there is no colorization to the sound. If the pedal gets accidentally turned off or the power supply gets disconnected, you will still have a signal.
The other thing I like is that you can go from a huge Rush like analog synth bass to a funky envelope filter ala Bootsy type sound in the stomp of a button. Remember the bass sounds from "Boogie On Reggae Woman" or "Shake Your Groove Thing"? They're in there!!!!
Yes it does require a wall wart which at firstI thought would be a big pain in the butt, it's not considering what you get out of it.
If you are looking for an all in one pedal that'll give you some really cool funky sounds, this is the place to start.
Peace,
Dino
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