THE SOUNDBLOX® 2 ORBITAL MODULATOR FROM SOURCE AUDIO IS NOW AVAILABLE
Designed to work equally well with guitar or bass, the Orbital Modulator is a combination phaser, flanger, chorus, and tremolo modulation effects pedal in a powerful, cast-aluminum rack-mountable stompbox
Woburn,
MA—Source Audio, innovators of the award winning Hot Hand® Motion
Controlled Effects and Soundblox effects pedals are introducing the
Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator. The Orbital Modulator is a combination
phaser, flanger, chorus, and tremolo modulation effects pedal, designed
to work equally well with guitar or bass. This powerful cast-aluminum
stompbox offers rack-mount function and flexibility in a surprisingly
compact 4.5 x 4.5 inch footprint.
Source
Audio introduced The Orbital Modulator at the 2013 Winter NAMM Show in
Anahiem, CA where it received praise from both Guitar Player and Premier
Guitar magazines. Guitar Player called the pedal, “an insanely
flexible, killer sounding mod box that runs the gamut from classic to
otherworldly.” Premier Guitar raved that the O-Mod packs “just about
every modulation flavor imaginable with some extra Source Audio tricks
and filters.”
The
Orbital Modulator offers three chorus effects from a classic single
voiced chorus to mega-lush two and four voiced effects. Its five flavors
of flanger include a remarkably realistic tape flange (aka through zero
flange) and two thoroughly unique Resonator flangers. Five luscious
phaser effects range from a simple Uni-Vibe inspired modulation to
highly complex 8 and 12 stage phasers. Tremolo can be embedded into any
of the Orbital’s effect types for dramatic three-dimensional effects
like rotary speaker simulation or thumping chopper-like amplitude
modulations. Each effect type offers an endless range of possibilities
with nine adjustable parameters including DEPTH, FEEDBACK, DELAY,
FREQUENCY, VOLUME, LoRETAIN (Source Audio’s own low-end preserving
algorithm), TREMOLO, MIX, and SPEED.
In
an effort to make the Orbital Modulator totally user friendly, a reset
function has been included, which automatically sets any of the effects
to a meticulously fashioned default setting personally dialed in by
Source Audio’s tone obsessed engineering combo of Bob Chidlaw and Jesse
Remignanti. Users can save two presets that are easily recalled via two
footswitches. Plus, the Orbital offers “Universal Bypass” which offers a
choice between true-bypass or a special analog buffered bypass.
The
Orbital allows users to control each effect’s modulation either
internally or externally. Sine and square wave LFO offer vibrant
internal modulation with on-the-fly Tap Tempo SPEED adjustment. Plus
forward and reverse Envelope Followers offer effect modulation reactive
to incoming guitar or bass signals. The Orbital is also compatible with
MIDI control signals, the Source Audio Dual Expression Pedal, or any of
the Hot Hand® Motion Sensor Rings. Each external control device operates
effect modulation or can be assigned to any of the nine adjustable
parameters.
Source
Audio’s proprietary state-of-the-art 56-bit Digital Signal Processor
and 24-bit converters deliver precision control and pristine sound
quality well beyond most analog pedals and many of the over-sized
digital units on the market today. The unit comes with a 9VDC power
supply.
