Musikmesse 2016: Digitech Whammy Ricochet and Dirty Robot
Digitech have done it again. Two new pedals that will cause some serious sonic disruption.
Digitech have announced two brand new pedals, the Whammy Ricochet pitch shifter and the Dirty Robot stereo micro synth.
The Whammy Ricochet utilises the Whammy pitch shifting effect and puts in a pedal with a smaller pedalboard footprint. Without the realtime treadle controller, the Ricochet bends the pitch of the incoming note at a rate determined by shift and return controls, allowing the player to bounce their sound up or down in pitch for incredibly unique effects.
With seven pitch selections: 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, Octave, Double Octave, and Octave+Dry, as well as a toggle to select up or down for the selected pitch, the Whammy Ricochet offers non-latching or latching footswitch modes. An LED display shows the pitch trajectory at all times.
One of our all time favourite pedals at GN towers is Digitech Bass Synth Wah, so when we heard that Digitech were announcing a successor, the Dirty Robot, we all got rather excited.
Containing two synth voices (common envelope-style synthesis and vocal formant synthesis) and seven controls, including mix, modulation, drift, sensitivity, start, stop and time, the Dirty Robot offers the player a huge amount of control, and is capable of producing some incredible analog synth-style tones.
Musikmesse 2016: Boss TU-3S and TU-3W
Boss' new tuners are designed to revolutionise your pedalboard.
Boss have announced two brand new compact tuners at Musikmesse 2016.
Offering the same reliable operation and bulletproof durability as the rest of the Boss compact range, the TU-3S delivers industry-standard performance with a tiny pedalboard footprint. Both the display and tuning functions are identical to the ubiquitous TU-3, and the removal of the on/off switch makes this new model ideal for use with pedal switching systems like the BOSS ES-8 and ES-5.
Boss TU-3S Features:
• 21-segment LED meter with brightness control
• High Brightness mode enhances meter visibility outdoors
• Accu-Pitch Sign function provides visual verification when tuning is complete
• Chromatic and Guitar/Bass modes, with support for 7-string guitars and 6-string basses
• Guitar Flat mode supports “drop” tunings up to six semitones below standard pitch
• Powered by optional PSA-series adapter; DC Out jack for powering up to seven BOSS compact effect pedals via an optional PCS-20A daisy-chain cable
• BOSS five-year warranty
The latest addition to the Waza Craft series, the Boss TU-3W offers the same rock-solid tuning of the industry-standard TU-3. However the TU-3W now features redesigned circuitry with selectable buffered or true-bypass operation and the most transparent audio pass-through available.
Boss TU-3W Features:
• Superior tuning and premium signal buffer in one pedal
• Tuning functions are identical to the industry-standard TU-3
• Refined audio circuitry for exceptionally pure signal pass-through
• Buffer can be turned off for true-bypass operation
• BOSS five-year warranty